Nigeria Premier League to kick-off on February 21

The League Management Company has announced that the
Nigeria Professional Football League will restart its 2015/2016
season on February 21, 2016.

According to the LMC, it drafted the calendar of league
activities following consultations with participating clubs and
proposed fixtures of the Federation Cup.

"The League Management Company (LMC) on Tuesday
announced a start date of February 21 for the regular season
which will end on October 2," said LMC.

"A comprehensive calendar of activities for the 2015/16 Nigeria
Professional Football League (NPFL) season providing two
rounds of Super 4 tournaments.

“We have following various consultations been properly guided
to streamline the activities of the NPFL, the NFF Federations
Cup as well as Caf competition dates”, the LMC stated
It further explained that “provision has been made for the NFF
Club Licensing compliance and cut-off dates inserted to ensure
compliance by clubs as required by Caf”.

LMC also said it reviewed the Super Four competition to
provide a competitive platform for the four Nigerian clubs in Caf
competitions.

"The first round of the NPFL Super 4 will hold in Kaduna from
January 20-24 while the second round will be played in Uyo,
Akwa Ibom State from February 1-5.

“The rationale for the two rounds of NPFL Super 4 is to get our
clubs that will be playing on the continent to play at least six
competitive games from the two tournaments to sufficiently
prime them to reasonable match fitness.

"The tournament will as usual be played on a round-robbing
structure,” the statement concluded.