The 2012 Nagaland Premier League was the inaugural season of the Nagaland Premier League, a state league in the Indian state of Nagaland. The league kicked off on 10 March 2012.
Overview The Nagaland Premier League was started in 2012 as a new top state league for the state of Nagaland which is located in India. The league is considered to be the 3rd tier of the Indian football league system. The league has been started with the aim of giving the youth of Nagaland a stepping stone to become professional in the game of association football and is run by Four Four Two management. The league started the 2012 season with 10 teams based in 6 different districts. On 17 October 2011 it was announced that the Nagaland Premier League champions would be promoted to the I-League 2nd Division.
Exhibition Match The NPL kicked off on 2 March with an exhibition match between Life Sports FC and I-League side Shillong Lajong F.C. at the Kohima football ground. .NPL Champions to have shot at I-League , The Morung Times, 11 November 2011 Shillong Lajong won 4-0 over Life Sports FC.
Venues Kohima, Dimapur and Mokokchung were selected as venues for opening season.
Teams
ClubDistrictDimapur UnitedDimapurDoyangWokhaDynamicDimapurFlamingozPerenKohima KometsKohimaLife SportsKohimaNaga TornadosZunhebotoNew MarketKohimaSangpangMokokchungZonipangMokokchung
League table
Team Champion Barak Flamingoz181422459+3644 Champion Naga Tornados1812605010+4042 Dimapur United1813143810+2840 Life Sports1810443824+1434 Dynamic1862102336-1320 Kohima Komets185582023-320 Doyang1853101830-1218 Sangpang1844101524-916 Zonipang1844101541-2616 New Market181116962-534
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1T. HaokipLife Sports FC252David KukiDimapur United123Amir LamaDimapur United114Asian KameiBarak Flamingoz115BungthotBarak Flamingoz11
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