The 2026–27 Nigeria Premier Football League (officially known as the Euromatch Premier Football League for sponsorship reasons) is the 56th season of Nigeria's top-flight association football league and the 37th since attaining professionalism. The season commences on 28 August 2026 and will conclude on 30 May 2027, with a two-week mid-season break from December 23 to January 6.
The season sees a reported increase in the league champion prize to ₦1 billion ($741,279) and a deal with Murphy Ben International to stream matches on YouTube.
Teams Changes from previous season Twenty teams, consisting of the top sixteen teams from the previous season and four promoted teams from the Nigeria National League, are competing in the league. The promoted teams are NNL champions Sporting Lagos, along with debutants Inter Lagos. Doma United are also making a return since the 2023–24 season while Ranchers Bees makes a return since the 2009–10 season. The four replace Remo Stars, El-Kanemi Warriors, Bayelsa United and Wikki Tourists who all got relegated the previous season. For the first time since 1996, three teams from Lagos will be participating in a NPFL season.
Promoted from2025–26 National League Relegated to2026–27 National League Doma UnitedInter LagosSporting LagosRanchers Bees Wikki TouristsBayelsa UnitedEl-Kanemi WarriorsRemo Stars
Teams information
TeamLocationStadiumCapacityAbia WarriorsUmuahiaUmuahia Township Stadium5,000BarauDambattaSani Abacha Stadium16,000Bendel InsuranceBenin CitySamuel Ogbemudia Stadium12,000Doma UnitedGombePantami Stadium12,000Enugu RangersEnuguNnamdi Azikiwe Stadium22,000EnyimbaAbaEnyimba International Stadium16,000Ikorodu CityIkorodu, Lagos StateOnikan Stadium10,000Inter LagosLagosKano PillarsKanoSani Abacha Stadium16,000Katsina UnitedKatsinaMuhammadu Dikko Stadium35,000Kun KhalifatOwerriDan Anyiam Stadium10,000Kwara UnitedIlorinKwara State Stadium18,000Nasarawa UnitedLafiaLafia Township Stadium10,000Niger TornadoesMinnaBako Kontagora Stadium5,000Plateau UnitedJosNew Jos Stadium44,000Ranchers BeesKadunaMuhammadu Dikko Stadium35,000Rivers UnitedPort HarcourtAdokiye Amiesimaka Stadium40,000Shooting StarsIbadanLekan Salami Stadium15,000Sporting LagosLagosOnikan Stadium 10,000Warri WolvesWarriOzoro Stadium10,000
Personnel TeamManagerCaptainAbia Warriors Imama AmapakaboAugustine NjokuBarauEugene AgagbeUsman MaidubjiKennedy BoboyeAmas ObasogieDoma UnitedDeji AyeniEnugu RangersFidelis IlechukwuEnyimbaEmmanuel DeutschPaschal Eze Ikorodu CityBright OzebagbeGodspower Anozie Inter LagosShakiru Biodun GiwaUchenna Njoku Kano PillarsDaniel OgunmodedeRabiu AliKatsina UnitedUsman BarauKun khalifat Obinna UzohoJoseph AmehKwara United Ashifat SuleimanSuraj AyelesoNasarawa UnitedMbwas MangutEmmanuel MakamaNiger TornadoesKabiru DogoIfeanyi OkoyePlateau UnitedGbenga OgunboteAlbert HilaryRanchers BeesUsman Abd'AllahRivers UnitedFinidi GeorgeStephen ManyoShooting StarsSalisu YusufGhali FalkeSporting Lagos Jeffrey ButerSolomon UlokoWarri WolvesHassan Abdallahi
League table
Positions by round
Statistics Scoring Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Abia Warriors62 Muhammad Zulkifilu Ranchers Bees5 Sadiq Rilwan Doma United4 Alex Oweilayefa3 Chinedu Nwosu Kayode Oke Solomon Gideon MondayPlateau United Jibrin Ibrahim Joseph AtuleBarau Sugau Aliyu
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Muhammad Zulkifilu Ranchers Bees Abia Warriors 4–0 (H) 7 September 2026
See also 2026–27 Nigeria National League
References