Nigeria Premier Football League 2019/2020
was the 49th season of the top-flight division of the Nigerian football league system and the 30th season since its rebranding as the ‘Professional League’. The league started on 3 November 2019 but was cancelled in July due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic with no champions and no teams relegated. Enyimba were the defending champions, after winning the Super 6 play-offs the previous season.
The league was initially halted on 18 March 2020 following a decision by the League Management Company to suspend the league due to the COVID-19 pandemic with no decision made on the league’s resumption. On 10 July 2020 however, the league was cancelled by the NFF for the second time in three seasons (after the 2018 season ended in a similar way), following an online meeting between its executive committee and the league board with no champions and no relegation or promotion from the National League, and stopped at Matchday 25.
As a result of this, the league’s representatives at the continental competitions next season were decided by the PPG system, which created confusion and disagreement among the teams as Rivers United refused to accept their CAF Confederation Cup spot initially given to them.
Based on the points per game system, Plateau United and Enyimba will represent the country at the 2020–21 CAF Champions League while Rivers United will participate at the CAF Confederation Cup, since the 2020 Federation Cup was cancelled, Kano Pillars, the 2019 Federation Cup champions, will take the second CAF Confederation Cup spot.
Teams
The league consisted of 20 teams, the 4 promoted teams from the Nigeria National League and the remaining 16 teams from the previous season. On 28 November, Kwara United bought Delta Force’s slot and replaced them in the league.
| Promoted |
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|---|---|
| Relegated | None |
| Champions League |
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| Confederation Cup |
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| Matches played | 246 |
| Goals scored | 494 (2.01 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Israel Abia (12 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Kano Pillars 6–1 Kwara United (8 December 2019)
Plateau United 5–0 Adamawa United (19 January 2020) Heartland 5–0 Adamawa United (16 February 2020) |
| Biggest away win | Adamawa United 0–3Sunshine Stars (15 December 2019)
Dakkada 0–3 Nasarawa United (16 January 2020) Abia Warriors 1–4 Enyimba (17 February 2020) |
| Highest scoring | Kano Pillars 6–1 Kwara United (8 December 2019) |
| Longest winning run | Enyimba & Akwa United (5 matches) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Kano Pillars (13 matches) |
| Longest winless run | Wikki Tourists & Nasarawa United (8 matches) |
| Longest losing run | Adamawa United (5 matches) |
NPFL 2023 Leage Table
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Enyimba | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 |  Remo | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 |  Rivers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 |  Sunshine | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 5 |
| 5 |  Bendel | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 6 |  Lobi | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 2 |
