•Season ends
September 30
Activities
to kick-start the 2017/18 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season
which began with the on-going club licensing will enter the next stage with the
annual NPFL Pre-season tournament from December 11-17, 2017 to usher in the
grand season opening matches on January 14, 2018.
The schedule
of the new season’s activities which has been endorsed by the League Management
Company (LMC) will witness a flurry of activities including the induction and
orientation workshop for the four newly admitted NPFL Clubs on December 14 and
the LMC Pre- Annual General Meeting (AGM)/Consultative Meeting with NPFL
participating Clubs on December 16 in Kano where the pre-season tournament will
hold.

The LMC have
also fixed t January 5, 2018 as the final date for submission of Club Licensing
documentation by clubs participating in the league.
The
statement read, “January 5 is the cut-off date for compliance with redemption
and settlement of any outstanding payment of salaries arising from 2016/2017
NPFL Season to players and coaches; and or provision of an acceptable Financial
Guarantee to guarantee the overdue payments and a tentative payment plan from
the Club proprietors.”
Another
highlight of the calendar comes up on January 8, 2018 when the LMC, which is
First Instance Body (FIB) will issue the NFF Club Licensing Certificate to
qualified clubs that meet the criteria for participation in the 2017/2018 NPFL
Season.

The LMC assured that it took into
consideration all scheduled fixtures of the AITEO Cup, CAF Club competitions
and the FIFA World Cup in planning the calendar noting that “this is part of
the reason we delayed the release of the fixtures and barring any unforeseen
events, we definitely will conclude the season on September 30, 2018."
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