NNL draw to hold on Wednesday for the new season

The draw for the Nigeria National League, NNL, ahead of the new season scheduled to kick off Friday 3rd March 2023 has been fixed for Wednesday 22, February 2023.

The draw which will be virtual will hold at the secretariat of the Most Important league in the country, Wuse zone 7, Olusegun Obasanjo way, Abuja in the morning.

Forty-three (43) teams, 19 and 24 drawn from the Northern and Southern conferences of the league are expected to join via zoom for the draw which will establish how the teams will play.

The fixtures and formats of the draw will further be made known to the clubs.

However, NNL management has placed a caveat that ONLY clubs that have duly complied with the club licensing registration formalities will be legible to be drawn in the fixtures.

Meanwhile, Those that will participate in the new season has been Broken into Regional groupings By NNL
The two Northern and Southern Conferences of the Nigeria National League (NNL), which compromised a total of forty-three (43) clubs have been further broken into four more sub-divisions (groups).

The new groups have regional considerations that will see the teams not travel beyond 400 kilometers to honour games.

The regionalized groupings will also, aid the early completion of the league as scheduled.

Teams that top the groups will qualify for a possible NNL Super 8.

The NNL-approved groupings are:

Northern Conference .
A1.
EFCC FC -Abuja.
Mighty Jets FC -Jos
ABS FC -Ilorin
Mailantarki FC – Abuja
Hypebuzz FC – Abuja
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A2
City FC – Abuja
NAF FC – Abuja
Green Berets FC – Kaduna
Katsina It’d FC – Katsina
Jigawa Golden Stars – Dutse
FWC -Champions – Abuja
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A3
Kebbi Utd FC -Kebbi
Sokoto Utd FC -Sokoto
Malumfashi FC – Katsina
Kano Pillars FC – Kano
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A4
Adamawa Utd FC – Adamawa
Police Machines FHQ FC -Gombe
DMD FC – Maiduguri
Yobe Desert Stars FC – Damaturu
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Southern Conference.
B1
Vandrezzer FC – Eket
Warri Wolves FC -Asaba
Rovers FC – Calabar
Go-Round FC – Omoku
FC One Rocket – Eket
Ibom Youths FC – Eket
Hensard FC -Yenagoa
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B2
Crown FC – Ogbomosho
Gateway Utd FC – Ijebu
JoyComeths FC – Lagos
Smart City FC – Lagos
Ijebu Utd FC – Ijebu
Sporting Lagos -Lagos
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B3
Ikorodu Utd FC – Lagos
Ekiti Utd FC – Ado-Ekiti
Abeokuta Stormers FC – Ikenne
FC Ebedei -Sagamu
Madiba FC – Lagos
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B4
Edel FC -Awka
Giant Brillars FC – Abakaliki
Cynosure FC – Abakaliki
Abia Comets FC – Umuahia
Heartland FC -Owerri
Aspire FC – Awka.