The League Management Company (LMC) on Tuesday evening announced her program for the upcoming 2015/16 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) football season.
According to the league body, the Nigerian League will commence on February 21 and end October 2.
The football season will be preceded by two rounds of Super 4 tournaments which is for top teams in the league.
The first round of the NPFL Super 4 will hold in Kaduna from January 20-24, while the second round will be played in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State from February 1-5.
“The rationale for the two rounds of NPFL Super 4 is to get our clubs that will be playing on the continent to play at least six competitive games from the two tournaments to sufficiently prime them to reasonable match fitness,” the LMC stated.
“The tournament will as usual be played on a round-robin structure.”
The preliminary rounds of the CAF Club competitions will hold on the weekend of February 12-14.
Furthermore, the LMC revealed that the league calendar has been drawn up based on usual consultations with participating clubs and proposed fixtures of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Federation Cup.
“We have following various consultations been properly guided to streamline the activities of the NPFL, the NFF Federations Cup as well as CAF competition dates.
“Provision has been made for the NFF Club Licensing compliance and cut-off dates inserted to ensure compliance by clubs as required by CAF,” the body said.
Champions Enyimba, Warri Wolves, Nasarawa United and Akwa United will represent the country on the continent and do battle in the Super 4 tourney.
