Wikki, FC IfeanyiUbah To Kick-off 2016 NPFL Super4 Action

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The 2016/17 Nigeria Professional Football League Super 4 tourney has been slated for December 7, 2016, with Wikki Tourists and FC IfeanyiUbah drawn to kick-off hostilities at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu.

According to fixtures released by the League Management Company (LMC), the opening match will kick-off at 5pm, with the second fixture between NPFL champions, Rangers International and runners-up, Rivers United starting at 7pm.

Chief Operating Officer of the LMC, Salihu Abubakar, said: “on Match Day 2, Rangers International will play Wikki Tourists in the first match starting at 5pm while Rivers United and FC IfeanyiUbah will take to the pitch for the second game of the day”.

The final match day would see games between Rivers United and Wikki Tourists at 5pm, while FC IfeanyiUbah and Rangers International would play the closing game at 7pm.

Abubakar also noted that all the matches woukd be played under floodlights.

“We are continuing with the growing popularity of night games in Enugu and essentially, we are also considering a fans-friendly time when businesses would have closed to encourage huge turnout for the matches”.

The NPFL Super4 is an annual pre-season tournament organized by the LMC for clubs participating in Confederation of African Football (CAF) Club competitions in the coming season. It enables the clubs condition their players for the competition as the tournament provides a platform for integration of new and retained players of the clubs as well as enable the Managers put to competitive test their pre-season trainings.

Rangers International and Rivers United, who finished first and second in the NPFL, would represent Nigeria in the CAF Champions League, while third-placed Wikki Tourists and FC IfeanyiUbah would play in the CAF Confederation Cup.

credit: leadership


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