El-Kanemi Warriors Football Club is a football team based in

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. Their play ground is the

El-Kanemi Stadium El-Kanemi Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Maiduguri, Nigeria. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of El-Kanemi Warriors. The 10,000-seating capacity, seater stadium was named after the Kane ...

. The club is on a positive rebound having gained promotion to the

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in 2024 and doubling as the winners of the Federation Cup in the same year.

History

El-Kanemi Warriors ended the 2005 season in the lower half of the

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, and were relegated to the

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in 2007. In 2012, they were promoted back to the top level. Due to the

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in 2014, they played their home games in

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. From 2015 to 2016, they hosted their home games at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium in

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before returning to

and

. In October 2017, the club announced former

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coach Imama Amapakabo as their new coach on a one-year deal. In June 2024, El-Kanemi Warriors regained promotion to the

and later went on to win the Federation Cup after defeating Abia Warriors 2–0 at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena.

Achievements

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: 3 ::1991, 1992,

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: 2 ::1991, 2000

Performance in CAF competitions

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: 2 appearances ::1992 – First Round ::1993 – Semi-finals

Current squad

''As of 17 April 2019''

References

External links

Club logoEl-Kanemi Warriors Results
– current results of El-Kanemi Warriors matches Football clubs in Nigeria Maiduguri Association football clubs established in 1986 1986 establishments in Nigeria {{Nigeria-footyclub-stub