Gombe United Football Club is a Nigerian

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club based in Gombe. They play in the

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. Their home stadium is the new

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, having moved from

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in 2010.Gombe United set to move into New Stadium
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History

Founded in 1990, they continuously remained in the Nigerian top flight since promotion in 1994 until 2014, the longest tenure of any Northern team. They however were relegated on the last day in the 2014 season to the Nigeria National League for the first time in 20 years. They won promotion back to the top level on the last day of the 2016 season by winning their division. They were again relegated in 2019.

Achievements

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: 0 ::2007 Runners-up, Super 4 Playoffs

Performance in CAF competitions

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: 1 appearance ::

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– First Round * West African Club Championship (UFOA Cup): 1 appearance ::

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– Second Round

Notes

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Gombe United Results
- current results of Gombe United matches Football clubs in Nigeria Gombe State Association football clubs established in 1990 1990 establishments in Nigeria CAF Champions League {{Nigeria-footyclub-stub