Nasarawa United Football Club is a soccer club based in

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, Nasarawa, Nigeria. They play in the

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History

The team was founded in 2003 after the Nasarawa government took over Black Stars FC of Gombe. They joined the

Nigerian Premier League The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) (formerly the Nigeria Professional Football League) is the highest level of club football in Nigerian football league system. The Nigerian Premier League has suffered like many others, from the financ ...

in 2004–05. Their stadium,

Lafia Township Stadium Lafia Township Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Lafia, Nasarawa State, central Nigeria. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Nasarawa United. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000 people. I ...

, has a capacity of some 5,000spectators. The club's nickname is ''Solid Miners''.

2009–10 seasons

The team went through financial shortfalls in the 2008–09 season that one player described as leaving them on the verge of "starvation". A 1–1 home draw on March 7 against

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caused home fans to riot and even follow the Tornadoes to the hotel and attack them there. The team was sent to play in

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for the rest of the season and assured

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to the

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with three games remaining. The resulting debt of 46 million

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(Approx. $300,000) threatened to cancel the team's 2009–10 season. Midway through the season, the debt was reportedly 58 million naira ($387,000) and the team missed 16 games due to its precarious financial position. They returned to the field April 24 after a five-month suspension was lifted with a 1–0 win over

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. They were promoted back to the Premier League in 2012 after winning their division.

Achievements

* Professional Second Division: 1 ::2004

Current team

As of 12 February 2023

Performance in CAF competitions

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: 1 appearance ::

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– Second Round *

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: 2 appearances ::

– Intermediate Round ::

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

– First Round

Management

Technical Advisor *Kabiru Sulaiman Dogo Head coach *none Assistant coach *TBA

Former coaches

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(2006) * Bitrus Bewarang * Zachary Baraje (2004–2007) *

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(2008–2009) * Muhammad Babaganaru (2013–2005)

References

External links

Club logo

Nasarawa Utd pleads to return to League

Nasarawa United Results
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