Sokoto United is a Nigerian
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
club based in
Sokoto
Sokoto (Hausa language, Hausa: ; Fulfulde, Fula: , ''Leydi Sokoto'') is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the extreme northwest of the country. It is bounded by Niger, Republic of the Niger to the north and west for 363 km (226 m ...
. They play in the second-tier division in Nigerian football, the
Nigeria National League
The Nigeria National League (NNL) (formerly the National Division 1) is the second-highest overall in the Nigerian football league system after the Nigeria Premier Football League, and is currently contested by 46 clubs.
Each season, four ...
.
Giginya Memorial Stadium is their home. It has capacity for 5,000 people.
The club plays in the Nigerian second tier division Nigerian National League NNL as of January 2025. The current technical adviser is Peter Ajeni, who succeeded Mansur Abdullahi.
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Football clubs in Nigeria
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