NPFL 2022/2023 season gets new kickoff date

The 2021/2022 league marketing campaign led to July however plans are underway to get it restarted six months after

The 2022/2023 season of the Nigeria Skilled Soccer League (NPFL) will now not kick off on December 28 this 12 months as earlier scheduled, Soccernet.ng understands.

As an alternative, the league marketing campaign will now start on January 8, 2023, when groups will launch the offensive to wrestle the title from defending champions, Rivers United.

The Port Harcourt-based membership lifted the title in July after ending the season with 77 factors, breaking the league file of 73 factors in a league marketing campaign.

One of the best membership within the nation by a ways, Rivers United received 23 video games and drew eight of their 38 league video games to complete ten factors forward of their closest rivals, Plateau United.

And after an important assembly with stakeholders on Wednesday, the Interim Administration Committee (IMC) concluded that the 2022/2023 NPFL season will begin on January 8. The fixture attracts will, nevertheless, maintain on December 28.

The IMC additionally determined {that a} ten million naira takeoff grant will probably be given to all 20 groups taking part within the NPFL earlier than any ball is kicked within the new soccer season.

The Administration Committee and the golf equipment additionally arrived on the settlement that the 2022/2023 season will take an abridged format, as in opposition to the standard full-season format that has been used through the years.