El-Kanemi Warriors F.C.

Full name	El Kanemi Warriors Football Club
Founded	1986; 38 years ago
Ground	El-Kanemi Stadium, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Zanna Mohammed Mala
Manager	Aliyu Zubair
League	Nigeria Premier Football League
2023–24	1st (promoted via playoff)

El-Kanemi Warriors Football Club is a football team based in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. They play at El-Kanemi Stadium. and will compete in the 2024–25 Nigeria Premier Football League season after finishing runners up behind Nasarawa United in the 2023–24 NNL Playoffs.

History

El-Kanemi Warriors ended the 2005 season in the lower half of the Nigeria Premier League, and were relegated to the Nigeria Division 1 in 2007.

In 2012, they were promoted back to the top level. Due to the Boko Haram insurgency in 2014, they played their home games in Kano. From 2015 to 2016, they hosted their home games at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium in Katsina before returning to Maiduguri and El-Kanemi Stadium.

In October 2017, the club announced former Enugu Rangers coach Imama Amapakabo as their new coach on a one-year deal.

In June 2024, El-Kanemi Warriors regained promotion to the Nigeria Premier Football League and later went on to win the Federation Cup after defeating Abia Warriors 2–0 at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena.^[1]^[2]

1991, 1992, 2024

1991, 2000

1992 – First Round

1993 – Semi-finals

As of 17 April 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
30	GK	NGA	Itodo Akor
2	DF	NGA	Joe Maamo
6	DF	NGA	Lucky Erimuya
7	MF	NGA	Isiaka Olawale
8	MF	NGA	Sunday Anthony
5	FW	NGA	Babatunde Solomon
13	DF	NGA	Innocent Gabriel
14	MF	NGA	AbdulRazak Aliyu
17	FW	NGA	Chinedu Ohanachom
19	FW	NGA	Analaba Uche
21	DF	NGA	Solomon onome
28	DF	NGA	Osita Echendu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	GK	NGA	Jobe Modou
25		NGA	Haliru Hashima
30		NGA	Ocheme Edoh
31		NGA	Williams Nkeme
33		NGA	Tchoanfine Pade
39	FW	NGA	Ba'akaka Ajikolo
23	MF	NGA	Kabiru Balogun
26	FW	NGA	Abubakar Umar
22	FW	NGA	Abdulwaheed Afolabi
12	FW	NGA	Ibrahim Mustapha
16	FW	NGA	Anthony Yeful

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