NPL OFFICIAL TEAM OF THE FIRST ROUND

The Nigeria Premier League
(NPL) has announced that 17
players and one coach have
made its official team of the
first round.
League leaders, Dolphins,
dominated the team by
providing three players and
the team's coach.
Dolphins’ manager Stanley
Eguma picked as coach of the
first round, led the trio of
goalkeeper Rotimi Sunday,
defender Uche Oguchi and
midfielder Owusu Addae, who
is named as a substitute in
the side.
Eguma beat the duo of
Gbenga Ogunbote of
Sunshine Stars and Festus
Allen of Bukola Babes to the
position of team coach.
Newcomers Bukola Babes
and Warri Wolves have
three players each in the
team.
Centre-back ThankGod Ike,
midfielder Emmanuel
Omodiagbe and striker
Ehiosun Ekigho are picked
from Warri Wolves.
The three Warri Wolves’
players grabbed first-team
spots in the 18-man NPL
squad.
But Bukola Babes’ captain
and left-back, Abubakar
Yusuf is the only player from
his side that got a starting
place while the duo of Effiom
Otu-Bassey and
Abdulrahman Bashir are
named as substitutes.
Second-placed Sunshine
Stars have leading scorer,
Ibrahim Ajani and Cletus Itodo
in the side as left midfielder
and central midfielder
respectively.
The septet of Abdulwasiu
Showemimo (Kano Pillars),
Chigozie Christopher (Ocean
Boys), Kabiru Sanusi (Kwara
United), Okiemute Odah
(Sharks), Ojo Mine (Enugu
Rangers), Ikechukwu
Ibenegbu (Heartland) and
James Amankwei (Juth)
complete the team for the
first stanza.
Team of first stanza
GK: Rotimi Sunday (Dolphins)
RB: Uche Oguchi (Dolphins)
CB: ThankGod Ike (Warri
Wolves)
CB: Abdulwasiu Showemimo
(Kano Pillars)
LB: Abubakar Yusuf (Bukola
Babes)
RM: Chigozie Christopher
(Ocean Boys)
CM: Emmanuel Omodiagbe
(Warri Wolves)
CM: Cletus Itodo (Sunshine
Stars)
LM: Ibrahim Ajani (Sunshine
Stars)
ATT: Kabiru Sanusi (Kwara
United)
ATT: Ehiosun Ekigho (Warri
Wolves)
Coach: Stanley Eguma
(Dolphins)
Reserves
GK: Okiemute Odah (Sharks)
LB: Ojo Mine (Enugu Rangers)
LM: Effiom Otu-Bassey
(Bukola Babes)
CM: Owusu Addae (Dolphins)
AM: Ikechukwu Ibenegbu
(Heartland)
ATT: Abdulrahman Bashir
(Bukola Babes)
ATT: James Amankwei (Juth)

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