The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has formally announced the six clubs that qualified for the NPFL Super 6 play-off to determine the winner of the 2022/23 season and the country’s representatives in the two CAF club competitions – the Champions League and the Confederation Cup.
In a letter inviting the clubs for the play-off and intimating them with the calendar of events, the Head of Operations of the Interim Management Committee (IMC), Davidson Owumi congratulated the clubs for making the cut.
The six clubs are Bendel Insurance, Remo Stars and Enyimba from Group A; and Rivers United, Lobi Stars and Sunshine Stars from Group B.
Owumi wrote: “I offer you compliments on behalf of the Board of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Nigeria Premier Football League and have the pleasure to congratulate your team on its qualification to participate in the 2022/2023 NPFL Championship Play-off”.
He confirmed the date for the play-off, which will hold at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena at the Onikan area of Lagos.
The clubs were informed that the official arrival date in Lagos is 1st June, while the Draw and Technical meeting to brief the clubs on the rules for the play-off will hold on Friday, 2nd June.
The play-off (also dubbed the Super 6) is scheduled to hold from Saturday 3rd to Sunday 11th June, 2023.
While wishing all participating teams a most successful outing in the 2022/2023 NPFL championship playoff, the IMC reiterated its resolve to organise a merit-based league that would produce worthy champions.