2017 Nigeria Professional Football League - wikipedia 2017 Nigeria Professional Football League Nigeria Premier League Champions Plateau United Relegated Shooting Stars SC Remo Stars F.C. Gombe United F.C. ABS Champions League Plateau United MFM F.C. Confederation Cup Enyimba Matches played 380 Goals scored 765 ( 2.01 per match ) Top goalscorer Anthony Okpotu ( 19 ) Biggest home win 3 matches Ifeanyi Uba 4 - 0 MFM ( 18 January 2017 ) MFM 4 - 0 Lobi Stars ( 22 January 2017 ) Nasarawa United 4 - 0 MFM ( 2 April 2017 ) Biggest away win 6 matches Enugu Rangers 1 - 2 Abia Warriors ( 15 January 2017 ) Remo Stars 1 - 2 Plateau United ( 15 January 2017 ) Sunshine Stars 0 - 1 MFM ( 5 February 2017 ) Remo Stars 0 - 1 Niger Tornadoes ( 8 February 2017 ) Abia Warriors 0 - 1 El Kanemi Warriors ( 19 February 2017 ) Kano Pillars 0 - 1 Akwa United ( 9 April 2017 ) Highest scoring 2 matches Akwa United 4 - 2 Shooting Stars ( 2 April 2017 ) Gombe United 3 - 3 Enugu Rangers ( 10 May 2017 ) Longest winning run El Kanemi Warriors ( 4 ) Longest unbeaten run Plateau United ( 7 ) Longest winless run Remo Stars ( 14 ) Longest losing run Kano Pillars ( 4 ) ← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 20 September 2017. The 2017 Nigeria Professional Football League ( referred to as the Nigerian Glo premier league for sponsorship reasons ) will be the 46th season of the Nigeria Premier League, the top Nigerian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1972, and the 27th since the rebranding of the league as the `` Professional League ''. Plateau United won the league on the Saturday, 9th September, 2017 with a 2 nil victory over Enugu Rangers. Enugu Rangers won the previous edition, their seventh league title and first since 1984. Plateau United 's win of this edition is their first ever title, which came in their second season after been promoted to the top flight. Contents 1 Clubs 2 League table 3 Positions by round 4 Season statistics 4.1 Goals 4.1. 1 Top scorers 4.1. 2 Hat - tricks 5 References Clubs A total of 20 teams will contest the league including 16 teams from the previous season and four teams promoted from the Nigeria National League. The season will begin 14 January. Kano Rivers Sunshine Enugu Enyimba Tornadoes ABS Gombe United Shooting Akwa Wikki Lobi MFM Nasarawa El Kanemi Ifeanyi Plateau Abia Katsina United Remo Stars Locations of the Nigeria Premier League 2017 teams League table Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Plateau United ( C ) 38 19 9 10 49 25 + 24 66 Qualification to the 2018 CAF Champions League MFM 38 19 5 14 42 41 + 1 62 Enyimba 38 18 7 13 43 28 + 15 61 Qualification to the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup Akwa United 38 17 9 12 46 30 + 16 60 5 Nasarawa United 38 16 8 14 35 30 + 5 56 6 El Kanemi Warriors 38 18 18 39 43 − 4 56 7 Lobi Stars 38 15 9 14 43 39 + 4 54 8 Kano Pillars 38 16 6 16 38 35 + 3 54 9 Ifeanyi Uba 38 15 9 14 39 38 + 1 54 10 Sunshine Stars 38 17 18 41 43 − 2 54 11 Niger Tornadoes 38 16 6 16 31 35 − 4 54 12 Abia Warriors 38 15 8 15 44 36 + 8 53 13 Wikki Tourist 38 16 5 17 37 41 − 4 53 14 Enugu Rangers 38 14 11 13 39 44 − 5 53 15 Rivers United 38 14 10 14 34 33 + 1 52 16 Katsina United 38 15 7 16 37 38 − 1 52 17 Shooting Stars ( R ) 38 13 11 14 32 38 − 6 50 Relegation to the Nigeria National League 18 ABS ( R ) 38 14 7 17 37 50 − 13 49 19 Gombe United ( R ) 38 11 10 17 32 49 − 17 43 20 Remo Stars ( R ) 38 7 8 23 27 49 − 22 29 Updated to games played on 9 September 2017. Source : NPFL.ng Rules for classification : 1 ) points ; 2 ) goal difference ; 3 ) number of goals scored ( C ) = Champion ; ( R ) = Relegated ; ( P ) = Promoted ; ( E ) = Eliminated ; ( O ) = Play - off winner ; ( A ) = Advances to a further round. Only applicable when the season is not finished : ( Q ) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated ; ( TQ ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated ; ( RQ ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated ; ( DQ ) = Disqualified from tournament. Positions by round Leader 2018 CAF Champions League or 2018 CAF Confederation Cup Relegation to Nigeria National League Team ╲ Round 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Plateau United 5 MFM 11 El Kanemi Warriors 12 8 13 8 14 9 11 6 Ifeanyi Uba 19 6 11 14 18 11 13 16 17 16 19 19 16 12 13 11 9 8 8 Enyimba 9 12 7 5 5 5 9 9 13 12 9 7 8 6 7 7 5 Akwa United 17 18 19 20 20 19 20 14 12 8 13 8 6 8 9 12 10 5 5 6 Lobi Stars 18 14 17 11 10 6 6 8 7 6 5 5 7 7 11 6 11 12 10 7 Niger Tornadoes 19 19 20 16 17 15 8 5 6 5 7 6 8 5 5 8 Abia Warriors 5 6 6 5 7 8 12 10 10 9 10 6 7 5 6 6 9 ABS 6 5 6 8 9 13 9 12 10 Nasarawa United 10 15 18 12 16 16 17 11 10 15 12 15 10 11 10 10 7 10 9 11 Rivers United 5 5 8 10 12 14 14 16 12 15 17 19 19 19 18 15 12 Kano Pillars 5 5 7 11 7 9 10 13 7 8 7 5 8 11 13 13 Enugu Rangers 12 16 9 13 12 17 18 19 20 18 14 16 17 19 20 20 20 20 16 14 Katsina United 5 12 8 10 9 10 12 13 11 10 6 9 11 13 12 14 16 14 11 15 Wikki Tourist 10 17 10 18 7 14 15 18 18 17 17 18 20 14 17 16 17 16 19 16 Sunshine Stars 16 10 13 8 15 20 16 15 15 11 15 11 14 16 18 17 18 17 14 17 Gombe United 12 8 16 16 7 13 6 9 9 13 11 14 13 15 14 15 12 15 17 18 Shooting Stars 7 12 14 19 11 13 16 16 19 18 17 18 18 15 13 15 13 18 19 Remo Stars 12 20 13 19 13 18 19 20 19 20 20 20 19 20 16 18 14 19 20 20 Last updated : 21 May 2017 Source : Soccerway Season statistics Goals Top scorers As of 10 May 2017 Rank Player Team Goals Stephen Odey MFM 14 Abdullahi Ibrahim Alhassan Akwa United 10 Samuel Mathias El Kanemi Warriors 10 Sunday Adetunji Abia Warriors 8 Mfon Udoh Enyimba 8 Adamu Hassan Nasarawa United 7 Victor Mboama Remo Stars 7 Anthony Okpotu Lobi Stars 7 5 Godwin Obaje Ifeanyi Ubah 6 6 Prince Aggreh Ifeanyi Ubah 5 Kingsley Eduwo Lobi Stars 5 Daniel Etor Enugu Rangers 5 Sunday Faleye Shooting Stars 5 Austin Oladapo Gombe United 5 Sikiru Olatunbosun MFM 5 Hat - tricks Player For Against Result Date Stephen Odey MFM Lobi Stars 4 - 0 000000002017 - 01 - 22 - 0000 22 January 2017 Reuben Bala Plateau United ABS 4 - 1 000000002017 - 03 - 26 - 0000 26 March 2017 Mu'azzam Akwa United Shooting Stars 4 - 2 000000002017 - 04 - 02 - 0000 2 April 2017 Anthony Okpotu Lobi Stars Sunshine Stars 3 - 1 000000002017 - 04 - 19 - 0000 19 April 2017 References Jump up ^ `` Plateau United wins Nigerian Professional Football League ''. Jump up ^ `` Plateau United wins Nigerian Professional Football League ''. Jump up ^ `` Matchday3 round - up : Champions Rangers finally off the mark, as Odey puts on show in Lagos ''. Retrieved 23 January 2017. Jump up ^ `` NPFL Match Day 15 : Plateau United back on top, Enyimba defeat Rivers United - Daily Post Nigeria ''. Retrieved 27 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` NPFL : Nasarawa United thump MFM, Enyimba edge Enugu Rangers - Goal.com ''. Retrieved 6 April 2017. Jump up ^ `` Okpotu 's treble sink Sunshine Stars - SuperSport - Football ''. Retrieved 20 April 2017. 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Question: highest goal scorer in nigeria premier league 2017
Answer: Anthony Okpotu