2009–10 Nigeria Premier League

The 2009–10 Nigeria Premier League was the 39th season of the competition since its inception. Starting on 20 September 2009, it ran to July 7 due to breaks for both the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2010 FIFA World Cup and a total of 378 of a possible 380 games played.^[2] It ran without a sponsor since January due to the pulling out of sponsor Globacom.

Bayelsa United

Enugu Rangers

Enyimba

Gateway

Gombe United

Heartland

Kaduna United

Kano Pillars

Lobi Stars

Niger Tornadoes

Ocean Boys

Sharks

Dolphins

Sunshine Stars

W.Wolves

W. Tourists

Zamfara United

3SC

Kwara United

Ranchers Bees

Locations of the Nigeria Premier League 2009–10 teams

Nigeria Premier League

Season	2009–2010
Champions	Enyimba F.C.
Relegated	Wikki Tourists Bayelsa United Gateway F.C. Ranchers Bees
2011 CAF Champions League	Enyimba Kano Pillars
2011 CAF Confederation Cup	Sunshine Stars Kaduna United (cup winner)
Matches played	378
Goals scored	750 (1.98 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ahmed Musa, K. Pillars (18)
Biggest home win	Kwara United F.C. 6 Ranchers Bees 0 (June 13)
Biggest away win	Shooting Stars 2 Ranchers Bees 0 (June 27)-Played in Minna per League Punishment [1]
Highest scoring	7-Wikki Tourists 3 Kwara United 4 (Oct. 17),
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Enyimba (C)	38	20	10	8	43	25	+18	70	Qualification to 2011 CAF Champions League
2	Kano Pillars	38	19	9	10	48	29	+19	66
3	Sunshine Stars	38	19	7	12	39	30	+9	64	Qualification to 2011 CAF Confederation Cup
4	Kwara United	38	18	6	14	43	34	+9	60	Qualification to 2011 WAFU Club Championship
5	Enugu Rangers	38	15	13	10	34	22	+12	58
6	Warri Wolves	38	17	7	14	50	43	+7	58
7	Niger Tornadoes	38	16	7	15	42	38	+4	55
8	Heartland	38	16	6	16	37	33	+4	54
9	Gombe United	38	16	4	18	34	33	+1	52
10	Kaduna United	38	15	7	16	40	45	−5	52	Qualification to 2011 CAF Confederation Cup (Federation Cup winner)
11	Shooting Stars	38	14	10	14	27	33	−6	52
12	Dolphins	38	13	12	13	39	39	0	51
13	Lobi Stars	38	14	9	15	34	37	−3	51
14	Ocean Boys	38	14	8	16	32	36	−4	50
15	Zamfara United	38	13	10	15	30	46	−16	49
16	Sharks	38	14	6	18	45	41	+4	48
17	Wikki Tourists (R)	38	13	8	17	40	38	+2	47	Relegation to Nigeria National League
18	Bayelsa United FC (R)	38	13	8	17	40	46	−6	47
19	Gateway F.C. (R)	38	11	7	20	33	46	−13	40
20	Ranchers Bees (R)	38	10	6	22	23	59	−36	36

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated