Plateau United F.C.
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| Full name | Plateau United Football Club of Jos | |||
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| Founded | 1975 | |||
| Ground | New Jos Stadium Jos, Nigeria | |||
| Capacity | 60,000 | |||
| Chairman | Pius Henwan | |||
| Manager | Fidelis Ilechukwu[1] | |||
| League | Nigeria Professional Football League | |||
| 2021–22 | Nigeria Professional Football League, 2nd of 20[2] | |||
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Plateau United Football Club of Jos (usually known as Plateau United) is a Nigerian professional football (soccer) club based in Jos, that competes in the Nigerian Professional Football League. Before 1991, they were known as the JIB Strikers FC.[3] The name "Plateau United" was the former name of their cross-town rivals Mighty Jets.[4]
History
Plateau United were founded in 1975 as JIB Strikers FC.[5]
Plateau United won their first major silverware in 1999, a 1-0 Nigeria Cup final victory over Iwuanyanwu Nationale on a goal by Donatus Iloka.[6] They had lost in the final in 1993 and 1998. They made their continental debut in 2000, but were eliminated after their first tie.[5]
They were promoted to the Nigeria Premier League for the 2010–11 season by winning on the last day against Mighty Jets, but were relegated back the next year on the last day. They were promoted back to the top league on the last day of the 2015 season.[7]
In 2013, their feeder team were one of four clubs suspended, pending an investigation into their 79–0 victory over Akurba FC.[8] The four clubs were accused of match-fixing in order to advance into the professional league. On 22 July 2013, Plateau Feeders, Akurba FC, Police Machine FC and Bubayaro FC were each banned for 10 years, with the players and officials in each game banned for life.
Plateau United won the Nigerian Professional Football League for the first time in 2017, led by coach Kennedy Boboye.[9][10]
Achievements
- 2017 [9]
- 2020 Top of the table when league was stopped due to COVID19
- 1999
- Runners-up: 1993, 1998
- 2021
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance
- 2000 – First Round
- CAF Champions League: 2018,
2020/21, 2022/23
Current team
As of December 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable players
Chris Obodo- Celestine Babayaro
- Mikel John Obi
- Victor Obinna
- Shehu Abdullahi
- Sunday Ingbede
- Daniel Itodo
- Ibrahim Mustapha
References
- ^ "Plateau United Unveil New Technical Adviser, Ilechukwu". Complete Sports. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
- ^ "NPFL 2021/2022 standings - overall, home/away standings". Flashscore. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
- ^ "Nigeria 1991". www.rsssf.com.
- ^ "[General] Plateau governor sues Yar'Adua over Jos crisis".
- ^ "Plateau United dethrone Rangers". 10 September 2017.
- ^ "MFM FC, Plateau United gain promotion to Nigeria Professional Football League — Goal.com". 31 August 2015.
- ^ "Nigerian clubs suspended after 'scandalous' scorelines". BBC Sport.
- ^ a b "Plateau United wins Nigerian Professional Football League". 9 September 2017.
- ^ "NPFL: Plateau United target history". 5 September 2017.
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