NITEL Vasco Da Gama F.C.

P & T (later NITEL) Vasco da Gama was a Nigerian football club based in Enugu. It was sponsored by the Post and Telecommunications Department (P & T) of the Ministry of Communications. The team was a founder member of the Nigerian League in 1972 and took its name from Brazilian squad CR Vasco da Gama.^[1] The name changed when NITEL was created from the merger of the P & T with the Nigerian External Telecommunications Limited (NET.) in the mid-1980s.^{[citation needed]}

The team was promoted to the premier league in 1993 after finishing second in the Second Division. However they were relegated after a record of 9 wins 10 ties and 13 losts (41 points).^[2] Vasco spent 1995 and 1996 in the second division before its management announced the disbandment of the club late November, 1996.^{[citation needed]}

In 1997, the team's league slot was bought by the Akwa Ibom government and reborn as the Ibom Stars FC, the predecessor of Akwa United F.C.

References[edit]

^ Rangers International (the story of Nigeria’s all-conquering clubside), S.Mbah, I.P.Okoye and O.Ezea, 1993
^ Season Table Results

External links[edit]

This article about a Nigerian football club is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Rangers International (the story of Nigeria’s all-conquering clubside), S.Mbah, I.P.Okoye and O.Ezea, 1993

[2] Season Table Results

[1]

[2]