Niger Tornadoes F.C.

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Niger Tornadoes
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Full nameNiger Tornadoes Football Club
Nickname(s)Ikon Allah
Founded1977;47 years ago (1977)
Ground Bako Kontagora Stadium
Minna, Nigeria
Capacity5,000
ChairmanHon. Adamu Aliyu Mohammed
ManagerDaniel Aquino [1]
League Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL)
2021—22 Nigeria Professional Football League, 12th of 20 [2]

Niger Tornadoes Football Club is a soccer club based in Minna, Nigeria. They play in the Nigerian Professional Football League. Their home stadium is Bako Kontagora Stadium. They have also played their home games at Confluence Stadium in Lokoja.

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History

In 2005 they finished in the lower half of the Nigerian Premier League but avoided relegation by three points. The club has suffered financial difficulties, with players complaining of unpaid salaries and bonuses.

After a 0–3 start to the 2008–09 season the entire management was sacked. The replacements for the chairman (David Suleiman) and the manager (Danladi Nasidi) had the same positions at the club from 2004 to 2005 when they finished 13th and 14th in the Premier League. On November 15, the team hired Justin Tenger as technical adviser, a role he had until 2004.

They were relegated from the Premier League in 2012 on goal difference after scoring 38 goals in 36 games. Thirteen of the goals were scored by Sibi Gwar who was the league's top scorer. They won promotion again in 2015 after winning the Nigeria National League.

Niger Tornadoes were promoted back to the top division in 2015. Coach Abdullahi Biffo led them to a promotion spot which they clinched after defeating Mighty Jets F.C. 2–0. [3] With two goals from their star forward, Joaco Seleme.

Niger Tornadoes were runners up in the Nigerian FA Cup in 2017 after losing on penalties to Akwa United. [4]

The club was fined N1 million in 2019 for crowd troubles in a game against Bendel Insurance. [5]

Achievements

2000
1996, 2015

Performance in CAF competitions

2001  – Quarter-finals
2010  – Quarter-finals

Current team

As of 11 February 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Ndem Innocent
2Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA James Martins Iko
3 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Anthony Onyebuchi Onyeakazi
4Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Moses Ugwu
5 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Sunday Akinmoladun
6 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Sarki Ismaila
7 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Tanko Awwal
8 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Adetola Ayo
9 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Ejiofor Izuchukwu
11Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Eric Frimpong
13Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Peter Abashiya
14 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Obinna Jacob
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Ibrahim Babawo Abubakar
20 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Mustapha Jibrin
21AMFFlag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Miazina Nwimueyii
22 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Osondu Jonathan
23 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Analaba Uchechukwu
27Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Atsen Emmanuel
28 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Anyamele Chukwuemeka
30 GK Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Mustapha Salihu Aliko
32Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Mohammed Aliyu
33Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Wakili Musa Abdullahi
34 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Alani Azeez
35 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Abiodun Afolabi
36Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Mohammed Abubakar
38Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Bashar Usman

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References

  1. ↑ "Tornadoes Coach Bala insists club won't be relegated". npfl.ng. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  2. ↑ "NPFL 2021/2022 standings - overall, home/away standings". Flashscore. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  3. ↑ Prince, Toby (September 30, 2015). "Meet the four teams promoted to the Nigeria Premier League". qed.ng.
  4. ↑ "Akwa Utd Defeats Tornadoes to Win Maiden Aiteo Cup". thisdaylive.com.
  5. ↑ "LMC fines Niger Tornadoes N1 million for crowd troubles". Dailytimes.ng. February 7, 2015.
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