El-Kanemi Warriors F.C.

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Full name	El Kanemi Warriors Football Club
Nickname(s)	Desert Warriors
Founded	1986; 38 years ago (1986)
Ground	El-Kanemi Stadium, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Ibrahim Mainu Mustapha
Manager	Aliyu Zubairu
League	Nigeria Premier Football League
2024–25	TBA

El-Kanemi Warriors Football Club is a football team based in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. They play at El-Kanemi Stadium, and will compete in the 2024–25 Nigeria Premier Football League season after finishing runners up behind Nasarawa United in the 2023–24 NNL Playoffs.

El-Kanemi Warriors ended the 2005 season in the lower half of the Nigeria Premier League, and were relegated to the Nigeria Division 1 in 2007.

In 2012, they were promoted back to the top level. Due to the Boko Haram insurgency in 2014, they played their home games in Kano. From 2015 to 2016, they hosted their home games at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium in Katsina before returning to Maiduguri and El-Kanemi Stadium.

In October 2017, the club announced former Enugu Rangers coach Imama Amapakabo as their new coach on a one-year deal.

In June 2024, El-Kanemi Warriors regained promotion to the Nigeria Premier Football League and later went on to win the Federation Cup after defeating Abia Warriors 2–0 at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena.^[1][2]

• Nigerian FA Cup: 3

1991, 1992, 2024

• National Second Division: 2

1991, 2000

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances

1992 – First Round

1993 – Semi-finals

As of 17 April 2019

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 GK  NGA Itodo Akor 2 DF  NGA Joe Maamo 6 DF  NGA Lucky Erimuya 7 MF  NGA Isiaka Olawale 8 MF  NGA Sunday Anthony 5 FW  NGA Babatunde Solomon 13 DF  NGA Innocent Gabriel 14 MF  NGA AbdulRazak Aliyu 17 FW  NGA Chinedu Ohanachom 19 FW  NGA Analaba Uche 21 DF  NGA Solomon onome 28 DF  NGA Osita Echendu

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 GK  NGA Jobe Modou 25  NGA Haliru Hashima 30  NGA Ocheme Edoh 31  NGA Williams Nkeme 33  NGA Tchoanfine Pade 39 FW  NGA Ba'akaka Ajikolo 23 MF  NGA Kabiru Balogun 26 FW  NGA Abubakar Umar 22 FW  NGA Abdulwaheed Afolabi 12 FW  NGA Ibrahim Mustapha 16 FW  NGA Anthony Yeful

• Club logo
• El-Kanemi Warriors Results – current results of El-Kanemi Warriors matches

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