Enyimba
FC are Nigeria's 2001
league champions after
winning the Super League
series contested by four
clubs.
The
Aba-based club won all
their three matches to
earn nine points in the
tournament and claim the
title.
Sixteen
division one teams
played in the main
league competition and
the top four, Rangers
FC, Enyimba, Gombe
United and NPA FC,
qualified for the Super
League which was played
on a round-robin basis
in Lagos.
NPA
FC from midwestern Warri
city came second with
four points, while Gombe
and Rangers followed
with three points and
one, respectively.
It
was a disappointing
performance for Rangers
FC, trained by ex-Super
Eagles captain and
assistant coach
Christian Chukwu, after
the club had finished
top of the main league
competition.
Each
member of Enyimba's
27-man squad will be
rewarded with a brand
new Peugeot 504 car,
according to their
soccer-mad state
governor Uzor Kalu
Kalu
added that club trainer
Godwin Uwua will not
take part in a coaching
attachment course with
English premiership side
Arsenal.
Uwua,
who led central Makurdi
town club Lobi Stars to
a Super League title win
in 1999, becomes the
first coach to do a
"rare double"
with two different
sides.
Kalu
said: "Winning the
Nigerian league title on
the overall is victory
for hardwork. And we
intend to win the
African Champions League
next season."
Enyimba's
title victory means they
will be Nigeria's
representative in next
season's Champions
League tournament.
Julius
Berger FC have already
qualified for the league
phase of this year's
tournament and are
aiming to be the first
club to win the trophy
for Nigeria.
NPA
will play in the CAF Cup
next year while Sunshine
Stars, who beat Kano
Pilllars on penalties in
the division two
play-off, will play in
the West African Union
Cup.
All
teams that played in the
Super League got cash
rewards of between
$1,500 and $30,000 from
the tournament sponsors,
soft drink makers Pepsi.
