Gombe United F.C.

Gombe United Football Club is a Nigerian football club based in Gombe. They play in the Nigeria Professional Football League. Having gotten promotion last year from the Nigeria National League Their home stadium is the new Pantami Stadium, having moved from Abubakar Umar Memorial Stadium in 2010.[1]

Not to be confused with Gombak United FC.
Gombe United F.C.
Nickname(s)Savannah scorpions
Founded1990
GroundPantami Stadium
Gombe, Nigeria
Capacity12,000
LeagueNigeria Professional Football League

History

They were continuously in the Nigerian top flight since promotion in 1994, the longest tenure of any Northern team. They however were relegated on the last day in the 2014 season to the Nigeria National League for the first time in 20 years. They won promotion back to the top level on the last day of the 2016 season by winning their division. They were relegated back in 2019.

Achievements
2007 Runners-up, Super 4 Playoffs

Performance in CAF competitions
2008 – First Round
2009 – Second Round

Current team

As of 30 January 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
1 GK  NGA Adewale Adeyinka
3  NGA Sadiq Abdulrazak
5  NGA Ahmad Ibrahim
6  NGA Peter Ambrose
8  NGA Mustapha Ibrahim
9  NGA Adamu Mohammed
12  NGA Babangida Ibrahim
13  NGA Usman Suleiman
14  NGA Joseph Onoja
15  NGA Umar Faruk
16  NGA Alhassan Yusuf
No. Pos. Nation Player
17  NGA Usman Musa
18  NGA Mohammed Alimanika
20 DF  NGA Maurice Chigozie
21 DF  NGA Ibrahim Muhammad
22 GK  NGA Emmanuel Daniel
24  NGA Ola Ogundele
28  NGA Saleh Mohammed
30  NGA Uche Owasanya
32  NGA Sadiq Shuaibu
34  NGA Bolaji Adeyemo
35  NGA Ganda Samuel
— MF  NGA Mathias Samuel

Notes
  1. Gombe United set to move into New Stadium


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