NPFL: Remo Stars Seals Continental Ticket, Defeats Niger Tornadoes 3-0
Remo Stars have sealed a slot on the Continental League with their 3-0 home win against the Niger Tornadoes, on Sunday.
The last games of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) 2021/22 season were played on Sunday with the confirmation of the four teams to be relegated.
This concluded an intensive seven-month action-packed season-the shortest in NPFL history.
The 10 games played on Sunday, July 17, produced 20 goals with nine home victories and an away win.Rivers United ended the league as champions with 77 points. They became the club with the highest total of points in an NPFL season as they defeated Gombe United by a lone goal..
In Ikenne, Remo Stars sealed their third position and a continental slot with a three-nil win over Tornadoes. This will be the first time in the club’s history they would qualify for the continent.
Andy Okpe’s hat-trick sealed the club’s highest points secured in an NPFL season.
Just like in Port Harcourt, it was a party galore at the Ikenne stadium, where Remo Stars’ fans trooped in en masse to celebrate the impressive feat Gbenga Ogunbote and his boys achieved in their debut season.