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| Full name | El Kanemi Warriors Football Club |
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| Nickname | Desert Warriors |
| Founded | 1986; 39 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 inMaiduguri,Borno State,Nigeria. Their play ground is theEl-Kanemi Stadium,Maiduguri. The club is on a positive rebound having gained promotion to theNigeria Premier Football League in 2024 and doubling as the winners of the Federation Cup in the same year.
El-Kanemi Warriors ended the 2005 season in the lower half of theNigeria Premier League, and were relegated to theNigeria Division 1 in 2007.
In 2012, they were promoted back to the top level. Due to theBoko Haram insurgency in 2014, they played their home games inKano. From 2015 to 2016, they hosted their home games at theMuhammadu Dikko Stadium inKatsina before returning toMaiduguri andEl-Kanemi Stadium.
In October 2017, the club announced formerEnugu Rangers coach Imama Amapakabo as their new coach on a one-year deal.
In June 2024, El-Kanemi Warriors regained promotion to theNigeria Premier Football League and later went on to win the Federation Cup after defeatingAbia Warriors 2–0 at theMobolaji Johnson Arena.[1][2]
As of 17 April 2019
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