Gombe United F.C.

Nickname(s)	Savannah scorpions
Founded	1990 (1990)
Ground	Pantami Stadium Gombe, Nigeria
Capacity	12,000
League	Nigeria Professional Football League
2022–23	Group A: 7th Championship Round: did not qualify
Home colours Away colours

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

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

• Nigerian Premier League: 0

2007 Runners-up, Super 4 Playoffs

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 1 appearance

2008 – First Round

• West African Club Championship (UFOA Cup): 1 appearance

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

2. Gombe United Results - current results of Gombe United matches