Rivers United

🌍 Nigeria 📅 Founded 2016

🏟 Yakubu Gowon Stadium · Port Harcourt · 30,000 cap.

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League History

League	26/27	25/26	24/25	23/24	22/23	21/22	20/21	19/20	18/19	17/18	16/17
Federation Cup cup	✓	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
NPFL	2	2	8	3	1	6	2	5	14	15	✓
CAF Champions League cup	·	4	·	·	✓	✓	·	·	·	·	·
CAF Confederation Cup cup	·	·	·	✓	✓	✓	✓	·	·	✓	·

Standings 2022

League	#	P	Pts	GD	Form
NPFL	1	38	77	+34

Recent Fixtures 2022

Players by Country

Nigeria 28 ▾

A. Akande A. Godswill A. Lukman A. Ohaegbu A. Olanrewaju B. Sakin C. Ekeocha C. Ihunda C. Madu D. Ovunda E. Duru F. Maduabuchi I. Francis I. Stephen J. Onoja K. Agu K. Godswill L. Edward M. Chukwu M. Ohawume M. Shiraz N. Akpesiri N. Nwagua O. Adebayo P. Onobi T. Emekayi U. Williams V. Sochima

Ghana 4 ▾

E. Ampiah F. Mohammed M. Seidu P. Acquah

Cameroon 1 ▾

N. Ndasi

Côte d'Ivoire 1 ▾

Y. Chacool

Liberia 1 ▾

A. Korvah

Squad 2022

Goalkeeper 11 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Yellow	Red	Rating
V. Sochima Nigeria	8	0	0	0	7.3
V. Sochima Nigeria	2	0	0	0
D. Ovunda Nigeria	2	0	0	0
M. Seidu Ghana	2	0	0	0	6.0
M. Seidu Ghana	1	0	1	0
A. Akande Nigeria	0	0	0	0
D. Ovunda Nigeria	0	0	0	0
D. Ovunda Nigeria
V. Sochima Nigeria
A. Akande Nigeria
M. Seidu Ghana

Defender 32 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Yellow	Red	Rating
N. Ndasi Cameroon	10	1	0	0	7.2
K. Godswill Nigeria	10	1	1	0	6.9
T. Emekayi Nigeria	6	0	0	0	6.6
E. Duru Nigeria	6	2	3	0
E. Ampiah Ghana	6	0	0	0	6.9
L. Edward Nigeria	5	0	1	0	6.9
A. Ohaegbu Nigeria	4	0	2	0	6.9
E. Duru Nigeria	4	1	2	0
K. Godswill Nigeria	4	0	0	0
F. Maduabuchi Nigeria	4	0	0	0
N. Ndasi Cameroon	3	0	0	0
T. Emekayi Nigeria	2	0	0	0
A. Godswill Nigeria	1	0	0	0	6.7
A. Olanrewaju Nigeria	0	0	0	0
A. Olanrewaju Nigeria	0	0	0	0
Y. Chacool Côte d'Ivoire	0	0	0	0
Y. Chacool Côte d'Ivoire	0	0	0	0
F. Maduabuchi Nigeria	0	0	0	0
K. Godswill Nigeria	0	1
C. Ihunda Nigeria	0	0	0	0
N. Ndasi Cameroon	0	1
E. Duru Nigeria	0	5
E. Ampiah Ghana	0	0	0	0
E. Ampiah Ghana
C. Ihunda Nigeria
F. Maduabuchi Nigeria
T. Emekayi Nigeria
Y. Chacool Côte d'Ivoire
L. Edward Nigeria
A. Olanrewaju Nigeria
A. Ohaegbu Nigeria
A. Godswill Nigeria

Midfielder 26 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Yellow	Red	Rating
P. Acquah Ghana	9	5	0	0	6.5
U. Williams Nigeria	9	1	0	0	6.6
M. Chukwu Nigeria	9	0	2	0	6.7
J. Onoja Nigeria	9	0	2	0	6.6
M. Chukwu Nigeria	4	0	1	0
C. Ekeocha Nigeria	4	0	0	0	6.2
P. Acquah Ghana	4	2	0	0
F. Mohammed Ghana	4	0	0	0	6.9
K. Agu Nigeria	4	1	0	0
K. Agu Nigeria	3	0	0	0
F. Mohammed Ghana	3	0	0	0
J. Onoja Nigeria	2	0	0	0
U. Williams Nigeria	2	0	0	0
C. Ekeocha Nigeria	1	0	0	0
I. Stephen Nigeria	0	0	0	0
J. Onoja Nigeria	0	1
M. Chukwu Nigeria	0	4
F. Mohammed Ghana	0	1
P. Onobi Nigeria	0	0	0	0
K. Agu Nigeria	0	1
I. Stephen Nigeria	0	0	0	0
P. Acquah Ghana
P. Onobi Nigeria
U. Williams Nigeria
I. Stephen Nigeria
C. Ekeocha Nigeria

Attacker 23 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Assists	Yellow	Red	Rating
C. Madu Nigeria	10	0		1	0
N. Nwagua Nigeria	10	3	2	0	0	7.1
M. Ohawume Nigeria	9	2		0	0	6.6
M. Shiraz Nigeria	5	0		0	0	6.4
N. Nwagua Nigeria	4	0		1	0
N. Akpesiri Nigeria	4	0		0	0	6.5
C. Madu Nigeria	4	0		0	0
B. Sakin Nigeria	4	0		0	0
B. Sakin Nigeria	4	0		0	0
M. Ohawume Nigeria	4	1		0	0
I. Francis Nigeria	2	0		0	0	6.3
O. Adebayo Nigeria	2	0		0	0
O. Adebayo Nigeria	0	0		0	0
M. Shiraz Nigeria	0	1
A. Korvah Liberia	0	3
C. Madu Nigeria	0	1
A. Lukman Nigeria	0	1
N. Akpesiri Nigeria	0	1
M. Ohawume Nigeria	0	1
N. Nwagua Nigeria	0	7
B. Sakin Nigeria
I. Francis Nigeria
O. Adebayo Nigeria

Transfers

▲ In 10 ▾

Date	Player	From	Type
Jun 2025	I. Annor	Bendel Insurance	-
Sept 2024	U. Friday	Akwa United	Free
Aug 2023	O. Onisodumeya	Bayelsa United	N/A
Aug 2023	A. Oyowah	Bayelsa United	Free
Jul 2023	E. Deputy	Bendel Insurance	Free
Jun 2023	A. Lukman	AFC Uttara	Free
Nov 2022	N. Akpesiri	Akwa United	Free
Jul 2022	I. Stephen	Abia Warriors	N/A
May 2021	M. Chukwu	Akwa United	N/A
Jan 2019	Ebenezer Odunlami Kunle	Al Merreikh	Free

▼ Out 12 ▾

Date	Player	To	Type
Sept 2025	E. Ampiah	Bechem United	Transfer
Aug 2025	K. Abdullahi	Barau FC	-
Aug 2025	S. Mathias	Barau FC	-
Jul 2025	M. Fehintola	AS Sobemap	Free agent
Jun 2025	A. Osayande	Bendel Insurance	Transfer
Jun 2025	B. Adeniyi	Bendel Insurance	-
Mar 2025	D. Ovunda	Akwa United	Transfer
Sept 2024	E. Endurance	Akwa United	N/A
Feb 2024	J. Onoja	Binh Duong	Free
Aug 2022	Sikiru Olatunbosun	Tuzlaspor	Free
Mar 2022	I. Emmanuel	Akwa Starlets	N/A
Sept 2017	Joseph Yaovi Douhadji	Adana Demirspor	N/A