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 2023

League	#	P	Pts	GD	Form
NPFL	3	5	9	+2

Recent Fixtures 2023

Players by Country

Nigeria 47 ▾

A. Abba A. Adamu A. Adeleke A. Akande A. Godswill A. Lukman A. Ohaegbu A. Okejepha A. Okpe A. Olanrewaju A. Oyowah C. Ekeocha C. Ezeh C. Ihunda C. Madu D. Ovunda E. Deputy E. Duru E. Endurance E. Udom F. Abdullahi I. Francis I. Stephen J. Onoja J. Uche K. Agu K. Godswill L. Edward M. Fehintola M. Ohawume M. Shiraz Mathias Samuel Martins N. Akpesiri N. Nwagua O. Adebayo O. Anthony O. Onisodumeya P. Agu P. Odeh P. Onobi Peter Williams S. Asiegbu Sunday Williams T. Emekayi U. Williams V. Eteng V. Sochima

Ghana 5 ▾

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

Côte d'Ivoire 2 ▾

Bernard Yao Kouassi Y. Chacool

Liberia 2 ▾

A. Korvah M. Gibson

Cameroon 1 ▾

N. Ndasi

Squad 2023

Goalkeeper 9 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Yellow	Red	Rating
A. Akande Nigeria	10	0	0	0	7.0
M. Seidu Ghana	0	0	0	0
O. Onisodumeya Nigeria	0	0	0	0
V. Sochima Nigeria	0	0	0	0
V. Sochima Nigeria
D. Ovunda Nigeria
O. Onisodumeya Nigeria
M. Seidu Ghana
A. Akande Nigeria

Defender 25 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Yellow	Red	Rating
K. Godswill Nigeria	10	1	3	0	7.4
E. Ampiah Ghana	6	0	1	0	6.8
E. Endurance Nigeria	6	0	1	0	7.0
O. Anthony Nigeria	6	0	0	0	6.6
T. Emekayi Nigeria	5	0	0	0	6.4
E. Udom Nigeria	4	1	1	0	7.0
J. Uche Nigeria	1	0	0	0	6.7
K. Godswill Nigeria	0	3
A. Adeleke Nigeria	0	0	1	0
E. Udom Nigeria	0	2
A. Godswill Nigeria	0	0	0	0
E. Endurance Nigeria	0	1
T. Emekayi Nigeria
A. Ohaegbu Nigeria
A. Godswill Nigeria
L. Edward Nigeria
Y. Chacool Côte d'Ivoire
A. Olanrewaju Nigeria
A. Adeleke Nigeria
C. Ihunda Nigeria
E. Ampiah Ghana
J. Uche Nigeria
N. Ndasi Cameroon
E. Duru Nigeria
O. Anthony Nigeria

Midfielder 28 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Assists	Yellow	Red	Rating
A. Oyowah Nigeria	10	4	2	1	0	7.3
F. Mohammed Ghana	8	1		3	0	6.8
A. Okejepha Nigeria	7	1		0	0	7.2
J. Onoja Nigeria	5	0		0	0	6.5
Mathias Samuel Martins Nigeria	4	0		0	0	6.9
S. Asiegbu Nigeria	4	1		0	0	7.5
U. Williams Nigeria	4	0		0	0	7.9
F. Abdullahi Nigeria	3	0		0	0	6.9
P. Acquah Ghana	3	0		0	0	6.7
Peter Williams Nigeria	1	0		0	0	6.7
F. Mohammed Ghana	0	1
S. Asiegbu Nigeria	0	3
U. Williams Nigeria	0	2
M. Fehintola Nigeria	0	0		0	0
V. Eteng Nigeria	0	0		0	0
A. Oyowah Nigeria	0	6
I. Stephen Nigeria
V. Eteng Nigeria
C. Ekeocha Nigeria
F. Abdullahi Nigeria
J. Onoja Nigeria
M. Fehintola Nigeria
K. Agu Nigeria
P. Acquah Ghana
Mathias Samuel Martins Nigeria
P. Onobi Nigeria
Peter Williams Nigeria
A. Okejepha Nigeria

Attacker 35 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Assists	Yellow	Red	Rating
N. Nwagua Nigeria	10	1		0	0	6.8
E. Deputy Nigeria	8	1		0	0	7.3
Bernard Yao Kouassi Côte d'Ivoire	6	0		0	0	6.7
P. Odeh Nigeria	6	1		2	0	6.7
M. Gibson Liberia	5	0		0	0	7.1
S. Antwi Ghana	5	1		2	0	7.2
A. Adamu Nigeria	4	0	3	0	0	7.7
A. Okpe Nigeria	3	0	1	1	0	7.0
A. Korvah Liberia	2			1	0	6.2
C. Madu Nigeria	2	0		0	0
Sunday Williams Nigeria	1	0		0	0
A. Abba Nigeria	1	0		1	0
C. Ezeh Nigeria	1	0		0	0	6.7
S. Antwi Ghana	0	1
P. Agu Nigeria	0	0		0	0
P. Odeh Nigeria	0	0
M. Gibson Liberia	0	1
Bernard Yao Kouassi Côte d'Ivoire	0	2
Sunday Williams Nigeria	0	1
A. Okpe Nigeria	0	7
E. Deputy Nigeria	0	5
A. Lukman Nigeria	0	0		0	0
A. Adamu Nigeria	0	3
N. Nwagua Nigeria	0	9
M. Ohawume Nigeria
A. Lukman Nigeria
C. Madu Nigeria
M. Shiraz Nigeria
I. Francis Nigeria
A. Korvah Liberia
O. Adebayo Nigeria
N. Akpesiri Nigeria
P. Agu Nigeria
A. Abba Nigeria
C. Ezeh 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