NPFL U-17 camp opens in Abuja

The Nigeria Premier Football League U-17 camp has opened in Abuja.

DAILY POST reports that the camp is aimed at grooming the players selected during the inaugural edition of the NPFL Youth League.

The exercise will run for two-weeks at the Goodluck Jonathan Athletes Performance Hostel inside the FIFA Goal Project of the MKO Abiola National Stadium.

30 players are currently taking part in the camping exercise.

They are made up of seven players from the NPFL champions, Rangers Youth Team, six from the NPFL runners-up Remo Stars Youth Team and five from winners of the maiden NPFL U17 Youth League, Rivers United.

The rest are four from Plateau United and Katsina United, two from Lobi Stars and one each from Abia Warriors and Sunshine Stars.

The players were picked from the five zonal qualifiers, which held in February at Lafia, Kaduna, Ado-Ekiti, Enugu and Port Harcourt as well as in Benin.