Yobe Desert Stars Football Club is a Nigerian
football (soccer)
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club based in the city of
Damaturu. Starting in 2018 they will play in the
Nigerian Premier League
The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) is the highest level of the Nigerian football league system, for the Nigerian club-football championships.
The Nigerian league has suffered, like many others, from the financial impact and dwindl ...
after consecutive promotions.
History
They started as an Amateur club and eventually were promoted to the
Second Division
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in 2000. After winning promotion to the top level in 2001, they spent just one season in the NPL before being relegated with just 11 wins in 34 games. They also made it to the final of the 2002
Nigerian FA Cup where they lost 3–0 to
Julius Berger FC
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.
They were relegated to the
Amateur League in 2007.
2017 season
After being promoted from the Nigeria Nationwide League in 2016, the Desert Stars won promotion to the NPFL on the last day of the National League season when they beat Adamawa United 2–0, returning to the top-flight for the first time in 15 years. They finished the season with twelve wins, four draws and seven losses.
YOBE DESERT STARS SEAL NIGERIA PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PROMOTION
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Current squad
''As of January 2018''
Coach: Mohammed Baba Ganaru
References
{{Nigerian Premier League
Association football clubs established in 1991
Football clubs in Nigeria
Yobe State
Sports clubs and teams in Nigeria