Enugu, Nigeria — Est. 1970

CAF Champions League — qualified

NINE TIMES
CHAMPIONS OF NIGERIA

Founded in 1970. Nine league titles. Fifty-six seasons in the Nigerian top flight, and not one of them spent going down.

1970

2026

9
League titles
38
Matchdays, 2025 / 26
0
Relegations, ever

Rangers International Football Club, known as the Flying Antelopes, plays at Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu, Nigeria. The nine tick marks on the timeline above mark the club's league titles in 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1984, 2016, 2024, 2026.

Chapter 2 — The Ball

Fifty-six seasons

Rangers International Football Club was founded in 1970 and has played every season since in the Nigerian top flight. The only club never relegated from the Nigerian top flight.

Founded: 1970
Home: Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu
Known as: Flying Antelopes
Next season: CAF Champions League

NINE TIMES CHAMPIONS OF NIGERIA. Flying Antelopes, since 1970, never relegated. 2025 / 26 NPFL.

Chapter 4 — The Jersey

The ninth shirt

A ninth league title, and a share of the Nigerian record. Nwobodo wore the armband and scored the two goals that finished it.

Season: 2025 / 26
Kit: Home shirt
Squad number: 9
Worn by: Nwobodo, captain

RANGERS

Enugu — 2025 / 26

League titlesA ninth championship, and a share of the Nigerian record.
Record equalledNo club in Nigerian league history has won more.
Points, to 67One clear of Rivers United after thirty-eight matchdays.

League titles
A ninth championship, and a share of the Nigerian record.
Record equalled
No club in Nigerian league history has won more.
Points, to 67
One clear of Rivers United after thirty-eight matchdays.

Chapter 5 — One Point

Decided by one point

Thirty-seven matchdays level, or within two points of each other. On the thirty-eighth, RANGERS went one clear and stayed there.

RANGERS

68

Rivers United

67

Matchday 38 of 38

One point

A ninth league title, and a share of the Nigerian record. RANGERS finished the 2025 / 26 Nigeria Premier Football League on 68 points, one ahead of Rivers United on 67.

Points progression, matchday by matchday

Placeholder data. This 38-matchday points progression is invented for the scroll animation. It is constrained so both clubs move in legal increments of 0, 1 or 3 points, stay within two points of each other, and finish on the confirmed totals of 68 and 67. Replace every row with the real NPFL standings before this page ships.

Cumulative league points after each matchday for RANGERS and Rivers United in the 2025 / 26 NPFL season. Placeholder data.
Matchday	RANGERS	Rivers United
1	1	0
2	4	3
3	7	6
4	7	7
5	8	10
6	11	10
7	14	13
8	15	14
9	15	15
10	18	16
11	19	19
12	22	22
13	25	25
14	26	26
15	29	29
16	32	30
17	32	31
18	32	34
19	35	37
20	38	40
21	41	41
22	41	41
23	44	44
24	47	47
25	47	47
26	50	50
27	51	51
28	51	52
29	54	55
30	55	56
31	58	57
32	59	60
33	60	61
34	60	61
35	61	62
36	64	65
37	65	66
38	68	67

Chapter 6 — The Goals

Two goals, one player

2 - 1 away at Ikorodu City, Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Lagos. Nwobodo scored both.

30'

Goal 1 of 2 — Nwobodo

Won back in midfield, carried through the inside-left channel, struck low across the goalkeeper.

52'

Goal 2 of 2 — Nwobodo

A one-two on the edge of the box, then a first-time finish into the far corner.

Chapter 7 — Fifty-Six Years

Fifty-six years up

From a club formed in 1970 to a record-equalling ninth title. Every season in the top flight, and not one spent going down.

1970
Founded in Enugu
Rangers International Football Club is formed in the months after the civil war, and becomes the side the East rebuilds around.
1974
First league title
The first of nine championships.
1975
African Cup of Champions Clubs final
Rangers reach the continental final, the furthest a Nigerian club had gone at the time.
1977
African Cup Winners’ Cup
A continental trophy comes to Enugu, with Canon Yaoundé beaten 5 – 2 on aggregate. The league title follows the same year.
1981 – 1984
Three more titles
Championships in 1981, 1982 and 1984 take the tally to six.
2016
The seventh
A thirty-two year wait ends.
2024
The eighth
Fidelis Ilechukwu, in charge since 2023, wins the title with a game to spare.
2026
The ninth
68 points to 67. The joint-highest tally in Nigerian league history.
1970 – 2026
Never relegated
Fifty-six seasons in the top flight, and not one spent going down. No other Nigerian club can say it.

Rangers International Football Club was formed in Enugu in 1970, in the months after the civil war, and became the side the East rebuilt around. Fifty-six seasons later the club holds nine league titles, a continental trophy, and a record no other Nigerian club can claim: never once relegated from the top flight.

Chapter 8 — The Squad

The nine wearers

The players who carried Rangers International F.C. through thirty-eight matchdays. The record belongs to them.

Kenneth Igboke
Defenders
Godwin Obaje
Forwards
Abuchi Okeke
Goalkeeper
George Abine
Goalkeeper
Lucky Jimoh
Goalkeeper
Austin Opara
Defenders
Kenechukwu Agu
Midfielders
Ugwuoke Ugochukwu
Midfielders
Ikechukwu Mgbemena
Midfielders

Kenneth Igboke

Defenders

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Chapter 9 — The Club Today

What happens next

Next fixtures

EUROMATCH NPFL — Sun 27 Sept 15:00 — Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan
Ikorodu City United
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22 Sept 2026

RANGERS INT’L FC V RANCHERS BEES FC: FLYING ANTELOPES TARGET ANOTHER VICTORY

Rangers International FC will be looking to maintain their winning momentum when they host Ranchers Bees FC this afternoon at the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri.

21 Sept 2026

RANGERS CLINCH RESOUNDING DERBY WIN OVER KUN KHALIFAT FC

Defending champions Rangers International FC secured a commanding 4–2 victory over South-East rivals Kun Khalifat FC in an entertaining NPFL South-East derby at the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri.

18 Sept 2026

KUN KHALIFAT FC V RANGERS INT'L FC : MATCH PREVIEW

Rangers International FC return to NPFL action this afternoon when we face fellow South-East side Kun Khalifat in a keenly anticipated derby at the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri.

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Hard fought win over Ranchers Bees.

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Chapter 10 — The Continent

Next stop, Africa

The ninth title carries Rangers International F.C. into the CAF Champions League next season. The line leaves Enugu and heads out across the continent.

Qualified for: CAF Champions League
Departing from: Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu

Matchday	RANGERS	Rivers United
1	1	0
2	4	3
3	7	6
4	7	7
5	8	10
6	11	10
7	14	13
8	15	14
9	15	15
10	18	16
11	19	19
12	22	22
13	25	25
14	26	26
15	29	29
16	32	30
17	32	31
18	32	34
19	35	37
20	38	40
21	41	41
22	41	41
23	44	44
24	47	47
25	47	47
26	50	50
27	51	51
28	51	52
29	54	55
30	55	56
31	58	57
32	59	60
33	60	61
34	60	61
35	61	62
36	64	65
37	65	66
38	68	67

Matchday	RANGERS	Rivers United
1	1	0
2	4	3
3	7	6
4	7	7
5	8	10
6	11	10
7	14	13
8	15	14
9	15	15
10	18	16
11	19	19
12	22	22
13	25	25
14	26	26
15	29	29
16	32	30
17	32	31
18	32	34
19	35	37
20	38	40
21	41	41
22	41	41
23	44	44
24	47	47
25	47	47
26	50	50
27	51	51
28	51	52
29	54	55
30	55	56
31	58	57
32	59	60
33	60	61
34	60	61
35	61	62
36	64	65
37	65	66
38	68	67

Matchday	RANGERS	Rivers United
1	1	0
2	4	3
3	7	6
4	7	7
5	8	10
6	11	10
7	14	13
8	15	14
9	15	15
10	18	16
11	19	19
12	22	22
13	25	25
14	26	26
15	29	29
16	32	30
17	32	31
18	32	34
19	35	37
20	38	40
21	41	41
22	41	41
23	44	44
24	47	47
25	47	47
26	50	50
27	51	51
28	51	52
29	54	55
30	55	56
31	58	57
32	59	60
33	60	61
34	60	61
35	61	62
36	64	65
37	65	66
38	68	67

Matchday	RANGERS	Rivers United
1	1	0
2	4	3
3	7	6
4	7	7
5	8	10
6	11	10
7	14	13
8	15	14
9	15	15
10	18	16
11	19	19
12	22	22
13	25	25
14	26	26
15	29	29
16	32	30
17	32	31
18	32	34
19	35	37
20	38	40
21	41	41
22	41	41
23	44	44
24	47	47
25	47	47
26	50	50
27	51	51
28	51	52
29	54	55
30	55	56
31	58	57
32	59	60
33	60	61
34	60	61
35	61	62
36	64	65
37	65	66
38	68	67

NINE TIMESCHAMPIONS OF NIGERIA

Fifty-six seasons

NINE TIMES CHAMPIONS OF NIGERIA. Flying Antelopes, since 1970, never relegated. 2025 / 26 NPFL.

The ninth shirt

Decided by one point

Two goals, one player

Fifty-six years up

Founded in Enugu

First league title

African Cup of Champions Clubs final

African Cup Winners’ Cup

Three more titles

The seventh

The eighth

The ninth

Never relegated

The nine wearers