Nagaland Premier League

Nagaland Premier League

Countries	India
Founded	2011
Number of teams	10
Levels on pyramid	1
Promotion to	I-League 2nd Division
Relegation to	None
Domestic cup(s)	None
Current champions	First Season Yet To Start
Website	Premier League
2012

Nagaland Premier League (or NPL) is the top division football league in the Indian state of Nagaland. The league is expected to begin in January 2012 with the aim to increase interest in football in Nagaland.

Structure

There will be 10 clubs in the 2012 Nagaland Premier League season. Each club plays every other club twice (once at home and once away). Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. At the end of the season a table of the final League standings is determined, based on the following criteria in this order: points obtained, goal difference, and goals scored.

At the end of each season the champion club will be promoted to I-League 2nd Division.^[1]

Media Coverage

While there is no reports of any TV Coverage for the league the Nagaland Football Association have made strides to update fans and other people on the developments surrounding the league. So far the NFA's way of updating its fans is through Facebook and Twitter. The league also managed to set up a website called nagalandpremierleague.com which they will use to update the news surrounding the league.

Clubs and Stadiums 2012

This is the non-completed club list for the 2012 season.

Club	District
Doyang	Wokha
Flamingoz	Peren
Life Sports	Kohima
Naga Tornados	Zunheboto
Sangpang	Mokokchung
Zonipang	Mokokchung
Teams 7-10 not known yet

References

1. ^ NPL Champions to have shot at I-League, The Morung Times, 11 November 2011

External links

• Nagaland Premier League Official Website