Posted by Rivers United, the current champions of the Nigeria Professional Football League, will play Lobi Stars to open their championship defense.
On January 8, the match will take place at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt.
On Wednesday, December 28, 2022, the draw for the 2022–23 NPFL was conducted at the Sandralia Hotel in Abuja.
Enyimba, an eight-time champion, will travel to Lafia to play their season-opening match as Nasarawa United’s visitors.
Rangers and Abia Warriors will face off in the first Oriental derby of the season at Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu.
The Interim Management Committee opted to use an abridged format for the next season, so the 20 teams were split into two groups of 10 teams each.
To determine the overall victor, the top three teams from each group will play one another in a league format.
The 2022–2023 campaign winner will take home a whooping N100 million.
Prior to the start of the season, each of the 20 clubs would receive N10m.