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Rivers United

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ShirtHakeem Busari (since 2025)Yakubu Gowon Stadium

Nigerian Premier League

2025/26
2.°
Position
38
Played
19
Won
44
Goals for
31
Goals against
67
Points

Grupo A · African Champions League

2025/26
4.°
Position
6
Played
0
Won
2
Goals for
13
Goals against
1
Points
Goals scored per match · 15 of 16 in the competitionGoals0.33Shots on target per match · 15 of 16 in the competitionShots on target2.00Goals per 100 shots · 15 of 16 in the competitionConversion5%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 13 of 16 in the competitionClean sheets17%Average share of the ball · 7 of 16 in the competitionPossession50%Duels won over duels contested · 12 of 16 in the competitionDuels won48%

Compared with the 16 teams in African Champions League in 2025/26.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 16 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals0.3315.º
Shots on target2.0015.º
Conversion5%15.º
Clean sheets17%13.º
Possession50%7.º
Duels won48%12.º

Nigerian Premier League

2024/25
2.°
Position
38
Played
18
Won
35
Goals for
29
Goals against
64
Points

Nigerian Premier League

2023/24
8.°
Position
38
Played
15
Won
51
Goals for
42
Goals against
53
Points

Grupo C · CAF Confederation Cup

2023/24
2.°
Position
6
Played
4
Won
10
Goals for
8
Goals against
12
Points
Goals scored per match · 5 of 16 in the competitionGoals1.38Shots on target per match · 7 of 16 in the competitionShots on target4.50Goals per 100 shots · 8 of 16 in the competitionConversion12%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 7 of 16 in the competitionClean sheets38%Average share of the ball · 3 of 16 in the competitionPossession55%Duels won over duels contested · 5 of 16 in the competitionDuels won51%

Compared with the 16 teams in CAF Confederation Cup in 2023/24.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 16 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.385.º
Shots on target4.507.º
Conversion12%8.º
Clean sheets38%7.º
Possession55%3.º
Duels won51%5.º

Grupo B · CAF Confederation Cup

2022/23
2.°
Position
6
Played
3
Won
9
Goals for
7
Goals against
10
Points
Goals scored per match · 8 of 16 in the competitionGoals1.13Shots on target per match · 9 of 16 in the competitionShots on target3.38Goals per 100 shots · 8 of 16 in the competitionConversion14%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 7 of 16 in the competitionClean sheets38%Average share of the ball · 7 of 16 in the competitionPossession50%Duels won over duels contested · 3 of 16 in the competitionDuels won53%

Compared with the 16 teams in CAF Confederation Cup in 2022/23.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 16 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.138.º
Shots on target3.389.º
Conversion14%8.º
Clean sheets38%7.º
Possession50%7.º
Duels won53%3.º

Nigerian Premier League

2022/23
3.°
Position
5
Played
2
Won
6
Goals for
4
Goals against
9
Points

Nigerian Premier League

2021/22
1.°
Position
38
Played
23
Won
58
Goals for
24
Goals against
77
Points

Nigerian Premier League

2020/21
6.°
Position
38
Played
18
Won
48
Goals for
36
Goals against
63
Points

Nigerian Premier League

2019/20
2.°
Position
25
Played
13
Won
28
Goals for
15
Goals against
45
Points

Trends

2025/26
1.38
Scored
1.25
Conceded
38%
Clean sheets
63%
Over 2.5 goals
Last 6
When they score31-45'

Squad

2025/26

Goalkeepers

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
16Ani Ozoemena HenryGoalkeeperNigeria25---2025
34John NobleGoalkeeperNigeria33---2025
32Osagie OnisodumeyaGoalkeeperNigeria25---2023
1Ibrahim PiusGoalkeeperNigeria37---2025

Defenders

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
13Taiwo AbdulrafiuDefenderNigeria241.90 m-Left2025
19Isaac AnnorDefenderNigeria----2025
22Rivio AyemwenreDefenderNigeria----2025
36Ochobi EliasDefenderNigeria----2025
33Temple EmekayiDefenderNigeria27---2021
6Stephen ManyoDefenderNigeria251.82 m85 kgRight2025
2Effimi Nsi EdimDefenderNigeria23---2025
12Ogbu OgechukwuDefenderNigeria----2025
27David SholumadeDefenderNigeria23---2025

Midfielders

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
-Ebuka AkobunduMidfielderNigeria30---2025
17Sylvester BellMidfielderNigeria34---2025
4Osimaga DukeMidfielderNigeria26---2025
24Wasiu FaloluMidfielderNigeria----2025
7Ubong FridayMidfielderNigeria28---2025
23Bello MartinsMidfielderNigeria23---2025
25Anthony OmakaMidfielderNigeria30---2025
29Taofeek OtaniyiMidfielderNigeria20---2025

Forwards

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
26Mbaoma ChijiokeStrikerNigeria231.83 m-Left2026
28Maclyn JenewariForwardNigeria22---2025
20Emmanuel NnajiForwardItaly27---2025
30Samson ObiForwardNigeria30---2025
18Seyi OguntayoForwardNigeria23---2025
11Aniekeme OkonForwardNigeria271.64 m-Right2025
21Wisdom SamuelForwardNigeria25---2025
-Chinedu SundayForwardNigeria----2025
9Handsome SurveyorForwardNigeria----2025
31Timothy ZechariahForwardNigeria----2025
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