The 2023 Nigeria Professional Football League is the 52nd season of Nigeria's top-flight association football league and the 33rd since attaining professionalism. The regular season started on 8 January 2023 and will conclude on 14 May 2023. Format The clubs and league organizers decided to start the 2022-23 season on 8 January 2023 instead of 28 December 2022 as previously planned. The league will switch to an abridged format that will see the clubs split into two groups of ten each. The top three clubs from each group will qualify for a championship round, which will be known as the Super Six, to determine the league winners. Teams Changes from previous season The following teams changed divisions since the end of the 2021-22 season Promoted from the 2021–22 Nigeria National League Bayelsa United Bendel Insurance Doma United El-Kanemi Warriors Relegated from the 2021–22 Nigeria Professional Football League Heartland Kano Pillars Katsina United MFM Regular season Group A League table Positions by round Results Results by matches played Group B League table Positions by round Results Results by matches played Championship round Points and goals carried over in full from the regular season. Positions by round Below the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal number of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given. References Nigeria Professional Football League seasons 2022–23 in Nigerian football Nigeria 2023 in African football