2019–20 Nigeria Professional Football League
The 2019–2020 Nigerian Professional Football League is the 49th season of the top-flight division of the Nigerian football league system and the 30th season since its rebranding as the
'Professional League'. The league started on 3 November 2019 but is currently halted since 18 March 2020 following a decision by the League Management Company to suspend the league due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Enyimba are the defending champions, after winning the Super 6 play-offs the previous season. 1,544,000 spectators visited the 193 NPFL matches, resulting in an average attendance of 8,000.
Teams
The league consisted of 20 teams, the 4 promoted teams from the Nigeria National League and the remaining 16 teams from the previous season. On 28 November, Kwara United bought Delta Force's slot and replaced them in the league.| Team | Location | Stadium |
| Abia Warriors | Umuahia | Umuahia Township Stadium |
| Adamawa United | Yola | Pantami Stadium |
| Akwa United F.C. | Uyo | Godswill Akpabio International Stadium |
| Dakkada | Uyo | Godswill Akpabio International Stadium |
| Enugu Rangers | Enugu | Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium |
| Enyimba | Aba | Enyimba International Stadium |
| Heartland F.C. | Owerri | Okigwe Stadium |
| Ifeanyi Ubah F.C. | Nnewi | Ifeanyi Ubah FC International Stadium |
| Jigawa Golden Stars | Dutse | Sani Abacha Stadium |
| Kano Pillars | Kano | Sani Abacha Stadium |
| Katsina United | Katsina | Muhammadu Dikko Stadium |
| Kwara United | Ilorin | Kwara State Stadium |
| Lobi Stars | Makurdi | Aper Aku Stadium |
| MFM F.C. | Lagos | Agege Stadium |
| Nasarawa United | Lafia | Lafia Township Stadium |
| Plateau United | Jos | New Jos Stadium |
| Rivers United | Port Harcourt | Liberation Stadium |
| Sunshine Stars | Akure | Akure Township Stadium |
| Warri Wolves | Warri | Warri Township Stadium |
| Wikki Tourists F.C. | Bauchi | Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium |
Locations
League table
Results
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 |  Israel Abia | Enugu Rangers | 12 |
| 2 | Ibrahim Mustapha | Plateau United | 11 |
| 2 | Ndifreke Effiong Udo | Akwa United | 11 |
| 2 | Auwalu Ali Mallam | Kano Pillars | 11 |
| 5 | Victor Mbaoma | Enyimba | 9 |
| 6 | Tasiu Lawal | Katsina United | 8 |
| 6 | Stanley Dimgba | Enyimba | 8 |
| 6 | Malachi Ohawume | Rivers United | 8 |
Most assists
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 1 | Cyril Olisema | Enyimba | 10 |
| 2 | Femi Ajayi | Dakkada | 6 |
| 3 | Rabiu Ali | Kano Pillars | 5 |
| 4 | Daniel Itodo | Plateau United | 4 |
| 4 | Samuel Nnoshiri | Heartland FC | 4 |
| 4 | Nyima Nwagua | Kano Pillars | 4 |
| 4 | Ibrahim Abubakar | Plateau United | 4 |
Clean sheets
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Chinedu Anozie | Plateau United | 10 |
| 2 |  Jean Efala | Akwa United | 9 |
| 3 | Suraj Ayeleso | Kano Pillars | 8 |
| 3 | Sharp Uzoigwe | FC Ifeanyi Ubah | 8 |
| 3 | Abayomi Folarin | MFM FC | 8 |
| 3 | Vincent Edafe | Dakkada | 8 |
| 3 | Ibrahim Pius | Wikki Tourists FC | 8 |
News
- -This is the 30TH ANNIVERSARY of the Nigerian Professional Football League since attaining professionalism in 1990.
- - On 29 November 2019,FC Ifeanyi Ubah's bus was attacked by armed robbers near Lokoja, Kogi State's capital during a trip to Kano for their Matchday 6 match against Jigawa Golden Stars which left some players and some members of the coaching crew "critically injured" according to the club.
- -Katsina United and Kano Pillars were fined N3.5 million and N1.5 million by the League Management Company on 25 January 2020 for their fans' gross misconduct during their Matchday 15 fixture 10 days earlier in Katsina.
- -In a similar incident, the Matchday 20 fixture between Abia Warriors and Enyimba was moved to Monday, 17 January 2020 and played without spectators after the match was disrupted on the initial date - Sunday, 16 January 2020. Abia Warriors were later fined by the League Management Company for fan violence.
- -Nasarawa United's defender Chineme Martins collapsed at the Lafia Township Stadium during a home league match versus Katsina United on 8 March 2020, he was attended to by medics but was later rushed to an hospital where he was later confirmed dead.As a result of this, the Nigeria Football Federation ordered all NPFL clubs to provide all necessary and required medical equipment and personnel before hosting any other game, owing to the fact that there were poor medical and first aid assistance at the stadium when he slumped. In memory of him,all players wore black armbands and a minute's silence held before the commencement of all Matchday 24 games. Also, there was a round of applause for him at the 20th minute of each game.
- -Tragedy struck once again in Nigeria as Enugu Rangers duo Ifeanyi George and Emmanuel Ogbu were involved in an auto crash which claimed their lives and the life of a third person. The accident occurred in Abudu at the Benin-Agbor road while the players were travelling to Lagos after the season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.