Rangers International Football Club of Enugu on Sunday played out a goalless draw with newly promoted Kun Khalifat football club of Owerri.
The match was the day one of the 2025/2026 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season.
The match, played at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium Enugu saw the home team making incursions into the vital area of the visitors.
However, poor marksmanship and the resilience of Kun Khalifat players ensured that the flying antelopes did not get the curtain raser.
On resumption of the second half, Rangers continued to making incursions into the opponents area but failed to make any impact.
The visitors also came close to scoring on two, three occasions but did not get the cutting raiser thereby ending the match on a barren draw.
NAN reports that the Owerri- based team just got promoted to the NPFL last season.
Speaking at the post match news conference, Fidelis Illechukwu, Coach of Rangers said that the team will blend with time.
“This is just the first match and I am optimistic that when we play five, six games, we will get to where we want to be, ” he said.
Coach of Kun Khalifat FC , Obinna Uzoho on his part, praised his team for playing to instructions.
“My team played to instructions and I am happy for the boys, ” he said.