Osun United F.C.

Osun United FC is a Nigerian professional football club, based in the town of Osogbo, in Osun State. The club is also nicknamed Omoluabi Giants.^[1]

Osun United FC, Osogbo

Full name	Osun United Football Club
Nickname(s)	Pride of Osogbo Omoluabi Giants
Founded	1996
Ground	Oshogbo Stadium Oshogbo, Osun State, Nigeria
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Akin Maxwell
Manager	Seye Ajayi
League	Nigeria National League
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Prime FC was founded 1996 by authorities of Osogbo Local Government ^[2] and play its home games in the 10,000 seater Oshogbo Stadium.^[3] They play in the second level of professional football in Nigeria, the Nigeria National League after relegation from the Nigeria Premier League in 2008.^[4] The club was renamed "Osun United" in January 2017 to give the club a better identity. In the present 2023/2024 Season, Osun Utd leads the Southern Conference B with 26 points from 15 matches. Please refer to the social media account of the club for latest happenings^[5]

Former managers

• Samson Unuanel (2006)
• Coach Atia (2007)
• Coach Osama (2008)
• Yekeen Ayodeji (2010)
• Ademola Adesina (2012)
• Samuel Abimbola (2013)
• Shina Afolabi (2014)
• Duke Udi (2017)
• Bayo Adesina (2018)
• Duke Udi (2019)
• Samson Unuanel (2020)
• Bright Omokaro (2021)
• Tunji Baruwa (2022)
• Seye Ajayi (2023)

Notable players

• Dare Ojo
• Odion Ighalo
• Osas Saha

Notes

1. . Archived from the original on 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
2. "Osun United Football Club History". www.sitesng.com. from the original on 2021-01-31. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
3. "World Stadiums – Stadiums in Nigeria". from the original on 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
4. "Nigeria 2007/08". from the original on 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
5. "Government renames Prime F.C." from the original on 2017-01-06. Retrieved 2017-01-06.