Enugu a winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2007, was born in Enugu in 1977 and grew up in Nsukka. The Enugu Rangers, a first-division professional league association football team, is Enugu's home team that plays in the Nigerian Premier League and are based in the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium. Former Rangers players include Jay-Jay Okocha and Taribo West. Enugu's main sports centre is the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, named after Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first president of Nigeria. The stadium remained the centre of sports for the whole of the Eastern Region until the Nigerian Civil War broke out. At the
2018 Nigeria Federation Cup Round 1 [Sep 24] Akwa United 1-0 Wikki Tourists Nasarawa United 0-0 Kogi United Round 2 [Sep 26] Kogi United 0-1 Akwa United Nasarawa United 1-0 Wikki Tourists Round 3 [Sep 28] Akwa United 0-2 Nasarawa United Wikki Tourists 1-0 Kogi United Final Table: [Oct 3] Kwara United 1-3 Katsina United [Agege stadium, Lagos] Enugu Rangers 1-1 Akwa United [4-2 pen] [Sani Abacha stadium, Kano] [Oct 4] Nasarawa United 1-0 El-Kanemi Warriors [Enyimba stadium, Aba] [Oct 7] Enyimba 2-4 Kano Pillars [Patani stadium, Gombe] [Oct 10] Enugu Rangers 4-2 Nasarawa United [Sani Abacha stadium, Kano] Katsina United 2-2 Kano Pillars