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
Nigeria Amateur League Division Two F - Vom Vet Rovers, FC Solid of Jos, Corithians FC of Bukuru, Lobi Juniors, Kurmi Market FC of Kano, FC Heart of Abuja, Malumfashi United Group G - El-Rasheed Homers FC, Wunti FC of Bauchi, Yankari Babes FC, Makwada FC, Bareta FC of Gombe, El-Kanemi Babes of Maiduguri, Super Pillars FC of Gombe, Yamtallawah FC Group H - Cosmos FC of Kano, Kano United, Samba Kurna (Kano), Kano Stars FC, Ramsy FC of Kano, Kano Eleven FC, Nasara FC, Katsina City Stars Teams in bold won their group and were promoted to Division One for 2015 Group A -