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Rangers International will play their preliminary-round home matches in the 2026/2027 CAF Champions League at the Remo Stars Stadium, Ikene, Ogun State, Completesports.com can exclusively report.

The Flying Antelopes, who are the 2025/2026 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) champions, will be making their 11th appearance in Africa’s premier interclub competition during the 2026/2027 season.

Why Rangers International Chose Remo Stars Stadium

However, ongoing renovation work at their home ground, The Cathedral — Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu — has forced the nine-time Nigerian champions to seek an alternative venue for their continental home fixtures.

In 2024, Rangers International played their preliminary-round home matches against U.S. Zilimadjou and Sagrada Esperança at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo.

The ‘Nest of Champions’, as the Godswill Akpabio Stadium is nicknamed, is CAF-approved, while the Remo Stars Stadium currently has provisional approval from the continental governing body.

Club Confirms Tentative Venue For Continental Campaign

On Tuesday, 28 July 2026, Rangers General Manager, Barrister Amobi Ezeaku, informed Completesports.com that the club had adopted the Remo Stars Stadium as their tentative home ground for the competition.

“Our home matches in the 2026/2027 CAF Champions League will be tentatively played at the Remo Stars Stadium, Ikene,” Amobi said when asked about Rangers International’s home venue for the CAF interclub competition following the ongoing renovation work at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu

https://www.completesports.com/rangers-international-choose-remo-stars-stadium-for-2026-27-cafcl-home-games/

Shooting stars too will not be using Lekan Salami stadium for their CAF confederation cup games, they'll also be using Remo stadium in ikenne. It's very sad that almost all our local league stadiums are below CAF standards. Majority of their fans won't have the privilege to travel and watch them play continental games live. My prayer is that NPFL clubs get financially successful enough to be able to upgrade their stadium and sign quality players.

Nigeria really needs stadiums. ThankGod Abia state governor have started lowkey a worldclass stadium in Abia state

Can anyone help with the image of the Remo Stars stadium?

Hemanwel:
Can anyone help with the image of the Remo Stars stadium?

Did anyone help you to type this?

You no get let to take bus go there?

Hemanwel:
Can anyone help with the image of the Remo Stars stadium?

dominique:
Shooting stars too will not be using Lekan Salami stadium for their CAF confederation cup games, they'll also be using Remo stadium in ikenne. It's very sad that almost all our local league stadiums are below CAF standards. Majority of their fans won't have the privilege to travel and watch them play continental games live. My prayer is that NPFL clubs get financially successful enough to be able to upgrade their stadium and sign quality players.

This is why it is good to have standard facilities all around the country. Now both teams will put much pressure on Remo infrastructural facilities.

dominique:
Shooting stars too will not be using Lekan Salami stadium for their CAF confederation cup games, they'll also be using Remo stadium in ikenne. It's very sad that almost all our local league stadiums are below CAF standards.

Majority of their fans won't have the privilege to travel and watch them play continental games live. My prayer is that NPFL clubs get financially successful enough to be able to upgrade their stadium and sign quality players.

Is it not strange that newborn baby Remo Stars has a CAF certified stadium in small Ikenne while Rangers and Shooting don't have in big cities of Enugu and Ibadan respectively.

Do you think that is because Remo Stars is a private, for profit club unlike the dinosaurs run by governments?

Is it a stark reminder of how deregulation and privatisation policies laid the foundation for PDP's 16 years of prosperity, peace and security with cheap petrol, cheap dollars, low unemployment, less debt burden, less tax burden etc

I have been to that Stadium during my Nysc days...not really standard then though. 2017 Batch B set.

Remo stadium, home stadium for our national team women

puremaker7:
Did anyone help you to type this?

😭😭😂😂😂
Nigerians are very wicked.

Samuels90:
This is why it is good to have standard facilities all around the country. Now both teams will put much pressure on Remo infrastructural facilities.

How can there be any pressure on the facilities of the relegated club

Remo will make good money from the government owned clubs that failed to upgrade their stadiums.
Datsall!!!

@ obacasmir, puremaker7, in all honesty, I meant no harm. I just want to see what the stadium looks like, since Shooting Stars will be using it as well.

Private bodies should invest in this things...build stadium...and collect better money to host teams to use their stadium...collect better maintenance fee join make e no turn rubbish like government own stadium ... Atleast it will creat job opportunities for many ppl

WowSweetGuy:
Nigeria really needs stadiums. ThankGod Abia state governor have started lowkey a worldclass stadium in Abia state

Does Nigeria need stadiums more than it needs well paid professional teachers to make education free for all children?

Does Nigeria need world class stadiums more than it needs pipe borne water supply to all homes?

Do you know what MISPLACED priority looks like

Omo. Never seen other Nigerians who see S@W like Heaven.

We are in the 25th Century and they are still in 15th Century

Eraddray:
Private bodies should invest in this things...build stadium...and collect better money for hosting thing team to use their stadium...collect better maintenance fee join make e no turn rubbish like government own stadium ... Atleast it will creat job many ppl

That's why oyinbo leagues are so much better. They are run as private, for profit businesses.

Do you think enough of us will ever understand that in Nigeria to make it happen in football like it has happened with Nollywood and Afrobeat music- exponential, international growth without government ownership/control?

anonimi:
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Africa must stop wasting her time on dreams of socialism because it is a system of wealth distribution primarily. Whereas, capitalism is a system of wealth creation primarily, and wealth has to be produced before it can be distributed.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2024/10/12/neo-black-problem-must-blacks-be-ruled-by-whites-in-order-to-prosper/

anonimi:
Does Nigeria need stadiums more than it needs well paid professional teachers to make education free for all children?

Does Nigeria need world class stadiums more than it needs pipe borne water supply to all homes?

Do you know what MISPLACED priority looks like

Those are basic needs and the stadium can bring in revenue to the government for the love of sport

Hemanwel:
Can anyone help with the image of the Remo Stars stadium?

Enter net check am

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Oh okay.
Apologies.

I understand your intention now.

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Hemanwel:
@ obacasmir, puremaker7, in all honesty, I meant no harm. I just want to see what the stadium looks like, since Shooting Stars will be using it as well.

Hemanwel:
@ obacasmir, puremaker7, in all honesty, I meant no harm. I just want to see what the stadium looks like, since Shooting Stars will be using it as well.

If you're using chrome browser, just use your crusor to highlight Remo Stars stadium then do a web search. It will open a new window and then all info of the stadium will be revealed. On same page, open images and it will show several images of the stadu taken from several angles.

Good luck to them. I don't know how their fans will be going there to support them. Lagos would have been better

anonimi:
How can there be any pressure on the facilities of the relegated club

Remo will make good money from the government owned clubs that failed to upgrade their stadiums.
Datsall!!!

oh, that is correct, Remo is relegated.

anonimi:
Is it not strange that newborn baby Remo Stars has a CAF certified stadium in small Ikenne while Rangers and Shooting don't have in big cities of Enugu and Ibadan respectively.

Do you think that is because Remo Stars is a private, for profit club unlike the dinosaurs run by governments?

Is it a stark reminder of how deregulation and privatisation policies laid the foundation for PDP's 16 years of prosperity, peace and security with cheap petrol, cheap dollars, low unemployment, less debt burden, less tax burden etc

The state government are doing terrible jobs at running these clubs, it's high time they let private stakeholders take over

anonimi:
Is it not strange that newborn baby Remo Stars has a CAF certified stadium in small Ikenne while Rangers and Shooting don't have in big cities of Enugu and Ibadan respectively.

Do you think that is because Remo Stars is a private, for profit club unlike the dinosaurs run by governments?

Is it a stark reminder of how deregulation and privatisation policies laid the foundation for PDP's 16 years of prosperity, peace and security with cheap petrol, cheap dollars, low unemployment, less debt burden, less tax burden etc

Hahaha 😂, all your submissions above is partly the reason that virtually all infrastructures in Nigeria is at comtose, but you forgot to include CORRUPTION AND EGUNJE which is the bane of the problems in Nigeria, secondly all the grants from FIFA , who is swallowing the money oooooooo, because some of those grants Plus the useless yearly budget from sports ministry is enough to address the issue, Kill corruption and you have a working country

dominique:
Shooting stars too will not be using Lekan Salami stadium for their CAF confederation cup games, they'll also be using Remo stadium in ikenne. It's very sad that almost all our local league stadiums are below CAF standards. Majority of their fans won't have the privilege to travel and watch them play continental games live. My prayer is that NPFL clubs get financially successful enough to be able to upgrade their stadium and sign quality players.

Ibadan has two stadiums which are Liberty stadium used during the 1999 under 20 world cup and the Lekan Salami stadium Adamasignba which was renovated to look like fake Alianz Arena lolz!
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What happened to these stadias that 3SC has to go to Ogun state for their continental home matches.
Though last I time I visited Liberty stadium in 2022, it was a shadow of a stadium which hosted one of the 1999 under 20 world cup matches.

Good for them............. ........ ......... ............
..... Oh my God..... Help them

toffyz:
I have been to that Stadium during my Nysc days...not really standard then though. 2017 Batch B set.

Which of the stadiums, Enugu or Remo's own

Seyi Makinde's boys on Nairaland, tell your oga to do something.

Kalulu44:
Ibadan has two stadiums which are Liberty stadium used during the 1999 under 20 world cup and the Lekan Salami stadium Adamasignba which was renovated to look like fake Alianz Arena lolz!
.
What happened to these stadias that 3SC has to go to Ogun state for their continental home matches.
Though last I time I visited Liberty stadium in 2022, it was a shadow of a stadium which hosted one of the 1999 under 20 world cup matches.

dominique:
Shooting stars too will not be using Lekan Salami stadium for their CAF confederation cup games, they'll also be using Remo stadium in ikenne. It's very sad that almost all our local league stadiums are below CAF standards. Majority of their fans won't have the privilege to travel and watch them play continental games live. My prayer is that NPFL clubs get financially successful enough to be able to upgrade their stadium and sign quality players.

They should work on their corruption.
Money wey never reach come dey go lavishly

lagonovo:
Seyi Makinde's boys on Nairaland, tell your oga to do something.

You don hear where Ibadan boy dey bear Kalu?