Abridged format- Super 6 playoffs

The 2022/2023 season for the Nigerian Professional Football League was already drawing to an end after just 6 months of football.

Originally, this was not supposed to be the case but due to the unique circumstances surrounding this season, a few changes were made.

Due to the delayed start to the season, instead of following the normal format of a regular 38-matchday structure like in previous seasons, the 2022/2023 NPFL season followed an abridged format.

Instead of the regular 38-matchday structure, the league was divided into two groups, Group A and Group B, and each group had 10 teams.

This abridged format contributed to the reason why Enyimba FC dominated the top of the league table, this was because there were only 10 teams in their group and their strongest rivals were in the other group.