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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox football league season
|competition=[[Nagaland Premier League]]
|season=2012
|winners= Barak Flamingoz
|promoted=
|relegated=
|matches= 90
|total goals= 271
|league topscorer= Thangtinlen Haokip (25 goals)
|biggest home win=
|biggest away win=
|highest scoring=

|longest wins=
|longest unbeaten= Naga Tornados (18 games)
|longest winless=
|longest losses=
|highest attendance=
|lowest attendance=
|average attendance=
|prevseason=
|nextseason=[[2013 Nagaland Premier League]]
}}

The '''2012 [[Nagaland Premier League]]''' was the inaugural season of the Nagaland Premier League, a state league in the [[India]]n state of [[Nagaland]]. The league kicked off on 10 March 2012.

==Overview==
The Nagaland Premier League was started in 2012 as a new top state league for the state of [[Nagaland]] which is located in India. The league is considered to be the 3rd tier of the Indian football league system. The league has been started with the aim of giving the youth of [[Nagaland]] a stepping stone to become professional in the game of [[association football]] and is run by Four Four Two management.<ref>{{cite news | title =About Us | publisher =Nagaland Premier League | work =nagalandpremierleague.com | url =http://www.nagalandpremierleague.com/index.php/about-us/ | access-date =8 April 2013 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121208071038/http://www.nagalandpremierleague.com/index.php/about-us/ | archive-date =8 December 2012 | url-status =dead | df =dmy-all }}</ref> The league started the 2012 season with 10 teams based in 6 different districts. On 17 October 2011 it was announced that the Nagaland Premier League champions would be promoted to the [[I-League 2nd Division]].

===Exhibition Match===
The NPL kicked off on 2 March with an exhibition match between Life Sports FC and I-League side [[Shillong Lajong F.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nagalandpost.com/ChannelNews/Sports/Sportsnews.aspx?news=TkVXUzEwMDAxNDAyOQ%3D%3D-XhdS8zMNI0o%3D |title = Shillong Lajong FC coming to Nagaland : Nagaland Post: Sports News |access-date=29 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226154753/http://www.nagalandpost.com/ChannelNews/Sports/SportsNews.aspx?news=TkVXUzEwMDAxNDAyOQ%3D%3D-XhdS8zMNI0o%3D |archive-date=26 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> at the Kohima football ground.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://arunfoot.blogspot.com/2012/02/nagaland-premier-league-kicks-off-march.html |title = Arunava about Football: Nagaland Premier League kicks-off March 2 |access-date=29 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702155258/http://arunfoot.blogspot.com/2012/02/nagaland-premier-league-kicks-off-march.html |archive-date=2 July 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1120225/jsp/northeast/story_15175075.jsp | title=Rio to attend NPL soccer meet | date=25 February 2012 | newspaper=The Telegraph | location=India | accessdate=25 August 2018 }}</ref>
.<ref>[http://www.morungexpress.com/morung_sports/72452.html NPL Champions to have shot at I-League] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407121322/http://www.morungexpress.com/morung_sports/72452.html |date=7 April 2012 }}, The Morung Times, 11 November 2011</ref> Shillong Lajong won 4-0 over Life Sports FC.

==Venues==
[[Kohima]], [[Dimapur]] and [[Mokokchung]] were selected as venues for opening season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nagalandpremierleague.com/index.php/league/ |title = Nagaland Premier League « The Next Generation Of Football in Nagaland |access-date=29 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208071357/http://www.nagalandpremierleague.com/index.php/league/ |archive-date=8 December 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Teams==
<ref>{{cite news | title =Teams | publisher =Nagaland Premier League | work =nagalandpremierleague.com | url =http://www.nagalandpremierleague.com/index.php/teams/ | access-date =8 April 2013 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121206063950/http://www.nagalandpremierleague.com/index.php/teams/ | archive-date =6 December 2012 | url-status =dead | df =dmy-all }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Club
!District
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Dimapur United F.C.|Dimapur United]]||[[Dimapur district|Dimapur]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Doyang F.C.|Doyang]]||[[Wokha district|Wokha]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Dynamic F.C.|Dynamic]]||[[Dimapur district|Dimapur]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Flamingoz F.C.|Flamingoz]]||[[Peren district|Peren]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Kohima Komets F.C.|Kohima Komets]]||[[Kohima district|Kohima]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Life Sports F.C.|Life Sports]]||[[Kohima district|Kohima]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[FC Naga Tornadoes|Naga Tornados]]||[[Zunheboto district|Zunheboto]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[New Market F.C.|New Market]]||[[Kohima district|Kohima]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Sangpang F.C.|Sangpang]]||[[Mokokchung district|Mokokchung]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Zonipang F.C.|Zonipang]]||[[Mokokchung district|Mokokchung]]
|}

==League table==
<ref>{{cite news | title =League Table | publisher =Nagaland Premier League | work =nagalandpremierleague.com | url =http://www.nagalandpremierleague.com/index.php/league/league-standing/ | access-date =14 April 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120529130137/http://www.nagalandpremierleague.com/index.php/league/league-standing/ | archive-date =29 May 2012 | url-status =dead | df =dmy-all }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="175"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| Pld | Played}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| W | Won}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| D | Drawn}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| L | Lost}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| GF | Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| GA | Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| GD | Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip| Pts | Points}}
!width="30"| Champion
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left| [[Barak Flamingoz F.C.|Barak Flamingoz]]
|18||14||2||2||45||9|||+36||'''44''' || Champion
|-
|align=left| [[FC Naga Tornados|Naga Tornados]]
|18||12||6||0||50||10||+40||'''42'''
|-
|align=left| [[Dimapur United F.C.|Dimapur United]]
|18||13||1||4||38||10||+28||'''40'''
|-
|align=left| [[Life Sports F.C.|Life Sports]]
|18||10||4||4||38||24||+14||'''34'''
|-
|align=left| [[Dynamic F.C.|Dynamic]]
|18||6||2||10||23||36||-13||'''20'''
|-
|align=left| [[Kohima Komets F.C.|Kohima Komets]]
|18||5||5||8||20||23||-3||'''20'''
|-
|align=left| [[Doyang F.C.|Doyang]]
|18||5||3||10||18||30||-12||'''18'''
|-
|align=left| [[Sangpang F.C.|Sangpang]]
|18||4||4||10||15||24||-9||'''16'''
|-
|align=left| [[Zonipang F.C.|Zonipang]]
|18||4||4||10||15||41||-26||'''16'''
|-
|align=left| [[New Market F.C.|New Market]]
|18||1||1||16||9||62||-53||'''4'''
|-
|}

==Top scorers==
<ref>{{cite news | title =League Table | publisher =Nagaland Premier League | work =nagalandpremierleague.com | url =http://www.nagalandpremierleague.com/index.php/league/league-standing/ | access-date =14 April 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120529130137/http://www.nagalandpremierleague.com/index.php/league/league-standing/ | archive-date =29 May 2012 | url-status =dead | df =dmy-all }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Rank
!Player
!Club
!Goals
|-
|1
|align="left"|T. Haokip
|align="left"|Life Sports FC
|25
|-
|2
|align="left"|David Kuki
|align="left"|Dimapur United
|12
|-
|3
|align="left"|Amir Lama
|align="left"|Dimapur United
|11
|-
|4
|align="left"|Asian Kamei
|align="left"|Barak Flamingoz
|11
|-
|5
|align="left"|Bungthot
|align="left"|Barak Flamingoz
|11
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Nagaland Premier League}}
{{2011–12 in Indian football}}
{{Football in India}}

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