Heartland F.C.
| Full name | Heartland Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Naze Millionaires, Spartans, Soccer Scientists, The Hearts | |||
| Founded | 1976 | |||
| Ground | Dan Anyiam Stadium Owerri, Okigwe Stadium Okigwe | |||
| Capacity | 10,000 | |||
| Chairman | Emmanuel Amunike, MFR | |||
| Manager | Emmanuel Amunike | |||
| League | Nigeria Professional Football League | |||
| 2023–24 | Nigeria Premier Football League, 19th (Relegated) | |||
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Heartland Football Club, founded as Spartans F.C., later known as Iwuanyanwu Nationale from 1985 to 2006, is a Nigerian football club based in Owerri. The team play their home games at Dan Anyiam Stadium (and the Okigwe Stadium as their temporary home ground pending renovations at the Dan Anyiam Stadium). Their local rivals are Enyimba FC and Enugu Rangers, top teams co-located with Heartland in the same geo-political zone. They reached the finals of the 1988 African Cup of Champions Clubs and 2009 CAF Champions League, the premier African continental club tournament, and won four straight Nigerian league titles from 1987 to 1990.
Until their 18th place showing and first-ever relegation in 2016, they were one of two teams in the Nigerian top flight that had never been relegated.