Nigerian Football

Nigerians Await Unveiling of Federation Cup Sponsors

Published

7 years ago

June 16, 2017

The premier football competition in the country, the Federation Cup which began as Governor’s Cup in 1945 may have a new title sponsor next week.

Sports Village Square gathered from the Director of Communications in the NFF, Ademola Olajire, that the new sponsors will be unveiled next week.

He denied speculations placed on some WhatsApp platforms that the final matches of this year’s edition will hold at the Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State.

“No such decision has been reached”, he said emphatically to Sports Village Square. The competition previously sponsored by a soft drink company with global network had been without sponsors for nearly eight years now.

The competition is also running behind schedule. The national draw was supposed to have been held on May 31after the original field of 510 clubs that entered for the 2017 Nigeria Federation Cup was narrowed 74 following the conclusion of the State FA Cup finals across the country.
Sports Village Square gathered that 20 teams designated as rookies will have playoff in which 10 of them will emerge to join the rest and form a pool of 64.
The Federation Cup which began in 1945 as Governor’s Cup. Following changes in the Nigerian Constitution, the Annual General Meeting of the then Nigeria Football Association (NFA) on February 28, 1955 adopted the “Nigerian Challenge Cup” as the official name of the competition.

Another change of name was effected in 1999 when Coca-Cola became the title sponsors. The competition became “Coca-Cola FA Cup”.

On June 3, 2009, Ademola Olajire, then Chief Media Officer of the NFF, through a press release revealed the change from FA Cup to Federation Cup while announcing the draw for the final competition of the 2009 edition. No dates have been announced for the finals of the 2017 edition.

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GTI enlarges coast…spreads from League fund-raising to Federation Cup

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3 hours ago

April 19, 2024

Kunle Solaja

BY KUNLE SOLAJA.

Strategic partners of the Nigeria Football Federation, GTI Asset Management and Trust Ltd has expanded their scope of operations from fund sourcing for the Nigeria Premier League to adding the responsibility of getting the national cup competition back into its glamorous days.

The MD of the company, Abubakar Lawal at the unveiling a revamped Federation Cup which has been renamed President Federation Cup remarked that his company decided to take a bold step to support the national cup.

“I am the happiest man today, he said in the opening remark of the rebranding of the national cup through signing of Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Sports and the NFF.

“Our company is also strategically involved in ensuring that the President Federation Cup is given necessary attention to thrive using The Nigeria Football Fund (TNFF) as our vehicle to actualise this dream.

“Therefore, it is our vision that the oldest domestic football event becomes one of the best organised football events in the world in no distant future.”

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Ikenne’s Beyond Limit Football Academy top goal chart as NNL releases vital statistics

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2 days ago

April 18, 2024

Kunle Solaja

The secretariat of the Nigeria National League has released the match statistics of the four conferences of the 2024 season.

With 198 matches so far played in Conferences A and B, 426 goals were scored, with 125 home wins and 26 away wins, representing 63.1%, & 26% respectively. There were 47 draw matches, representing 23.7% of matches. 299 home goals were scored, and 127 home goals.

Beyond Limit FC scored the highest goals of 33 goals, with Stormers FC and Ekiti United conceeding the least goals of 28 goals. Tradesafe and Solution FC scored the least numbers of goals of 11 goals and Osun conceded the least numbers of goals of 8.

In group C & D, 209 goals have been scored in the 106 so far played, with 70 home wins and 14 won away representing 66. 3% and 13.1% respectively.

Teams drew 31 matches representing 29.2% of the matches played. Wikki Tourists scored the highest numbers of goals, with 23 goals, while EFCC FC conceded the least numbers of goals. They conceded 18 goals. Nasarawa United’s 8 goals conceded made them the team that conceded the lowest numbers of goals, while ABS scored the least number of goals of 5 goals.

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Heartland back to their homeland as they host Shooting Stars

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2 days ago

April 18, 2024

Kunle Solaja

BY TOSIN OMOJOLA, OWERRI

The uncertainty surrounding our Matchday 31 encounter against Heartland FC of Owerri, has been cleared with the game eventually slated to hold at the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri, the home ground of the host team

The Nigeria Premier League has given the approval to the stadium after an inspection was carried out on Wednesday afternoon.

The Oluyole Warriors have since arrived the Imo State capital and have settled down ahead of Friday’s clash which will be be shown live on cable television.

Meanwhile, the Technical Adviser of the Ibadan soccer lords, Gbenga Ogunbote, while addressing the players on arrival at their hotel, urged them not to be distracted by the development.

“I want to apologise to you on the change of venue. We got to know about it some hours ago, but be that as it may, I want us to remain focused as and get the desired results we needed”.

In the same vein, the players of the Ibadan soccer lords, said they are not in any way moved by the change of venue, expressing their readiness to get the maximum points, not minding the venue.