Nigerian Football

NIKE UNVEILS SUPER EAGLES’ WORLD CUP KIT IN LONDON

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6 years ago

January 17, 2018

BY KUNLE SOLAJA.

Nigeria’s contribution to World Cup fashion will be on parade next month in London when leading kit manufacturers, Nike formally unveils the Super Eagles’ kit to the Russia World Cup will be unveiled. The unveiling will be on February 7.

The World Cup 2018 will be the third time that the Super Eagles will be in Nike kit. The first time the team put on Nike kit was at the France 1998 World Cup while the second was at the Korea/Japan 2002 World Cup.

Nigeria put on the strip at the Africa Cup of Nations co-hosted by Nigeria and Ghana in 2000.

The 1998 Nigerian home kit

The 1998 Nigerian away kit

The France 1998 Super Eagles kit was first worn on April 22, 1998 in a friendly match with Germany in Cologne. The home kit was in green with white shoulder stripe outlined with darker shade of green. The away variation was largely white with light and dark green stripes.

The away shirt was first won by Nigeria on October 4, 1998 when Nigeria faced Burkina Faso in Ouagadougou in the qualifying duel for the 2000 Africa Nations Cup originally meant for Zambia before the rights were revoked.

The Nigerian team line up in the June 2, 2002 match with Argentina. Nigeria last wore this shirt in the June 12, 2002 match with England.

The Nigerian team line up in the June 7, 2002 match with Sweden.

The April 1998 Super Eagles kit was replaced on April 17, 2002 when Nigeria faced Scotland in a pre World Cup friendly match in Aberdeen.

This time, the shade of green was different from what the Nigerian team had been used to since January 1, 1960 that Nigeria first wore green shirts during a Rome 1960 Olympic Games qualifiers in Cairo, Egypt.

This time, it was lemon green for the home strip. The kit featured Dri-Fit technology to keep players drier and cooler during play. That was achieved by drawing sweat away from the body to the fabric’s surface for fast drying.

There was also an ergonomic mesh on the back to allow the body continue to breathe and cool itself. The kit was last worn on June 12, 2002 when the Super Eagles played goalless draw with England in Osaka, Japan.

The shirt worn by Nigeria in the November 2017 matches with Algeria and Argentina.

Since the return of Nike in 2015 as Nigeria’s kit supplier, there had been many variations of kits supplied. The latest was the one the Super Eagles wore on their last match day for the Russia 2018 qualifying series.

The same shirt was worn in the 4-2 defeat of Argentina at Krasnodar last November. It had a darker shade of green on the shoulder and the sleeve.

Nigerian Football

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.

Nigerian Football

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.