AITEO CUP ROOKIE ROUND HOLDS ON WEDNESDAY

All is now set for the Rookie Round of this year’s edition of the Nigeria national football cup, the AITEO Cup competition that will take place on Wednesday, according to the NFF’s Head of Aiteo Cup, Emmanuel Adesanya.

The Gateway Stadium in Sagamu; Patani Stadium in Gombe; Area 3 Stadium, Abuja; Muhammadu Dikko Stadium, Katsina; Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu and; Osogbo Township Stadium are among the venues to host the 10 matches that will determine 10 winners who then proceed to the Round of 64.

Former champions Enugu Rangers, Shooting Stars, Bendel Insurance, Enyimba FC, Akwa United, FC IfeanyiUbah and El-Kanemi Warriors are among the 54 teams standing by for the winners from the Rookie Round.

Niger Tornadoes Feeders of Minna, Topworld FC of Ado-Ekiti, FC IfeanyiUbah Feeders, Kogi United Feeders, Sokoto United, Akure City FC and the fancifully –named Bityong Cornerstone of Kaduna, Altar Knight of Ebonyi, Wasiu Alabelewe of Osun and Crime Busters of Enugu are among the teams that would take part in Wednesday’s Rookie Round.

ROOKIE ROUND FIXTURES     

DMD FC (Borno) Vs Potiskum FC (Yobe) – Yola

Madagali FC (Adamawa) Vs Ashana FC (Taraba) – Gombe

Bityong Cornerstone (Kaduna) Vs Sokoto United (Sokoto) – Katsina

Dan Masara FC (Kebbi) Vs IMG FC (Zamfara) – Sokoto

Kogi United Feeders (Kogi) Vs Tornadoes Feeders (Niger) – Abuja

Akure City FC (Ondo) Vs Wasiu Alabelewe (Osun) – Sagamu

Rickymarts Academy (Cross River) Vs Confine FC (Akwa Ibom) – Yenagoa

Altar Knight (Ebonyi) Vs IfeanyiUbah Feeders (Anambra) – Enugu

Topworld FC (Ekiti) Vs All-Stars of MKO Stadium (Ogun) – Osogbo

Akajiobi FC (Imo) Vs Crime Busters FC (Enugu) – Umuahia

AITEO CUP FUTURE FIXTURES

 Round of 64 – Sunday, 9^th September

Round of 32 – Sunday, 16^th September

Group Stage (16 qualified teams to play in 4 centres) – 24^th – 28^th September

Quarter Finals – Wednesday, 3^rd October

Semi Finals – Sunday, 7^th October

Grand Finale – Sunday, 14^th October