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2024 Nigeria Federation Cup
The 2024 Nigeria Federation Cup is the 76th edition of the Nigerian Federation Cup. The tournament began with the National playoffs on 12 April and concluded with the final on 29 June. El-Kanemi Warriors won their third title and first in 32 years with a 2–0 win over Abia Warriors in the final. This year, the format remains unchanged, except for a slight modification in the number of qualifying clubs. 70 clubs instead of the usual 74 qualified as finalists in the tournaments held across the different states of Nigeria as Yobe failed to enter a team, while Borno and Adamawa states entered just a team each. Format The competition is a single elimination knockout tournament featuring the 36 finalists of each state tournaments plus the FCT. As not all states entered two teams, the 12 weakest clubs entered the play-off round, whereafter the winners joined the remaining 58 teams at the main tournament. All matches are played at neutral stadiums. Matches are played 90 minutes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
El-Kanemi Warriors
El-Kanemi Warriors Football Club is a football team based in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. Their play ground is the El-Kanemi Stadium, Maiduguri. The club is on a positive rebound having gained promotion to the 2024–25 Nigeria Premier Football League, Nigeria Premier Football League in 2024 and doubling as the winners of the Federation Cup in the same year. History El-Kanemi Warriors ended the 2005 season in the lower half of the Nigeria Premier League, and were relegated to the Nigeria Division 1 in 2007. In 2012, they were promoted back to the top level. Due to the Boko Haram insurgency in 2014, they played their home games in Kano (city), Kano. From 2015 to 2016, they hosted their home games at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium in Katsina (city), Katsina before returning to Maiduguri and El-Kanemi Stadium. In October 2017, the club announced former Enugu Rangers coach Imama Amapakabo as their new coach on a one-year deal. In June 2024, El-Kanemi Warriors regained promotion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Wikki Tourists
Wikki Tourists Football Club is a professional football clubs based in Bauchi, Nigeria, currently playing in the Nigeria National League. The main sponsor of the team is the Bauchi State Government. The club's home stadium is Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium. The club is not related in any way to Wikipedia. Achievements *Nigerian FA Cup: 1 ::1998--Winner *Nigeria National League: 1 ::2011--Winner *Shehu Dukko Cup: 1 ::2015--Winner * State FA Cup: 13 ::1998-1999-2003-2004-2006-2007-2008-2011-2012-2015-2016-2017-2019--Winner Performance in CAF competitions *CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance ::1999 – Second Round *CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances ::2008 – First Round ::2017 – First Round Staff Chairman * Engr. Muhammad Auwal Gotal Team manager * Abba Mohammed Technical Adviser * Coach Abdulazeez Chief coach * Nasiru Salisu Asst. coach * Baba Jibrin Goalkeeper trainer * Haruna Abubakar Trainor 1 * Wada Jibrin Trainor 2 * Dantani Yahaya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Plateau United F
In geology and physical geography, a plateau (; ; : plateaus or plateaux), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Often one or more sides have deep hills or escarpments. Plateaus can be formed by a number of processes, including upwelling of volcano, volcanic magma, extrusion of lava, and erosion by water and glaciers. Plateaus are classified according to their surrounding environment as intermontane, piedmont, or continental. A few plateaus may have a small flat top while others have wider ones. Formation Plateaus can be formed by a number of processes, including upwelling of volcanic magma, extrusion of lava, plate tectonics movements, and erosion by water and glaciers. Volcanic Volcanic plateaus are produced by volcanism, volcanic activity. They may be formed by upwelling of volcanic magma or extrusion of lava. The underlining mechanism in form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nasarawa United
Nasarawa United Football Club is a soccer club based in Lafia, Nasarawa, Nigeria. They play in the Nigeria Premier League. History The team was founded in 2003 after the Nasarawa government took over Black Stars FC of Gombe. They joined the Nigerian Premier League in 2004–05. Their stadium, Lafia Township Stadium, has a capacity of some 5,000spectators. The club's nickname is ''Solid Miners''. 2009–10 seasons The team went through financial shortfalls in the 2008–09 season that one player described as leaving them on the verge of "starvation". A 1–1 home draw on March 7 against Niger Tornadoes caused home fans to riot and even follow the Tornadoes to the hotel and attack them there. The team was sent to play in Ibadan for the rest of the season and assured relegation to the Nigeria National League with three games remaining. The resulting debt of 46 million naira (Approx. $300,000) threatened to cancel the team's 2009–10 season. Midway through the season, the debt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Calabar Rovers F
Calabar (also referred to as Callabar, Calabari, Calbari, Cali and Kalabar) is the capital city of Cross River State, Nigeria. It was originally named Akwa Akpa, in the Efik language, as the Efik people dominate this area. The city is adjacent to the Calabar and Great Kwa rivers, and the creeks of the Cross River (from its inland delta). Calabar was once described as the tourism capital of Nigeria, especially due to several initiatives implemented during the administration of Donald Duke as the Governor of Cross River State (1999–2007). The city became the cleanest and most environmentally friendly city in Nigeria. Administratively, the city is divided into Calabar Municipal and Calabar South Local Government Areas. It has an area of and, as of the 2006 census, a population of 371,022. Both LGAs together had an estimated population of 571,500 in 2022. History Seaport, slave trade When Portuguese explorers in the 15th century reached this part of the Guinea coast, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kwara United
Kwara United Football Club is a Nigerian football club based in Ilorin. They play in the top division in Nigerian football, the Nigeria Professional football League having gained promotion in 2017 from the Nigeria National League. Their home stadium is the Kwara State Stadium. History The club's roots go back to the Kwara State Water Corporation Football Club in 1974. It was supposed to be an in-house club for the staffers of the Water Corporation. Due to the results and depth of talent in the club, the scope was widened and by 1979 they qualified to play in the National League second division alongside the First Bank F.C. of Lagos. That same year, the club got to the quarter-final stage of the Football Association Cup (otherwise called the Challenge Cup) where it lost to Bendel Insurance football club of Benin 2–1. In 1985, due to the change in the name of the parent corporation to Kwara Utility Board, the club changed its name to ''Kwara Utility Bombers of Ilorin''. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ekiti United F in western Nigeria
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Èkìtì may refer to: *Ekiti people, one of the largest subgroups of Yoruba people of West Africa *Ekiti, Kwara, a Local Government Area in Kwara State, Nigeria *Ekiti State Ekiti () is a state in southwestern Nigeria, bordered to the North by Kwara State for 61 km, to the Northeast by Kogi State for 92 km, to the South and Southeast by Ondo State, and to the West by Osun State for 84 km. Named for the Ekiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ikorodu United F
Ikorodu is a city in Lagos State, Nigeria. It is located to the north-east of Lagos, along the Lagos Lagoon and shares boundary with Ogun State. With a population of over 1 million inhabitants, Ikorodu is currently the 12th largest city in Nigeria and growing at a rate of 5.26% annually, it is projected to reach 1.7 million inhabitants by 2035, It is the 2nd largest local government in Lagos State. Indigenous settlers of Ikorodu emigrated from Sagamu in Ogun state. Geography and economy Situated approximately 37 km north of Lagos, Ikorodu is bounded to the south by the Lagos Lagoon, to the north by a boundary with Ogun State, and to the east by a boundary with Agbowa-Ikosi, a town in Epe Division of Lagos State. The town has grown significantly in the past 40 years and is divided into sixteen or seventeen "Ituns" or minor areas. The main industries in the town are trading, farming and manufacturing. Ijebu dialect is widely spoken in ikorodu. Nearby major towns include I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Shooting Stars F
Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can be considered acts of shooting. When using a firearm, the act of shooting is often called firing as it involves initiating a combustion (deflagration) of chemical propellants. Shooting can take place in a shooting range or in the field, in shooting sports, hunting, or in combat. The person involved in the shooting activity is called a shooter. A skilled, accurate shooter is a ''marksman'' or ''sharpshooter'', and a person's level of shooting proficiency is referred to as their ''marksmanship''. Competitive shooting Shooting has inspired competition, and in several countries rifle clubs started to form in the 19th century. Soon international shooting events evolved, including shooting at the Summer and Winter Olympics (from 1896) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lobi Stars
Lobi Stars Football Club (formerly known as ''Mosquito football club'', ''Lobi Bank'', ''BBL Hawks'', and ''Hawks'') is a Nigerian professional soccer club based in Makurdi, Benue. The club competes in the Nigerian Professional Football League. The Stars' home is the 8,000-seater Aper Aku Stadium. History Founded as Hawks of Makurdi in 1981 by the Benue State sports council, the club was renamed Benue Breweries Limited (BBL) Hawks Football Club, when the state-owned Breweries acquired the club in 1985. There was another change again when the state-owned Lobi Bank acquired the club in 1990 and named it Lobi Bank Football Club. In 1999, the Nigeria Football League was played in a new format which saw the top four teams squaring up in a knockout Super League at the National Stadium, Surulere. Lobi Stars won the maiden edition of the Nigerian Super League under coach Godwin Koko Uwua's management. Lobi Stars won its first and only FA Cup title in 2003 after beating Sharks FC of Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gombe United
Gombe United Football Club is a Nigerian football (soccer), football club based in Gombe, Nigeria, Gombe. They play in the Nigeria Professional Football League. Their home stadium is the new Pantami Stadium, having moved from Abubakar Umar Memorial Stadium in 2010. History Founded in 1990, they continuously remained in the Nigerian top flight since promotion in 1994 until 2014, the longest tenure of any Northern team. They however were relegated on the last day in the 2014 Nigeria Premier League, 2014 season to the Nigeria National League for the first time in 20 years. They won promotion back to the top level on the last day of the 2016 season by winning their division. They were again relegated in 2019. Achievements *Nigerian Premier League: 0 ::2007 Runners-up, Super 4 Playoffs Performance in CAF competitions *CAF Champions League: 1 appearance ::CAF Champions League 2008, 2008 – First Round *West African Club Championship (UFOA Cup): 1 appearance ::2009 WAFU Club Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Akwa United
Akwa United Football Club is a Nigerian football (soccer), football club based in Uyo, in Akwa Ibom State. They play in the Nigeria Professional Football League, the first division of Nigerian football. The Godswill Akpabio International Stadium is the club's home stadium. In the 2020–21 Akwa United F.C. season, 2020/21 season they were crowned champions of the league for the first time in their history. History Source: Starting out as "Ibom Stars Football Club", the club began its professional campaign in the 1996/97 season of the second-tier Nigeria National League, NNL (then called the "Pro League"). Assam Assam was the pioneer chairman of the club with coach Bernard Ogbe serving as its first technical adviser. The club played its home matches at the Uyo Township Stadium, wearing red & white as its respective home and away kits. It was a dominant force in the state, winning the state Challenge Cup seven times between 1996 and 2006. Promotion & Rebrand After playing in the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
