BU SUNDAY AKINTOYE
The much anticipated Lagos State Challenge Cup known as Lagos FA Cup will commence from March 22 to April 26,2026 across designated centres in the state.
NFF’s Director of Competitions, Ruth David, made this clear in a statement on Monday, in which she also announced that the State preliminaries of the nation’s oldest football competition will take place between 22nd March and 26th April.
The State preliminaries kick off on Sunday, 22nd March, and any club that fails to show up for any match after concluding registration for the competition at the State level will be made to pay the sum of N500,000.
The final matches in the state competition must be played either on Saturday 25th April or Sunday 26th April, with each Football Association in the States and the FCT to submit its two representatives for the National competition on either of these two days.
The statement also stated that clubs that fail to honour matches in the national preliminaries of this year’s President Federation Cup also known as national challenge cup will be fined the sum of N1 million.
In a related development, over 70 teams have registered for this year’s Lagos FA Cup.
67 teams will slug it out in male category, while eight teams will feature in female category.
The draw ceremony of Lagos Cup may likely hold next week as the registered club owners and other football stakeholders are waiting for the date, time and venue for the draws