Nigeria Women's Cup

Federation Cup
Founded1991
Country Nigeria
ConfederationCAF
Current championsRivers Angels (9th title)
Most championshipsRivers Angels (9 titles)
Current: 2024 Nigeria Women's Cup

The Nigeria Women's Cup, formally known as the Federation Cup (formerly Women Challenge Cup[1] and Aiteo Cup[2]) is a cup competition in Nigeria. Rivers Angels of Port Harcourt have won the most titles. The tournament along with Nigeria Women Premier League are the two recognized competition for women football organized by the Nigeria Football Federation.[3][4][5] The finals are usually played at Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos State.

In June 2017, the Nigeria Football Federation finalized a five-year deal with AITEO Group for the naming rights of the competition. The deal will have the winners and runners-up get ₦10,000,000 and ₦5,000,000 respectively annually.[6][7][8] On 28 July 2019, Nasarawa Amazons won their second Aiteo Cup title, defeating Rivers Angels at the final.[9]

  1. ^ "Official website of Nigeria Women Football League". Nigeria Football Federation. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  2. ^ "AITEO takes over Federation Cup". Vanguard. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  3. ^ "Flourishing league kicks off again". BBC. 17 March 2001. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Nigeria Women's Cup winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Can Wolves tear Elephant apart? •Angels, Amazons battle for women title". Archived from the original on 2014-10-29. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  6. ^ "AITEO group now Federation Cup title sponsor". 29 June 2017.
  7. ^ Sunnews (2017-06-28). "NFF, AITEO sign N2.5bn sponsorship deal for Federation Cup". The Sun Nigeria. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  8. ^ "AITEO takes over Federation Cup". Vanguard News. 2017-06-28. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  9. ^ "Nasarawa Amazons defeat Rivers Angels to win title". Punchng.com. 28 July 2019.