Nigeria Cup 2008

Nigeria FA Cup
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1/32 Finals
[Apr 22]
Sharks             1-1 Ila Oragun		[4-5 pen]
Sunshine Stars     drw El Kanemi Warriors	[8-9 pen]
Doma United        0-1 Fountain FC
Dalhatu United     0-2 Nasarawa United
Gateway            2-0 First Bank
Plateau United     1-0 Yobe Desert Stars
One Touch (Kano)   1-0 Gashaka (Taraba)
Talba              0-1 El Cruzeiro
Ola Oluwa          drw Kwara Babes		[4-1 pen]
Fadama (Kebbi)     0-1 VON
[dates?]
Niger Tornadoes    lt  Canaan City FC
Gabros             lt  FC Abuja
Akwa United        bt  Kaduna United
Gombe Lions        bt  Jimeta United
Imo United         lt  JUTH
Lobi Stars         bt  Nasarawa FC
[Apr 29]
Adamawa United     1-1 Gombe United             [3-4 pen]
Kyautawa           0-1 Ocean Boys
Uhunwode           1-0 Nasara
Wunti (Bauchi)     1-0 Crown
Ekiti Kete         0-2 Bayelsa United
Kano Pillars       3-1 Ekabokom
Warri Wolves       2-1 FC Ebiede
Hajiya Babes       0-1 Jigawa Golden Stars
Rising Stars       1-1 Heartland                [7-6 pen]
Julius Berger      1-0 Delta Force
Insurance          drw Anambra United           [5-4 pen]
Zagbai             1-3 Kwara United
Abia Comets        w/o Zamfara United           [awarded 3-0]
Bida Lions         0-2 Rangers International
[May 6]
Dolphins           3-0 Sokoto United
[May 14]
Enyimba            w/o Kogi United

1/16 Finals
[May 7]
Ila Oragun         0-2 Gombe United
Wunti (Bauchi)     0-1 JUTH
Bendel Insurance   3-1 Kwara United 
VON                1-2 El-Kanemi Warriors
Nasarawa United    0-0 Gateway                  [3-1 pen]
Gombe Lions        2-0 Plateau United 
Rising Stars       1-1 Julius Berger            [8-7 pen]
Abia Comets        0-3 FC Abuja                 [annulled and replayed or
[May 14]                                         awarded to Abia Comets]
El Cruzeiro        drw Canaan City              [5-2 after pen]
Bayelsa United     drw One Touch                [4-2 pen]
Ocean Boys         1-0 Umunode FC
Warri Wolves       2-1 Jigawa Golden Stars 
Lobi Stars         1-0 Rangers International
[date?]
Kano Pillars       bt  Uhunwode     
[May 16]
Eniymba            bt  Yuma FC
Dolphins FC        0-0 Akwa United              [3-0 pen]

Round of 16 (Group Stage)

Akure Group

Round 1 [Jun 3]
Bayelsa United     3-2 Warri Wolves  
Kano Pillars       1-0 El Cruzeiro 

Round 2 [Jun 5]
Bayelsa United     3-0 El Cruzeiro  
Kano Pillars       0-0 Warri Wolves 

Round 3 [Jun 7]
Bayelsa United     1-1 Kano Pillars
Warri Wolves       2-0 El Cruzeiro 

 1.Bayelsa United FC (Yenagoa)        3   2  1  0   7- 3   7  Qualified
 2.Kano Pillars FC                    3   1  2  0   2- 1   5  Qualified
 3.Warri Wolves                       3   1  1  1   4- 3   4
 4.El Cruzeiro                        3   0  0  3   0- 6   0

Calabar Group

Round 1 [Jun 3]
Bendel Insurance   1-0 Rising Stars 
Lobi Stars         3-0 Abia Comets

Round 2 [Jun 5]
Bendel Insurance   2-1 Abia Comets
Lobi Stars         3-1 Rising Stars 

Round 3 [Jun 7]
Rising Stars       1-0 Abia Comets
Lobi Stars         2-0 Bendel Insurance

 1.Lobi Stars FC (Makurdi)            3   3  0  0   8- 1   9  Qualified
 2.Bendel Insurance FC (Benin City)   3   2  0  1   3- 3   6  Qualified
 3.Rising Stars (Akure)               3   1  0  2   2- 4   3
 4.Abia Comets                        3   0  0  3   1- 6   0

Jalingo Group

Round 1 [Jun 3]
Ocean Boys         1-1 JUTH
Gombe Lions        0-0 Nasarawa United 

Round 2 [Jun 5]
Ocean Boys         2-0 Gombe Lions
Nasarawa United    1-0 JUTH

Round 3  [Jun 7]
Ocean Boys         0-0 Nasarawa United
JUTH               1-1 Gombe Lions

 1.Ocean Boys FC (Brass)              3   1  2  0   3- 1   5  Qualified
 2.Nasarawa United FC (Lafia)         3   1  2  0   1- 0   5  Qualified
 3.JUTH FC (Jos)                      3   0  2  1   2- 3   2
 4.Gombe Lions                        3   0  2  1   1- 3   2

Kano Group

Round 1 [Jun 3]
Enyimba            3-1 Dolphins
El-Kanemi Warriors 1-1 Gombe United

Round 2 [Jun 5]
Enyimba            0-0 Gombe United
El-Kanemi Warriors 1-0 Dolphins

Round 3 [Jun 7]
Enyimba            0-0 El-Kanemi Warriors
Gombe United       1-0 Dolphins

 1.Enyimba FC (Aba)                   3   1  2  0   3- 1   5  Qualified
 2.Gombe United FC (Gombe)            3   1  2  0   1- 0   5  Qualified
   El-Kanemi Warriors (Maiduguri)     3   1  2  0   1- 0   5
 4.Dolphin FC (Port Harcourt)         3   0  0  3   1- 5   0

NB: Gombe United qualified in second place on coin toss


Quarterfinals [Jun 11]
Eniymba            2-1 Kano Pillars
Ocean Boys         1-0 Bendel Insurance
Gombe United       1-1 Bayelsa United           [4-3 pen (also reported 5-3 pen)]
Nasarawa United    1-1 Lobi Stars               [3-2 pen]

Semifinals [Jun 29, Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri]
Gombe United	   1-0 Nasarawa United
Ocean Boys         1-1 Enyimba                  [3-2 pen]

Third Place Match [Jul 5, Aper Aku Stadium, Makurdi]
Nasarawa United    1-0 Enyimba

Final [Jul 5, Aper Aku Stadium, Makurdi]
Ocean Boys	   2-2 Gombe United		[7-6 pen]
  [Joseph Ochuko 45+1, Kingsley Akpososo 80; Bala Manu 6, Victor Michael 51]


2007

list of champions

list of cup winners
About this document

Prepared and maintained by José Batalha for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: José Batalha (jose.batalha@netvisao.pt)
Last updated: 11 Jul 2008