The launch of the Dozy Mmobuosi Super Cup Football Competition boosted the Nigerian Football League significantly.
This one-of-a-kind competition, sanctioned and supported by the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL), will take place prior to the start of the regular professional football league season. The tournament is sponsored by the Dozy Mmobuosi Foundation and produced by Tingo media in partnership with the NPFL. It will be an annual event on the NPFL calendar.
According to information made available to the media, the inaugural edition of the competition, which will be held at the Onikan Stadium in Lagos, is scheduled for the 1st – 4th of December, 2022, and will only feature four elite clubs from the Nigeria Professional Football League (on an invitational basis); this is due to the relatively short time left until the start of the next 2022/23 league season.
Enyimba, Shooting Stars, Bendel Insurance, and Rangers International Football Clubs have been invited to participate in this football fiesta. The tournament winner would get N100 million in prize money as well as the tournament trophy, which will become one of the key domestic trophies won by the premier clubs in the NPFL each soccer season.
Tingo Media Limited Managing Director, Ebuwa Martins Agbonwaneten, commented to the press about the DOZY MMOBUOSI SUPER CUP, “We are pleased to unveil this project, which we strongly feel will be a significant boost for Nigerian football.” Our goal is to organize and fund an NPFL-licensed preseason competition that will take place each year before the start of the regular professional football league season.
“Aside from the excitement and funfair that this competition will generate, Tingo Media’s vision is to help grow the Nigerian Professional Football League by promoting fan enthusiasm and attraction for the League, as well as expanding international coverage of the league; with associated benefits for the players, teams, league body, and the nation as a whole.”
“This competition will also help to give a celebrated international-standard platform for NPFL elite players to demonstrate their finest performance on the field of play, attracting fans and investors.”
It would raise brand awareness for the Nigerian Professional Football League and help add glamour and status to League viewing and coverage through entertainment and financial support,” he added.
The DOZY MMOBUOSI SUPER CUP will also provide a large platform for identifying and supporting young footballing talents, giving them a chance to make a career in the game both in domestic and foreign leagues; and building beneficial and profitable relationships with stakeholders, media, and other sports-oriented agents around the world through participation in tournaments, exchange programs, tolerance, and the fight against all forms of discrimination.
It will make Nigerian football more appealing and inclusive, as well as contribute to the country’s peace and unity through the beautiful game!
The Tournament will include musical performances by famous Nigerian artists as well as other Dozy Mmobuosi Foundation and Tingo Media brand ambassadors.
