Founded | 1991 |
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Country | Nigeria |
Confederation | CAF |
Current champions | Bayelsa Queens (1st title) |
Most championships | Rivers Angels (8 titles) |
Current: 2022 Nigeria Women's Cup |
The AITEO Cup (formerly Women Challenge Cup [1] and Federations 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 runnerup 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]
This is a list of champions and runners up since inception.
Club | Champions | Runners-up | Winning Seasons | Runners-up Seasons |
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Rivers Angels FC (Port Harcourt) | 8 | 3 | 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 | 2002, 2008, 2019 |
Pelican Stars FC (Calabar) | 6 | – | 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 | |
Ufuoma Babes FC (Calabar) | 4 | 2 | 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996 | 1995, 1997 |
Delta Queens FC (Asaba) | 4 | 1 | 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009 | 2001 |
FCT Queens FC (Abuja) | 1 | 1 | 2000 | 1999 |
Nassarawa Amazons (Lafia) | 1 | 1 | 2005, 2019 | 2013 |
Sunshine Queens (Ondo) | 1 | 2 | 2015 | 2011, 2014 |
Bayelsa Queens | 1 | 6 | 2021 | 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2015, 2016 |
Year | Player | Team | Goals |
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2014 | Ebere Orji [23] | Rivers Angels | 4 goals |
2015 | Tina Oyeleme [24] [25] | Sunshine Queens | 3 goals |
2016 | |||
2017 | Amarachi Orjinma [26] | Rivers Angels | 8 goals |
2018 | Mary Anjor | Osun Babes | 6 goals |
Year | Player | Team |
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2014 | ||
2015 | Patience Kalu [27] | Bayelsa Queens |
2016 | ||
2017 | Reuben Charity [28] | Ibom Angels |
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