2026 President Federation Cup: Clubs to pay N1m for failure to honour matches
Clubs that fail to honour matches in the national preliminaries of this year’s President Federation Cup competition will be fined the sum of N1 million.
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.
According to the statement, 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 statement further stated that 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 the two days.
