The maiden edition of the annual Ikeja Divisional F.A pre-season tournament sees Ikeja Divisional League champion Y.G Football Club and second place team of the league Diamond FC go head to head later next month.
First prestigious maiden draw was confirmed on Tuesday, with 14 teams jostling it for the tourney.
The competition will hold from 3rd of March and end on 17th of March with the Super 4 of the pre season tourney slated at Agege Township Stadium.
Speaking to media men, Ikeja Divisional Football Asociation Chairman Evangelist Taiwo Kolapo stated that the pre season is so high, and basically to ignite the spirit of the game and help participating teams test their players before the league season start proper with also the Lagos F.A Cup scheduled for this year.
“We are quite satisfied with the timing of the pre season because it will serve as a prelude to the league season”.
“It’s also an avenue for the discovery of young in the division”.
Evangelist Taiwo Kolapo said that the Divisional F.A body were satified with the level of preparedness of the teams that had registered for the tournament.
“The media coverage and the support from the media has been so massive hence, we like to appreciate everyone effort who have supportimg his jurisdiction zone, and hoping to look forward to remarkable pre-season event coming up forth”.
The participating teams are:
GROUP A:
Y.G Feeders Team
Tops FC
Sax Boys
Convenant FC
Citizens FC
GROUP B:
Olusosun FC
Y.G FC
Diamond Feeders Team
Greater Tomorrow FC
U-Strikers FC
GROUP C:
Danaz FC
Diamond FC
Akoyem FC
Future Stars FC
