2014 NIGERIA FEDERATIONS CUP (MEN) SEMI-FINAL RESULTS
Semi Final 1
Enyimba FC 1-0 Giwa FC
Scorer: Raphael Boumsong
Semi Final 2
Dolphins FC 1-0 Prime FC
Scorer: Ebube Okpokwu
In the first semi final match played at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta, the People’s elephant edged Giwa FC by a lone goal courtesy of a 51st minute strike by cameroonian Rafael Boumsoung.
The Kadiri Ikhana tutored side held on to their lead to secure their sixth appearance in the federation cup final match.
In the second semi final match played at the FIFA Goal Project Pitch of the National Stadium, Abuja, four-time Federation Cup champions, Dolphins FC defeated hard fighting Prime FC by the same margin.
The two former Federation Cup champions, Dolphins and Enyimba, will now battle in the final match of Nigeria’s oldest football competition billed for the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos on Saturday August 16, 2014.
Dolphins have played in four Cup finals in 2001, 2004, 2006 and 2007 and have won on all four occasions.
Enyimba, currently the defending Champion have played in five final matches of the Cup, but have won it three times, having reached the Cup final four times in the last five editions.
The People’s Elephants won the Cup in 2005, 2009 and 2013 but were losing finalists to Kaduna United and Heartland in 2010 and 2011 respectively.
Now, should the Aba club prevail in the final, they will become the first team to defend their title since Dolphins FC in 2006 and 2007.
The eventual winner of the 2014 Federation Cup will earn automatic ticket as Nigeria’s flag bearer at the 2014/2015 CAF Confederation Cup.
FEDERATION CUP FINALS SINCE 1945
1945 Marine 1-0 Corinthians
1946 Lagos Railways 3-1 Port Harcourt FC
1947 Marine 3-1 Lagos Railways
1948 Lagos Railways 1-0 Warri
1949 Lagos Railways 3-0 Port Harcourt FC
1950 Lagos UAC 3-2 Port Harcourt FC
1951 Lagos Railways 3-2 Mighty Jets (Jos)
1952 Lagos PAN Bank 6-0 Warri (Mid-West)
1953 Kano Pillars F.C. 2-1 Lagos Dynamos
1954 Calabar 3-0 Kano Pillars F.C.
1955 Port Harcourt FC 4-1 Warri
1956 Lagos Railways 3-1 Warri
1957 Lagos Railways 5-1 Zaria
1958 Port Harcourt FC 6-0 Federal United
1959 Ibadan Lions 1-0 Police
Challenge Cup
1960 Lagos ECN 5-2 Ibadan Lions
1961 Ibadan Lions 1-0 Lagos UAC
1962 Police 1-0 Mighty Jets (Jos)
1963 Port Harcourt FC 1-0 Mighty Jets (Jos)
1964 Lagos Railways 3-1 Mighty Jets (Jos)
1965 Lagos ECN 3-1 Mighty Jets (Jos)
1966 Ibadan Lions beat Mighty Jets (Jos)
1967 Stationery Stores (Lagos) 3-1 Mighty Jets (Jos)
1968 Stationery Stores (Lagos) 3-1 (r.) Warri
1969 Ibadan Lions 5-1 Warri
1970 Lagos ECN 3-1 Mighty Jets (Jos)
1971 WNDC Ibadan 2-1 Enugu Rangers
1972 Bendel Insurance (Benin City) 2-2 3-2 Mighty Jets (Jos)
1973 Not Held
1974 Enugu Rangers 2-0 Mighty Jets (Jos)
1975 Enugu Rangers 1-0 Shooting Stars FC (Ibadan)
1976 Enugu Rangers 2-0 Alyufsalam Rocks (Ilorin)
1977 Shooting Stars FC (Ibadan) 2-0 Racca Rovers (titre attribué 2-0 à Shooting Stars)
1978 Bendel Insurance 3-0 Enugu Rangers
1979 Shooting Stars FC (Ibadan) 2-0 Sharks FC (Port Harcourt)
1980 Bendel Insurance (Benin City) 1-0 Stationery Stores (Lagos)
1981 Enugu Rangers 2-0 Bendel Insurance (Benin City)
1982 Stationery Stores (Lagos) 4-1 Niger Tornadoes (Minna)
1983 Enugu Rangers 0-0 (5 t.a.b. à 4) DIC Bees (Kaduna)
1984 Leventis United (Ibadan) 1-0 Abiola Babes (Abeokuta)
1985 Abiola Babes (Abeokuta) (6 t.a.b. à 5) BCC Lions (Gboko)
1986 Leventis United (Ibadan) 1-0 Abiola Babes (Abeokuta)
1987 Abiola Babes (Abeokuta) 1-1 (7 t.a.b. à 6) Ranchers Bees
1988 Iwuanyanwu Nationale (Owerri) 3-0 Flash Flamingoes
1989 BCC Lions (Gboko) 1-0 Iwuanyanwu Nationale (Owerri)
1990 Stationery Stores (Lagos) 0-0 (5 t.a.b. à 4) Enugu Rangers
1991 El-Kanemi Warriors (Maiduguri) 3-2 Kano Pillars F.C
1992 El-Kanemi Warriors (Maiduguri) 1-0 Stationery Stores (Lagos)
1993 BCC Lions (Gboko) 1-0 Plateau United (Jos)
1994 BCC Lions (Gboko) 1-0 Julius Berger FC (Lagos)
1995 Shooting Stars FC (Ibadan) 2-0 Katsina United
1996 Julius Berger FC (Lagos) 1-0 (a.p.) Katsina United
1997 BCC Lions (Gboko) 1-0 Katsina United
1998 Wikki Tourists (Bauchi) 0-0 (3 t.a.b. à 2) Plateau United (Jos)
1999 Plateau United (Jos) 1-0 Iwuanyanwu Nationale (Owerri)
2000 Niger Tornadoes (Minna) 1-0 Enugu Rangers
2001 DOLPHIN FC (Port Harcourt) 2-0 El-Kanemi Warriors (Maiduguri)
2002 Julius Berger FC (Lagos) 3-0 Yobe Stars (Damaturu)
2003 Lobi Stars (Makurdi) 2-0 Sharks FC (Port Harcourt)
2004 DOLPHIN FC (Port Harcourt) 1-0 Enugu Rangers
2005 ENYIMBA FC (Aba) 1-1 Lobi Stars (Makurdi) (aet, 6-5 pen)
2006 DOLPHIN FC (Port Harcourt) 2-2 Bendel Insurance (aet, 5-3 pen)
2007 DOLPHIN FC (Port Harcourt) 1-1 Enugu Rangers (aet, 3-2 pen)
2008 Ocean Boys FC (Brass) 2-2 Gombe United FC (aet, 7-6 pen)
2009 Sunday, July 12
ENYIMBA FC (Aba) 1-0 Sharks FC (Port Harcourt)
2010 Sunday, August 15
ENYIMBA 3-3 Kaduna (2-3 pk)
2011 Sunday, September 25
ENYIMBA 0-1 Heartland
2012 Sunday, August 26
Heartland 2-1 Lobi
2013 Sunday, September 15
ENYIMBA 2-2 Wolves (5-4 pk)
2014 Sunday, August 17
DOLPHINS ? – ? ENYIMBA
