Sixteen (16) teams have been pencilled down for 2023 edition of AMAPRO Football Championship.
The tournament is billed to get underway on Monday 3rd July, 2023 at the Kwara Football Academy (KFA) Pitch, Ilorin.
Notable among the participating teams are regular comers, Nigeria Premier Football League, (NPFL) All Stars, Nigeria National League (NNL) All Stars, Nationwide League One side, SGFC Athletics and Gateway FC.
Others are Abraysports FC, Laycon FC, AMAPRO Sporting Academy, HMK FC from Osun State, KFA and Le Pass Sporting Academy.
The 8th edition that is sponsored by the leading betting platform in Nigeria, BET9JA will also have Jazzy Stars FA from Jos, Ajaokuta FA from Kogi State, Da Faria FC from Lagos, and Teworh FA from Kaduna.
The 16 teams will be pooled into four groups with four teams each.
Team with highest points from each group will qualify for the semi finals.
There will be prizes for the best goalkeeper, top scorer and King of the championship.
The release added that the draws ceremony where fixtures will be released for the championship will take place on Saturday 1st July, 2023 at a venue to communicated in due course.
The AMAPROBet9ja championship will kickoff on the 3rd July with final to be decided on Sunday 9th of July 2023.
NNL All Stars defeated NPFL All Stars 4-3 on penalties to emerge winners of the last edition.