The maiden edition of 9ja/Bundelisga scouting competition will officially hold from 22 to 25 May 2023, and will feature ten teams, according to organizers, Dino Sporting Club and Sportacus.
The tournament to be hosted at the Otunba Dipo Dina Stadium, Ijebu Ode is designed to promote grassroot football in Nigeria and to help youngsters fulfill their dream of becoming professional football players.
The participating teams includes, hosts, Dino Sporting Club, Box2Box FC and Cats FC.
Others are ; Bethel Sporting Club, Broad City, Ikhon Allah Football Academy, Atlantic Business FC, Hyraj FC, Faban FC, Abray Sports Club and Ndan Football Academy.
The ten teams will be split into two Groups, with the table toppers advancing to final to determine the champions.
In addition, the winners will take home the grand prize and lucky players selected from the tourney will have the chance to play professional football in Germany.
Eintracht Frankfurt Sporting Director, and Chief Scout, Frank Sebastian and Corlineus Kruesser, registered FIFA German agents, Darlington Omodiagbe and Lakunle Awoyale are among the football bigwigs expected to be present..
Following the confirmation of kick off date, the official draw will take place on Saturday 20 May 2023. Further details will be provided in due course.