14 Teams Set For Second Edition of Imo FA Veterans Competition
14 teams will trade tackles in the second edition of the Imo State Football Assocation Veterans Football Competition which kicks off on 10th August 2024 at the Dan Anyiam Stadium Owerri.
The competition in the second year will kick start with seminar to educate the veteran players and officials of the role expected of them, rules and regulations and opportunities available through the competition for the retired footballers.
The competition which is a brain child of the Barrister Ifeanyi Dike led Imo State FA is aimed at promoting wellness and opportunities for networking of ideas between the ex-players and their fans, who may not have heard much about them since they retired from the game.
The competition will kick off with a mouth-watering encounter between Uzie na Abosi All Stars and Fit Friends All Stars at the practice pitch of the Dan Anyiam Stadium Owerri.
According to silvernews.com.ng, it reports that it will bring together for the first time, the presence of two former African Footballers of the Year, Coach Emmanuel Amuneke and Ambassador Kanu Nwankwo and other invited guests to the iconic ground that hosted the last continental football final in the country in 2009 when Iwuanyawu Nationale hosted TP Mazembe of Congo for the first leg of CAF champions league, with some of the players involved also in attendance.
The program which would have started with the seminar on the first day of August was postponed because of the ongoing nationwide hunger protest, will now hold on 4th August at the Imo State Football Assocation office Owerri.
Casmir Mbachu, Chairman of the Organizing Committee, this year’s edition was supposed to be on a home and away format but was cancelled due to the various economic challenges facing the country.
Meanwhile, the Secretary of the Organizing Committee, Neville Okere appreciated the teams that registered for the competition and assured them of a smooth organization in this year’s edition.
It could be recalled that Dinamo Dinamic are the defending champions of the first ever organized Imo State Football Assocation Veterans Cup.
The defending champions, who were the first to register in this year’s competition believe they can defend the trophy they won last year.
