Gulder 5-A-Side Registration Ends

Registration for the Gulder 5-A-Side Football Competition which started on 27 March came to an end yesterday.

The annual football tournament which is free and open to all male Nigerians age 18 and above is aimed at developing grassroots football and discovering talents, among other objectives.

The regional qualifiers would kick off on 27 April in six locations.

Teams from the North-Central zone will converge on Abu King Playing Ground, Makurdi, while the Liberation Stadium Practice Pitch, Port Harcourt and Rangers International Football Club Training Pitch, Enugu, would serve as venues for teams in the South-South and South-East respectively.

The Oleh Township Stadium, Warri, will be the battle ground for teams in the Mid-West, while Ijebu-Ode Stadium will host teams in the Western zone and the New Gymnasium of the National Institute for Sports, NIS, located inside the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, will be the battle ground for teams in the Lagos zone.

The competition is a team-based tournament. Each team will feature eight players and two managers. At the end of the regional qualifiers, two teams will emerge to represent each of the six regions for the final showdown in Lagos.

All the 12 teams which qualify to play at the knock out stage in Lagos will be fully kitted.

The eventual winner of the third edition of the Gulder Five-A-Side Soccer championships will go home with a cash prize of N5 million while the second the third placed teams will get N2 million and N1 million respectively.