THE first edition of the Abisco Football Championship was concluded on Friday, December 9, 2022, at the Abesan Youth Centre, Iyana-Ipaja, in the Ayobo-Ipaja LCDA of Alimosho LGA, with Wilson International Football Club going home with the giant gold trophy and the top prize money.
In the keenly contested final match of the competition between Abisco Boyz and Wilson Int FC, the latter triumphed 3-1 on penalties after both sides ended the regulation period 1-1. Earlier in the day, African Church Youth FC had defeated Fortune FA, 2-1 in the third-place game.
Speaking during the well-attended finals witnessed by an impressive crowd at the mini stadium, guests from different walks of life, that included ex-Nigerian Internationals, Taiwo Oloyede and Wasiu Ipaye, Hon. Olabisi Adebajo, the Executive Chairman of Mosan-Okunola LCDA and sponsor of the competition, expressed her happiness at the successful conclusion of the competition.
32 teams participated in the competition and expectedly, it threw up several exciting discoveries, including 16-year-old defender, Olanrewanju Oladipupo of Fortune FC, who was honoured as the Most Valuable Player of the competition.
Other individual award winners are the Abisco Boyz duo, Joseph Fawehinmi and Adam Adeleke, who won the best goalkeeper and top scorer awards respectively, while Ablaze FA, was adjudged the Most Disciplined Team of the two-weeks long competition.
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