Boboye Vows To Secure Continental Football With FA Cup Glory

Boboye Vows To Secure Continental Football With FA Cup Glory

Precious Oham

Head Coach of Akwa United, Kennedy Boboye has set sights on winning the 2025 President Federation Cup to secure a continental spot, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

Akwa United will, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, begin its quest for a third Football Association (FA) Cup title when it engages Kebbi United in the 2025 President Federation Cup Round of 64 games scheduled to take place at the Bwari mini stadium in Abuja.

The Promise Keepers, record state champions, secured their place in this year's national competition following a 1-0 win over Eagles Eye Football Academy in the Akwa Ibom State final of the competition in February.

Boboye, in an exclusive interview with the club's media department, revealed that the Federation Cup is a competition that is full of shocks and surprises, but encourages his boys not to underrate any team but to focus on securing qualification to the next round.

"The FA Cup is a funny competition because it is full of surprises. It is a fresh opportunity for us and a good avenue for us to secure continental football next season, so we can't afford to underrate any team; we have to put in our very best in all the matches to ensure we make it all the way.

"The FA Cup is not new to Akwa United Football Club, having won the Cup twice (2015 and 2017). It will be a thing of honour and pride for all of us and for our fans to win the competition three times in 10 years. 

"I won the FA Cup once as a player in 2005 while playing for Dolphins, but I haven't won it yet as a coach, so I would really like to win it this year with Akwa United." 

Victory for the Promise Keepers over Kebbi United will see them advanced to the Round of 32 of the competition where the eventual winners of the competition will represent Nigeria in the CAF Confederation Cup competition later this year.