2025 Nigeria Federation Cup

The 2025 Nigeria Federation Cup was the 77th edition of the Nigeria Federation Cup, the nation's oldest knockout football tournament. The tournament began with the National playoffs on 5 March. Kwara United won their maiden cup title in their 28 years of existence after defeating Abakaliki in the final.
The format remains the same with 74 clubs qualifying as finalists in the tournaments held across the different states of Nigeria and the FCT.

Format

The competition is a single elimination knockout tournament featuring the 36 finalists of each state tournaments plus the FCT. The 20 weakest clubs entered the national play-off round, whereafter the winners joined the remaining 54 teams at the main tournament. All matches are played at neutral stadiums.
Matches are played 90 minutes with tied games going straight to penalties.

National play-offs

All matches were played on 5 March.

Round of 64

The draw for this round was conducted on 12 March. Matches were held between 18 and 20 March.

Round of 32

Matches were played on 2 and 3 April.

Round of 16

All matches were played on 16 April.

Quarter-final

All matches were played on 3 May.

Semi-final

Both matches were played on 21 May.

Final

This marked the first cup final appearance for both teams and the first final appearance for a team from Ebonyi. It was played on 28 June 2025.