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The 2023 Nigeria Federation Cup (known as the 2023 Tingo Cup) is the 75th edition of the Nigerian Federation Cup. The tournament began with the National playoffs on 18 April and concluded with the final in June.

This year's format remained the same as previous editions, with 72 clubs qualifying as the finalists of the various states tournaments.

Format

The competition is a single elimination knockout tournament featuring the 36 finalists of each state tournaments plus the FCT. The 16 weakest clubs enter the play-off round, the winners then join the remaining 56 teams at the main tournament. All matches are played at neutral stadiums.

Matches are played 90 minutes with tied games at the end of regulation time going straight to penalties.

National play-offs

All matches were played on 18 April.

First round

The draw for this round was conducted on 19 April. Matches were held between 27 April to 3 May

Second round

Third round

The third round of matches were played on 24 and 25 May.

Quarter-final

Matches were played on 28 May.

28 May 2023	Bendel Insurance	1–0	Sunshine Stars	Awka City Stadium, Awka
12:00 (UTC+1)	Osarenkhoe 56'

28 May 2023	Warri Wolves	2–1	Lobi Stars	Dipo Dina Stadium, Ijebu-Ode
15:00 (UTC+1)	Jabbar 44' Christian 72'		Kumaga 57'

28 May 2023	Enugu Rangers	1–0	Doma United	Akure Township Stadium, Akure
16:00 (UTC+1)	90+2'

28 May 2023	Plateau United	1–0	Kwara United	FIFA Goal Project Stadium, Abuja
16:00 (UTC+1)	Yakubu 44'

Semi-final

In the semi-final, Enugu Rangers defeated Plateau United courtesy of a last minute penalty kick while Bendel Insurance won on penalty shootout to extend their unbeaten record this season to 23 games. The matches were played on 1 June.

1 June 2023	Plateau United	0–1	Enugu Rangers	Dipo Dina Stadium, Ijebu-Ode
16:00 (UTC+1)			Obaje 90+2' (pen.)

Final

Bendel Insurance defeated Enugu Rangers to earn their fourth title, their first since 1980 and earned the right to participate in the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup.

21 June	Bendel Insurance	1–0	Enugu Rangers	Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba
17:00	Osarenkhoe 45+8' (pen.)	Report

References

1. "NFF reveals date for 2023 Federation cup final". Pulse sports.ng. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
2. "NFF stages national federation cup draw April 19, second fiddle clubs square up in playoffs". 18 April 2023.
3. "Bendel Insurance for CAF Confederation Cup after stopping Enugu Rangers in cup final". scorenigeria.com. 22 June 2023. Archived from the original on June 22, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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