that kills it
The ball comes off a hard floor, not off grass. Nothing slows down for you. Kill it dead or lose it.
Nigeria's National Futsal Super League
The hard floor
is calling.
Five a side. Forty real minutes. Thirty two clubs answered in Kaduna and a champion was crowned. Now the league comes to your city.
Grab the eagle · spin it
Kaduna, 26 January to 15 February 2026. Murtala Mohammed Square.
Eight a game on a floor forty metres long. Futsal does not do quiet afternoons.
Five three in a final that refused to settle until the last minute.
Abuja, Ibadan and Lagos are next. Then a National Final, and the road back to the World Cup.
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Competition
Every result, the bracket, the honours and the numbers from Kaduna 2026.
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Zones
The national map. Port Harcourt is open, three more cities are loading.
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Watch
Highlights, the gallery and the film that explains the whole game.
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The story
Thirty years of silence, then this. The people bringing futsal home.
Read itKaduna
The maiden season in numbers
The floor
This is what futsal asks of you
Forty metres by twenty. Forty real minutes of stopped clock. Four outfield players, a keeper who plays, and nowhere on the court to hide.
that kills it
before you look up
Forty metres by twenty. There is no space to receive in and no time to decide what to do next.
is a duel
Nothing arrives uncontested. On a court this size there is no such thing as a free header or a safe pass.
every restart
Kick ins, corners, free kicks, goal clearances. Four seconds to put it back in play or you hand it over.
no backlift
The keeper is six metres from your boot and the ball barely bounces. From your sixth foul in a half, the next one is a free shot from ten metres with no wall.
never stop
Substitutions happen while the ball is live, through your own zone, as often as you like. Nobody paces themselves.
over you
A court this size puts the terrace a few metres from the touchline. Every goal lands twice, and so does every mistake.
Partners
Your club belongs on this floor
Port Harcourt is open now. Abuja, Ibadan and Lagos are next. The form takes five minutes.
Register your clubKaduna
NFSL · Competition
Kaduna 2026
The maiden edition. Every result, every number, every trophy from the two weeks that brought futsal home.
Champions · Kaduna 2026
Emirates FA
Goals per game, stage by stage
Ten goals a game in the first round. A final that finished five to three. Futsal does not do quiet afternoons.
The clubs
The clubs of Kaduna 2026
Zones
NFSL · Zones
One league.
Every corner of Nigeria.
The NFSL travels zone by zone, all thirty six states in its sights. Win your city and you play for the country at the National Final.
Hosted
Open now
Opening soon
Waiting for the call
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NFSL · Media
NFSLThe cinema
Press play. This is what a hard floor sounds like when a country turns up. Every broadcast wears the NFSL TV badge.
Every frame tells it
Scenes from Kaduna
School
NFSL · Learn
Learn the game
in one sitting
The film, the laws in plain language, and the official FIFA library. Everything a player, coach or referee needs to start.
NFSL
The NFSL film
Futsal, Explained
Every law of the game in four minutes, from the four second rule to the sixth foul.
Official FIFA resources
Story
NFSL · About
Thirty years of silence.
Then this.
Nigeria has played one Futsal World Cup, in 1992, and only eight official futsal matches in the thirty four years since. This league is the road back, and these are the people building it.
Twenty years in Nigerian sport
The road to the league
1992
Hong Kong · 1992
Where we come from
The class of ninety two
This is the team. Nigeria at the FIFA Futsal World Championship in Hong Kong, 1992, the first and only time the country stood on that stage. Green shirts, a keeper in yellow, and a generation that never got a league to come home to.
1992Hong Kong World Cup
34Years to the comeback
2026The league returns
The tournament
The squad
The goal in Hong Kong
Journey
The journey
From Montevideo to Murtala Square
Workforce
The workforce
Coaches and referees, trained to standard
Before a ball rolled in Kaduna, the league ran its coach and referee seminar, futsal specific sessions built on FIFA and CAF certified instruction. Every whistle and every bench at the NFSL answers to the same standard.
FIFA and CAF certified instruction · Kaduna seminar 2026
Partners
Built together
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NFSL · Registration
Bring your club to
the national stage
Fill the form, attach your colours, and the NFSL team takes it from there. Every entry lands straight on the league's desk.