36 states + FCT

Back your state. Build Nigeria's next football stars

Every naira counts. Support your state, stand behind its young talents to be professionally scouted, then an academy. A jury selects the talent the campaign supports.

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Back your state

Choose your state, then contribute in three short steps. Payment is handled by Paystack.

How it works

  1. Pick a state

    Choose the state you want to back. Every one of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory can have players representing it.

    See every state
  2. Make a contribution

    Any amount at or above the minimum. Every contribution counts equally, whatever its size - there is no weighting by amount.

    Back your state
  3. The state funds a milestone

    As contributions add up, a state funds a scouting programme and then an academy. It funds them by reaching the amount, and no state is selected over another.

    Back your state

States by supporters

Ordered by the number of people backing each state. Every contribution counts equally.

The five states with the most supporters.
Position by supportersStateScoutingAcademySupporters
1Cross River1
1Kogi1
not published yetAbia0
not published yetAdamawa0
not published yetAkwa Ibom0

Where the money goes

Funds earmarked for Football Dreamz scouting programme, establishment of academies and talent development in Nigeria. Each state is working towards the same two funding milestones.

Milestone amounts are planning illustrations, not binding commitments. What is delivered depends on net proceeds, approvals, safety and operating conditions.

  • Young players in Football Dreamz shirts crossing a pitch with a coach after a trial
    Scouting day

    ₦3.5M per state

    State scouting programme

    A scouting programme in the state, positioned to capture and feed the next TV season of Football Dreamz.

  • Two dozen players kneeling to stretch in a long row across a stadium pitch at dusk, the stands behind them empty
    Training day

    ₦25M per state

    State football academy

    A football academy in the state, which scouts continuously, with trials for selected players through the Football Dreamz European club network.

Football Dreamz crowdfunding is voluntary support, not a game of chance. Contributors receive no goods, services or reward in return, and a jury selects the supported talent. The money funds scouting programmes and football academies across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, and payment fees are added on top so the full contribution reaches the state. Funds are received by Nexar Football Development Ltd.

Football Dreamz in three minutes

A short film on what the format is, where it goes and who it is for. Turn the sound on.

A line of players on a beach pitch in front of a goal of driftwood, the sea behind them

The partners behind the format

  • Umbro
  • Nigerian Television Authority
  • Kanu International Football Academy
  • MN2S