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1972 African Cup Of Champions Clubs
The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1972 was the 8th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association football in Africa. The tournament was played by 26 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Hafia FC from Guinea won the final, becoming CAF club champion for the first time and the first Guinean team to win the trophy. First round 1Al-Merrikh withdrew. 2Abaluhya United withdrew. Second round 1 After the match had finished 2-0 to Djoliba AC, leaving the aggregate level at 2-2, AS Forces Armées (Dakar) refused to take part in the penalty shootout to protest the officiating; they were ejected from the competition and banned from CAF competitions for three years. Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals 1 TP Mazembe refused to play the 2nd leg contesting the eligibility of the referees assigned by CAF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hafia FC
Hafia Football Club is a football club based in Conakry, Guinea. Founded in 1951, the team was known as Conakry II in the 1960s and won three titles under that name. Hafia have won 15 league titles overall having dominated in 1960s and 70s, but their last league title coming in 1985. The 1970s were a golden decade for Hafia FC when they dominated African football having won the African Cup of Champions Clubs three times, in 1972, 1975 and 1977. It promoted some great talents as Papa Camara, Bengally Sylla, Abdoulaye Keita, Chérif Souleymane, Petit Sory, Mamadou Aliou Kéïta. In early 2021 construction began on the new stadium "Stade Petit Sory" named after Hafia FC legend Petit Sory Golden Age Hafia's golden age was the 70s when they became African Cup of Champions Clubs three times, in 1972, 1975 and 1977. During this period they were one of the greatest clubs in Africa. Their players included Papa Camara, Abdoulaye Keita, and Petit Sory. Kit provider Current squad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AS Forces Armées (Dakar)
Association Sportive des Forces Armées (Dakar) is a Senegalese football club based in Dakar. They play in the second division in Senegalese football. In 1971 the team has won the Senegal Premier League. Performance in CAF competitions *CAF Confederation Cup: ::1972 African Cup of Champions Clubs ::1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs ::1975 African Cup of Champions Clubs Honours *Senegal Premier League Senegal Premier League is the top division of the Senegal Football Association, it was founded in 1966. The league also hosts a domestic cup, the Coupe de la Ligue. Football clubs from the Senegal Premier League also compete for the Senegal FA Cup ...:1971, 1972, 1974 References External links Sports clubs in Dakar Football clubs in Senegal {{Senegal-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africa Sports
Africa Sports d'Abidjan is an Ivorian multi-sports club founded in 1947 and based in Abidjan. The club fields teams in the sports of track and field, handball, basketball and association football, of these the football team is the most prominent. They play at the Stade Houphouet-Boigny. The club is currently playing in the Ligue 2. Association football Africa Sports are the joint-most successful Association football club in the Côte d'Ivoire, together with ASEC Mimosas. On 6 December 1992, they became the first club in the Côte d'Ivoire to win the African Cup Winners Cup after beating Vital'O FC. Logos File:Africa Sports 1948 logo.png, 1948–06 Image:Africa Sports National.png, 2007–12 Logo File:Africa Sports Logo.png, 2012– Logo Performance in CAF competitions *CAF Champions League: 9 appearances ::1997 – Second round ::2000 – Group stage/Semi-finals ::2004 – Group stage ::2005 – Second round ::2006 – Preliminary round ::2008&nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AS Police (Libreville)
AS Police (Libreville) is a football club from Gabon based in Libreville in the Estuaire Province. The team has played many seasons in Gabon Championnat National D1. In 1973–1974 the club has won the Gabon Championnat National D1. Stadium Currently the team plays at the Stade Omar Bongo. Honours *Gabon Championnat National D1 Gabon Championnat National D1 is the top division of the Gabonese Football Federation, it was created in 1968. Gabon Championnat National D1 Clubs - 2015/16 *Bitam (Bitam) * Cercle Mbéri Sportif (Libreville) *FC 105 Libreville (Libreville) * Ma ...: References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TP Mazembe
Tout Puissant Mazembe, commonly referred to as TP Mazembe, is a Congolese professional football club based in Lubumbashi. History Tout Puissant Mazembe, the first sports club from the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a value of at least $10 million, was originally founded by the Benedictine monks who directed the Institut Saint-Boniface school in Élisabethville (modern-day Lubumbashi) in Katanga Province. The missionaries originally decided in 1939 to established a football team for the students' Boy Scout troop, named Saint Georges FC, after the patron saint of the Scouting movement. This team affiliated itself directly in the first division of the Royal Federation of the Native Athletic Associations (''Fédération Royale des Associations Sportives Indigènes'', FRASI) founded by the Belgian King. At the end of the season, Holy Georges placed 3rd. In 1944 the young scouts went on the road and FC St. Georges was rechristened Saint Paul F.C. Some years later, the incorporati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavori Publici
Jeenyo United Football Club is a football club based in Mogadishu, Somalia History The club was established in 1948, and was originally named SC Genio Officina. Most of the players came from the former teams "Società Calcistica Mogadiscio" and "Amaruini", that played amateur football in the Italian Somalia from 1936 until 1941. They won Division One of the Campionato di Calcio in 1952, and were renamed Lavori Pubblici (''Public Works'') for the 1953–54 season, due to its links with the Ministry of Public Works. They were champions again in 1959–60, defeating Autoparco 3–2 on aggregate in a two-legged championship play-off after the two clubs had finished joint top-of-the table. The club won their first Somalia League title in 1969.Somalia Champions RSSSF The club went on to win the title again in 1970 and 1971. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-George SA
Saint George Sports Club (Amharic: ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ ስፖርት ክለብ, ''Kidus Giorgis Sport Club'')'','' otherwise known as Kidus Giorgis, is a professional football club based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. They play in the top division of Ethiopian football, the Ethiopian Premier League. Founded in 1935, the club was the first in Ethiopia and was established as a symbol of Ethiopian nationalism and resistance against the occupying forces of fascist Italy. History Establishment & the Patriotic Struggle (1935-44) The club was founded in December 1935 (Taḫśaś 1928 E.C.) as Arada Kidus Giorgis (Saint George) Football Club by George Ducas and Ayale Atnash. The club was named after the neighborhood in which it was founded, the Arada (also called "Arada Giorgis") neighborhood of Addis Abeba. The first players to play for the club were students gathered from Ducas' and Atnash's schools, Teferi Mekonnen and Kidus Giorgis (Saint George) respectively. Established durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Africans
Young Africans Sports Club, commonly referred as Yanga is a Tanzanian professional football club based in Jangwani, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Founded in 1935, the club play their home games at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium. Nicknamed "Yanga" (Young Boys), the club has won 28 league titles and number of domestic cups, and have participated in multiple CAF Champions League editions. They have won the CECAFA Club Championship five times. The club became a symbol of the anti-colonial movement. Young Africans became associated with nationalists and freedom fighters, and inspired the political party TANU to adopt yellow and green as their primary colours. The club is currently in a process that will keep the club ownership 49% for investors and the rest 51% to the club members. The club holds a long-standing rivalry with their cross-city rivals Simba, whom they contest the Dar es Salaam (better known as Kariakoo) derby. The rivalry was ranked 5th as one of the most famous African d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AS Saint Michel
As Saint Michel is a Malagasy football club based in Antananarivo in the Analamanga zone in central Madagascar. The team plays in THB Champions League the top division of Malagasy football. In 1971 and 1978 the club won the THB Champions League. In 2008 this club fused with ''Real Elgeco Plus'' from Manakara to become AS Elgeco Plus Honours *THB Champions League: 1971, 1978 *Coupe de Madagascar The Coupe de Madagascar is the top knockout tournament in Malagasy football. It was created in 1974. Winners *1974: Fortior Mahajanga *1975: Fortior Mahajanga *1976: Fortior Mahajanga *1977: Fortior Mahajanga *1978: AS Sotema *1979: AS Sotema ...: 1980 References Soccerway Football clubs in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabwe Warriors
Kabwe Warriors is a Zambian football club based in Kabwe that plays in the Zambian Premier League. They play their home games at Godfrey 'Ucar' Chitalu 107 Stadium in Kabwe. They are the second most successful club in Zambia in terms of trophies won, only behind Mufulira Wanderers, but have not won the league title since 1987. The club is sponsored by Zambia Railways. History The club was founded as Broken Hill United but changed their name to Kabwe Warriors in 1966. Warriors won their first league title in 1968 on goal difference after Ndola United, who was leading the table entering the final round, lost 2-1 on the last day of the season. In 1971 Kabwe Warriors became the first Zambian side to play in now CAF Champions League,but the team performed badly. In 1972, however, the warriors represented Zambia in continental football competition and reached the quarter finals. Warriors lost in the quarter finals to Ghana('s) Accra Hearts of Oak via a 3-9 goal aggregate. Zambian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majantja
Majantja Football Club is a professional football club based in Mohale's Hoek (Mohale's Hoek District), Lesotho, that competes in the top tier of Lesotho football known as the Lesotho Premier League. The club was founded in 1932. Stadium Currently the team plays at the 1000 capacity Mohale's Hoek. Honours *Lesotho Premier League winners: 1970-71, 1994-95 Performance in CAF competitions *1972 African Cup of Champions Clubs: 2 appearances *1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs The 1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 32nd edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association footbal ... References External linksit.soccerway.com [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFC Leopards
Abaluhya Football Club Leopards Sports Club, officially abbreviated as AFC Leopards, or simply known as AFC, Leopards or ''Ingwe'' (), is a Kenyan association football club based in Nairobi. It currently competes in the Kenyan Premier League, the top tier of the Kenyan football league system, and was founded in 1964 by football lovers from the luhya community. With 12 top-flight league titles to their name, AFC Leopards is Kenya's second most successful club behind Gor Mahia (18 titles), with whom they regularly contest the Mashemeji Derby. The team currently plays most of its home games at the Nyayo National Stadium AFC Leopards' standing as one of the most successful clubs in the region is underlined by the fact that it has won the Kenyan Premier League a record 12 times. AFC Leopards has also won the Kenya Cup 10 times, and the CECAFA Club Championship 5 times. The club was formed in 1964 as Abaluhya United Football Club. In 1973 the club changed the name to Abaluhya Footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
