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2007 CAF Champions League
The 2007 CAF Champions League was the 43rd occurrence of the CAF Champions League, the most prestigious club football competition in Africa. Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia became champions for the first time, beating Al Ahly SC of Egypt 3–1 in a two-legged final. Étoile du Sahel participated in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan as the representative from CAF. Qualifying rounds Preliminary round The 1st legs were played on 26–28 January 2007. The 2nd legs were played on 9–11 February 2007. 1 JS Saint-Pierroise withdrew due to high travel costs; they were banned from AFC competitions for three years and fined $3500. 2 Sporting Clube da Praia refused to travel due to civil unrest and a violent general strike in Guinea. 3 Super ESCOM withdrew. 4 AS Douanes were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player. 5 The tie was played over one leg because AGSM did not have an international-standard ground. First round 1st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étoile Du Sahel
Étoile may refer to: Places ;France * Charles de Gaulle – Étoile, station of the Paris Métro * Étoile-Saint-Cyrice, commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in France * Étoile-sur-Rhône, commune in the Drôme department in France * L'Étoile, Jura, commune in the Jura department in France * L'Étoile, Somme, commune in the Somme department in France * Marcy-l'Étoile, commune in the Rhône department in France * Montceaux-l'Étoile, commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in France * Massif de l'Étoile, mountain range north of Marseilles * Place de l'Étoile, large road junction in Paris ;Elsewhere * Etoile, Kentucky, United States * Etoile, Texas, United States * Etoile Island, Marshall Islands, Micronesia * Etoile Island (Seychelles), Amirante Islands, Seychelles Music * "L'étoile" (song), a 2016 song by Celine Dion * "Etoile", a 2020 song by OH MY GIRL The arts * Étoile, leading ballet dancer (male or female) in a company ** Danseur Étoile, the highest rank a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Leopards
Royal Leopards Football Club are a Eswatini soccer club based in Simunye. They are the Royal Eswatini Police team. Achievements * Swazi Premier League: 8 :: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020-21, 2021-22. * Swazi Cup: 3 :: 2007, 2011, 2014. *Swazi Charity Cup: 4 :: 2006, 2013, 2015, 2016. * Swazi Trade Fair Cup: 1 :: 2004. Current squad Performance in CAF competitions * CAF Champions League: 4 appearances :: 2007 – Preliminary Round ::2008 – Preliminary Round :: 2009 – Preliminary Round ::2022 - Second Round * CAF Confederation Cup: 3 appearances ::2012 – Second Round :: 2015 - Second Round ::2022 - Group Stage *CAF Cup The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runners-up of member associations who have not qualified to the pre-existing CAF international club competition the African Cup of Champions Clubs. History The tou ...: 1 appearance ::1999 – First Round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sporting Clube Da Praia
Sporting Clube da Praia, short form: Sporting Praia ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK as well as Badiu: ''Sporting Klubi di Praia'') is a professional football club that plays in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde. It is based in the capital city of Praia in the island of Santiago, one of the unrelegated clubs in the south of the island along with three of the city's four historically mightiest clubs including Académica, Boavista and CD Travadores. Along with Académcia, Boavista, Desportivo, Travadores and Vitória, it is one of several teams that share the same ground, Estádio da Várzea, which has a capacity of 8,000. Sporting has won six championships since independence and a few before independence. The first title was won in the summer of 1962 before independence. Sporting recently won the 2017 national title. Its current president is Carlos Daniel Caetano and its manager is Lito, who once played for Portuguese clubs as footballer. Sporting Pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fello Star
Fello Star de Labé is a Guinean football club based in Labé. Their home games are played at Stade Saïfoulaye Diallo. Its logo and uniform colors are blue and black. Achievements National *Guinée Championnat National: 4 ::Winner: 2004 (championship cancelled due to financial problems), 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 *Guinée Coupe Nationale: 2 ::Winner: 2000, 2004 * Guinée Super Coupe: 2 ::Winner: 2007, 2009 Season to season *2013–14: 4th (First Division) *2014–15: 8th (First Division) *2015–16: 3rd (First Division) *2016–17: 8th (First Division) *2017–18: 7th (First Division) Performance in CAF competitions * CAF Champions League: 5 appearances :: 2005 – Second Round ::: ASC Diaraf – Fello Star 0–1, 2–1 :::Fello Star – JS Kabylie 1–0, 0–0 ::: Ajax Cape Town 2–2 (total) (2–3 pen.) :: 2007 – First Round :::Fello Star – Sporting Clube da Praia 1–0, – (withdrew)1 ::: Étoile du Sahel :: 2009 – Preliminary Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasarawa United
Nasarawa United Football Club is a soccer club based in Lafia, Nasarawa. They play in the Nigeria Premier League. History The team was founded in 2003 after the Nasarawa government took over Black Stars FC of Gombe. They joined the Nigerian Premier League in 2004–05. Their stadium, Lafia Township Stadium, has a capacity of some 5,000. The club's nickname is ''Solid Miners''. 2009–10 seasons The team went through financial shortfalls in the 2008–09 season that one player described as leaving them on the verge of "starvation". A 1–1 home draw on March 7 against Niger Tornadoes caused home fans to riot and even follow the Tornadoes to the hotel and attack them there. The team was sent to play in Ibadan for the rest of the season and assured relegation to the Nigeria National League with three games remaining. The resulting debt of 46 million naira (Approx. $300,000) threatened to cancel the team's 2009–10 season. Midway through the season, the debt was reportedly 58 mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Sportive Du Faso-Yennenga
Association Sportive du Faso-Yennenga is a Burkinabé football club based in Ouagadougou. The club's home games are played at Stade du 4-Août. The club was founded in 1947 and won its first title in 1973 as ''Jeanne d'Arc''. History The club was founded in 1947 under the name of AS Jeanne d'Arc. Achievements *Burkinabé Premier League: 13 :: 1973, 1989, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. *Coupe du Faso: 3 :: 1991, 2009, 2013 *Burkinabé SuperCup: 2 :: 2001–02, 2008–09. *West African Club Championship (UFOA Cup): 1 :: 1999. Performance in CAF competitions * CAF Champions League: 10 appearances ::2000 – First round :: 2003 – First round :: 2004 – First round :: 2005 – First round :: 2007 – Preliminary Round :: 2010 – First round :: 2011 – First round ::2012 – Preliminary Round ::2013 – First round ::2014 – First round * African Cup of Champions Clubs: 3 appearan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gambia Ports Authority Football Club
Gambia Ports Authority Football Club is a Gambian football club based in Banjul and sponsored by the Gambia Ports Authority. They play in the top division in Gambian football, the GFA League First Division. History The Gambia Ports Authority was established in 1973 and the core of their players were snatched from Real de Banjul. It became one of the best clubs in the country with players like Goalkeeper Saho, Alhaji Sarr, Kabba Ceesay, to name a few. The GPA won their first cup title in 1975 and a year later appeared in the first edition of the African Cup Winners' Cup in 1976 and challenged RS Kadiogo of Upper Volta, a nation now named Burkina Faso. In 1983, they made their first continental championship appearance in 1983 and lost to Dakar's ASC Diaraf from the surrounding neighbour Senegal in the away match 0–4, they won the home match 0–2 but half the total of Diaraf's, they were out of the continental championship competition. In the 1985 African Cup of Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asante Kotoko
Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, simply known as Asante Kotoko, is a professional football club founded on 31 August 1935 and based in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Nicknamed the ''Porcupine Warriors'', they compete in the Ghana Premier League and play their home matches at the Baba Yara Stadium in Amakom, Kumasi. They have won the league a record 24 times and the CAF Champions League twice and were adjudged the African club of the century by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). History Early years The foundation of Kumasi Asante Kotoko Sporting Club was laid by 13 young Ashanti men led by a young driver, Mr. Kwasi Kumah, ably supported by L.Y. Asamoah an electrician. Mr. Kwasi Kumah, a native of Nyankyerenease near Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, was a chauffeur to an English man and military officer, a Colonel Ross. Kwasi Kumah nurtured the idea of forming a football team when he watched an exciting football match. When Colonel Ross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polisi FC
Polisi Sports Club is a football club from Zanzibar. Achievements *Zanzibar Premier League : 2 :: 2005, 2006. *Nyerere Cup The Tanzania FA Cup (also called the Azam Sports Federation Cup) is the top knockout tournament of the Tanzanian football. Previously, the Nyerere Cup was the top knockout tournament. It was created in 1974 and was contested by teams from both ... : 1 :: 2001. Performance in CAF competitions * CAF Champions League: 2 appearances :: 2006 – First Round :: 2007 – Preliminary Round * CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance :: 2015 – Preliminary Round References Football clubs in Tanzania Zanzibari football clubs Police association football clubs in Tanzania {{Tanzania-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Hilal (Omdurman)
Al Hilal Educational Club ( ar, نادي الهلال للتربية), known as Al Hilal Omdurman or simply Al Hilal, is based in Omdurman that competes in the Sudan Premier League. Name and history The name ''Hilāl'' is the Arabic word for crescent – a name chosen on a night when the crescent of the moon was visible in Omdurman. Also it is the first club in the world to be named (AL- HILAL). First Administration * Babiker Ahmed Gabani, (F) President * Yousif Al-Mamoun,(F) Secretary * Abdelraheem Sarour Kabshour,(F) Secretary * Yousif Mustafa Al-Tinay, (F) Media Executive * Arabi Bilal, (F) Administration Member * Fathallah Bushara, (F) Administration Member * Babiker Mukhtar Tatay Hamdnaallah Ahmed First Squad (1930) * Ali Abdallah Mabrouk, (F), GK * Abdelraheem Sarour Kabshour, (F), DF * Fathallah Bushara, (F), DF * Hamdnaallah Ahmed, (F), DF * Nimir Elamin, (F), DF * Adam Rajab, (F), DF * Awad Abuzeid, (F), MF * Amin Babiker, (F), MF an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vital'O FC
Vital'O FC is a professional football club based in Bujumbura, Burundi. The team currently plays in the Burundi Ligue A,the top division of Burundi football. History They were founded as Gwanda, Sport FC in the 1960s, changed their name to ALTECO in 1971, to Tout Puissant Bata in 1973, then merged with Rapid to become Espoir soon after and finally became Vital'ô around 1975. *Burundi Premier League: 20 :: 1971, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16. *Burundian Cup: 14 :: 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2015, 2018. *Burundi Super Cup: 0 * Finalist in the African Cup Winners' Cup in 1992 (defeated by Africa Sports of Ivory Coast) *Kagame Interclub Cup: 3 appearances :: 2013 – Winner Current Team Performance in CAF competitions * CAF Champions League: 8 appearances ::1999 – Second Round ::2000&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zamalek SC
Zamalek Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الزمالك للألعاب الرياضية), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian sports club based in Giza. It is one of the most successful football clubs in Africa and the Middle East, and was the most titled club in African tournaments in the 20th century. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top tier of the Egyptian football league system. The club was founded on 5 January 1911 as Qasr El Nile Club and was first headed by the Belgian lawyer George Merzbach. The name was changed two years later to Cairo International Sports Club (C.I.S.C.), colloquially El Qāhirah El Mokhtalat Club or El Mokhtalat Club. The club was renamed in 1941 after King Farouk of Egypt and became known as Farouk El Awal Club (). After the 1952 Egyptian revolution, the club changed its name again to Zamalek SC . Zamalek established itself as the second major force in Egyptian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
