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Abuko United FC
Abuko United Football Club is a Gambian sports club based in Abuko near Kombo North/Saint Mary. The Men's team play in the Serrekunda East Sports Development Organisation. The Women's team play in Gambian Championnat National D1 Woman. Stadium Currently the team plays at the 10000 capacity Serrekunda East Mini-Stadium Serekunda (proper: Sayerr Kunda or Sere Kunda, ar, سيريكوندا, sometimes spelled Serrekunda) is the largest urban centre in The Gambia. It is situated close to the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast, south-west of the capital, Banjul, and i .... References External links Football clubs in the Gambia {{Gambia-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serrekunda East Mini-Stadium
Serekunda (proper: Sayerr Kunda or Sere Kunda, ar, سيريكوندا, sometimes spelled Serrekunda) is the largest urban centre in The Gambia. It is situated close to the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast, south-west of the capital, Banjul, and is formed of nine villages which have grown together into a larger urban area. History and toponymy Sayerr Jobe, the founder of Serekunda, was a 19th-century lamane originally from the Sine-Saloum region of Senegal. He migrated to the The Gambia, Gambia in the mid 19th Century and is believed to have initially settled around Jinack Island in Banjul, before relocating to the southern bank of the country (near Sukuta) where he established Serrekunda. Serekunda means "home of the Sayer [or Sayerr] family" and is named after its founder, Sayerr Jobe. The name ''Serrekunda'' (or "Sere Kunda") is a Mandinka language, Mandinka corruption of the name ''Serrereh'' — denoting the Serer people in Mandinka, as the Mandinka people of Sabiji believed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gambian Championnat National D1
The GFA League First Division is the highest division of football in The Gambia. The league began play in 1965. 2021—22 season clubs Previous champions *1965–66 : Augustinians (Bathurst) *1966–67 : Augustinians (Bathurst) *1967–68 : Adonis (Bathurst) *1968–69 : White Phantoms *1969–70 : Wallidan (Banjul) *1970–71 : Wallidan (Banjul) *1971–72 : Real de Banjul *1972–73 : Adonis (Bathurst) *1973–74 : Real de Banjul *1974–75 : Real de Banjul *1975–76 : Wallidan (Banjul) *1976–77 : Wallidan (Banjul) *1977–78 : Real de Banjul *1978–79 : Wallidan (Banjul) *1979–80 : Starlight Banjul *1980–81 : Wallidan (Banjul) *1981–82 : Wallidan (Banjul) *1982–83 : Real de Banjul *1983–84 : Gambia Ports Authority (Banjul) *1984–85 : Wallidan (Banjul) *1985–86 : Gambia Ports Authority (Banjul) *1986–87 : Augustinians (Bathurst) *1987–88 : Wallidan (Banjul) *1988–89 : ''not finished'' *1989–90 : ''not held'' *1990–91 : ''not complet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gambia
The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publications. p. 11. . and is surrounded by Senegal, except for its western coast on the Atlantic Ocean. The Gambia is situated on both sides of the lower reaches of the Gambia River, the nation's namesake, which flows through the centre of the Gambia and empties into the Atlantic Ocean, thus the long shape of the country. It has an area of with a population of 1,857,181 as of the April 2013 census. Banjul is the Gambian capital and the country's largest metropolitan area, while the largest cities are Serekunda and Brikama. The Portuguese in 1455 entered the Gambian region, the first Europeans to do so, but never established important trade there. In 1765, the Gambia was made a part of the British Empire by establishment of the Gambia. In 1965, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abuko
Abuko is a town in the West Coast Division of the Gambia, five miles southwest of the capital Banjul. It is located in the district of Kombo North/Saint Mary to the north of Banjul International Airport and Abuko Nature Reserve. Location Abuko is in the West Coast Division, in the western part of the country, south-west of the capital city Banjul. It had 6,572 inhabitants as of 2012. The area around Abuko is well-populated, with 1,056 people per square kilometer. The nearest larger city is Serekunda Serekunda (proper: Sayerr Kunda or Sere Kunda, ar, سيريكوندا, sometimes spelled Serrekunda) is the largest urban centre in The Gambia. It is situated close to the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast, south-west of the capital, Banjul, and i ..., north-west of Abuko. The town is home to the Abuko United FC. The Abuko Nature Reserve, created in 1968, lies to the south of the town. It is the most visited tourist attraction in Gambia, with over 30,000 visitors annually. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kombo North/Saint Mary
Kombo North/Saint Mary is one of the nine districts of the Gambia's Brikama Local Government Area (formerly known as the Western Division), which is located to the south of the Gambia River in the southwest of the country. Kombo North/Saint Mary is in the northwest of the LGA, between Kombo South and Kanifing LGA. It is the only district in the LGA with coasts on both the Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ... and the Gambia River, and is the most populated district in the LGA, with 344,756 inhabitants at the 2013 Census. Villages in the district include Amdalai. References West Coast Division (The Gambia) Districts of the Gambia {{Gambia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serrekunda East Sports Development Organisation
Serekunda (proper: Sayerr Kunda or Sere Kunda, ar, سيريكوندا, sometimes spelled Serrekunda) is the largest urban centre in The Gambia. It is situated close to the Atlantic coast, south-west of the capital, Banjul, and is formed of nine villages which have grown together into a larger urban area. History and toponymy Sayerr Jobe, the founder of Serekunda, was a 19th-century lamane originally from the Sine-Saloum region of Senegal. He migrated to the Gambia in the mid 19th Century and is believed to have initially settled around Jinack Island in Banjul, before relocating to the southern bank of the country (near Sukuta) where he established Serrekunda. Serekunda means "home of the Sayer r Sayerrfamily" and is named after its founder, Sayerr Jobe. The name ''Serrekunda'' (or "Sere Kunda") is a Mandinka corruption of the name ''Serrereh'' — denoting the Serer people in Mandinka, as the Mandinka people of Sabiji believed that Sayerr Jobe (the founder of SererkundaBriggs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
