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Black Starlets
The Ghana national U-17 football team, known as the Black Starlets, is the youngest team that represents Ghana in football. They are two-time FIFA U-17 World Cup Champions in 1991 and 1995 and a two-time Runner-up in 1993 and 1997. Ghana has participated in nine of the 17 World Cup events starting with their first in Scotland 1989 through dominating the competition in the 1990s where at one time they qualified for 4 consecutive World Cup finals in Italy 1991, Japan 1993, Ecuador 1995 and Egypt 1997 to their most recent participation in South Korea 2007 where they lost in the World Cup Semi-finals 1–2 to Spain in extra time. They have also won the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations two times in 1995 and 1999 and were Runners-up in 2005 and 2017 as well. History The Ghana U-17 national team is known as ''The Riley Goon Squad''. A couple of Ghana's U-17 players have won the FIFA Golden Ball award: Nii Odartey Lamptey i1991an In the 1999 FIFA U-17, Ghanaian striker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghana Football Association
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is a governing body of association football, based in Accra. Founded in 1957, it was dissolved with "immediate effect", according to Minister of Sport, Isaac Kwame Asiamah, on 7 June 2018, after the uncovering of a corruption scandal. In October 2019, a new president, Kurt Okraku, was elected and the association reconvened upon the completion of the work of the FIFA Normalization Committee. Mark Addo was elected vice president in November 2019. Event In 1957, Ohene Djan was elected General Secretary of the Football Association by the clubs and the Ghana Amateur Football Association was officially founded. He strategically affiliated the Association with FIFA in 1958 and CAF in 1960.CAF and FIFA, ''50 years of African football – the DVD'', 2009, Ghana Correspondence 18 June 1963. ''"MEMBERSHIP OF AFRICAN FOOTBALL CONFEDERATION: I refer to your letter No.RC/Vr of 22 March 1963, and inform you that my Association has been a member of the Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship Squads
Group A Head coach: Eduardo Rivero Aviles Head coach: Glenn Myernick Head coach: Samuel Arday Head coach: Tamotsu Matsuda Group B Head coach: José Pekerman Head coach: Rui Caçador Head coach: Armando Rodríguez Chacon Head coach: Chérif Souleymane Group C Head coach: Sebastian Brodrick Head coach: David McKay Head coach: Les Scheinflug Head coach: Juan Santisteban Group D Head coach: António José Fernandes Barroso Head coach: Bernd Stöber Bernd is a Low German short form of the given name Bernhard (English Bernard). List of persons with given name Bernd The following people share the name Bernd. * Bernd Brückler (born 1981), Austrian hockey player * Bernd Eichinger (194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four best third-place teams advancing to the Round of 16. Also, from now on, the confederation which produced the last champion, in this case CONCACAF, had an extra spot in the qualifying rounds. Players born after 1 January 1990 could participate in this tournament. Venues Teams :1.Teams that made their debut. Match officials Squads For a list of the squads see '' 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads'' Group stage Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group E ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group F ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Ranking of third-placed teams Knockout stages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
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] |
2007 African U-17 Championship
The 2007 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Togo. For the first time, the top four teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four ... (because of his expansion from 16 teams to 24) instead of three, as it has been on previous tournaments. Qualification Qualified teams * * * * * * * (host nation) * Group stage Group A Group B Knock-out stage Semifinals ---- Third place match Final Winners External linksRSSSF.com: African U-17 Championship 2007 {{CAF African U-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 African U-17 Championship
The 1997 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Botswana. It also served as CAF's qualifier for the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Egypt, who automatically qualified as host. As Egypt won this tournament, third placed-team Ghana qualified. Qualification Qualified teams * * (host nation) * * * * * * Group stage Group A {, cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" , - , width="60%", {, class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" , - !width=185, Team !width=20, !width=20, !width=20, !width=20, !width=20, !width=20, !width=20, !width=20, !width=391, Status , - bgcolor="#D0F0C0" , style="text-align:left", , 3, , 2, , 1, , 0, , 4, , 0, , +4, , 7, , rowspan=2, Advanced to the semi-finals , - bgcolor="#D0F0C0 , style="text-align:left", , 3, , 1, , 2, , 0, , 2, , 1, , +1, , 5 , - bgcolor=#FF8888 , style="text-align:left", , 3, , 1, , 1, , 1, , 7, , 2, , +5, , 4, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Africa U-17 Cup Of Nations Squads
The 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations was an international age-restricted football tournament which was held in Gabon from 14–28 May. The 8 representative teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 21 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players born or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to be registered in these squads, only players registered in the squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. Group A Cameroon Head coach: Bertin Ebewelle Bertin ( la, Bertinus; 615 – ''c''. 709 AD), also known as Saint Bertin the Great, was the Franks, Frankish abbot of a monastery in Saint-Omer later named the Abbey of Saint Bertin after him. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic and Ort ... ;Notes Gabon Head coach: Pierre Mfoumbi Ghana Head coach: Samuel Fabin Guinea Head coach: Camara Souleymane Group B Angola Head coach: Simão Sebasti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Africa U-17 Cup Of Nations
The 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, officially known as the Total U-17 Africa Cup Of Nations, Gabon 2017, was the 12th edition of the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations (17th edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 17 and below. The top four teams qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. Host selection The tournament was originally set to take place in Madagascar between 2–16 April 2017. However, the CAF Executive Committee decided on 12 January 2017 to withdraw the hosting rights from Madagascar following the reports of the CAF inspection teams. On 3 February 2017, Gabon were selected as the new hosts, and the tournament will now be played from 14 to 28 May 2017 (originally from 21 May to 4 June 2017). Qualification The qualifiers were played between June and October 2016. At the end of the qualification phase, seven teams joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 African U-17 Championship
The 2005 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Gambia. The top three teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship. Qualification Qualified teams * * (host nation) * * * * * * Group stage Group A {, width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" , - , width="60%", {, class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" , - !width=185, Team !width=20, !width=20, !width=20, !width=20, !width=20, !width=20, !width=20, !width=20, !width=391, Status , - bgcolor="#D0F0C0" , align="left", , 3, , 2, , 0, , 1, , 5, , 4, , +1, , 6, , rowspan=2, Advanced to the semifinals , - bgcolor="#D0F0C0" , align="left", , 3, , 2, , 0, , 1, , 4, , 3, , +1, , 6 , - bgcolor=#FF8888 , align="left", , 3, , 1, , 0, , 2, , 7, , 7, , 0, , 3, , rowspan=2, Eliminated and missed out on the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship , - bgcolor=#FF8888 , align="left", , 3, , 1, , 0, , 2, , 3, , 5, , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship Squads
Group A Head Coach: Kevin Fallon Head Coach: John Ellinger Head Coach: Víctor Púa Head Coach: Michał Globisz Group B Head Coach: Cecil Jones Attuquayefio Head Coach: Juan Santisteban Juan Santisteban Troyano (born 8 December 1936) is a Spanish retired Association football, football midfielder and Coach (sport), manager. Honours Player ;Real Madrid *Intercontinental Cup (football), Intercontinental Cup: 1960 Intercontinental ... Head Coach: José Luís Real Casillas Head Coach: Somchad Yimsiri Group C Head Coach: Carlos César Ramos Head Coach: Les Scheinflug Head Coach: Fanyery Diarra Head Coach: Erich Rutemoeller Group D Head Coach: Clovis de Oliveira Head Coach: M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship
The 1999 FIFA U-16 World Championship, the eighth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Auckland, Christchurch, Napier, and Dunedin in New Zealand between 10 and 27 November 1999. Players born after 1 January 1982 could participate in this tournament. This was the first FIFA tournament held in the Pacific Islands. Venues New Zealand's capital city Wellington was not allocated any matches as the city's only venue at the time– Athletic Park–was not deemed adequate by FIFA as a match venue. Teams :1.Teams that made their debut. :2.Australia qualified for the tournament after two-leg playoff matches with 3rd Place winner of 1998 AFC U-17 Championship, Bahrain. Squads Matches Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout stage Quarter-finals ---- ---- ---- Semi-finals ---- Playoff for 3rd place Final Winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship Squads
Group A Head coach: Dr. Mohamed Aly Head coach: Charnwit Polcheewin Head coach: Vladimir Bigorra Head coach: Bernd Stoeber Group B Head coach: Joe McGrath Head coach: Mamadou Coulibaly Head coach: Jorge Vantolra Head coach: Juan Santisteban Group C Head coach: Colin Dobson Head coach: Jay Miller Head coach: Paul Gludovatz Head coach: Carlos Cesar Ramos Group D Head coach: José Pekerman José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ... Head coach: Emmanuel Afranie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
