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Boubacar Kébé
Boubacar Djeidy Kébé (born 10 May 1987) is a Burkinabé-Malian professional footballer who plays for L'Entente SSG in Championnat National 2. He also holds French citizenship. Club career Kébé was born in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. He formerly played for Girondins de Bordeaux, FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin and Nimes Olympique by Nimes shot 7 goals in 15 games and was transferred on 16 December to RC Strasbourg. He joined Iranian Pro League side Damash Gilan in December 2012. He made his debut on 4 December 2012 for Damash, he came on as a substitute in 52nd minute and scored in the 85th minute to make it a 1–0 victory over Esteghlal. After playing for Damash for one and a half years, he signed a one-year contract with Esteghlal on 6 November 2013. He made his debut in a Hazfi Cup match over Caspian Qazvin but he was injured in the 10th minute and was out for one month. He scored his first goal for Esteghlal on 9 February 2014 in a match against Saipa in his first league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's name is often shortened to ''Ouaga''. The inhabitants are called ''ouagalais''. The spelling of the name ''Ouagadougou'' is derived from the French orthography common in former French African colonies. Ouagadougou's primary industries are food processing and textiles. It is served by an international airport and is linked by rail to Abidjan in the Ivory Coast and, for freight only, to Kaya. There are several highways linking the city to Niamey, Niger, south to Ghana, and southwest to Ivory Coast. Ouagadougou has one of West Africa's largest markets, which burned down in 2003 and has since reopened with better facilities and improved fire-prevention measures. Other attractions include the National Museum of Burkina Faso, the Moro-Naba Palac ... [...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] |
2008–09 Ligue 2
The Ligue 2 season 2008–09 was the sixty-seventh edition since its establishment, and began on 1 August 2008 and ended on 29 May 2009. The fixtures were announced on 23 May 2008. Promotion and relegation Teams relegated to Ligue 2 *FC Metz, relegated after losing to Olympique Marseille on 12 April 2008. * RC Strasbourg, relegated after losing to SM Caen on 10 May 2008. *RC Lens, relegated after drawing with FC Girondins de Bordeaux on 17 May 2008. Teams promoted to Ligue 1 *Le Havre AC, promoted after drawing with CS Sedan on 22 April 2008. *FC Nantes, promoted after drawing with Montpellier HSC on 25 April 2008. *Grenoble Foot 38, promoted after drawing with LB Châteauroux on 12 May 2008. Teams promoted from Championnat National *Vannes OC, promoted after losing to FC Martigues on 26 April 2008. *Tours FC, promoted after defeating Stade Laval on 3 May 2008. * Nimes Olympique, promoted after defeating Stade Laval on 16 May 2008. Teams relegated to Championnat National * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nîmes Olympique
Nîmes Olympique (commonly referred to as simply Nîmes) is a French association football club based in Nîmes. The club was founded on 10 April 1937 and currently plays in Ligue 2, the second level of French football. Until November 2022, the club played its home matches at the Stade des Costières. History In the 1995–96 season, Nîmes reached the final of the Coupe de France, allowing them to compete the following year in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. In September 1996, in the Round of 32, Nîmes beat Budapest Honvéd (4–1 on aggregate), before losing to AIK Stockholm in the next round (2–3 on aggregate). On 5 May 2018, Nîmes secured promotion back to Ligue 1 for the first time since the 1992–93 season after finishing second in Ligue 2. In the 2018–19 season, Nimes finished comfortably above the relegation zone in Ligue 1, placing 9th among 20 teams. On 5 November 2022, Nîmes played its final match at the Stade des Costières, a 1–0 Ligue 2 victory over Bord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007–08 Ligue 2
The Ligue 2 season 2007–08 was the sixty-sixth since its establishment, and started in August 2007. The fixtures were announced in June 2007. FC Metz, the champions of Ligue 2, SM Caen, and RC Strasbourg were promoted to France's top division Ligue 1. Whereas, Troyes AC, CS Sedan, and FC Nantes were relegated to Ligue 2. The first matches of the season were played on 27 July 2007, and the season ended on 16 May 2008. The new Ligue 2 champions were crowned on 2 May 2008 when Le Havre AC drew with Montpellier HSC following FC Nantes's loss to Amiens SC that same day. As champions, Le Havre will be promoted to France's highest football division Ligue 1 for the upcoming 2008-09 season. For finishing in 2nd place and 3rd, both FC Nantes and Grenoble Foot 38 achieved promotion as well. The relegation places were filled by FC Gueugnon, who were relegated after losing to AC Ajaccio on 18 April 2008. FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin, who were relegated after to CS Sedan on 2 May 2008 and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ligue 2
Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), the other being Ligue 1, the country's top football division. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with both Ligue 1 and the third division Championnat National. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 38 games each, totalling 380 games in the season. Most games are played on Fridays and Mondays, with a few games played during weekday and weekend evenings. Play is regularly suspended the last weekend before Christmas for two weeks before returning in the second week of January. Ligue 2 was founded a year after the creation of the first division in 1933 under the name ''Division 2'' and has served as the second division of French football e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006–07 Ligue 2
The Ligue 2 season 2006/2007, organised by the LFP was won by FC Metz and saw the promotions of FC Metz, SM Caen and RC Strasbourg, whereas FC Nantes Atlantique, CS Sedan Ardennes and Troyes AC were relegated from Ligue 1. 20 participating teams * Ajaccio * Amiens * Bastia * Brest * Caen * Châteauroux * Créteil * Dijon * Grenoble * Gueugnon * Guingamp * Istres * Le Havre * Libourne * Metz * Montpellier * Niort * Reims * Strasbourg * Tours Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 ... League table Results Top goalscorers Attendance ''Against'' Team hosted for the best attendance External linksRSSSF archives of results [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yahia Kébé
Yahia Kébé (born 11 July 1985) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a striker for Al-Zawraa. Club career Kébé began his career in 1999 with US Torcy. He played with the club's youth squad before transferring to Blackburn Rovers in 2003. In 2003 he joined Bordeaux and was promoted to the reserve team 2004 where he played with his brother Boubacar, Kébé who scores 6 goals in 20 games. In 2005 Kébé moved to FC Libourne Saint-Seurin. In the 2005–06 season he played 21 matches and scored 8 goals and in 2006–07, he made 35 appearances in Ligue 2 scoring 10 goals. Kébé left Libourne in July 2007 and moved to Troyes AC, where he played 23 games and scored 7 goals in his first season. In the season 2008–09 season he scored 3 goals in 18 games for Troyes in the French Ligue 2.http://www.equipe.fr/FF/stats/db/DetailBut23820_853.html International career Kébé represented Burkina Faso national team internationally. Personal life His father is Malian an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RSSSF
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) is an international organization dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The foundation aims to build an exhaustive archive of football-related information from around the world. History This enterprise, according to its founders, was created in January 1994 by three regulars of the Rec.Sport.Soccer (RSS) Usenet newsgroup: Lars Aarhus, Kent Hedlundh, and Karel Stokkermans. It was originally known as the "North European Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation", but the geographical reference was dropped as its membership from other regions grew. The RSSSF has members and contributors from all around the world and has spawned seven spin-off projects to more closely follow the leagues of that project's home country. The spin-off projects are dedicated to Albania, Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Poland (90minut.pl), Romania, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 African Youth Championship
The 2005 African Youth Championship was an international football competition that took place between 15 and 29 January 2005. The tournament was hosted by Benin and also served as qualification for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. Qualification Preliminary round Burundi and Mauritius withdrew. As a result, the Republic of Congo and Lesotho advanced to the next round. First round Republic of Congo, Congo Kinshasa, Ethiopia, Gabon and Tanzania withdrew. As a result, Cameroon, Nigeria, Zambia, Ghana and Zimbabwe advanced to the next round. Second round Niger were disqualified by the FIFA. Accusations were made to each other from Lesotho and Zimbabwe of using over-aged players, but no actions were taken. Squads The following teams qualified for the tournament: * * (host) * * * * * * Group stage Group A Group B Knock-out Stage Semifinals Third place match Final Qualification to W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saipa F
SAIPA ( fa, سایپا, ''SAIPA'') is an Iranian automaker headquartered in Tehran. The SAIPAC (an acronym for the French ''Société anonyme iranienne de production des automobiles Citroën'') was established in 1965 as with 75% Iranian ownership, to assemble Citroëns under license for the Iranian market. It changed its name into SAIPA (''Société anonyme iranienne de production automobile'') in 1975 when Citroën withdrew from the company. Its products in recent years have been mostly under-licensed Korean cars and its own engine and range of cars. The chief executive (president or managing director) of SAIPA is Mohammadali Teimouri. The main subsidiaries of SAIPA Group are Saipa Diesel, Pars Khodro and Zamyad Co. History SAIPA began by assembling Citroën's two-cylinder mini car, the Dyane, in 1968. It went under the name Jyane (or Jian) in Iran. SAIPA built 120,000 Jyane models. There was also a glazed panel van version of the Jyane, as well as the Baby-Brousse, a rustic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caspian Qazvin F
Caspian can refer to: *The Caspian Sea *The Caspian Depression, surrounding the northern part of the Caspian Sea *The Caspians, the ancient people living near the Caspian Sea * Caspian languages, collection of languages and dialects of Caspian people In fiction * '' Prince Caspian'', a book in the Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis ** Caspian X, "Prince Caspian", a prince of the Telmarines ** '' The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'', a film based on the novel by C. S. Lewis *Caspian (Highlander), a fictional character on ''Highlander: The Series'' * Judson Caspian, alter-ego of one of three characters named the Reaper (DC Comics) Other uses *Caspian horse, a small horse breed native to Northern Iran * Caspian tiger, a panthera tigris population native Northern Iran and Caucasus * Caspian Airlines, an airline based in Tehran, Iran *Caspian (band), an instrumental post-rock band *Caspian, Michigan Caspian is a city in Iron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
