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Ghapoha Readers Players
Great Mariners (previously known as ''Ghapoha'' or ''Ghapoha Readers'') is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Tema. They are a currently competing in the Ghana Football Leagues. In 1997, the team won the Ghanaian FA Cup. History It was founded in the port city of Tema with the name GHAPOHA, which would later be changed to GHAPOHA Readers. The club's name was an abbreviation of Ghana Port and Harbor Authority (GHAPOHA). Their first major achievement was winning the Ghanaian FA Cup in the 1996/97 season after beating Okwahu United 1–0 in the final with a goal from Isaac Boakye. Internationally they won the WAFU Club Championship in 1997 and in the African Football Confederation tournaments they participated in the defunct African Cup Winners' Cup in 1998, in which they were eliminated in the second round by USM Alger of Algeria. In 2007, the team rebranded and changed their name from ''Ghapoha to Great Mariners.'' Honours National Tournaments (1) * FA Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tema Sports Stadium
Robert Mensah Sports Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Tema, Ghana. It used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Tema Youth and Real Sportive Real Sportive was a Ghanaian professional football club based in Tema, Greater Accra. History They are a member of the Division Two League formerly of Poly Tank Division One League. Their home stadium is Tema Sports Stadium, formerly played in .... The stadium holds 5,000 people. It was an artificial pitch the African Cup of Nations 2008, by the tournament called as Tema Sports Stadium. Football venues in Ghana Tema {{Ghana-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 WAFU Club Championship
The 1997 WAFU Club Championship was the 19th football club tournament season that took place for the runners-up or third place of each West African country's domestic league, the West African Club Championship. It was won by Ghana's Ghapoha Readers after defeating Niger's JS Ténéré in the second leg. More than last season and fewer than in 1995, seven clubs took part. First round Ghapoha Readers directly headed to the quarterfinals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Winners See also *1997 CAF Champions League * 1997 CAF Cup Winners' Cup *1997 CAF Cup The 1997 CAF Cup was the sixth football club tournament season that took place for the runners-up of each African country's domestic league. It was won by ES Tunis in two-legged final victory against Petro Atlético. Preliminary round ;Notes ... References External linksFull results of the 1997 WAFU Club Championship at RSSSF {{WAFU Club Championship West African Club Championship 1997 in African fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASF Bobo Dioulasso
Association Sportive des Fonctionnaires de Bobo Dioulasso also known as ASF Bobo Dioulasso for short is a Burkinabé football club based in Bobo Dioulasso. They play their home games at the Stade Municipal. The club plays in yellow and black. It was founded on 20 January 1948. Achievements *Burkinabé Premier League: 3 :: 1961, 1966, 2018. *Coupe du Faso: 5 :: 1986, 1989, 1997, 1998, 2004 *Burkinabé Leaders Cup: 1 :: 1992. *Burkinabé SuperCup: 4 :: 1992–93, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2003–04. Performance in CAF competitions * African Cup of Champions Clubs: 2 appearances ::1967 – First Round ::1970 – First Round *CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance ::2005 – Preliminary Round *CAF Cup Winners' Cup The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was ...: 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 African Cup Winners' Cup
The 1998 African Cup Winners' Cup was the twenty-fourth season of Africa's second oldest club football tournament organised by CAF. As before, the tournament was open to clubs that won their nation's premier domestic cup. Espérance of Tunisia won the cup after defeating Angola's Primeiro de Agosto 4-2 in a two-legged final. It was ''Espérance's'' first Cup Winners' Cup triumph and their fourth African club title while ''Primeiro de Agosto'' made their first appearance in a continental final. Association team allocation A total of 39 teams from 39 CAF associations qualified for the tournament after winning their respective premier domestic cups. Of the 39 teams that qualified for the tournament 4 would not participate in it while 1 withdrew and was replaced by another club from its association; * Teams from the Central African Republic were all disqualified from CAF's competitions because their federation was in debt to CAF. This meant TP USCA Bangui, who were slated to partic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghana Super Cup
The Ghana Super Cup is a football competition involving a match played between the champion of the Ghana Premier League and the winner of the Ghanaian FA Cup in Ghana. The first Ghana Super Cup competition took place in the 1996–1997 season, after which there was a thirteen-year hiatus between the 1998 and 2010 seasons. Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi 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 Le ... are the two most successful clubs in the competition's history. The current cup holders are Accra Hearts of Oak, champions of both the 2020-21 Ghana Premier League and the 2021 Ghanaian FA Cup. Winners Top performing clubs Notes and references {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghana Super Cup Football competitions in Ghana National association football supercups Football c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USM Alger
Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة الجزائر); known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a football club based in the inner suburbs of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its colours are red and black. Their home stadium, Omar Hamadi Stadium, has a capacity of 10,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. The club has one of Algeria's most prominent football charts, as it won the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 8 times, the Algerian Cup 8 times and the Algerian Super Cup 2 times, Internationally, USM Alger has won the UAFA Club Championship once in 2013. The IFFHS ranks the USMA in the 18th place of the best African teams of the decade between 2001–2010. USMA reached the final of the 2015 CAF Champions League but they lost to TP Mazembe. With the past of the Union Sportive Musulmane d'Alger (former name of the USMA), winner of the first 1962–63 Algerian Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Cup Winners' Cup
The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was modelled after the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. History The competition was founded at the beginning of 1975 by the Confederation of African Football, following the example of UEFA in Europe, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. For the first edition, fifteen teams took part registered and it was the Cameroonian club of Tonnerre Yaoundé who were the first winners, after defeating the Ivorians Stella Club d'Adjamé Stella Club d'Adjamé is an Ivorian football club based in Abidjan. History It was founded in 1953 in a fusion between ''Red Star'', ''Etoile d'Adjamé'' and ''US Bella''. They play at the Stade Robert Champroux. Current squad ... in the final. Records and statistics Finals Performance by club Performance by country ... [...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] |
WAFU Club Championship
The West African Club Championship (UFOA Cup), also known as the General Eyadéma Cup, was a West African Club tournament from 1977 to 1999. It was open to league runners-up in the West Africa (or ''Zone 3'') region of the CAF. While the first matches were played of the 2000 tournament, the competition was cancelled before the final, largely for financial reasons. While the intention of the CAF was to revive a national squad tournament in its place, the planned annual CSSA Nations Cup has not been regularly scheduled since. The tournament was resurrected in 2009 to pit each member country's highest team not featuring in the CAF Champions League or the CAF Confederation Cup. The final four was played in December with Togo as the host. Winners by year *1977 Stade Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire * 1978 ASFA Dakar, Senegal *1979 ASF Police, Senegal * 1980 ASF Police, Senegal *1981 Stella Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire * 1982 Sekondi Hasaacas F.C., Ghana *1983 New Nigeria Bank (NNB), Benin Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghana Football Leagues
List of Professional Leagues from Ghana under the Premier League. Division One League The league is divided into three zones with a zone in the southern, middle and northern sectors of the country. 2020-21 Division Two League ;2011–12 teams Middle League ; Brong Ahafo Football Association ''Zone A'' * Berekum Berlin FC * Mim Freedom Fighters * Techiman Kenten AC Milan ''Zone B'' * Japeikrom Asuo PRU * Nsoatreman FC ( Nsoatre) * Techiman GSP United ; Central Regional Football Association * Abreshia United * Adansi Praso WAECO FC * Agona Swedru Amanpong FC * Cape Coast Nadel Ahli Rovers * Ekotsi Hi-Kings FC (also listed as Gomoa Assin Hi-Kings) * F.C. Takoradi ; Eastern Regional Football Association * Akosombo Sparks FC * Amasaman Bright Future FC * Dawu Sporting Club * Kwahu Abetifi Odwen Anomah FC * Real Sportive (Tema) ; Greater Accra Regional Football Association * Easy Classics * Great Stars * Power F.C. (Koforidua) * Royal Kni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Boakye
Isaac Boakye (born 26 November 1981) is a former professional footballer who played as striker for most of his career in Germany, Arminia Bielefeld, VfL Wolfsburg, 1. FSV Mainz 05 and 1. FC Nürnberg. In his native land, he featured for Goldfields Obuasi now Ashanti Gold and Asante Kotoko. He won the Ghana Premier League twice playing for Asante Kotoko. He won it in his first season in 2003 and his last playing season in 2014, which came about as a result making a return to the club after 10 years of playing abroad. Professional career Goldfields Obuasi Born in Kumasi, Boakye started his career at Ghapoha Readers, a club based in the Harbor City of Tema in Ghana. He later transferred to Goldfields Obuasi. In his first season with the Obuasi-based club, he scored 10 goals in the 2001–02 season. With that performance he attracted suitors from big clubs in both Ghana and overseas. In December 2001, he went on trials at Swedish Club Norrköping. He is mostly named amongst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghanaian FA Cup
The Ghanaian FA Cup, currently known as the MTN Group, MTN FA Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the top Single-elimination tournament, knockout tournament of the Ghanaian association football. The competition is played between the clubs of the Ghana Premier League, Premier League, Ghana Football Leagues#Division One League .28Poly Tank Division One League.29, Division One League, Ghana Ghana Football Leagues#Division Two League, Division Two League, Ghana Ghana Football Leagues#Division Three League, Division Three League and Ghana Football Leagues#GAFCOA, GAFCOA. The first G.F.A. Cup competition took place in the season 1957–1958, with an eight years hiatus between the seasons 2002-2010. Accra Hearts of Oak SC, Hearts of Oak is the most successful club, having won the competition on 10 occasion, followed by Asante Kotoko S.C., Asante Koko who have won the cup on nine occasions. In 2016, Bechem United defeated Okwawu United 2–1 in the 2016 final. The current holder is Accra He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
