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Football In São Tomé And Príncipe
The sport of football in the country of São Tomé and Príncipe is run by the São Toméan Football Federation. The association administers the national football team, as well as the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship. History Football (soccer) was brought around the beginning of the 20th century during Portuguese rule, later in the 1930s, it held its first provincial championship and continued up to 1974, before the nation became independent. That time, football was the only sport in the nation played. Since 1977, the São Toméan Football Federation has been organizing the national championships, Campeonato Santomense de Futebol. Also during that time when Príncipe did not have its island competition, the island championship was also the national championships until 1985. That continued from 1986 to 1988, 1991, 1992 and from 1994 to 1997. Since 2013 the winner of the São Tomé Primeira Divisão (São Tomé) has competed against the winner of the Príncipe Island League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Toméan Football Federation
The São Toméan Football Federation ( pt, Federação Santomense de Futebol — FSF) is the governing body of football in São Tomé and Príncipe. It was founded on July 11, 1975, affiliated to FIFA and to CAF in 1986. It organizes the national football league and the national team. Its headquarters is located in the city of São Tomé at Rua João de Deus, its postal code is 440. External links São Tomé and Príncipeat the FIFA website (archived 13 June 2007)São Tomé and Príncipeat CAF Online Sao Tome and Principe SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U. ... Football in São Tomé and Príncipe Sports organizations established in 1975 São Tomé {{footy-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Tomé Island League
São Tomé Island League is the top division of the São Toméan Football Federation for the São Tomé Island. The champion competes at the national championships each year. History Before independence, it was the only regional competition in the nation. It was the sole competition in the country and was acted as a national competition until 1985 when the Príncipe League were founded. From 1986 to 1988, 1991, 1992 and 1994 to 1997 as the other island's competitions were not held, the island champions were also national champions. São Tomé League - Clubs 2017 First Division * Agrosport * Futebol Club Aliança Nacional, FC Aliança Nacional - Pantufo * Bairros Unidos FC - Caixão Grande * Correia (football club), Correia - Correia * Porto Folha Fede, Os Dinâmicos (Porto) Folha Fede * Inter Bom-Bom * FC Neves, Clube Desportivo de Neves (Neves) * Sporting Praia Cruz (Praia Cruz) * Trindade (football club), Trindade FC * UDRA (São João dos Angolares) * UDESCAI (Água Iz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Tomé
São Tomé is the capital and largest city of the Central African island country of São Tomé and Príncipe. Its name is Portuguese for " Saint Thomas". Founded in the 15th century, it is one of Africa's oldest colonial cities. History Álvaro Caminha founded the colony of São Tomé in 1493. The Portuguese came to São Tomé in search of land to grow sugarcane. The island was uninhabited before the arrival of the Portuguese sometime around 1470. São Tomé, situated about north of the equator, had a climate wet enough to grow sugarcane in wild abundance. 2,000 Jewish children, eight years old and under, were taken from the Iberian peninsula for work on the sugar plantations. The nearby African Kingdom of Kongo eventually became a source of slave labor as well. The island of São Tomé was the main center of sugar production in the sixteenth century; it was overtaken by Brazil by 1600. São Tomé is centred on a sixteenth-century cathedral, that was largely rebuilt in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estádio Nacional 12 De Julho
Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho is a multi-use stadium in the neighbourhood of Ponta da Mina southeast of the centre of São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe and is located on Avenida das Nações Unidas. The building is classified as a Heritage of Portuguese Influence and Origin (SIPA). It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium can hold 6,500 people and the field size is 105 × 68 m. The surface is Artificial turf. Stadium details The stadium is home to Andorinha, Sporting Praia Cruz and Sporting São Tomé, other clubs that play at the stadium include Vitória Riboque, Agrosport and 6 de Setembro. A former club that once played at the stadium is Porto Folha Fede who once played as Porto de São Tomé. The stadium is equipped with floodlights and a scoreboard. The stand located where the main entrance is has a roof over it Its interiors and exteriors are coloured pink with its entrance section coloured orange and blue. Before its recent renovations in 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Tomé And Príncipe Super Cup
The São Tomé and Príncipe Super Cup (Portuguese: ''Super Taça de São Tomé e Príncipe'') is a Super Cup competition played during the season in São Tomé and Príncipe. The competition is governed by the São Toméan Football Federation (FSF). The competition is also known for recent seasons as the António Aguiar National Super Cup (''Supertaça Nacional Antònio Aguiar''). The first super cup competition began in 1996.The regional champion competes with the cup winner. Sometimes, if a champion also has a cup title, a cup club who is runner-up qualifies. It is the only super cup competition in the country as there are no regional super cup competitions. Its first of two participants came from São Tomé who competed in the first edition and were the first island to have a title. The first participant from Príncipe was Sundy who competed in the 2010 edition. It is the only national competition where all of the winners are from the island of São Tomé. Title history Spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sporting Praia Cruz
Sporting Clube da Praia Cruz is a football club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship. The team is based in the island of São Tomé. The team has won eight national and six island titles and is the third team in history to claim its first title in 1982. The team currently plays in the island premier division. Its logo has a shield and is colored green and features a lion with a soccer ball on the left, the abbreviated name is bubbled on the top and the unabbreviated form is at the bottom. Sporting Portugal are the fathering club of Sporting Praia Cruz and its 82nd affiliate. Other Sporting affiliates are Sporting Príncipe and São Tomé. Sporting Praia Cruz is one of the most successful football (soccer) club in both São Tomé Island and São Tomé and Príncipe, having won about 32 official titles, 20 are national and the remaining 12 are regional titles. In national championship titles, they have eight, about a quarter of the championship title totals, by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Africa Cup Of Nations Qualification
The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification was the qualification process for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, the 29th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations tournament. South Africa automatically qualified as the host country. Qualified nations :† Bold indicates champion for that year :† ''Italic'' indicates host Format A total of 47 countries entered the competition, including South Africa, which automatically qualified. The remaining 46 teams competed in the qualifiers. In each of the three rounds, teams were drawn into two-legged home-and-away knock-out ties. Aggregate goals are used to determine the winner. If the sides are level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still level, the tie proceeds directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played). *Preliminary round: The lowest-ranked four teams started from the preliminary round. *First round: The two winners of the preliminary round joined the other 26 teams which did not q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA World Rankings
The FIFA Men's World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, led by Brazil . The teams of the men's member nations of FIFA, football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest. The rankings were introduced in December 1992, and eight teams (Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain) have held the top position, of which Brazil have spent the longest ranked first. The most recent FIFA rankings have been announced, and there have been some significant changes as teams. Argentina, the World Cup champions, moved up to second place in the FIFA rankings, following South American rivals Brazil, who are still in first place despite a disappointing World Cup. A points system is used, with points being awarded based on the results of all FIFA-recognised full international matches. The ranking system has been revamped on several occasions, gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20% of its land area.Sayre, April Pulley (1999), ''Africa'', Twenty-First Century Books. . With billion people as of , it accounts for about of the world's human population. Africa's population is the youngest amongst all the continents; the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4. Despite a wide range of natural resources, Africa is the least wealthy continent per capita and second-least wealthy by total wealth, behind Oceania. Scholars have attributed this to different factors including geography, climate, tribalism, colonialism, the Cold War, neocolonialism, lack of democracy, and corruption. Despite this low concentration of wealth, recent economic expansion and the large and young population make Afr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UDRA
UDRA (União Desportiva Rei Amador) is a football club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship. The team is based in the southern part of the island of São Tomé in the city of São João dos Angolares and plays at Campo de Ribeira Peixe nearby. The club is named after Rei Amador, a slave king in Angolares mythology. UDRA is recently the top 10 successful football (soccer) club in São Tomé Island and has the third most overall honours in São Tomé and Príncipe, having won about 13 official titles, seven are national and the remaining six are regional titles. History UDRA was founded in 1995 and being one of the first football clubs in Caué which includes the southern part of the island. Years later, the team became a registered club. UDRA first played in the island's second division. In 2005, UDRA celebrated its 10th anniversary of the club's foundation. UDRA became the twelfth and recent club to win their first title and along with four other clubs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitória FC (Riboque)
Vitória Futebol Clube do Riboque (Forro language: ''Viˈtɔɾiɐ Futɨˈbɔɫˈ Klub(ɨ) du Ribɔk)'' is a football club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship.The club is most noted for the fact that they are the São Tomé and Príncipe one of oldest club, founded 1976. The team is based in Riboque a neighbourhood of city São Tomé in the Água Grande District on the island of São Tomé. Its offices are located at Avenida Geovany in Riboque. The club is the only unrelegated club in the island of São Tomé. Vitória Riboque is historically the third successful football (soccer) club in both São Tomé Island and São Tomé and Príncipe, having won about 25 official titles, 14 are national and the remaining 11 are regional titles. In national championship titles, they have five, about 15% of the championship title totals, by district, half of the titles won. Of the regional titles, about 30% of the totals, by district, more than half of the totals. In cup t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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