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Francis Ambané
Francis Idriss Ambane Moubourou (born 8 November 1984 in Douala) is a Cameroonian professional footballer, who last played for Gokulam Kerala FC in the I-League. Career Ambane started his professional club career with Elite One outfit Canon Yaoundé, where he appeared in 14 league matches and scored 7 goals. He was in Yaoundé's 2002 Super Coupe Roger Milla Runners-up squad. He later moved to KSC Lokeren a Belgian association football club in 2003–2004 season. After just one season Ambane returned to Cameroon and joined another MTN Elite one club Union Douala. He spent 3 seasons there before he returned to his youth club Canon Yaoundé. In 2009–2010 Ambane Francis was sold to ES Sétif. On 14 July 2011 Ambane signed a two-year contract with ASO Chlef, joining them on a free transfer from ES Sétif after terminating his contract with the club. On 19 January 2012 Ambane signed a one-year contract with WA Tlemcen, joining them on a free transfer from ASO Chlef With ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douala
Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region (Cameroon), Littoral Region. Home to Central Africa's largest port and its major international airport, Douala International Airport (DLA), it is the commercial and economic capital of Cameroon and the entire Economic Community of Central African States, CEMAC region comprising Gabon, Congo, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic and Cameroon. Consequently, it handles most of the country's major exports, such as Petroleum, oil, Cocoa bean, cocoa and coffee, timber, metals and fruits. , the city and its surrounding area had an estimated population of 5,768,400. The city sits on the estuary of Wouri River and its climate is tropical. History The first Europeans to visit the area were the Portuguese people, Portuguese in about 1472. At the time, the estuary of Wouri River was known as the Rio dos Camarões (Shrimp River). By 1650, it had become the site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTN Elite One
The Championnat du Cameroun de football (also known as MTN Elite One since 2007 for sponsorship reasons) is the top division of association football in Cameroon, governed by the Cameroonian Football Federation since its establishment in 1961. Prize Money Champions 100,000,000 FCFA Current Members 2022-23 *Aigle Royal (Dschang) *APEJES Academy (Yaoundé) *Avion (Douala) *Bamboutos FC (Mbouda) *Colombe (Yaoundé) *Canon Yaoundé (Yaoundé) *Coton Sport FC (Garoua) * Djiko FC (Bandjoun) *Dragon Club (Yaoundé) *Eding Sport FC (Lekié) *Fauve Azur (Yaoundé) * Fortuna Mfou (Mfou) * Fovu de Baha ( Baham) *Gazelle FC (Garoua) *Les Astres FC (Douala) * PWD Bamenda (Bamenda) *Renaissance (Ngoumou) *Stade Renard (Melong) *UMS de Loum ( Njombé) *Union Douala (Douala) *Yafoot (Yaoundé) * YOSA (Bamenda) Champions Champions were: *1960–61: Oryx Douala *1961–62: Caïman Douala *1962–63: Oryx Douala *1963–64: Oryx Douala *1964–65: Oryx Douala *1965–66: Diamant Yaoundé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algerian Cup
The Algerian Cup ( ar, كأس الجزائر) also known the Republic Cup ( ar, كأس الجمهورية), is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after independence, and has been played yearly since then apart from 1990 and 1993. The most successful clubs in this competition are USM Alger, CR Belouizdad, ES Setif and MC Alger with eight trophies for each. The record for consecutive wins in the competition is only two, several teams have achieved such USM Alger, CR Belouizdad, MC Oran, JS Kabylie and MC Algiers. However, ES Sétif are the only to achieve this twice. CR Belouizdad are the current title holders. History Before the country's independence, there were several football competitions running on the same system as the Algeria Cup. When the France decided to develop the sport in the colonies, including football, settlers created a number of agencies for the promotion of the sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009–10 Algerian Championnat National
The 2009–10 Algerian Championnat National, referred to as the Nedjma Algerian Championnat National for sponsorship reasons, was the 48th season of the Algerian Championnat National since its establishment in 1962. A total of 18 teams contested the league, with ES Sétif as the defending champions. It started on August 6, 2009, and ended on May 31, 2010. MC Alger were crowned champions, the seventh time in club history, on the final day of the season after a 4-0 win against MSP Batna. Overview Promotion and relegation Teams promoted from 2008-09 Algerian Championnat National 2 * CA Batna * MC Oran * WA Tlemcen Teams relegated to 2009–10 Algerian Championnat National 2 * MC Saïda * RC Kouba Raed Chabab Kouba (), known as RC Kouba or simply RCK for short, is an Algerian football club based in Kouba, a district of Algiers. The club was founded in 1945 and its colours are green and white. Their home stadium, Mohamed Benhaddad Stadi ... Teams & Stadiums League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivory Coast National Football Team
The Ivory Coast national football team ( French: ''Équipe de football de Côte d'Ivoire'', recognized as the Côte d'Ivoire by FIFA) represents Ivory Coast in men's international football. Nicknamed ''the Elephants'', the team is managed by the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF). Until 2005, their greatest accomplishment was winning the 1992 African Cup of Nations against Ghana on penalties at the Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor in Dakar, Senegal. Their second success came in 2015, again defeating Ghana on penalties in Bata, Equatorial Guinea. The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF). The team had their best run between 2006 and 2014 when they qualified for three consecutive FIFA World Cups. History 1960s The team played its first international match against Dahomey, now known as Benin, which they won 32 on 13 April 1960 in Madagascar. The team took a large 110 victory against the Central African Republic. In 1961 the team made their fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 African Nations Championship
The 2016 African Nations Championship (also referred to as CHAN 2016) was the 4th edition of the African Nations Championship, the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the men's national teams of Africa featuring exclusively players from their respective national leagues. The tournament was held in Rwanda between 16 January and 7 February 2016. A total of 16 teams played in the tournament. This edition is the first time that all group runners-up made it into the semi-finals. Qualification Rwanda qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining 15 spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from June to October 2015. Qualified teams The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. Defending champions Libya failed to qualify. Venues Four stadiums were approved by the CAF. Squads Each squad could contain a maximum of 23 players. Only national team players who were pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niger National Football Team
The Niger national football team represents Niger in international football through the Nigerien Football Federation, a member of Confederation of African Football (CAF). Niger plays in the colors of the flag of Niger, white, green and orange. Their nickname comes from the Dama gazelle, native to Niger, the Hausa name of which is ''Meyna'' or ''Ménas'' The Dama appears on their badge in the colors of the national flag. History Although one of the less successful sides in the strong West Africa region, Niger has produced a couple of noteworthy runs in qualifying tournaments. One of their best performances was in the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in which Niger eliminated Somalia and Togo on the away goals rule, but were beaten by Algeria in the third round where only eight teams were left. Notable players in this run included Jacques Komlan, Hassane Adamou and Moussa Kanfideni. In 1990, they set a record by thrashing Mauritania 7–1 in continental qualifiers, the highest pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political influence on the European continent—particularly Ancient Rome. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Olympic
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes compete, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team officials from 201 countries, with 301 medal events in 28 different sports. The 2004 Games marked the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics that all countries with a National Olympic Committee were in attendance, and also marked the first time Athens hosted the Games since their first modern incarnation in 1896 as well as the return of the Olympic games to its birthplace. Athens became one of only four cities at the time to have hosted the Summer Olympic Games on two occasions (together with Paris, London and Los Angeles). A new medal obverse was int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportskeeda
Sportskeeda is an Indian sports and esports news website, founded in 2009. It is operated by Absolute Sports Private Limited and owned by Indian video game company Nazara Technologies. The website has news, features, commentary and videos on sports like cricket, association football, professional wrestling (WWE), tennis, American football ( NFL), basketball ( NBA), boxing, mixed martial arts, swimming, and esports such as ''Minecraft'', ''Fortnite'', ''PUBG'', ''Valorant'', '' CS:GO'', ''Free Fire'' and '' GTA''. It also features pop culture, lifestyle, and anime coverage. The website registered a 433% user growth with in monthly average users increasing from 15 million to 80 million from 2020 to 2022. History Sportskeeda was founded by Porush Jain and his fellow sports enthusiast Srinivas Cuddapah. The website's name is derived from a colloquial Hindi term that sporting equivalent of the word 'bookworm'; 'Sportskeeda' literally translates to 'sports worm' in English. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017–18 I-League
The 2017–18 I-League was the 11th season of the I-League. Aizawl were the defending champions. NEROCA entered as the promoted team from the 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division. The season began on 25 November 2017. Teams All India Football Federation invited bids for new teams on 21 July 2017 from Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi, Ranchi, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bhopal, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Malappuram and Trivandrum, among others. On 20 September, after second round of bidding invitation, the Bid Evaluation Committee decided to award Sree Gokulam Group the right to field their team in the Hero I-League 2017–18 season onward from Kozhikode, Kerala. Bengaluru FC successfully bid for a place in 2017–18 Indian Super League season and thus was not a part of I-League. NEROCA F.C. were promoted for winning 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division. After successful hosting of FIFA U-17 World Cup, AIFF revived Indian Arrows project to field the colts in I-League. Stadiums and locations :''Note: Table li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sree Gokulam Group I-League Club
Gokulam Kerala Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Calicut, Kerala. Founded in 2017, the club competes in the I-League, the second tier of Indian football league system. They won the 2020–21 I-League to become the first ever club from Kerala to win an I-League title, and became the first team to defend the I-League title in 2021–22 season. Gokulam is also the first club from Kerala to qualify for a continental competition, the AFC Cup. Nicknamed ''Malabarians'', Gokulam Kerala represents the state of Kerala, predominantly its Malabar region. Affiliated with Kerala Football Association (KFA), the club also competes in Kerala Premier League, and clinched titles in 2017–18, and 2020–21. History Formation and early years (2017–2020) Gokulam Kerala was founded in January 2017. On 20 September, after the second round of bidding invitations, the bid evaluation committee decided to award Sree Gokulam Group the right to field their team in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
