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Guinea National Football Team
The Guinea national football team ( French: '' Équipe de football du Guinée'') represents Guinea in men's international football and it is controlled by the Guinean Football Federation. They have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals, and their best finish in the Africa Cup of Nations was runners-up in 1976. The team reached the quarter-finals in four recent tournaments ( 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2015). The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF). History Guinea made their footballing debut in an away friendly on 9 May 1962, losing 2–1 against Togo. In 1963, Guinea entered its first qualification campaign for an Africa Cup of Nations, the 1963 tournament in Ghana. Drawn in a two-legged qualifier against Nigeria, Guinea drew the first leg 2–2 away on 27 July, and on 6 October won 1–0 at home to win 3–2 on aggregate. They were later disqualified for using Guinean officials in the second leg, and Nigeria went through to the finals in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guinean Football Federation
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The Guinean Football Federation (French: ') is the governing body of football in Guinea. It was founded in 1959, affiliated to FIFA and to CAF in 1962. It organizes the national football league and the national team. References External links Official websiteat the FIFA website. Guineaat CAF Online Guinea Football in Guinea Sports organizations established in 1960 Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 African Nations Cup
The 1976 African Cup of Nations was the tenth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Ethiopia. The format of competition changed from 1974: the field of eight teams was still split into two groups of four, but a final stage was introduced with the top two finishers of each of the first stage groups. Morocco won its first championship (and only to date), by topping the final group. Guinea finished second. Qualified teams The 8 qualified teams are: * * (host) * * * * * * (holders) Squads Venues First round Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Final round ---- ---- Scorers ;4 goals * Mamadou Aliou Keïta ;3 goals * Ahmed Faras * Baba Otu Mohammed * Ali Gagarin ;2 goals * Mustafa Abdou * Taha Basri * Solomon Sheferahu * Abdelâali Zahraoui * Haruna Ilerika * Muda Lawal * Sam Ojebode * Thompson Usiyan * Bengally Sylla ;1 goal * Ahmed Abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunisia
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1965 African Cup Of Nations
The 1965 African Cup of Nations was the fifth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Tunisia. Just like in 1963, the field of six teams was split into two groups of three. Ghana retained its title, beating Tunisia in the final 3−2 after extra time. This was the final edition of the tournament to be held in an odd numbered year before 2013. Qualified teams Squads Venues Group stage Group A ---- ---- Tunisia progress on a toss of a coin Group B ---- ---- Knockout stage Third place match Final Scorers ;3 goals * Eustache Manglé * Ben Acheampong * Osei Kofi ;2 goals * Pierre Kalala Mukendi * Cecil Jones Attuquayefio * Frank Odoi * Louis Camara * Matar Niang * Tahar Chaïbi ;1 goal * Joseph Bléziri * Konan Yoboué * Luciano Vassallo * Paa Nii Lutterodt * Kwame Nti * El Hadji Oumar Guèye * Abdelmajid Chetali * Mongi Delhoum * Mohamed Salah Jed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 African Cup Of Nations Qualification
This page details the process of qualifying for the 1965 African Cup of Nations. Qualified teams The qualified teams are: * * * ' * * * ' Group stage Zone 1 Originally, Egypt qualified by default after Morocco and Nigeria both withdrew, but Egypt later withdrew due to the deterioration of diplomatic relations with Tunisia following a speech in Jericho by Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba, who called on the Arab countries to recognize Israel.1965 African Cup of Nations - ''rsssf.com'' Zone 2 The match in between and |
Nigeria National Football Team
The Nigeria national football team represents Nigeria in men's international Association football, football. Governed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), they are three-time Africa Cup of Nations winners, with their most recent title in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, 2013. In April 1994, the Nigerian national football team was ranked 5th in the FIFA World Rankings, FIFA rankings, the highest FIFA ranking position ever achieved by an African football team. Throughout history, the team has qualified for six of the last eight FIFA World Cups, missing only the 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2006 and 2022 FIFA World Cup, 2022 editions. They have reached the round of 16 on three occasions. Their first World Cup appearance was the 1994 FIFA World Cup, 1994 edition. The team is a member of FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF). History After playing other colonies in unofficial games since the 1930s, Nigeria played its first official game in October 1949, while still a Crown colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Togo in the east.Jackson, John G. (2001) ''Introduction to African Civilizations'', Citadel Press, p. 201, . Ghana covers an area of , spanning diverse biomes that range from coastal savannas to tropical rainforests. With nearly 31 million inhabitants (according to 2021 census), Ghana is the List of African countries by population, second-most populous country in West Africa, after Nigeria. The capital and List of cities in Ghana, largest city is Accra; other major cities are Kumasi, Tamale, Ghana, Tamale, and Sekondi-Takoradi. The first permanent state in present-day Ghana was the Bono state of the 11th century. Numerous kingdoms and empires emerged over the centuries, of which the most powerful were the Kingdom of Dagbon in the north and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 Africa Cup Of Nations
The 1963 African Cup of Nations was the fourth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa ( CAF). For the third consecutive time the hosts won the African Cup. The format was changed to two groups of 3 teams each, with the group winners playing the final, and the runners-up playing the third place playoff. The final in Accra on 1 December saw the hosts beating Sudan 3–0 to win the title. This tournament, and the previous one, are the only Africa Cup of Nations tournaments with more than four goals-per-game average. Qualified teams Squads Venues The competition was played in two venues in Accra and Kumasi. Group stage Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Knockout stage Third place match Final Scorers ;6 goals * Hassan El-Shazly ;4 goals * Edward Acquah * Nasr Eddin "Jaksa" Abbas * Riza ;2 goals * Mengistu Worku * Mohamed Salah Jedidi ;1 goal * Edward Aggrey-Fynn * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
