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Jeenyo FC
Jeenyo United Football Club is a football club based in Mogadishu, Somalia History The club was established in 1948, and was originally named SC Genio Officina. Most of the players came from the former teams "Società Calcistica Mogadiscio" and "Amaruini", that played amateur football in the Italian Somalia from 1936 until 1941. They won Division One of the Campionato di Calcio in 1952, and were renamed Lavori Pubblici (''Public Works'') for the 1953–54 season, due to its links with the Ministry of Public Works. They were champions again in 1959–60, defeating Autoparco 3–2 on aggregate in a two-legged championship play-off after the two clubs had finished joint top-of-the table. The club won their first Somalia League title in 1969.Somalia Champions RSSSF The club went on to win the title again in 1970 and 1971. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banadir Stadium
The Eng. Yariisow Stadium, formerly known as Garoonka Banaadir Stadium, or simply Benadir Stadium in the Somali language, is a multi-use 20,000-capacity stadium in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, that is currently used mostly for football matches. Until the 1970s, the stadium was called the ''Coni Stadium'' because it was built by the Italian Coni. It is currently being rebuilt through FIFA's Win in Africa with Africa program. History Originally in the area there was the small ''Stadio Municipale di Mogadiscio'' as the main sport area in the capital of Italian Somalia; it was created in the late 1930s just north of the Porto di Mogadiscio and hosted the first football matches in Mogadishu. On the enlarged grounds of this "Campo Sportivo" in the 1950s, the first football stadium in Somalia was built during the Fiduciary Administration of Somalia done by Italy under ONU mandate, the ''Coni Stadium'', later renamed "Banadir Stadium" in the early 1960s. The stadium was a donatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 African Cup Of Champions Clubs
The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1971 was the 7th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association football in Africa. The tournament was played by 25 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Canon Yaoundé from Cameroon won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time. First round Second round 1 Young Africans withdrew. 2 Espérance de Tunis :''See also Esperance (other)'' Espérance is one of the two French words that can be translated into "hope", the other being "espoir". Whereas the latter is closer to the idea of "dream" or "fantasy" and corresponds to most of the commo ... withdrew. Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final ''For the final, only points aggregate, not goals aggregate was considered.'' 1 Champion Top scorers The top scorers from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Clubs In Somalia
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 called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in North America and Australia); gridiron football (specifically American football or Canadian football); Australian rules football; rugby union and rugby league; and Gaelic football. These various forms of football share to varying extent common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the 19th century. The expansion and cultural influence of the British Empire allowed these rules of football to spread to areas of British infl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 African Cup Of Champions Clubs
The 1982 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 18th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association football in Africa. The tournament was played by 36 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches. Al Ahly SC from Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ... won that final, and became for the first time CAF club champion. Preliminary round First round 1 Second round Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final Champion Top scorers The top scorers from the 1982 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows: ReferencesRSSSF.com {{DEFAULTSORT:1982 African Cup Of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gor Mahia FC
Gor Mahia Football Club (), commonly also known as ''K'Ogalo'' (), is a football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. They have won the Kenyan Premier League a record 19 times, and have also won the FKF President's Cup a record 11 times. They are the only team from Kenya to win an African continental title to date, having won the African Cup Winners' Cup in 1987 after previously reaching the final in 1979. The club was formally established on 17 February 1968 as a merger of Luo Union and Luo Sports Club (also known as Luo Stars) and won the national league at the first time of asking. Some of its original leaders were politicians Tom Mboya and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga. However the club was founded much earlier, in the 1915, and participated intermittently in local tournaments in Western Kenya. Various groups used this name at different times. The club plays its home games at the Nairobi City Stadium. Alternatively they also play their home games at the Moi International Sports Centre and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zamalek SC
Zamalek Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الزمالك للألعاب الرياضية), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian sports club based in Giza. It is one of the most successful football clubs in Africa and the Middle East, and was the most titled club in African tournaments in the 20th century. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top tier of the Egyptian football league system. The club was founded on 5 January 1911 as Qasr El Nile Club and was first headed by the Belgian lawyer George Merzbach. The name was changed two years later to Cairo International Sports Club (C.I.S.C.), colloquially El Qāhirah El Mokhtalat Club or El Mokhtalat Club. The club was renamed in 1941 after King Farouk of Egypt and became known as Farouk El Awal Club (). After the 1952 Egyptian revolution, the club changed its name again to Zamalek SC . Zamalek established itself as the second major force in Egyptian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 African Cup Winners' Cup
The 1981 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Union Douala in two-legged final victory against Stationary Stores F.C. This was the seventh season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Thirty-two sides entered the competition, with Estrela Negra de Bissau, Coastal Union, El Zamalek, Mbabane Highlanders, CS Nere, Zoundourma and Espérance Sportive de Tunis all withdrawing before the 1st leg of the first round and AS Saint Michael withdrawing after the 1st leg of the first round. No preliminary round took place during this season of the competition. First round *1:Both teams withdrew before 1st leg. Second round *1: EP Sétif were to play the winners of Zoundourma vs Espérance Sportive de Tunis. Quarterfinals Semifinals Final External links Results available on CAF Official Website {{CAF Cup Winners Cup Seasons African Cup Winners' Cup 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Hilal Club (Omdurman)
Al Hilal Educational Club ( ar, نادي الهلال للتربية), known as Al Hilal Omdurman or simply Al Hilal, is based in Omdurman that competes in the Sudan Premier League. Name and history The name ''Hilāl'' is the Arabic word for crescent – a name chosen on a night when the crescent of the moon was visible in Omdurman. Also it is the first club in the world to be named (AL- HILAL). First Administration * Babiker Ahmed Gabani, (F) President * Yousif Al-Mamoun,(F) Secretary * Abdelraheem Sarour Kabshour,(F) Secretary * Yousif Mustafa Al-Tinay, (F) Media Executive * Arabi Bilal, (F) Administration Member * Fathallah Bushara, (F) Administration Member * Babiker Mukhtar Tatay Hamdnaallah Ahmed First Squad (1930) * Ali Abdallah Mabrouk, (F), Goalkeeper (football), GK * Abdelraheem Sarour Kabshour, (F), Defender (football), DF * Fathallah Bushara, (F), Defender (football), DF * Hamdnaallah Ahmed, (F), Defender (football), DF * Nimir Elamin, (F), Defender ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 African Cup Winners' Cup
The 1978 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by AC Horaya in two-legged final victory against NA Hussein-Dey. This was the fourth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Twenty-two sides entered the competition, with Sodiam withdrawing before the 1st leg of the preliminary round. Preliminary round First round Quarterfinals *1:KMKM FC withdrew before 1st leg. Semifinals Final Champions External links {{CAF Cup Winners Cup Seasons African Cup Winners' Cup 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-George SA
Saint George Sports Club (Amharic: ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ ስፖርት ክለብ, ''Kidus Giorgis Sport Club'')'','' otherwise known as Kidus Giorgis, is a professional football club based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. They play in the top division of Ethiopian football, the Ethiopian Premier League. Founded in 1935, the club was the first in Ethiopia and was established as a symbol of Ethiopian nationalism and resistance against the occupying forces of fascist Italy. History Establishment & the Patriotic Struggle (1935-44) The club was founded in December 1935 (Taḫśaś 1928 E.C.) as Arada Kidus Giorgis (Saint George) Football Club by George Ducas and Ayale Atnash. The club was named after the neighborhood in which it was founded, the Arada (also called "Arada Giorgis") neighborhood of Addis Abeba. The first players to play for the club were students gathered from Ducas' and Atnash's schools, Teferi Mekonnen and Kidus Giorgis (Saint George) respectively. Established durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 African Cup Of Champions Clubs
The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1972 was the 8th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association football in Africa. The tournament was played by 26 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Hafia FC from Guinea won the final, becoming CAF club champion for the first time and the first Guinean team to win the trophy. First round 1Al-Merrikh withdrew. 2Abaluhya United withdrew. Second round 1 After the match had finished 2-0 to Djoliba AC, leaving the aggregate level at 2-2, AS Forces Armées (Dakar) refused to take part in the penalty shootout to protest the officiating; they were ejected from the competition and banned from CAF competitions for three years. Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals 1 TP Mazembe refused to play the 2nd leg contesting the eligibility of the referees assigned by CAF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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