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Majestic FC
Majestic Football Club, also known as Majestic or Majestic FC, is a Burkina Faso, Burkinabé football (soccer), football club based in Ouagadougou which plays in the Burkinabé Premier League. Stadium Currently the team plays at the 25,000 capacity Stade Municipal (Ouagadougou), Stade Municipal. References External linksSoccerway Football clubs in Burkina Faso {{BurkinaFaso-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stade Municipal (Ouagadougou)
Stade Dr. Issoufou Joseph Conombo is a multi-use stadium in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. It is currently used mostly for 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 ca ... matches and is the home of Santos Football Club. The stadium holds 25,000 people. References Football venues in Burkina Faso Buildings and structures in Ouagadougou {{BurkinaFaso-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's name is often shortened to ''Ouaga''. The inhabitants are called ''ouagalais''. The spelling of the name ''Ouagadougou'' is derived from the French orthography common in former French African colonies. Ouagadougou's primary industries are food processing and textiles. It is served by an international airport and is linked by rail to Abidjan in the Ivory Coast and, for freight only, to Kaya. There are several highways linking the city to Niamey, Niger, south to Ghana, and southwest to Ivory Coast. Ouagadougou has one of West Africa's largest markets, which burned down in 2003 and has since reopened with better facilities and improved fire-prevention measures. Other attractions include the National Museum of Burkina Faso, the Moro-Naba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and the Ivory Coast to the southwest. It has a population of 20,321,378. Previously called Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984), it was renamed Burkina Faso by President Thomas Sankara. Its citizens are known as ''Burkinabè'' ( ), and its capital and largest city is Ouagadougou. The largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso is the Mossi people, who settled the area in the 11th and 13th centuries. They established powerful kingdoms such as the Ouagadougou, Tenkodogo, and Yatenga. In 1896, it was colonized by the French as part of French West Africa; in 1958, Upper Volta became a self-governing colony within the French Community. In 1960, it gained full independence with Maurice Yaméogo as president. Throughout the decad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burkinabé Premier League
The Fasofoot D1 is the top division of the Burkinabé Football Federation. It was created in 1961. Burkinabé Premier League clubs – 2021-22 * AS Koupéla ( Koupéla) * AS Douanes (Ouagadougou) * ASEC Koudougou (Koudougou) *ASFA Yennenga (Ouagadougou) * ASF Bobo ( Bobo-Dioulasso) * AS SONABEL (Ouagadougou) * Étoile Filante (Ouagadougou) * Kiko FC ( Bobo-Dioulasso) * Majestic ( Pô) * RC Bobo ( Bobo-Dioulasso) * RC Kadiogo (Kadiogo) * Royal FC ( Bobo-Dioulasso) * Salitas FC (Ouagadougou) * Vitesse FC ( Bobo-Dioulasso) * US Forces Armées (Ouagadougou) Previous winners Previous winners are: * 1960-61: ASF Bobo *1962: Étoile Filante *1963: USFR Abidjan-Niger * 1963-64: USFR Abidjan-Niger * 1965: Étoile Filante * 1966: ASF Bobo *1967: US Ouagadougou *1968: USFR Abidjan-Niger * 1969: ASFAN *1970: ASFAN * 1971: ASFAN *1972: RC Bobo *1973: Jeanne d'Arc * 1974: Silures *1975: Silures *1976: Silures *1977: Silures * 1978: Silures *1979: Silures * 1980: Silures *198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
