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Pa Modou Jagne
Pa Modou Jagne (born 26 December 1989) is a The Gambia, Gambian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Swiss fifth-tier 2. Liga Interregional club FC Dietikon. Club career Sion In July 2013, Jagne moved to FC Sion on a free transfer. He made his league debut for the club on 13 July 2013 in a 2–0 away defeat to BSC Young Boys, Young Boys. He played all ninety minutes of the match. He scored his first league goal for the club on 9 March 2014 in a 3–2 home victory over FC Luzern. He was subbed on for Birama Ndoye at half-time and scored in the 72nd minute. His goal made the score 3–2 to Sion. FC Zürich In June 2017 he signed a two-year contract with Zürich. He made his league debut for the club on 23 July 2017 in a 2–0 away victory over Grasshopper Club Zürich, Grasshopper Zürich. He played all ninety minutes of the match. He scored his first league goal for the club on 1 October 2017 in a 3–0 home vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banjul
Banjul (,"Banjul" (US) and ), officially the City of Banjul, is the capital and fourth largest city of . It is the centre of the eponymous administrative division which is home to an estimated 400,000 residents, making it The Gambia's largest and most densely populated metropolitan area. Banjul is on St Mary's Island (Banjul Island), where the enters the < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stade Du 28 Septembre
Stade du 28 Septembre is a multi-purpose stadium in Conakry, Guinea. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people. In an attempt to host the 2023 African Cup of Nations (ANC), or Coupe d'Afrique des Nations (CAN) in French, proposals have been made to upgrade or reconstruct the 28 September Stadium to an all seater capacity of 45,000–50,000 people. Events *some of the Football matches of the national team *Football matches of major teams of Guinea *Funeral of Ahmed Sékou Touré and *Funeral of general Lansana Conté *political meetings Name The Stadium gets its name from 28 September. The day Guinea famously voted NO in the French referendum, which ultimately led to the political independence of Guinea on 2 October 1958. Guinea-Conakry (formerly French Guinea) is the first former French colony in Sub-Saharan Africa to attain political independence. 28 September protest On 28 September 2009 opposition party members demonstrate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016–17 Swiss Cup
The 2016–17 Swiss Cup was the 92nd season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. The competition commenced on 13 August 2016 with the first games of Round 1 and concluded on 25 May 2017 with the Final. The winner of the competition was FC Basel. Participating clubs All teams from 2015–16 Super League and 2015–16 Challenge League as well as the top 4 teams from 2015–16 Promotion League automatically entered this year's competition. The remaining 41 teams had to qualify through separate qualifying rounds within their leagues. Reserve teams and teams from Liechtenstein are not allowed in the competition, the latter only enter the 2016–17 Liechtenstein Cup. Teams in bold are still active in the competition. TH Title holders. Round 1 Teams from Super League and Challenge League were seeded in this round. In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Teams in bold continue to the next round of the competition. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 Swiss Cup
The 2014–15 Swiss Cup was the 90th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. The competition started on 23 August 2014 with the first games of Round 1 and ended on 7 June 2015 with the Final, won by Sion. As winners of the competition, they qualified for the Group Stage Bert Kassies' Site of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League. The reigning title holders were . Participating clubs All 19 teams from Super League and[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Cup
The Swiss Cup (; ; ; ) is a football cup tournament that has been organised annually since 1925–26 by the Swiss Football Association. Since 1999 the winner earns the chance to qualify for the UEFA Europa League or the UEFA Europa Conference League in accordance with the rankings of the Swiss nation in the UEFA coefficient. Forerunners The forerunners of the Swiss Cup were the Anglo Cup and the Och Cup. Anglo Cup and winners The Anglo Cup (named after the Zurich sports magazine "Anglo-American") was played from 1909–10 to 1912–13. Och Cup and winners The Och Cup (named after the sporting goods company "Och Frères") was played in 1920–21 and 1921–22. The Swiss football and athletics association (which was how the Swiss Football Association was called between 1919 and 1955) stated the following in its annual report: “The well-known sports company Och Frères has provided the football department with a cup called the Och Cup. This cup is intended to replace th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011–12 Swiss Challenge League
The 2011–12 Swiss Challenge League was the ninth season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league pyramid. It began on 22 July 2011 and ended on 23 May 2012. The champions of this season, St. Gallen, earned promotion to the 2012–13 Super League. The runners-up Aarau won the promotion/relegation playoff against the 9th-placed team of the 2011–12 Super League, AC Bellinzona. The bottom five teams, Stade Nyonnais, Étoile Carouge, Delémont, Kriens and Brühl were all relegated to partly form the newly created 1. Liga Promotion. Teams 2010–11 Challenge League champions FC Lausanne-Sport were promoted to the 2011–12 Super League. They were replaced by St. Gallen, who were relegated after finishing the 2010–11 Super League in last place. 2010–11 Challenge League runners-up Servette had to compete in a promotion/relegation playoff against 9th-placed Super League team AC Bellinzona and were promoted (hence exchanging leagues) after w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Challenge League
The Challenge League is the second-highest tier of the Swiss football league system and lower of two professional leagues in the country. Ten teams play in the Challenge League; the winners of the league are promoted to the Super League, while the bottom-placed team is relegated to the Promotion League. 2022–23 clubs Promotion/Relegation from 2021–22 season *FC Lausanne-Sport (10th) was relegated from the Swiss Super League. *FC Winterthur was promoted to the Swiss Super League. *SC Kriens was relegated to the Promotion League. *AC Bellinzona was promoted from the Promotion League. History Serie B and Serie Promotion The Serie B was first carried out in 1898. In the year before, Genevan newspaper ''La Suisse Sportive'' organized the first inofficial Swiss Championship, where the ''Coupe Ruinart'' was awarded to Grasshopper Club Zürich. The first Serie B was competed for this same cup. The final game was held between Cantonal Lausanne, FC Bern, and Vereinigte S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africa Cup Of Nations
The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main international men's association football competition in Africa. It is sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and was first held in 1957 Africa Cup of Nations, 1957. Since 1968 Africa Cup of Nations, 1968, it has been held every two years, switching to odd-numbered years in 2013. In the first tournament in 1957, there were only three participating nations: Egypt national football team, Egypt, Sudan national football team, Sudan, and Ethiopia national football team, Ethiopia. South Africa national football team, South Africa was originally scheduled to join, but was disqualified due to the apartheid policies of the government then in power. Since then, the tournament has expanded greatly, making it necessary to hold a qualifying t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Africa Cup Of Nations Qualification Group D
Group D of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups that decided the teams which qualified for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: DR Congo, Gabon, Angola and Gambia (winners of the preliminary round). The teams played against each other in home-and-away round-robin format, originally scheduled between November 2019 and September 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches of matchdays 3 and 4 scheduled for March 2020 were postponed until further notice. FIFA recommended that all June 2020 international matches (matchday 5) be postponed, and also postponed the September 2020 window (matchday 6) for CAF. On 30 June 2020, the CAF announced the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations final tournament had been postponed from January 2021 to January 2022, without announcing the new dates of the remaining qualifiers. On 19 August 2020, the CAF announced the new dates of the remaining qualifiers, with mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gambia
The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publications. p. 11. . and is surrounded by Senegal, except for its western coast on the Atlantic Ocean. The Gambia is situated on both sides of the lower reaches of the Gambia River, the nation's namesake, which flows through the centre of the Gambia and empties into the Atlantic Ocean, thus the long shape of the country. It has an area of with a population of 1,857,181 as of the April 2013 census. Banjul is the Gambian capital and the country's largest metropolitan area, while the largest cities are Serekunda and Brikama. The Portuguese in 1455 entered the Gambian region, the first Europeans to do so, but never established important trade there. In 1765, the Gambia was made a part of the British Empire by establishment of the Gambia. In 1965, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakau
Bakau is a town on the Atlantic coast of Gambia, west of Gambia's capital city of Banjul. It is known for its botanical gardens, its crocodile pool ''Bakau Kachikally'' and for the beaches at Cape Point. Bakau is the first major suburb outside Banjul and the most developed town in the Gambia. Close to Bakau and Banjul is Gambia's largest city, Serekunda. History Legend has it that Bakau grew up around the holy crocodile pool in Kachikally, the central district of Bakau. Bakau itself was a small village at the turn of the 19th century and grew in importance as it became a favourite place for private residences of colonial administrators, especially along the beautiful palm fringed beaches. Despite being a major town, the old village still exists and is run like any other in the Gambia, with an 'Alkali' (similar to 'Mayor') and divided into ''Kabilos''. There exists a much smaller village within the old village called Bakau Wasulung Kunda, indicating the migrant origins of its i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independence Stadium (Bakau)
Independence Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bakau, Gambia. It is currently used mostly for football matches, although it is also used for athletics, concerts, political events, trade fairs and national celebrations. The stadium holds 40,000 people. Notable events 10th anniversary of the July 22nd revolution On 22 July 2004, heads of state and dignitaries from several African nations, and the Taiwanese prime minister attended a large parade to mark the tenth anniversary of the assumption to power of President Jammeh. On 18 February 2017 the 52nd Independence Anniversary Celebrations, and inauguration of Adama Barrow as President of the Republic of The Gambia, was held at the Independence Stadium Bakau, Gambia. Lifeline Expedition In June 2006, Andrew Hawkins (a descendant of England's first slave trader Sir John Hawkins) and 20 friends from the Christian charity Lifeline Expedition knelt in chains before 25,000 Africans to ask forgiveness for his ancestor's involvement i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
