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Stade De La Reunification
Reunification Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Douala, Cameroon. 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 c ... matches and serves as a home ground of Union Douala. The stadium holds 39,000 people and was built in 1972. See also * Lists of stadiums References External linksPhotosacafe.daum.net/stade - ''egis.fr'' Sports venues completed in 1972 [...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] |
Cameroun
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Its nearly 27 million people speak 250 native languages. Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad, and the Baka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest. Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area ''Rio dos Camarões'' (''Shrimp River''), which became ''Cameroon'' in English. Fulani soldiers founded the Adamawa Emirate in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroonian Football Federation (CAF)
The Cameroonian Football Federation (french: Fédération Camerounaise de Football) is the governing body of football in Cameroon. It is known as FECAFOOT. On 11 December 2021, the acting-president of FECAFOOT, former Cameroonian international striker Samuel Eto'o, was elected president of the organisation. History It was after the First World War that the first football teams were established in Douala by the teacher Charles Lalanne. Soon, his example was followed in Yaoundé and the major centres of South Cameroon. Around 1947 was founded by physician-colonel Baudiment "La Fédération des Sports", who organized and regulated sports in force at that time, particularly football. Leagues were formed; at the same time contacts were made with the Metropolis. Thus, on 26 February 1955 the amateur France team came to Douala and Yaoundé for two meetings. At that time, football was undergoing a great evolution. In all the more remote parts of the Territory, small clubs were tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Douala
Union Sportive de Douala is a Cameroonian professional football club based in Douala, that competes in the Elite One. History It was founded in 1958 and played its home matches in the Stade de la Réunification. Achievements National * Cameroon Premiere Division: (5) ** 1969, 1976, 1978, 1990, 2012 * Cameroon Cup: (6) ::(Before independence) ::: 1954 (as Jeunesse Bamiléké) ::(After independence) ::: 1961, 1969, 1980, 1985, 1997, 2006 Africa *African Cup of Champions Clubs: (1) :: 1979 *African Cup Winners' Cup: (1) :: 1981 *African Super Cup: (Finalist) :: 1982 Performance in CAF competitions Notes: Union Douala were due to play the winner of the preliminary round tie between TP UCSA de Bangui and AS Vita Club, but following the disqualification of ''TP UCSA de Bangui'' due to their federation's debt with CAF and ''AS Vita Club's'' withdrawal, they received a bye into the second round. Crest Image:Union Douala.png, Former logo Image:US Douala (logo).png, Present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
