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US Yatenga
Union Sportive du Yatenga is a Burkinabé football club based in Ouahigouya in the north of the country. The club was formed after a fusion between ''Stade Yatenga'' and a smaller club and since 2005 it plays in the Burkinabé Premier League. References Yatenga Yatenga is one of the provinces of Burkina Faso, located in the Nord Region of the country. In modern Yatenga, the most prominent city is Ouahigouya (also known as Waiguya). This city served as the capital of the kingdom of Yatenga, a powerful kin ... Sport in Ouagadougou {{BurkinaFaso-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stade Ouahigouya
Stade (), officially the Hanseatic City of Stade (german: Hansestadt Stade, nds, Hansestadt Stood) is a city in Lower Saxony in northern Germany. First mentioned in records in 934, it is the seat of the district () which bears its name. It is located roughly to the west of Hamburg and belongs to that city's wider metropolitan region. Within the area of the city are the urban districts of Bützfleth, Hagen, Haddorf and Wiepenkathen, each of which have a council () of their own with some autonomous decision-making rights. Stade is located in the lower regions of the river Elbe. It is also on the German Timber-Frame Road. History The first human settlers came to the Stade area in 30,000 BC. Since 1180 Stade belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In early 1208 King Valdemar II of Denmark and his troops conquered Stade. In August Valdemar II's cousin being in enmity with the king, the then Prince-Archbishop Valdemar reconquered the city only to lose it soo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouahigouya
Ouahigouya is a town in northern Burkina Faso. It is the capital of the Yatenga Province and one of its subdivisions the Ouahigouya Department. It is also the biggest town in the Nord Region (Burkina Faso), Nord Region. It is the fourth largest city in the country with a population of 124,587 (2019) and is situated north-west of Ouagadougou. The city itself has a stadium, a private non-profit Paediatric Hospital with 36 beds for giving birth and 24 beds for children suffering of severe malnutrition, a post office with internet access and at least one Ecobank bank branch. History The city was founded in 1757 as the capital of Yatenga one of a number of Mossi Kingdoms. The city still bears testimony to its role as capital of the Yatenga Kingdom in its name, the meaning of which is ''come and prostrate yourselves''. In the Christmas War of 1985, the city's marketplace was bombed by Malian forces, almost 100 people being killed. Economy Mainly of an agriculturally based econom ... [...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 decades post in ... [...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 *1981–82 : ''No competiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Clubs In Burkina Faso
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] |
