Futebol Clube Djaraf is a
Bissau-Guinean
Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ...
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 ...
club based in
Canchungo
Canchungo is a town located in the western Cacheu Region of Guinea-Bissau formerly known as Vila Teixeira Pinto after Major João Teixeira Pinto
João Teixeira da Rocha Pinto (22 March 1876 – 25 November 1917) was a Portuguese military offic ...
, a city located in the
Cacheu Region
Cacheu is a region in western Guinea-Bissau, on the border with Senegal. It has an area of 5,175 km2 and a population estimated in 2004 at 164,676. Its capital is Cacheu. There has not been any local administration since the civil war of 19 ...
in the northwest. They play in the 2 division in Guinean football, the
Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau
The Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau is the highest division in Association football, football in Guinea-Bissau. The league was formed in 1975.
Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau – 2021−22 clubs
*AC de Bissorã (Bissorã)
*AFC Nhacra (N ...
.
The club is named after the rulers during pre-colonial times, in Serer and in Canchungo (
Wolof
Wolof or Wollof may refer to:
* Wolof people, an ethnic group found in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania
* Wolof language, a language spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania
* The Wolof or Jolof Empire, a medieval West African successor of the Mal ...
''Jaraaf'',
Mandjak: approximately as ''Jarāf'').
See also
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ASC Diaraf
Association Sportive et Culturelle Jaraaf is a Senegalese football club based in Dakar. They play in the top division in Senegalese football. Their home stadium is Stade de Diaraf. The club name is sometimes spelt ASC Jaraaf. The word ''Diaraf'' ...
, also known as Djaraf, sometimes as Jaraaf, a Senegalese club based in Dakar also named after the rulers of pre-colonial times
Football clubs in Guinea-Bissau
Cacheu Region
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