Hafia Football Club is a
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
Conakry
Conakry (; ; sus, Kɔnakiri; N’ko: ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫, Fula: ''Konaakiri'' 𞤑𞤮𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤭𞤪𞤭) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its p ...
,
Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
. Founded in 1951, the team was known as Conakry II in the 1960s and won three titles under that name. Hafia have won 15 league titles overall having dominated in 1960s and 70s, but their last league title coming in 1985. The 1970s were a golden decade for Hafia FC when they dominated
Africa
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n football having won the
African Cup of Champions Clubs
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three times, in
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
,
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
and
1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...
. It promoted some great talents as
Papa Camara
Naby Laye "Papa" Camara (1952 – 4 January 2018) was a Guinea national football team, Guinean footballer of the 1970s and 1980s and football manager.
He was regarded as one of Guinea's all-time great players, a stalwart of the highly successf ...
,
Bengally Sylla,
Abdoulaye Keita,
Chérif Souleymane
Chérif Souleymane, also known as Chérif Soulegmane, (born 20 October 1944) is a former Guinean footballer. He is considered among the finest footballers Guinea has ever produced. He was named the France Football African Footballer of the Year ...
,
Petit Sory
Ibrahima Sory Keita (born 1945), known as Petit Sory, is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a right winger.
He finished in third place in the 1972 African Footballer of the Year awards compiled by France Football magazine. ...
,
Mamadou Aliou Kéïta.
In early 2021 construction began on the new stadium "Stade Petit Sory" named after Hafia FC legend
Petit Sory
Ibrahima Sory Keita (born 1945), known as Petit Sory, is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a right winger.
He finished in third place in the 1972 African Footballer of the Year awards compiled by France Football magazine. ...
Golden Age
Hafia's golden age was the 70s when they became
African Cup of Champions Clubs
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three times, in
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
,
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
and
1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...
. During this period they were one of the greatest clubs in Africa. Their players included
Papa Camara
Naby Laye "Papa" Camara (1952 – 4 January 2018) was a Guinea national football team, Guinean footballer of the 1970s and 1980s and football manager.
He was regarded as one of Guinea's all-time great players, a stalwart of the highly successf ...
,
Abdoulaye Keita, and
Petit Sory
Ibrahima Sory Keita (born 1945), known as Petit Sory, is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a right winger.
He finished in third place in the 1972 African Footballer of the Year awards compiled by France Football magazine. ...
.
Kit provider
Current squad
Honours
National titles
*
Ligue 1 Pro: 15
::Champion:
[Hafia FC won the first tree titles in the (1966, 1967 & 1968) under the name of Conakry II] 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985
*
: 4
::Winner: 1992, 1993, 2002, 2017
African titles
*
African Cup of Champions Clubs
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: 3
::Champion: 1972, 1975, 1977
::Runner-up: 1976, 1978
*
UFOA Cup
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:
::Runner-up: 1992
Performance in CAF competitions
*
CAF Champions League
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: 1 appearance
::
2020
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– Preliminary Round
*
African Cup of Champions Clubs
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: 14 appearances
::
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
: Quarter-finals
::
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
: Quarter-finals
::
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
: Semi-finals
::
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
: Champion
::
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
: Quarter-finals
::
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
: withdrew in Second Round
::
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
: Champion
::
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
: ''Finalist''
::
1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...
: Champion
::
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
: ''Finalist''
::
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
: Quarter-finals
::
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
: Second Round
::
1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...
: Second Round
::
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
: withdrew in First Round
*
CAF Cup Winners' Cup
The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was ...
: 3 appearances
::1993 – First Round
::1994 – First Round
::2003 – Second Round
Notes and references
External links
Hafia Conakry historynbsp;– ''scoreshelf.com''
Football clubs in Guinea
Sport in Conakry
1951 establishments in Guinea
CAF Champions League winning clubs
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