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2020–21 CAF Champions League Qualifying Rounds
The 2020–21 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds were played from 28 November 2020 to 6 January 2021. A total of 54 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the 16 places in the group stage of the 2020–21 CAF Champions League. Draw The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 9 November 2020 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The entry round of the 54 teams entered into the draw was determined by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown in parentheses). Format In the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14). Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows. Bracket The bracket of the draw was announced by the CAF o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2019–20 CAF Champions League Qualifying Rounds
The 2019–20 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds were played from 9 August to 24 October 2019. A total of 61 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the 16 places in the group stage of the 2019–20 CAF Champions League. Draw The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 21 July 2019 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The entry round of the 61 teams entered into the draw was determined by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown in parentheses). Format In the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time was not played, and the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14). Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows. Bracket The bracket of the draw was announced by the CAF on 21 July 2019. The 16 wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Horoya AC
Horoya Athletic Club, also known as Horoya Conakry or H.A.C., is a Guinean professional football club based in Conakry, Guinea. The club plays in the Ligue 1 Pro, the top tier in the Guinean football league system. It was founded in 1975. History In 2014, they eliminated the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup runner-up Raja Casablanca in the second qualifying round of the 2014 CAF Champions League. In 2018, after finishing second in the group stage of the CAF Champions League, the club reached the quarter-finals for the first time in its history, where it lost against Al Ahly SC 4–0 on aggregate ( 0–0 in Conakry and 4–0 in Cairo). Club identity The name ''Horoya'' means ''Liberty'' or ''Freedom'' in both Guinea's local and Arabic languages. The word comes from the huge and significant Arabic influence on Guinean society. Home shirt Its Home shirt colours are red and white. The red, symbol of blood of the martyrs for the independence struggle and white for great purity and ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
FC Nouadhibou
FC Nouadhibou is a Mauritanian professional football club based in the commercial centre of Nouadhibou. They compete in the Ligue 1 Mauritania, the top flight of Mauritanian football. History The club was founded in 1999 by a group young people led by Ahmed Yahya Ould Abderrahmane who became the club's first president. He is the current president of the FMF (Federation mauritanienne de Football). Before the creation of the club, there was another club that existed in the late 20th century under the name Imraguens de Nouadhibou. It is unrelated to ASC Imraguens which is based in Atar in another region, an existing club. The club participated for a few times at the WAFU Club Championship especially in 1987. Nouadhibou's appearances at the national cup competitions was in 2004 and defeated 1–0 over ASC Ksar to win their first cup title, their recent appearance was in 2008 and defeated 1–0 over Nasr de Sebkha and won their recent cup title for the club. Their first appeara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Al-Merrikh SC
Al-Merrikh Sporting Club () is a Sudanese professional football club based in the city of Omdurman. Their home stadium is Al-Merrikh Stadium, which is locally known as The Red Castle. Founded in 1908, Al-Merrikh is one of the oldest football clubs in Africa. The club competes in the Sudan Premier League, however they currently play in the Super D1, the top flight of Mauritania due to the Sudanese civil war. Club history Al-Merrikh was founded under the name of Al-Masalma Sporting Club in 1908 by students from Al-Masalmah district that was headed by their chairman Jek Deng Aban Gorang in Omdurman of Gordon Memorial College. The club renamed as Al-Merrikh Sporting Club on 14 November 1927. Rivalries The club has a fierce rivalry with Al-Hilal with the games between them regularly selling out, as well as being the only other realistic challenger to the league crown. They won the Om-al-Dahab championship in 1965 and are the only team to have ever won this one time event. Al-H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Asante Kotoko S
Asante may refer to: *Asante people, an ethnic group in Ghana *Asante Empire *Asante (name) *Asante dialect Asante, also known as Ashanti, Ashante, or Asante Twi, is one of the principal dialects of the Akan language. It is one of the three literary dialects of Akan, the others being Akuapem dialect, Akuapem and Fante language, Fante. There are over 3. ..., a dialect of the Akan languages * Asante Kotoko S.C., a Ghanaian professional association football club * Asante (album), 1974 jazz album by McCoy Tyner * Asanté Technologies, a defunct networking equipment vendor See also * Anglican Diocese of Asante Mampong *'' R v Asante-Mensah'', a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision * Ashanti (other) {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
MC Alger
Mouloudia Club d'Alger (), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1921 and its colours are red, green and white. Their home stadium, Ali La Pointe Stadium, has a capacity of 40,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. Founded in 1921 as Mouloudia Club Algérois and Mouloudia Chaâbia d’Alger, the club was known as Mouloudia Pétroliers d'Alger from 1977 to 1986 and changed its name to Mouloudia Club d'Alger in 1986. The club colours are red and green. MC Alger were the first Algerian club to win a continental competition, winning the 1976 African Cup of Champions Clubs. They are one of the most successful Algerian clubs having won the domestic league 8 times, and the domestic cup 8 times, tied with USM Alger, CR Belouizdad and ES Sétif. As of the 2023–24 season, MC Alger was the Algerian football club with the highest market value. The market value ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nkana F
Nkana is a section of the city of Kitwe, Copperbelt Province, Zambia which started off in the early part of the 20th century as a railway station to support the growing complex of copper mining operations. It was named after Chief Nkana, the local traditional ruler. The copper mines of Nkana ( South Ore Body, Nkana Mine and Mindola Shaft) were originally owned by the Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa. A large smelter Smelting is a process of applying heat and a chemical reducing agent to an ore to extract a desired base metal product. It is a form of extractive metallurgy that is used to obtain many metals such as iron, copper, silver, tin, lead and zin ... was built at the site of the Nkana Mine. The mines in Nkana were among the largest copper mines in the world, employing in excess of 20,000 people. The city of Kitwe grew up as a service town for the Nkana mines but soon swallowed them up, leading to the name Kitwe-Nkana sometimes being used to refer to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi)
Al-Nasr Sports, Cultural and Social Club () or simply Al-Nasr Benghazi is a Libyan professional football club based in Benghazi. Honours National titles *Libyan Premier League **Winners (3): 1987, 2017–18, 2023–24 **Runners-up (4): 1977–78, 1983–84, 2001–02 * Libyan Cup **Winners (3): 1997, 2003, 2010 * Libyan Super Cup ** Winners (1) 2018 **Runners-up (3): 1997, 2003, 2010 Regional titles *North African Cup Winners Cup **Runners-up (1): 2010 Performance in CAF competitions * African Cup of Champions Clubs & CAF Champions League: 4 appearances ::1988 – First Round :: 2018–19 – First Round :: 2019–20 – First Round :: 2020–21 – Preliminary Round *CAF Confederation Cup: 3 appearances ::2004 – First Round ::2011 – withdrew in First Round :: 2019–20 – Quarter-finals *CAF Cup: 1 appearance ::2003 – Second 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 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gor Mahia F
Gor () is the fictional setting for a series of sword and planet novels written by philosophy professor John Lange, writing as John Norman. The setting was first described in the 1966 novel ''Tarnsman of Gor''. The series is inspired by science fantasy pulp fiction works by Edgar Rice Burroughs, such as the ''Barsoom'' series. It also includes erotica and philosophical content. The Gor series repeatedly depicts men abducting and physically and sexually brutalizing women, who grow to enjoy their submissive state. According to ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'', Norman's "sexual philosophy" is "widely detested", but the books have inspired a Gorean subculture. The series has been variously referred to by publishers with several names, including ''The Chronicles of Counter-Earth'' (Ballantine Books), ''The Saga of Tarl Cabot'' (DAW Books), ''Gorean Cycle'' ( Tandem Books), ''Gorean Chronicles'' (Masquerade Books), ''Gorean Saga'' (Open Road Media) and ''The Counter-Earth Sag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Simba S
Simba is a fictional character in Disney's ''The Lion King ''franchise. First appearing as a cub in ''The Lion King'' (1994), the character flees his homeland when his father, Mufasa, is murdered by his treacherous uncle, Scar, who manipulates Simba into believing he is responsible. Several years later, Simba returns home as an adult to reconcile his childhood trauma, confront Scar, and reclaim his birthright as King of the Pride Lands. He subsequently appears in the sequels '' The Lion King II: Simba's Pride'' and ''The Lion King 1½''. Created by screenwriters Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, and Linda Woolverton, Simba underwent several changes as the film's story was revised, including making him a more sympathetic character and establishing his familial relation to Scar. Although conceived as an original character, Simba was inspired by Moses and Joseph from the Bible, as well as the title character from William Shakespeare's ''Hamlet.'' Despite sharing similarities w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Atlético Petróleos De Luanda
Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, also known as Petro Atlético de Luanda, or simply Petro Atlético or Petro de Luanda, is a football (soccer), football club from Luanda, Angola, founded in 1980. The club won its first title, the Angolan League, in 1982 and is the most successful team in the country. In its initial days, the club was known as Petroclube. Four players from Petro Atlético represented Angola national football team, Angola at their first FIFA World Cup, World Cup in 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2006: Antônio Lebo Lebo, Lebo Lebo, Luis Lamá, Lamá, Paulo Batista Nsimba, Zé Kalanga and Luis Manuel Ferreira Delgado, Delgado. The club has also a Petro Atlético Basketball, basketball team. Many basketball players of the team, participated with Angola national basketball team in the Olympics 2008. Honours *Girabola, Angolan League: 19 **1982 Girabola, 1982, 1984 Girabola, 1984, 1986 Girabola, 1986, 1987 Girabola, 1987, 1988 Girabola, 1988, 1989 Girabola, 1989, 1990 Girabol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
CS Sfaxien
Club Sportif Sfaxien (), known as CS Sfaxien or simply CSS for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Sfax. The club was founded in 1928 and its colours are black and white (Bianconero). Their home stadium, Taieb Mhiri Stadium, has a capacity of 12,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1. History The club was founded in 1928 as ''Club Tunisien'', playing in green and red stripes. The team was promoted to the Tunisian First Division in 1947. In 1950, the first supporters group was founded by Béchir Fendri, and in 1962 the club was renamed "Club Sportif Sfaxien" and team colours were changed to the current black and white stripes. CSS celebrated their half-centenary in 1978 by winning the Tunisian League title. In November 1998, CSS captured the CAF Cup for the first time, beating Senegal's ASC Jeanne d'Arc in the final. In more recent times, CSS reached the final of the CAF Champions League 2006 but were beaten with a late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
