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2018–19 In Egyptian Football
The 2018–19 season was the 101st season of competitive association football in Egypt. National teams Egypt national football team Results and fixtures =Friendlies= =2018 FIFA World Cup= Group A Matches =2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification= Group J Egypt national under-23 football team Results and fixtures =Friendlies= CAF competitions CAF Champions League 2018 CAF Champions League =Preliminary round= =First round= =Group stage= Group A =Knockout phase= Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 2018–19 CAF Champions League =Preliminary round= =First round= =Group stage= Group C Group D =Knockout phase= Quarter-finals CAF Confederation Cup 2018 CAF Confederation Cup =Preliminary round= =First round= =Play-off round= =Group stage= Group B =Knockout phase= Quarter-finals Semi-finals 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup =First round= =Play-off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–19 Egyptian Premier League
The 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League, also known as The Telecom Egypt, WE League for sponsorship purposes, was the 60th season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The season started on 31 July 2018 and concluded on 28 July 2019. Fixtures for the 2018–19 season were announced on 8 July 2018. El Gouna FC, El Gouna, Nogoom FC, Nogoom and Haras El Hodoud SC, Haras El Hodoud entered as the promoted teams from the 2017–18 Egyptian Second Division. They replaced El Raja SC, El Raja, Tanta SC, Tanta and Al Nasr SC (Egypt), Al Nasr who were relegated to the 2018–19 Egyptian Second Division. Defending champions Al Ahly SC, Al Ahly won their 4th consecutive and 41st overall Egyptian Premier League title on 24 July 2019, following their 3–1 away win against Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC, Al Mokawloon Al Arab. Overview Fans return to the stadiums From this season on, the Egyptian Football Assoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borg El Arab Stadium
The Borg El Arab Stadium (), sometimes referred to as the Egyptian Army Stadium or El Geish Stadium - Alexandria (), is a stadium commissioned in 2005 in the Mediterranean Sea city of Amreya; 25 km west of Alexandria, Egypt. It is the second largest stadium in Egypt (after Misr Stadium) and the third largest in Africa (after FNB Stadium in Johannesburg) with a capacity of 86,000 and is an all-seater. It is also the 9th largest association football stadium in the world. It is located on the Cairo-Alexandria desert highway 10 km from Borg El Arab Airport and 15 km from Alexandria's city center. A running track runs around the pitch, and the ground has four floodlights. Only one stand is covered by a roof. The stadium is 145 feddans (609,000 sq m), is surrounded by a fence which is 3 km long, an internal road network measuring 6 km, a parking lot which could fit 5,000 cars and 200 buses. The stadium also has an airstrip. There are 136 electronic entran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Elmohamady
Ahmed Eissa Elmohamady Abdel Fattah (; born 9 September 1987) is an Egyptian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He currently works for Aston Villa in the club's commercial department. Elmohamady moved to Premier League club Sunderland in 2010, initially on loan from Egyptian side ENPPI. He went on to make over 240 league appearances for Sunderland and Hull City before joining Aston Villa during the Summer 2017 transfer window. He has won promotion to the Premier League from the Championship three times; twice with Hull City and once with Aston Villa. He was selected by the Egyptian national team's manager, Hassan Shehata, for his first international appearance in 2007 and has gone on to win 92 caps. He was part of the Egyptian squads that won the 2008 and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. He also captained the national team until 2019. Club career ENPPI Born in Basyoun, El Gharbia, Egypt, Elmohamady started his youth career at Ghazl El-Mahalla in 2003. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Africa Time
Central Africa Time or CAT, is a time zone used in north central, east central and southern Africa. Central Africa Time is two hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC+02:00), which is the same as the adjacent South Africa Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time, Eastern European Time, Kaliningrad Time and Central European Summer Time. As this time zone is in the equatorial and tropical regions, there is little change in day length throughout the year and so daylight saving time is not observed. Central Africa Time is observed by the following countries: * * * (eastern provinces) * * * * * * * * The following countries in Africa also use an offset of UTC+02:00 all-year round: * (observes South African Standard Time) * (observes South African Standard Time) * (observes Eastern European Time) * (observes South African Standard Time) See also * Egypt Standard Time, an equivalent (except during daylight savings) time zone covering Egypt, also at UTC+02:00 * Kaliningrad T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghana Football Association
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is the sports governing body, governing body of association football in Ghana, based in the capital city, Accra. Founded in 1957 to replace the Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast Football Association which was founded in 1920, it organizes and governs Ghana's football leagues, single-elimination tournament, football cup competitions and national teams. On 7 June 2018, the GFA was dissolved by the former Ministry of Youth and Sports (Ghana), Minister of Sport, Isaac Kwame Asiamah, after the discovery of corruption in the association through investigative videos which later made up Anas Aremeyaw Anas' Number 12 exposé. In October 2019, Kurt Okraku, was elected as GFA's new president after reconvention upon the completion of the work of the FIFA Normalization Committee. Mark Addo was later elected vice president in November 2019. Kurt Okraku was re-elected for a second term as GFA President during their 2023 Elective Congress in Tamale, Gha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Bulu
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (James (< Latin ''-us'', see Spanish/ Portuguese ''Carlos''). According to Julius Pokorny, the historical linguist and Indo-European studies, Indo-Europeanist, the root meaning of Charles is "old man", from Proto-Indo-European language, Indo-European *wikt:Appendix:Proto-Indo-E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, a population of more than 230 million, it is the List of African countries by population, most populous country in Africa, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in Niger–Nigeria border, the north, Chad in Chad–Nigeria border, the northeast, Cameroon in Cameroon–Nigeria border, the east, and Benin in Benin–Nigeria border, the west. Nigeria is a Federation, federal republic comprising 36 States of Nigeria, states and the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory, where its capital, Abuja, is located. The List of Nigerian cities by population, largest city in Nigeria by population is Lagos, one of the largest List of largest cities, metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asaba, Delta
Asaba (''Igbo:'' ''Ahaba'') is the capital of Delta State, Nigeria. A rapidly growing urban area, it is located on the western bank of the Niger River and is the seat of the Oshimili South, Oshimili South Local Government Area. Asaba had a population of 149,603 as at the 2006 census, and a fast growing metropolitan population of over half a million people. In some respects, Asaba and neighboring Onitsha in Anambra State, Anambra State form a continuous metropolitan area, metropolitan region. The River Niger Bridge, First Second Niger bridge, and Second Niger bridges traverse the boundary between Delta and Anambra with the Niger's relatively centralized location in this region marking it as the geopolitical border between Eastern and Western Nigeria. In October 2023, Asaba joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network and was named a UNESCO City of Film. History Originally, Asaba consisted of nine quarters but due to internal strife, wars with other communities and slave trade tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Keshi Stadium
The Stephen Keshi Stadium is a multi-purpose complex in Asaba, Delta, Asaba, in Nigeria's Delta State. The main venue at the complex is the Governor Okowa Main Bowl, the football and athletics stadium. It was formerly known as Asaba township stadium, and has been renamed after Nigerian footballer Stephen Keshi. The stadium hosted the 2018 African Championships in Athletics and has a capacity of 22,000 people, all covered. It was commissioned in 2018. Location History Stephen Keshi Stadium was previously known as Asaba Township Stadium. It was renamed after Stephen Keshi, a popular Nigerian football star and manager who died in 2016. In 2024, the stadium was given a face-lift in preparation for hosting the 8th National Youth Games in Nigeria, National Youth Games. Use See also *List of stadiums in Nigeria *Lists of stadiums References External linksATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIP: OKOWA ORDERS CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AROUND STEPHEN KESHI’S STADIUM (Delta State government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Onuachu
Ebere Paul Onuachu (born 28 May 1994) is a Nigerian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for club Southampton F.C., Southampton and the Nigeria national football team, Nigeria national team. Onuachu has won League titles in Denmark and Belgium, and while in the latter country was voted Belgian Footballer of the Year and won the country's top scoring Golden Bull trophy. Club career Midtjylland Onuachu moved to Danish club FC Midtjylland in 2012 on a scholarship from their affiliate team in Nigeria, F.C. Ebedei, Ebedei. He was a prolific scorer for their youth team, and made his first-team debut in the Cup later that year, before making his league debut in December 2012. In June 2013 he signed a new three-year contract with the club, before extending it for a further three-years in August 2015. In early 2015 he was loaned to Vejle Boldklub, Vejle BK, before returning to FC Midtjylland ahead of the 2015–16 season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Africa Time
West Africa Time, or WAT, is a time zone used in west-central Africa. West Africa Time is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC+01:00), which aligns it with Central European Time (CET) during winter, and Western European Summer Time (WEST) / British Summer Time (BST) during summer. As most of this time zone is in the tropical region, there is little change in day length throughout the year and therefore daylight saving time is not observed. West Africa Time is the time zone for the following countries: * (as Central European Time) * * * * * * (western provinces) * * * (as Central European Time) * * * * (as Central European Time) * Countries west of Benin (except Morocco and Western Sahara) are in the UTC+00:00 time zone. See also * Central European Time, an equivalent time zone covering most European countries during winter, also at UTC+01:00 * Western European Summer Time, an equivalent time zone covering western European countries during daylight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
