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Daniel Afriyie
Daniel Afriyie Barnieh (born 26 June 2001) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Swiss Super League club Zürich. Early life Born in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, Afriyie is an Akan by birth and descent. He attended Dunyan Nkwanta JHS in the Ahafo Ano South district, Mankranso in Ashanti Region and later proceeded to Aduman Senior High School in Aduman for his secondary school education. He admired Brazilian striker Ronaldo and idolizes Sergio Agüero who he considers as his idol. Club career Early career Afriyie featured for a number of colts (juvenile) clubs in the Ashanti Region where he ascended to a cult hero status. He began at Amansie FC before joining Celtic Academy in Kumasi then moved to colts club Valencia in 2015. He moved a step further in his career by moving to the Ghana Division Two League with Galaxy United where he featured from 2016 to 2017. In January 2018, Afriyie joined Burkina Faso top fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Royal Belgian Football Association, Belgium, Danish Football Union, Denmark, Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques, France, German Football Association, Germany, the Royal Dutch Football Association, Netherlands, Royal Spanish Football Federation, Spain (represented by Real Madrid CF), Swedish Football Association, Sweden, and Swiss Football Association, Switzerland. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises List of FIFA Member Associations, 211 national associations. These national associations must also be members of one of the six regional confederations: Confederation of African Football, CAF (Africa), Asian Football Confederat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aduman
Aduman is a town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It is located in the Afigya-Kwabre District of Ghana. The town is known for the Aduman Senior High School. The school is a second cycle institution. The major occupation is Agriculture. It is about 15 km away from the Capital of Ashanti, and 3 km away from the District Capital. About 98% of the population are Christians. The remaining 2% form other religions Religion is a range of social- cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, t .... References Populated places in the Ashanti Region {{AshantiRegion-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019–20 Ghana Premier League
The 2019–20 Ghana Premier League was the 64th season of top professional association football league in Ghana. The season started on 28 December 2019. 18 teams compete in the league with each club playing each other twice, home and away, with the three clubs at the bottom of the league relegated to the Division One League. Season overview With 18 clubs participating in the league, this marked the first time since 1980 that more than 16 clubs competed in the top division of Ghanaian football. King Faisal and Great Olympics were readmitted after separate court cases over unhappiness about their relegation from the top-flight in previous seasons. During a council meeting in October 2019 before the season began, the number of relegated teams was reduced from five to three. The GFA announced that the league was suspended on March 15, 2020, in the middle of match-week 15, because of the global COVID-19 pandemic. On 31 May, the league was further suspended until at least 31 June. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul-Aziz Nurudeen
Abdul-Aziz Nurudeen (born 11 September 1998) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ghanaian Premier league side Accra Hearts of Oak. Club career Early career Nurudeen started his career with Ajax Academy previously located at Legon. He was teammates with Joseph Esso. He later moved to Ghana Division One League side Vision FC. Hearts of Oak In January 2020, he signed for Accra Hearts of Oak ahead of the 2019–20 Ghana Premier League season. He made his debut on 15 January 2020 in goalless draw against West African Football Academy, he came on in 74th minute for Kofi Kordzi. He was limited to 4 league matches before the league was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was named on the team's squad list for the 2020–21 Ghana Premier League season. International career Nurudeen was a member of the Ghana national under-23 football team in 2019. In November 2019, he was selected to be part of the Ghana national under-23 football team ah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghana Premier League
The Ghana Premier League is the top professional association football league in Ghana organized by the Ghana Football Association and formed in 1958 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition which ran from 1933 to 1953–54. As of the first quarter of 2024, the league was ranked as the 8th best league in Africa by TeamForm.com. Asante Kotoko is the most successful team in the league with 25 titles, followed by Accra Hearts of Oak with 21. The bottom 3 teams are relegated at the end of each season and placed in each zone of the Ghanaian Division One League. The 2019–20 season was halted and eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana that mirrored the cause of postponement or cancellation of association football leagues and competitions across the globe. Broadcasting In September 2013, South African broadcaster SuperSport signed a deal with the Ghana Football Association to broadcast the league on DStv and GOtv. On 23 N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
2019–20 CAF Champions League
The 2019–20 CAF Champions League (officially the 2019–20 Total CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 56th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 24th edition under the current CAF Champions League title. This season was to be the first to follow an August–to-May schedule, as per the decision of the CAF Executive Committee on 20 July 2017. However, the COVID-19 pandemic caused the semi-finals and final of the competition to be postponed until October and November 2020. Moreover, for the first time, the final was played as a single match at a venue pre-selected by CAF, and was originally to be played at the Japoma Stadium in Douala, Cameroon. However, during the suspension of the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cameroon decided to withdraw from hosting, and instead, the final was played in Egypt, at the Cairo International Stadium in Cairo. Ahly won a record-extending 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–19 Burkinabé Premier League
The 2018–19 Burkinabé Premier League is the 57th edition of the Burkinabé Premier League, the top-tier football league in Burkina Faso, since its establishment in 1961. It began on 31 August 2018. RSSSF.com League table Top scorers References {{DEFAULTSORT:2017-18 Burkinabe Premier League |
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 co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,878 sq mi). In 2024, the country had an estimated population of approximately 23,286,000. Previously called the Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984), it was Geographical renaming, renamed Burkina Faso by then-List of heads of state of Burkina Faso, president Thomas Sankara. Its citizens are known as Burkinabes, and its Capital city, 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 Mossi Kingdoms, kingdoms such as Ouagadougou, Tenkodogo, and Yatenga. In 1896, it was Colonization, colonized by the French colonial empire, French as part of French West Africa; in 1958, Upper Volta became a self-governing colony wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Two League, Ghana
The Division Two League is the second tier football league in Ghana. It is two tiers below the Ghana Premier League. The top teams after series of games are promoted to the upper tier and lower teams are relegated League structure The league is divided into regional zones with a zone in each of the ten regions of the country. Each zone is further divided into two groups to further reduce the distance between the participating teams in a zone. Winners from each zone within the regions play a middle league. Some play sub-middle league in order to qualify for the National Division One League. ;2011–12 teams ; Brong Ahafo Football Association. ''Zone A'' * Berekum Berlin FC * Mim Freedom Fighters * Techiman Kenten AC Milan ''Zone B'' * Japeikrom Asuo PRU * Nsoatreman FC (Nsoatre) * Techiman GSP United ; Central Regional Football Association. * Abreshia United * Adansi Praso WAECO FC * Agona Swedru Amanpong FC * Cape Coast Nadel Ahli Rovers * Ekotsi Hi-Kings FC (also listed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amansie West District
Amansie West District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t .... Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988, which it was created from the former Amansie District Council. On 15 March 2018, the southern part of the district was split off to create Amansie South District; thus the remaining part has been retained as Amansie West District. The district assembly is located in the southern part of Ashanti Region and has Manso Nkwanta as its capital town. Background It covers an area of 1,364 square kilometers and has a population of 109,416 according to the 2021 census. Aside from its capital, the main settlements in the district include Mpatuam, Pakyi No. 1, Antoakrom and Esuowin. There are 4 ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
