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Gladson Awako
Gladson Awako (born December 31, 1990) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a midfielder and captains Accra Hearts of Oaks. Career Early career Awako began his career with Berekum Arsenal and joined in 2006 to All Stars F.C. who played his first profi matches in the Ghana Premier League. On 11 March 2008 was scouted from Heart of Lions and left also after two years All Stars F.C. He played than from May 2008 a half year on loan from Heart of Lions for Real Sportive between October 2008 on loan for Real Sportive before turned back to Heart of Lions. On 29 April 2009 the 19-year-old Ghanaian U-20 National Team player by Heart of Lions completed a trial training at Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and was eyeing from Internazionale, and A.C. Chievo in Italy. Recreativo de Huelva On 17 February 2010 the Segunda División club Recreativo de Huelva signed him, but he couldn't play for the first team or the "B" squad until summer 2010. After a half year, he returned to his former cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Of Lions
Heart of Lions Football Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Kpandu, Volta. The club competed in the Glo Premier League, being relegated in 2015. The club is a 2-time Winner of the GHALCA top 4 Competition in 2005 and 2009 respectively. They are also the last club to win the Sports Writers Association Of Ghana (SWAG) Cup in 2009. History Heart of Lions FC were promoted to the 2009-10 Ghanaian Premier League and also finished in the top four of the competition the same year. Former coaches * Mehmet Tayfun Türkmen * Paa Kwesi Fabin Performance in CAF competitions * CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance ::2005 – withdrew in First Round * CAF Champions League: 1 appearance ::2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ... References Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Linafoot
The 2013 Linafoot season (known as the ''Vodacom Superligue 2013'' for sponsorship reasons) was the 52nd edition since its establishment. It began on 20 March 2013 and ended on 23 June 2013. Only the first round was disputed, as halfway into the tournament, the Congolese Association Football Federation (FECOFA) decided to switch to a new competition format, with 'European' style calendar from October to May. The 2013–14 Linafoot was the first edition to be disputed under the new format. All matches played by TC Elima were awarded as 0-3 victories to its opponents after the completion of the tournament, for fielding an ineligible player, Patou Tingo Disasi. Clubs A total of 14 teams are contesting the league, played under a round-robbin format. League table References {{2013 in African football (CAF) Linafoot seasons football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linafoot
The Vodacom Ligue 1 is the top division of the Congolese Association Football Federation, the governing body of football in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1958. In 2013, the highest attendance was set in the match DC Motema Pembe – AS Vita Club, which saw an attendance of 80,000 football fans at Stade des Martyrs. TP Mazembe is the most successful club with 20 titles. In 2010 the competition was renamed the ''Vodacom Super League'' following the signing of a five-year sponsorship deal with communications company Vodacom. Qualification for African competitions Association ranking for 2020–21 CAF competitions Association ranking for 2020–21 CAF Champions League and 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup) from 2016 to 2019–20. ;Legend * CL: CAF Champions League * CC: CAF Confederation Cup * 2021−22 clubs * AC Rangers (Kinshasa) * AS Dauphins Noirs (Gom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President's Cup (Ghana)
The President's Cup is an annual one-off game, featuring two selected clubs at the end of the season. The cup is called the GHALCA President's Cup because it is organized by Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) and played in honour of the sitting President of Ghana. The game was also known as the Republic Day Celebrations Cup and is usually played in July of each year to mark Ghana's Republic Day celebrations which falls on the 1 July. The current holders are Accra Hearts of Oak, who defeated rivals Asante Kotoko 1–0 in the 2023 match. Asante Kotoko holds the record for most wins with eight titles. History Between 1969 and 1984, the cup was being played to honour the sitting president but was branded based on the sitting president at the time. The 1969 edition was known as the Busia Cup in honour of the then Prime Minister Abrefa Busia whilst the 1973 edition was known as the Acheampong Cup in honour of then head of state Ignatius Kutu Acheampong. In 2003, after long l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playmaker
In association football, a playmaker is a footballer who controls the flow of the team's play, and is often involved in offensively and defensively playing Passing (association football), passing moves which lead to Goal (sport), goals, through their vision, technique, ball control, creativity and passing ability. They are sometimes called the "number 10" of the team, as they often wear the Squad number (association football), number 10 jersey. In English football, the term overlaps somewhat with an attacking midfielder although playmakers are not necessarily constrained to a single position. Several playmakers can also operate on the Winger (association football), wings or as a creative, supporting striker; some can also function in a more Central midfielder, central midfield role, alternating between playing in more offensive roles and participating in the build-up plays in the midfield. Other players still function as deep-lying playmakers, in a free role, Defensive midfielder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 African Nations Championship Qualification
The 2022 African Nations Championship qualification was a men's association football, football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2022 African Nations Championship. Only national team players who were playing in their country's own domestic league were eligible to compete in the tournament. A total of 18 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Algeria national football team, Algeria which qualified automatically as hosts. Teams A total of 42 (out of 54) Confederation of African Football, CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds, split into zones according to their regional affiliations. The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 26 May 2022 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. ;Notes *Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament. *Teams in ''italics'' received a bye to the second round in the qualifying draw. *(W): Withdrew after draw Format Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged tie, two- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Coast
Cape Coast is a city and the capital of the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly, Cape Coast Metropolitan District and the Central Region (Ghana), Central Region of Ghana, Ghana. It is located about from Sekondi-Takoradi and approximately from Accra. The city is one of the most historically significant settlements in Ghana. As of the 2010 census, Cape Coast has a population of 108,374 people. The majority of people who lived in the city are Fante people, Fante. The city was once the capital of the Fetu Kingdom, an aboriginal Guang people, Guan kingdom located north of Cape Coast. Once the Europeans arrived, they established the Cape Coast Castle, which eventually went under the hands of the British Empire, British who named the castle and its surrounding settlement the headquarters of the Royal African Company. Cape Coast became the capital of the Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast from 1821 until 1877, where it was transferred to Accra. Cape Coast is a educational hub in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Coast Sports Stadium
Cape Coast Sports Stadium is a Multi-purpose stadium, multi-use stadium in Cape Coast, Central Region (Ghana), Central Region, Ghana. It is used mostly for Association football, football matches and is the home stadium of Ebusua Dwarfs. The stadium holds 15,000 people. Stadium etymology Construction Cape Coast Sports Stadium; It was designed by the China IPPR International Engineering Corporation led by architect Zhou Jun. Stadium features The stadium features a 300 Car Parking System, car parking capacity, two Basketball court, basketball fields, a Team handball, handball court and tennis court, and an indoor facility that can be used for any Indoor games and sports, indoor games. Stadium complex The stadium complex has a 22-room hostel facility, a Cafeteria, canteen, kitchen, Firefighting, fire-fighting room, Self storage, storage rooms among others. It was designed by the China IPPR International Engineering Corporation led by architect Zhou Jun. See also *List of fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina National Football Team
The Argentina national football team (), nicknamed ''La Albiceleste'' (), represents Argentina in men's international Association football, football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (), the governing body of football in Argentina. It has been a member of FIFA since 1912 and a founding member of CONMEBOL since 1916. It was also a member of Panamerican Championship#Panamerican Football Confederation, PFC, the unified confederation of the Americas from 1946 to 1961. They are the reigning world champions, having won the 2022 FIFA World Cup, most recent FIFA World Cup in 2022, earning their third star shown by the team's crest. Overall, Argentina has appeared in a List of FIFA World Cup finals, FIFA World Cup final six times, a record equaled by Italy national football team, Italy and surpassed only by Brazil national football team, Brazil and Germany national football team, Germany, they also appeared in the Football at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rwanda
Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With a comparatively high elevation, Rwanda has been given the sobriquet "land of a thousand hills" (), with its geography dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the southeast, with numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate is temperate to subtropical, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year. It is the most densely populated mainland African country; among countries larger than 10,000 km2, it is the third-most densely populated country in the world. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is Kigali. Hunter-gatherers settled the territory in the Stone Age, Stone and Iron Ages, followed later by Bantu peoples. The population coalesce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 African Youth Championship
The 2009 African Youth Championship is a football tournament for under 20 players. It was held in Rwanda from 18 January until 1 February 2009. It also served as qualification for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Qualification Preliminary round The first leg was played on either the 18, 19 or 20 April 2008. The second leg was held on either the 2, 3 or 4 May 2008. The winners advanced to the First Round. Congo, Nigeria, Zambia, Gambia, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Cameroon, Benin, Morocco, Tunisia, Mali, Ghana, Angola, Gabon, South Africa and Burkina Faso all received byes to the First Round. First round The First Round first leg matches were held on the 27, 28 and 29 June 2008. The second legs were held on the 11, 12 and 13 July 2008. The winners qualified for the Second Round. Second round The first legs were played on the 26, 27 and 28 September. The second legs were played on the 11, 12 and 13 October. The winners qualified for the Finals. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
