|
King Faisal Babes FC
King Faisal Football Club, nicknamed the Babes, is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Kumasi, Ashanti Region. Owned by Kumasi's Muslim community and named after King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, the Babes compete in Division One League, the second tier football league in Ghana. They were represented at the 2006 FIFA World Cup by left-back Habib Mohamed. Achievements *Ghana Top Four Cup **Champions (1): 2004 Performance in CAF competitions *CAF Confederation Cup: ::2004 – second round ::2005 – group stage ::2006 – first round Current squad ''As of 15 April 2023'' Managers * Nana Whyte (1998–2001) * Hans-Dieter Schmidt (2003–2004) * Steven Polack (2007–2009) * Zdravko Logarušić (2009–2010) * Miroslav Buljan (2011) * Stephen Agburi (2012) * Mallam Yahaya (2012–2013) * Dorian Marin (2014) * Slaviša Božičić Slaviša Božičić (Serbian Cyrillic: Славиша Божичић; born 8 January 1966) is a Serbian M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumasi Sports Stadium
Baba Yara Sports Stadium (also Kumasi Sports Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium in Kumasi, Ashanti. It is Ghana's largest stadium, with a seating capacity of 40,528. The Kumasi Stadium is used mostly for football matches, although it is also used for athletics. It is the home of Kumasi Asante Kotoko as well as King Faisal. The Stadium which is known for hosting important games such as World cup qualifiers and AFCON qualifiers received its heaviest backlash due to technical infraction and unsuitable playing field. This was due to a church program organized on the pitch thereby losing its license to host football matches of international standard s. History The stadium was originally built by the United African Company (UAC) in 1957 and inaugurated as a designated football pitch in 1959. The first stands were constructed in 1971. The stadium was rebuilt in 1977. It was renamed after Kumasi-born footballer Baba Yara (1936–1969, active for Asante Kotoko 1955–1961) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dankyi
William Ntori Dankyi (born 4 September 1999) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ghanaian Premier league side King Faisal Babes. A youth product of Charity Stars and Liberty Professionals, Dankyi spent three seasons playing for Liberty Professionals before joining Hearts of Oak in May 2018. With Hearts, he won five trophies, one Ghana Premier League title, two Ghana FA Cups, the Ghana President's Cup and the Ghana Super Cup. Departing Hearts in 2022, he joined King Faisal Babes on a short-term contract helping them to reach the 2023 Ghana FA Cup. Dankyi has capped for Ghana at youth level in all age group covering the Ghana U-17, U-20 and the U-23 national team levels. He was selected for the 2013 African U-17 Championship and 2019 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations. Club career Early career Dankyi started his career with lower-tier side Charity Stars before moving to Liberty Professionals. His performance in the Ghana U-17 attracted top-tier t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Clubs In Ghana
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in Australia, Canada, South Africa, the United States, and sometimes in Ireland and New Zealand); Australian rules football; Gaelic football; gridiron football (specifically American football, arena football, or Canadian football); International rules football; rugby league, rugby league football; and rugby union, rugby union football. These various forms of football share, to varying degrees, common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Faisal F
King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a constitutional monarch if his power is restrained by fixed laws. Kings are hereditary monarchs when they inherit power by birthright and elective monarchs when chosen to ascend the throne. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the title may refer to tribal kingship. Germanic kingship is cognate with Indo-European traditions of tribal rulership (cf. Indic ''rājan'', Gothic ''reiks'', and Old Irish ''rí'', etc.). *In the context of classical antiquity, king may translate in Latin as '' rex'' and in Greek as ''archon'' or ''basileus''. *In classical European feudalism, the title of ''king'' as the ruler of a ''kingdom'' is understood to be the highest rank in the feudal order, potentially subject, at least nominally, only to an emperor (harking back to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slaviša Božičić
Slaviša Božičić (Serbian Cyrillic: Славиша Божичић; born 8 January 1966) is a Serbian Manager (association football), football manager. Managerial career Božičić started off his managerial career at FK Milicionar. After Milicionar, Božičić worked with the youth teams of Red Star Belgrade. He then managed FK Bežanija being fired early into the 2004–05 Second League of Serbia and Montenegro. After a one season stint at FK Borac Šamac in the First League of the Republika Srpska, Božičić became the new manager of Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina club FK Modriča. He had big success with Modriča, winning the club's historic 2007–08 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina title. After leaving Modriča in June 2008, he returned to Bežanija who he managed for one more year. In 2011, he was in charge of FK Rudar Kakanj, while in 2012, he was the manager of FK Borac Banja Luka and from November 2013 to March 2014, he led FK Slavija Sarajevo. Tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorian Marin
Dorian Marin (born 18 June 1960) is a Romanian football coach who last managed Nigerian side Calabar Rovers. Coaching career In 1991, Marin attended the federal coaching school of the Romanian Football Federation which he graduated in 1992. He began his coaching career in his native Romania where he managed lower league sides Minerul Comănești, Baia Mare and Midia Năvodari. Between 2001 and 2004, Marin was in charge of Syrian clubs Hutteen and Qardaha before moving to Lebanon where he coached Racing Beirut in the 2004–05 season. After quitting his job in Beirut, Marin was named coach of both the Eritrea national football team and the Eritrean under-17 simultaneously. He managed to qualify his Eritrea U17 side at the 2007 African U-17 Championship in Togo after defeating in the qualifiers Libya, Egypt and Zambia. In qualification for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, under the guidance of Marin, Eritrea finished second behind Angola, failing to qualify for the final to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mallam Yahaya
Mallam Yahaya (born 31 December 1974) is a Ghanaian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder or forward. He made 12 appearances for the Ghana national team scoring once. International career Yahaya was member of the Ghana national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg .... Managerial career Following spells as coach of Nzema Kotoko and King Faisal Babies, Yahaya was announced as manager of New Edubiase United in November 2016. He resigned in May 2017. References External links * * Profile Waldhof 1974 births Living people Footballers from Kumasi Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Ghana men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Ghana Football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miroslav Buljan
Miroslav Buljan (born 18 December 1955) is a Croatian retired professional association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player. He particularly managed various Croatian clubs in the Croatian First Football League, 1.HNL, Croatian Second Football League, 2.HNL, and Croatian Third Football League, 3.HNL, as well as NK Široki Brijeg, Široki Brijeg in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Premier League. Playing career Born in Slavonski Brod, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia, present day Croatia, Buljan began playing Association football, football in the youth levels of hometown club NK Marsonia, Marsonia in 1964. In 1974, he joined the youth team of GNK Dinamo Zagreb, Dinamo Zagreb, but a year later, in 1975, he signed his first professional contract with Marsonia, and played at the club until 1983. Managerial career During his tenure as a player with NK Marsonia, Marsonia, Buljan managed to achieve a UEF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zdravko Logarušić
Zdravko Logarušić (born 21 October 1965) is a Croatian football manager/head coach. Overall, he has coached in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and North America. In 2001, Logarušić took coaching courses to get a UEFA Pro Licence. Career Gor Mahia Chosen as Gor Mahia boss in 2012, he vowed to end the clubs 18-year wait to win the Premier League trophy. In winter 2012, Logarušić was expected to be back for the pre-season training before the new season. He was relieved of duties in June 2013. In his defense, Logarušić demurred that he did not have a work permit and lived in Nairobi on a tourist visa. Secondly, he raised issue about evident lack of formal contract with the Nairobi-based team. Female fans criticized the board for his dismissal. Simba After leaving Kenya, Logarušić was offered a relatively high salary from Simba SC to coach them and took the offer. When he got Simba SC good results, the Tanzanian outfit bought him a house overlooking the beachfront. Unfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Polack
Steven George Polack (born 10 January 1961) is an English football manager and former player who has been head coach of clubs in Finland, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa. As a player, he spent most of his career as a defender and midfielder in Finland. Early and personal life Polack was born in Birmingham, England to an English mother and a father from the West Indies. He also holds Finnish citizenship. Career Polack played 13 seasons and 301 games for RoPS Rovaniemi and FC Inter in the Finnish premier division Veikkausliiga from 1984 to 1994 and 1996–1997. He is one of the most notable players of RoPS. After his playing career Polack has been coaching several clubs in Finland as well as King Faisal and Berekum Chelsea and SC Kotoko in Ghana, Gor Mahia in Kenya and Marumo Gallants in South Africa. Honours As a player RoPS *Finnish Cup: 1986 *2 Bronze Medals *Player of the year (5 times) As a manager Berekum Chelsea * GHALCA Glo G8 Cup: 2011 Asante Kotoko * MTN G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans-Dieter Schmidt
Hans-Dieter Schmidt (born 9 January 1948) is a former German football player turned manager. Playing career Schmidt's playing career – part of which he spent with Hannover 96 – ended early after a severe injury at the age of 23. Coaching career Following the end of his playing days, Schmidt passed his manager diploma and worked as manager of SV Meppen for several years. After spending a year with Eintracht Nordhorn, Schmidt joined VfB Oldenburg as manager and came in second place in the German amateur football championship in 1988. In the same year, he joined FC Bayern Munich, managing their reserve team for two years, before taking over as managing director of Hannover 96. While working in that office in Hannover, he was interim manager for two matches, before Michael Lorkowski took over. He also managed VfB Lübeck and VfL Osnabrück, before Schmidt went abroad for the first time in 1994. He managed Egyptian top-flight team Baladeyet Al-Mahalla before joining Saudi Premier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CAF Confederation Cup 2006
The 2006 CAF Confederation Cup was the third edition of the CAF Confederation Cup. It started with the preliminary round (home-and away ties) that was played in February and March 2006. Étoile Sahel of Tunisia beat FAR Rabat of Morocco in the final. The final was marred by a skirmish when FAR Rabat attacked the referee and his linesman after having a late goal ruled out. Pre Cup Events Before the cup, Morocco and South Africa offered to host the cup. Due to the uncertainty of hosting the cup in African terrain where there were ongoing conflicts at the time they did not host the cup. Qualifying rounds Preliminary round 1st legs played 17–19 February 2006 and 2nd legs played 3–5 March 2006. 1 ASC Entente and Bakau United FC withdrew. 2 The tie between Ferroviário da Beira and Élan Club was played over one leg only by mutual consent. 3 Moro United were drawn against the representatives of Zimbabwe, but the Zimbabwean FA were unable to send a te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
