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Stade Municipal (Bafang)
Stade Municipal is a multi-use stadium in Bafang, Cameroon. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as a home ground of Unisport de Bafang of the Cameroon Première Division The Championnat du Cameroun de football (also known as MTN Elite One since 2007 for sponsorship reasons) is the top division of association football in Cameroon, governed by the Cameroonian Football Federation since its establishment in 1961. P .... The stadium holds 5,000 people. External linksStadium information {{coord missing, Cameroon Football venues in Cameroon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event. Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event at the ancient Greek Olympic festival was the race that comprised one length of the stadion at Olympia, where the word "stadium" originated. Most of the stadiums with a capacity of at least 10,000 are used for association football. Other popular stadium sports include gridiron football, baseball, cricket, the various codes of rugby, field lacrosse, bandy, and bullfighting. Many large sports venues are also used for concerts. Etymology "Stadium" is the Latin form of the Greek word " stadion" (''στάδιον''), a measure of length equalling the length of 600 human feet. As feet are of variable length the exact length of a stadion depends on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bafang
Bafang is a town and commune in Cameroon situated in the Haut-Nkam division of the West Province. It lies at the heart of the territory of the Bamiléké people, and has a population of roughly 33,324. (2012) Religion Its cathedral, Cathédrale du Cœur-Immaculé de Marie, is the See of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafang, a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Douala, like the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nkongsamba, which it was split off from in 2011. Notable people * Tony Tchani, professional football player * Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui (born 23 November 1990) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Belgian club Gent and captains the Cameroon national team. Club career Ngadeu trained as a youth with Canon Yaoundé. Aft ..., professional football player of Slavia Prague and Cameroon National Team See also * Communes of Cameroon References External links GigaCatholic* Communes of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Its nearly 27 million people speak 250 native languages. Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad, and the Baka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest. Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area ''Rio dos Camarões'' (''Shrimp River''), which became ''Cameroon'' in English. Fulani soldiers founded the Adamawa E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unisport De Bafang
Unisport Football Club de Bafang is a football club based in Bafang in Cameroon's West Province. They are a member of the Cameroonian Football Federation and play in the Cameroon Premiere Division. The club's colours are yellow and red. Honours * Cameroon Première Division: 1 :: 1996 * Cameroon Cup: 1 :: 2012 ::Runners-up: 2000, 2005, 2011 *Super Coupe Roger Milla: 0 Performance in CAF competitions *CAF Champions League: 1 appearance ::1997 - Second Round *CAF Confederation Cup: 3 appearances ::2012 - First Round ::2013 - Preliminary Round ::2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ... - Preliminary Round Current squad as of 17 June 2019 ;Head coach: Pierre Ndjili Ndengue ;Assistant coach: Roger Tcheuko ;Team chef: Marcellin Gaha Djiadeu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroon Première Division
The Championnat du Cameroun de football (also known as MTN Elite One since 2007 for sponsorship reasons) is the top division of association football in Cameroon, governed by the Cameroonian Football Federation since its establishment in 1961. Prize Money Champions 100,000,000 FCFA Current Members 2022-23 *Aigle Royal (Dschang) * APEJES Academy (Yaoundé) *Avion (Douala) * Bamboutos FC (Mbouda) *Colombe (Yaoundé) *Canon Yaoundé (Yaoundé) * Coton Sport FC (Garoua) * Djiko FC (Bandjoun) * Dragon Club (Yaoundé) * Eding Sport FC (Lekié) *Fauve Azur (Yaoundé) * Fortuna Mfou ( Mfou) * Fovu de Baha ( Baham) *Gazelle FC (Garoua) * Les Astres FC (Douala) * PWD Bamenda (Bamenda) *Renaissance (Ngoumou) *Stade Renard ( Melong) * UMS de Loum ( Njombé) *Union Douala (Douala) *Yafoot (Yaoundé) * YOSA (Bamenda) Champions Champions were: *1960–61: Oryx Douala *1961–62: Caïman Douala *1962–63: Oryx Douala *1963–64: Oryx Douala *1964–65: Oryx Douala *1965–66: Diamant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
