Sporting Afrique Football Club was a professional
football club which played in
Singapore
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's
S.League in 2006. The team was made up not of Singaporeans, but of players of
African descent. Its squad consisted of players from
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Cameroon
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,
Kenya
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Ghana
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. The club finished in 9th place out of 11 teams in the S.League in the 2006 season. They were involved in a number of off-field controversies, and their application to participate in the S.League again in 2007 was rejected by the FAS. The club played its home games at the
Yishun Stadium
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History
* 1996 to 2003- Home to the Sembawang Rangers FC.
* 2006 S.League Season- Sporting Afrique ...
.
In allowing Sporting Afrique to join the league, the S.League hoped that their involvement would make the competition more exciting, and possibly unearth some good players who might be able to change their nationality to Singaporean and thus play for the
Singapore national football team
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(as Nigerian-born
Agu Casmir
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Club career
Casmir previously played for S.League clubs Young Lions and Woodlands Wel ...
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In June 2006, it was reported that, while the players had been promised monthly salaries of S$1,600 (~US$1,000), they only received S$100 a month (~US$60), as S$700 was deducted for food (reportedly a monotonous diet of rice and chicken), and S$800 for accommodation despite all 22 team members living 5 or 6 per room in the same house in an area where a typical house rental was around S$3,000. Their contracts also forbade talking to the media, but team members contacted the
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anonymously, drawing international attention. Club president Collin Chee, who had initially claimed to be "not short-changing any of them", eventually backed down and agreed to raise their salaries to S$600, with performance bonuses and better housing.
Seasons
Notable players
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Jacques Ngo'o
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Christian Priso
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Kaze Teffo Etienne
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Frederick Addai
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Thomas Biketi
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Nepal and Karuturi
Helping Jawalkhel Youth Club to a three- ...
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Harrison Muranda
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Nicholas Muyoti
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Christopher Nyangweso
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Churchill Agofure
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Lukmon Anifaloyin
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Kehinde Hussani Badmus
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Lucky Diokpara
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Julius Ejueyitsi
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Peter Lipede
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Ferdinand Nnodim
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Ifesinachi Nwaigwe
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Nwankwo Ogochukwu
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Michael Onyia
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Udo Fortune
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Obot Udoaka
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Nzekwesi Udorji
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Samuel Umoh
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Sergio Yaale
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Udo Fidelis Chika
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Coach
*
R. Balasubramaniam (2006 – 2007)
President
* Collin Chee (2006 – 2007)
Thomas Biketi’s Sporting Afrique set to disband
References
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Association football clubs established in 2006
Singapore Premier League clubs