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Group C: African Cup of Nations Preview (Gabon, Morocco, Niger, Tunisia) is a post from: Just
Football
We've looked at Demba Ba and friends in Group A and contemplated Côte d'Ivoire in Group B.
Just Football's team-by-team African Cup of Nations 2012 group
previews continues now with a look at Group C.
Continuing on with the caps trend, here's the updated stats for caps as a member of the SKC
Wizards. First is the caps that a player got while with KC, the second number is goals scored in
those caps.
Josh Wolff - USA - 38 - 6
Jimmy Conrad - USA - 28 - 1
Preki - USA - 26 - 4
Roger Espinoza - Honduras - 21 - 3
Kerry Zavagnin - USA - 21 - 0
Eddie Johnson - USA - 20 - 3
Shavar Thomas - Jamaica - 19 - 0
Chris Klein - USA - 17 - 3
Gary Glasgow - Trinidad & Tobago - 16 - 1
Khari Stephenson - Jamaica - 15 - 3
Scott Sealy - Trinidad & Tobago - 14 - 1
Tony Meola - USA - 12 - 0
Craig Rocastle - Grenada - 9 - 0
Sunil Chhetri - India - 9 - 5
Stephane Auvray - Guadeloupe - 8 - 1
Davy Arnaud - USA - 7 - 1
Kei Kamara - Sierra Leone - 6 - 0
Nick Garcia - USA - 6 - 0
Uche Okafor - Nigeria - 6 - 0
Onandi Lowe - Jamaica - 3 - 2
Mike Sorber - USA - 3 - 0
Miklos Molnar - Denmark - 3 - 0
Teal Bunbury - USA - 2 - 1
Mark Chung - USA - 2 - 0
Jermaine Hue - Jamaica - 2 - 0
Peterson Joseph - Haiti - 1 - 0
Chris Henderson - USA - 1 - 0
Steve Pittman - USA - 1 - 0
Digital Takawira - Zimbabwe - Unknown
Unfortunately I've still been unable to find a source for Digital Takawira's caps for Zimbabwe
while with Kansas City, I've tried contacting the FA and the CAF, but have struck out in both
instances.
Manchester City and Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure was yesterday named African Player of the
Year 2011 in a lavish gala ceremony in Accra Ghana. The 28 year old who has had a fantastic start
to the EPL this season, beat Mali's Seydou Keita and Ghana's Andre Ayew who finished second and
third respectively to win the award and become only the second Ivorian since Didier Drogba to win
the award.
The FIFA Club World Cup officially got under way today with two goals just before half-time
giving Kashiwa Reysol a 2-0 win over Auckland City in the qualifying play-off to send the Japanese
club through to the quarter-finals.
Kashiwa, who clinched the 2011 J-League title last weekend, had Junya Tanaka and Masato Kudo to
thank as the pair struck in the 37th and 40th minutes respectively to send the host nation's
representatives into the next round.
Mais um jogo amistoso, foi disputado no dia 10/08/2011, na cidade de Sapporo, onde jogaram as
seleções do Japão (14º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Coréia do Sul (28º no ranking da
FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo1998Seoul 01/11/1997 KOR0:2 (0:2)JPN Segunda etapa1998Tokyo 28/09/1997 JPN1:2 (0:0)KOR Segunda
etapa1994Doha 25/10/1993 JPN1:0 (0:0)KOR Rodada final1986Seoul 03/11/1985 KOR1:0 (0:0)JPN Terceira
etapa1986Tokyo 26/10/1985 JPN1:2 (1:2)KOR Terceira etapa1978Seoul 03/04/1977 KOR1:0 (0:0)JPN
Primeira Fase1978Tokyo 26/03/1977 JPN0:0KOR Primeira Fase1970Seoul 18/10/1969 JPN0:2 (0:2)KOR
Primeira Fase1970Seoul 12/10/1969 KOR2:2 (2:1)JPN Primeira Fase1962Tokyo 11/06/1961 JPN0:2 (0:1)KOR
UEFA/AFC/CAF1962Seoul 06/11/1960 KOR2:1 (2:1)JPN UEFA/AFC/CAF1954Tokyo 14/03/1954 KOR2:2 (2:1)JPN
Primeira Fase1954Tokyo 07/03/1954 JPN1:5 (1:2)KOR Primeira Fase
Copa da Ásia2011Doha 25/01/2011 JPN2:2 Prorr.
Por Equipe Trivela.com 28/09/2011 - 9h46 A África do Sul será a sede da Copa Africana de Nações
de 2013, segundo anunciou a Confederação Africana de Futebol (CAF) nesta quarta-feira.
Originalmente, a Líbia sediaria o torneio, mas os problemas políticos no país fizeram a CAF
mudar o local dos jogos.
Series of very funny mistakes, that you wish that "the ground swallow you" as we say, and vanish
immediately
A keeper from Yugoslavia
Then a very old defender from a game in Greece back to 1976 (the first goal in this game). Oh my
God, just look into the players teammates, they wanted to kill him.
FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualification
It might seem a world away, but for some countries, the 2014 World Cup has already finished.
Qualifiers for the finals in Brazil began in June, and these nations will be watching FIFA's big
party on television having been eliminated:
Afghanistan
Anguilla
Aruba
British Virgin IslandsCambodia
Chinese Taipei
East Timor
Macao
Mongolia
Pakistan
Sri LankaTurks and Caicos
And at the end of today, Montserrat look likely to join them, trailing Belize 5-2 from their home
leg.
In an all-Tanzanian affair the Kagame Inter-Club Cup, a tournament for clubs from east and
central Africa, has been won by Young Africans Football Club following a narrow 1-0 victory over
arch-rivals Simba Sports Club.
The game was always going to be a close affair with Tanzania's two most decorated club sides
facing each other in the final.
The first match-up of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign will begin in earnest on
Wednesday. Belize and Montserrat, ranked in positions 172 and 202 of FIFA's World Rankings
respectively, will begin the qualification process in the CONCACAF region with a two-legged fixture
taking place on June 15th and 19th.
Davide Somma Pic: Sowetan
The Bafana Bafana vs Egypt match will be live on SABC on Sunday 5 June at 8.30 pm.
That is good news because the Boys need to know that all their fans are watching and cheering
them on in this important AFCON qualifier against the Pharoes at the Cairo Military Academy Stadium
.
Davide Somma Pic: Sowetan
The Bafana Bafana vs Egypt match will be live on SABC on Sunday 5 June at 8.30 pm.
That is good news because the Boys need to know that all their fans are watching and cheering
them on in this important AFCON qualifier against the Pharoes at the Cairo Military Academy Stadium
.
FIFA cleared the re-election of Sepp Blatter as FIFA president today.
"No investigation against Blatter is warranted," according to Petrus Damaseb, the
ethics committee deputy chairman.
A full inquiry into Mohammed Bin Hammam and Jack Warner having made bribes to the Caribbean
Football Union officials in exchange for their votes in the presidential elections will be
conducted later till which time both executive members are suspended.
As the group stage of the 2011 UEFA U-17 Championship wrapped up in Serbia, the top six teams have
clinched a place in the upcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico.
Eight European teams were competing in two groups of four in a round-robin format, and while the
top two teams in each group moved onto the continental semifinals, the top three teams advanced to
Mexico.
Courtesy TribeAthletics.com
Tue, March 15, 2011
Courtesy TribeAthletics.com
Q: Why did you choose the Tribe?
Because I wanted to compete for, and win, CAA Titles.Q: Describe a moment when you felt the most Tribe pride...
When we made it to the sweet 16 and got to go to Dallas.
Can a Journalist Overthrow Sepp Blatter? is a post from: Just Football
This humble editor thought the 'Grant Wahl for FIFA President' tweets were all part of some
elaborate joke when they appeared cascading in his Twitter timeline. But apparently, they're not.
Joe Tompkins reports:
Unless you live in the US, the name Grant Wahl probably doesn't mean much to you.
CAIRO, Egypt — Egypt want a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa during
March postponed until mid-year because of recent political upheaval that led to President Hosni
Mubarak being toppled. The record seven-time winners of the premier Pan-African national team
competition are scheduled to play the Group G leaders at an unannounced [.
LUBUMSASHI, DR Congo Morocco and South africa will host the 2015 and 2017 editions of the Nations
Cup respectively Morocco have won the right to stage the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations while South
Africa will host the 2017 edition. The decision was taken at a meeting of the executive committee
of the Confederation [.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa Veteran goalkeeper Muteba Kidiaba starred as Club World Cup runners-up
TP Mazembe from the Democratic Republic of Congo collected a seventh African title Saturday.
Kidiaba saved a shootout kick against FUS Rabat from Morocco in southern Congolese city Lubumbashi
and then converted a penalty to give his team a 9-8 victory [.
Cote D'Ivoire topped defending champion Gambia 4-1 and Congo defeated Mali 2-1 to reach the
semifinals of the CAF U-17 Championship, and with that, a berth to the FIFA U-17 World Cup in
Mexico.
The pair joins CAF tournament host Rwanda and Burkina Faso in both the continental championship and
Mexico.
The semi-final line-up in the CAF Under-17 Championship in Rwanda has been decided. The four
semi-finalists already have the pleasure of having qualified for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup so
they will all take to the field this week in the hope of becoming continental champions.
Hosts Rwanda are amongst the final four after finishing second in Group A just behind Burkina
Faso on goal difference.
The semi-final line-up in the CAF Under-17 Championship in Rwanda has been decided. The four
semi-finalists already have the pleasure of having qualified for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup so
they will all take to the field this week in the hope of becoming continental champions.
Hosts Rwanda are amongst the final four after finishing second in Group A just behind Burkina
Faso on goal difference.
Hosts New Zealand are the current champions
In much the same way as the CAF African U-17 Championship is taking place at the moment in
Rwanda, the Oceania version of the event also began this weekend in New Zealand. Fiji were the big
winners putting nine goals past a hapless American Samoa.
The country of Rwanda hosts the CAF African Under-17 Championship from today as eight countries
fight it out not only for the continental title but also for one of the four available places in
the FIFA Under-17 World Championship which takes place in Mexico this summer.
The African U-17 Championship has existed in its current form since 1995 and takes place every
two years.
Defending FIFA U-20 World Cup Champion Ghana (who also won the African U-20 championship in 2009)
has been drawn into Group B of the upcoming qualifying tournament along with Nigeria, Gambia and
Cameroon. Group A is made up of host Libya, Mali, Egypt and Lesotho.
The CAF U-20 Championship kicks off March 18 and runs through April 1.
