It’s Super Cup time on the African football calendar and a rematch of the 2009 contest looms large in Cairo with Egyptian club side Al Ahly taking on visiting Tunisians, CS Sfaxien. Five years ago the sides met in their first Super Cup match and on that February 6, 2009 also in Cairo at the International Stadium, Al Ahly triumphed 2-1 in Cairo. Angolan winger Flavio Amando struck a second half brace while Ivorian Blaise Kouassi scored for Sfaxien. The Tunisians arrived in Egypt and immediately declared that they have set their sights or reversing their fortunes against Ahly, who…
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Tunisian side, CS Sfaxien makes a return to Cairo five years after playing against Al-Ahly in the Orange CAF Super Cup, hoping to make amends this time. Sfaxien lost 2-1 that day, 6 February 2009, with Angolan Flavio Amado netting a double for the Cairo giants whilst Ivorian Blaise Kouassi scored for the Tunisians. At the time, Portuguese Jose Manuel was the coach of Ahly and Ghazi Ghrayri for Sfaxien. Since then, a lot has happened at both clubs, notably the recent retirement of Ahly legends, Mohamed Aboutreika and Mohamed Barakat, whilst Mohamed Youssef was elevated to the head of…
Al-Ahly coach Mohamed Youssef opens up to Cafonline.com ahead of their Orange CAF Super Cup clash against CS Sfaxien of Tunisia on Thursday, 20 February 2014 at the Cairo International Stadium. Youssef, who guided the Egyptian giants to the Orange CAF Champions League last year, says the trophy will be the ideal gift for their teeming fans, who will be watching the team play at their favourite grounds for the first time in as many years. He also talks about the new look Ahly team following the retirement of Mohamed Barakat and Mohamed Aboutreika last year. Below is the full…
Angolan clubs Petro Atletico and Desportivo Huila advanced to the first round of the Orange CAF Confederation Cup at the weekend after stirring displays. Both teams triumphed 3-0 at home to wipe out two-goal first-leg deficits in the preliminary round of the second-tier African club competition. Luanda outfit Petro left it late with Ladji Keita scoring the tie-clinching third goal just two minutes from time against Namibians African Stars.The Windhoek club travelled to their northern neighbours confident a 2-0 first-leg advantage would be sufficient to earn them a last-32 place. But Hartman Toromba conceded an own goal just two minutes…
Dominick Kumbela stole the show from African stars across Europe at the weekend with a hat-trick for German strugglers Eintracht Braunschweig.The Democratic Republic of Congo-born striker needed just over 30 minutes to net three times in a 4-2 triumph against fellow battlers Hamburg.Ivorian Lacina Traore, in his first match on loan to Everton, Ghanaian Kwadwo Asamoah for Juventus and Kenyan Dennis Oliech for Ajaccio were other scorers.ENGLAND LACINA TRAORE (Everton)The 6ft 8in (2.1 metres) Ivory Coast forward, on loan from Monaco, needed just four minutes of his first start for Everton to break the deadlock in a 3-1 FA Cup…
The Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) are set to grow closer with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 10:30 am (local time) at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.CAF President, Issa Hayatou and UEFA President, Michel Platini, will sign the MoU of mutual co-operation on development of football in Africa and Europe between the two confederations. The two Presidents will be assisted by Hicham El Amrani, Secretary General of CAF and Gianni Infantino, General Secretary of the UEFA. Also in attedance will be members…
Kampala Capital City Authority FC (KCCA) goalkeeper Jamal Salim was named man of the Match as Uganda Champions ejected Sudan’s El Merreikh in the 2014 Orange CAF Champions League competition. Despite winning 2-1 against away from home in Kampala, the sudan League champion bowed out falling on a 3-2 goal aggregate. Salim Jamal was outstanding as KCCA would have bowed down out of the competition but for the heroics of the 19 year old who kept the team in the hunt with among other saves another penalty stop just like he did in sudan one week ago. Striker Tony Odur, who also scored in…
Ghana’s Black Queens took a giant step towards qualification for the next round of the 2014 African Women’s Championship (AWC) qualifiers courtesy a 3-0 win over Burkina Faso on Sunday night in Ouagadougou. The Black Queens, three-time losing finalists at the continental championship made their experience count against their northern neighbours in the first leg clash of the first round. The Ghanaians dominated from the onset as the Burkinabes found it tough to pull their passes together. Three minutes into the game, the Ghanaians were up after hard-pressed defender Edith Bambara inadvertently diverted a shot into her own net.…
Young Africans (Tanzania) – Al Ahly (Egypt)Berekum Chelsea (Ghana) – Ahli Benghazi (Libya)Gor Mahia (Kenya) – Esperance (Tunisia)Enyimba (Nigeria) – AS Real (Mali)Astres de Douala (Cameroon) – TP Mazembe (DR Congo)B.Y.C (Liberia) – Sewe Sport (Cote d’Ivoire)Dedebit (Ethiopia) – CS Sfaxien (Tunisia)Horoya (Guinea) – Raja Casablanca (Morocco)Flambeau de l’Est (Burundi) – Coton Sport (Cameroon)Entente Setif (Algeria) – ASFA Yennenga (Burkina Faso)Stade Malien (Mali) – El Hilal (Sudan)AC Leopards (Congo) – Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)Kaizer Chiefs (South Africa) – Liga Muçulmana (Mozambique)Dynamos FC (Zimbabwe) – AS Vita Club (DR Congo)Zamalek (Egypt) – Kabuscorp (Angola)Nkana (Zambia) – Kampala City Council (Uganda) First…
Egypt’s chances of reaching the 2014 African Women’s Championship (AWC) suffered a major blow after losing 0-3 to Tunisia on Sunday in Cairo.The Tunisians go into the second leg with a three-goal advantage, meaning the Egyptians must score at least four answered goals to remain in the battle for a place at the ninth edition of the continental showpiece women’s football competition in Namibia in October.After a balanced opening minute, the visitors went up on 23 minutes through captain Hidouri Zina, to give her side a first half lead.Three minutes from recess, Gonri Dhekra increased the tally before Maknoun Leila…
Moroccan side, AS FAR have emerged the biggest casualty of the preliminary round of the Orange CAF Champions League.The 1985 winners were axed from the competition after managing a 1-1 draw with AS Real of mali in the second leg encounter on Saturday in Bamako. The Malians advanced on the away goal rule after a 3-3 tie.Souleymane Coulibaly scored for the hosts after six minutes before Salaheddine Aqqal equalized for the visitors on 50 minutes, but it was little enough to ensure their continued stay in the competition.The Moroccans started on a bright note but it was AS Real, which…
CAF announces that the 2014 Orange CAF Super Cup will take place at the Cairo International Stadium on Thursday, 20 February 2014 at 19h00 local time.The decision was informed by organizational reasons.The one-off match that pits 2013 Orange CAF Champions League winners, Al Ahly (Egypt) against 2013 Orange CAF Confederation Cup winners, CS Sfaxien (Tunisia) was initially scheduled for the Air Defence Stadium in Cairo.It will be the second meeting between the two clubs after the 2009 edition which Ahly won 2-1 in Cairo.Ahly is the most successful club in the history of the CAF Super Cup with five titles…
The place of Coach Kadiri Ikhana in Nigerian football folklore is already assured after he led Enyimba International Football Club of Aba to win the CAF Champions League in 2003.The feat achieved by the People’s Elephants, as Enyimba is called, under Ikhana was historic since it ended Nigeria’s four-decade wait for success in the CAF Champions League. Ikhana is highly revered at home having successfully coached a string of domestic clubs including Kano Pillars, who incidentally are hoping to overturn a 3-1 first round, first leg defeat against Association Sportive Vita Club of Democratic Republic of Congo in this weekend’s…
Former KCCA FC Striker Robert Ssentongo of Uganda who was part of the squad eliminated by El Merreikh in the CAF Champions League 2009 has cautioned the current squad about Saturday 15th February game.He has been league top soccer 4 times 2000, 2009 2011, and 2012 as well as Uganda Cranes top scorer in the CECAFA Region in the past 5 year. Ssentongo who is currently unattached after his contract with St George of Ethiopia expired spoke to Cafonline.com after watching the KCCA FC training ahead of their tie this weekend.“I remember we have things in common with current squad…
The Ugandan Champions KCCA FC will be looking to restore their pride as one of Ugandan famous clubs both locally and internationally when they take on Sudan`s El Merriekh in the return leg of the Orange CAF Champions League this weekend. With the advantage of 2-0 from the first leg match in Khartoum KCCA FC will look to the great form of young custodian Salim Jamal who is having his first continental club competition game at home this weekend. Salim Jamal 19, helped KCCA FC to keep a clean sheet away in Khartoum when he saved a penalty and will…
In-form Kaizer Chiefs striker Kingston Nkhatha said the journey to the Namibian capital of Windhoek for a date with Black Africa should be a mere formality after the Soweto Glamour Boys won the first leg of the Orange CAF Champions preliminary round 3-0 at FNB Stadium last week.The two teams meet again in the return leg on Saturday night with the first leg’s two-goal hero Nkhatha hoping to seal a passage into the first round proper.The Namibians were totally outplayed in the first leg and never looked like scoring even a consolation goal but spurred on by the home crowd,…
AS Kigali travel to Bujumbura on Friday 14th February for their Orange CAF Confederation Cup preliminary round return leg clash against Burundi’s Academie Tchite FC due to be played on Sunday 16th February at Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium.As its name suggests, Academy Tchité is a team sponsored by the player Mohamed Tchite who plays for Club Brugge of Belgium. The player was born in Burundi of Rwandan parents but turned down invitation to play for the Rwandan national team. He has played in Rwanda for Mukura Victory FC.Coach Andre Gasambungo (Who in the past played in Burundi as the Flamingo…
The 2012 Orange CAF Confederation Cup winners AC leopards of Dolisie are in Kigali for this weekend’s second leg of Champions League match against Rayon Sports to be played Saturday 15th February at the national stadium Amahoro in Kigali, The first leg match ended with a goalless draw. Rayon sports is the most popular team in Rwanda with around 65% of football fans in the country of a thousand hills, put their chances to eliminate one of the giants of Africa on his population support. Rayon is coach by Luc Eymael and the Belgian believes his team has a great task…
Swaziland club Mbabane Swallows are on the verge of creating a major Orange CAF Champions League upset this weekend by eliminating Zambian outfit Nkana. Goals from Zimbabwean Kudzanayi Matanda and Felix Badenhorst gave the unfancied ‘Birds’ a 2-0 cushion after the first leg of a preliminary tie. And Zambia-born Swallows coach Christopher Tembo says they will “definitely not” allow 1990 runners-up Nkana back into contention. “We will not surrender a two-goal advantage,” was his defiant message to opponents with a far more impressive record in the premier African club football competition. Apart from losing a final to Algerians JS Kabylie…
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has recalled veteran defender Joseph Yobo for the March 5 friendly with Mexico in Atlanta, USA. Yobo, 33, makes a return to the Super Eagles for the first time since the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa. The defender, who joined English side, Norwich City, last month from Turkish giants, Fenerbahce, has been given a chance to prove himself for a place in Nigeria’s squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Midfielder Ejike Uzoenyi, adjudged the Most Valuable Player at the recently held Orange African Nations Championship (CHAN) in South Africa is included in…