The Federation Royal de Marocaine Football (FRMF) has appointed legendary goalkeeper Badou Zaki as head coach of the Atlas Lions for a second time.He replaces Hassan Benabicha, who held the position in an interim capacity.The 55-year old, who first tenure in charge of the Moroccan national team lasted between 2002 and 2005, will see the team through to the 2015 Orange Africa Cup of Nations, which the North African country will be hosting.FRMF president Fouzi Lekjaa made the announcement at a press conference on Friday (2 May 2014) in Rabat.Badou was a member of the Atlas Lions squad that progressed…
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Somalia achieved an unprecedented approach in its football history on Thursday (1 May 2014) when CAF presented certificates to 25 young coaches at a ceremony in Mogadishu.The graduated coaches took part in the CAF License ‘C’ course held in August 2013.The course was the first in the annals of Somali football, as part of the joint CAF and Somali Football Federation (SFF) effort to raise the standard of the game in the war-ravaged country.SFF Technical Director Awil Ismail Mohamed remarked that Somalia was the last country to benefit from the CAF license ‘C’ course due to the civil unrest in…
MC Alger beat JS Kabylie 5-4 on penalties to win this year’s edition of the Algeria Cup.The final of the 50th edition of the annual knockout competition held on Thursday (1 May 2014) at the Mustapha Tchaker Stadium in Blida ended 1-1 in regulation time before MC Alger prevailed from kicks via the spot.MC Alger were the first to score as early as the fourth minute after JS Kabylie captain Ali Rial deflected a corner into his own net.A minute from time, the ‘Canaries’ drew level and it was captain Rial who scored from the spot to take the game…
Benin emerged winners of the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) ‘B’ U-17 Championship held from 19-27 April in Lome, Togo.The Beninois beat mali 2-1 after extra time in the final to claim the ultimate at the zonal cadet championship dubbed ‘President Cup’.The tournament, the first of the zonal union this year also provided a preparatory ground for the participating teams ahead of the qualifiers of the African U-17 Championship Niger 2015.The Beninois bounced back from a 2-1 defeat of hosts Togo in the opening game, dispatched Cote d’Ivoire 2-1 in the next game before seeing off favourites, Nigeria 3-1 on…
The Organizing Committee for Interclubs Competitions have decided to exceptionally open the second registration period for the 2014 season from 1 May 2014 to 5 August 2014, instead of the regular 1 July to 5 August.This is due to the fact that the group phase matches of the Orange CAF Champions League and Orange CAF Confederation Cup commences on the weekend of 16-18 May 2014.The decision taken at the committee’s meeting held on 28 April 2014 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt added that clubs can start registering players on condition that the new players are registered with the…
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Following the draw of the group phase of the 2014 Orange CAF Champions League and Orange CAF Confederation Cup, Cafonline.com sampled the reactions of representatives of the participating clubs. Patrick Banichay – General Secretary, AS Vita Club Now that we know our opponents, we will start preparations in earnest. All the clubs at this stage deserve to be here. We are looking to forward to our home games. Dr Hassan Ali – Director, Al Hilal It is a fair draw. There is no weak side at this stage. All the teams are capable. We are very satisfied and…
Two time winners Esperance of Tunisia will have to overcome an all- North African group if they are to add a third title in this year’s Orange CAF Champions League. The draw for the 2014 group stage of the continent’s premier inter-club competition conducted in Cairo (Tuesday 29 April) produced fascinating encounters. Recently retired Egyptian international and reigning African Player of the Year based in Africa, Mohamed Abou-Trika was at CAF HQ to assist Secretary General, Hicham El Amrani to do the draw.Abou-Trika the Al Ahly legend picked out fellow Egyptian side, Zamalek to be in group A where the,…
Al Ahly of Egypt have been drawn in group B of the 2014 Orange CAF Confederation Cup where they will battle with Ivorian side Sewe Sport , Etoile du Sahel from Tunisia and Zambia’s Nkana FC in their bid to win the only African club competition they haven’t won in their illustrious history. Cameroon club side Coton Sport will play in group A along with Ivorian side ASEC Mimosas , Malian side, AS Real and AC Leopards of Congo Brazzaville.Al Ahly record eight times Champions League winners have never won the second tier African club competition and will need to…
The race to crown new Orange CAF Champions League winner enters into the mini league phase of the competition after the draw conducted today at CAF HQ in Cairo and it threw an interesting twist. DR Congo ‘s two representatives, TP Mazembe and AS Vita were draw in the same group as were Esperance and C.S Sfaxien of Tunisia who complete an All-North African group (B) along with Algeria’s E.S Setif and Ahly Benghazi from Libya.Five time competition winners, Zamalek from Egypt were drawn in group A joining the DR Congo pair and Sudanese giants, Al Hilal. More to follow: Confederation…