2018 LINAFOOT (Chad)

Last updated
LINAFOOT
Season2018
Dates15 September 2018 - 7 October 2018
Champions Elect-Sport FC
1st LINAFOOT title
5th Chadian title
Champions League Elect-Sport FC
Confederation Cup AS CotonTchad
Matches played33
Goals scored101 (3.06 per match)
Top goalscorer Abou Deco (14)
← 2017
2019 →

The 2018 LINAFOOT was the 2nd season of the LINAFOOT, the top Chadian league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2015.

Contents

Unlike the 1st LINAFOOT edition (in 2015) organised as a full national championship and won by Gazelle FC, this edition was organized under the play-off formula. [1]

The season started on 15 September 2018 and concluded on 7 October 2018. The twelve teams were divided into two groups of six teams. [2] [3] [4] The matches were played at three stadiums: Stade d'Académie de Farcha, Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya and Stade de Paris-Congo. [5] All matches were being played at 03:30 p.m. local time. Elect-Sport FC won their fifth Chadian title. Abou Deco (AS CotonTchad) was the league topscorer with 14 goals; Mbangousoum Éric was voted the best player; Francis Oumar Belonga (Elect-Sport FC) was voted the best coach.

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Renaissance FC 5410173+1413Qualification to play-offs
2 Tourbillon FC 531183+510
3 AS Eléphant de Zakouma d'Am-Timan 521245−17
4 AS Wadi-Fira Biltine 520336−36
5 Les Abeilles du Mandoul 5122310−75
6 AS CotonTchad Moundou 5014311−81
Updated to match(es) played on 5 January 2019. Source: [6]

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 AS CotonTchad 5320145+911Qualification to play-offs
2 Elect-Sport FC 5311116+510
3 Foullah Edifice FC 5212106+47
4 Gazelle FC 52121011−17
5 AS Mirim Mongo 511359−44
6 AS Lycod de Doba 5104518−133
Updated to match(es) played on 5 January 2019. Source: [6]

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

[Oct 2]

Renaissance (N'Djaména) 0-0 Elect Sport [3-4 pen]

Coton Tchad (N'Djaména) 3-0 Tourbillon

Third place match

[Oct 6] Renaissance (N'Djaména) 1-2 Tourbillon

Final

[Oct 7, stade Idriss Mohamat Ouya, N'Djaména]

Coton Tchad (N'Djaména) 1-1 Elect Sport [3-4 pen]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chad national football team</span> National association football team

The Chad national football team, nicknamed Sao, represents Chad in international football and is controlled by the Chadian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country. The team has never qualified for the World Cup finals or Africa Cup of Nations. Home matches are played at the Idriss Mahamat Ouya Stadium. In April 2021, FIFA banned the Chad national football team from participating in global football over the Chadian government's interference with the Chadian Football Federation.

Stade Nacional, also named Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, is a multi-use stadium in N'Djamena, Chad. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 20,000 people and it has artificial grass. It is currently the home ground of the Chad national football team. It is named after former Chadian highjumper Mahamat Idriss (1942—1987).

Chad Premier League is a Chadian league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Chadian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 12 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Division 2.

The Chad Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Chad football. The winner competes in the CAF Confederation Cup the following season.

Armand Djérabé is a Chadian footballer who plays for CotonTchad.

Renaissance FC or RFC is a football (soccer) club from Chad based in N'Djamena. The club won Chad Premier League 7 times, last time in 2007. Recently, it produced few Chad national football team players, such as Mondésir Alladjim, Yaya Kerim, Esaie Djikoloum and Hassan Diallo.

Elect-Sport FC is a football (soccer) club from Chad based in N'Djamena. It plays its home matches on Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya in N'Djamena.

Gazelle FC is a football club from Chad based in N'Djamena. The club currently play in the Chad Premier League, the top flight of Chadian football.

Tourbillon FC is a football (soccer) club from Chad based in N'Djamena. The club has won Chad Premier League title 6 times. The club plays home matches on Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya.

Association Sportive CotonTchad is a football club from Chad based in N'Djamena.

Léger Djimrangar is a Chadian football midfielder who plays for AS CotonTchad and the Chad national football team.

Foullah Edifice Football Club is a football (soccer) club from Chad based in N'Djamena. They had a few Chadian national team players, like Mbaya Brice, Massama Asselmo, Ferdinand Gassina and Hassan Hissein.

The 2010 Première Division was the 23rd season of the Chad Premier League, the top Chadian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1988. National championship system was changed for this season, and it was decided that Ligue de N'Djaména will be considered national championship, unlike seasons before, where the championship consisted out of regional champions only. The season began in January 2010, and concluded on 12 October 2010.

The 2011 Première Division was the 24th season of the Chad Premier League, the top Chadian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1988. The season started on 16 January 2011 and concluded in June 2011.

The 2017 LINAFOOT was supposed to be the 2nd season of the LINAFOOT, the top Chadian league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2015. Gazelle as 2015 season winners, were the defending champions, since 2016 season was interrupted due financial difficulties. The season started on 7 May 2017.

The 2015 LINAFOOT was the inaugural season of the LINAFOOT, the top Chadian league for association football clubs. The season was supposed to run from February to August, with teams playing 22 matches each totalling 132 matches in the season. However, due financial difficulties, championship was interrupted after 15 rounds and later resumed, finishing on 24 December 2015.

The 2016 LINAFOOT was supposed to be the 2nd season of the LINAFOOT, the top Chadian league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2015. Gazelle were the defending champions. The season started on 28 July 2016. However, the championship was interrupted due financial difficulties, at the end of October.

The 2019 LINAFOOT was the 3rd season of the LINAFOOT, the top Chadian league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2015.

The 2009 Première Division was the Chad Premier League season, the top Chadian league for association football clubs, for 2008/09. Elect-Sport came into the season as defending champions of the 2008 season. Gazelle won the National Championship title after beating Renaissance (Abéché) 3-1 in the final. AS CotonTchad as the cup winners qualified to Confederation Cup, after beating ASBNF de Koumra 3-0 in the final.

The 2020 LINAFOOT was the 4th season of the LINAFOOT, the top Chadian league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2015.

References

  1. ↑ "LINAFOOT : Gazelle FC s'offre une deuxième couronne – Fédération tchadienne de football association". Archived from the original on 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  2. ↑ "Tchad : la reprise du championnat national de football annoncée pour le 15 septembre". tchadinfos.com. 30 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Tchad: Elect sport sacré champion national". tchadinfos.com. 8 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Tchad : le retour du Tchad à la campagne africaine de football". tchadinfos.com. 9 October 2018.
  5. ↑ About Nesta Yamgoto (8 October 2018). "Tchad: Elect sport sacré champion national –". Tchadinfos.com. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  6. 1 2 "Chad 2018". Rsssf.com. 2018-11-22. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.