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AS Tata National is a Malian football club based in Sikasso. As of 2008, they last played in the top division in Malian football during the 2006/07 season. Their home stadium is Stade Omnisports. [1]
Mali competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004.
The Soninke people are a West African Mande-speaking ethnic group found in Mali, Fouta Djallon, southern Mauritania, eastern Senegal, Guinea and The Gambia. They speak the Soninke language, also called the Serakhulle or Azer language, which is one of the Mande languages. Soninke people were the founders of the ancient empire of Ghana or Wagadou c. 200–1240 CE, Subgroups of Soninke include the Maraka and Wangara. When the Ghana empire was destroyed, the resulting diaspora brought Soninkes to Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinée-Conakry, modern-day Republic of Ghana, Kano in Nigeria, and Guinea-Bissau where some of this trading diaspora was called Wangara.
The Malian Football Federation is the governing body of football in Mali. Founded in 1960, it joined the CAF in 1962 and has been affiliated with FIFA since 1964. Its first general secretary was Garan Fabou Kouyate. Famous leaders are Amadou Diakite and Tidiane Niambele.
Djoliba Athletic Club is a Malian football club and one of the two biggest teams in Mali alongside the Stade Malien. The team is based in the capital city of Bamako. It has its headquarters and three training stadia at Complex Sportif Hérémakono, in the Heremakono Quartier. The President of Djoliba AC, re-elected in 2009 to a four-year term, is Karounga Keita a Vice President of the Malian Football Federation, former trainer at the club, who was a player at the founding of the club in 1960. Djoliba or Joliba is the name of the Niger River in the Bamana language. Not only a football club, Djoliba AC is an Omnisports club which fields teams in many sports, and is operated as a membership organisation with an elected board.
Stade de Kégué is a multi-use stadium in Lomé, Togo. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 25,000 people and opened in 2000. It was designed by Chinese architect Yang Zhou. The stadium was the main host of the 2007 African U-17 Championship, in March 2007.
Stade Malien is a Malian professional football and sports club based in Bamako. One of the two dominant clubs of Malian football, their eastern Bamako training grounds host other sports as well, including a successful basketball club.
Al Masry Sporting Club is an Egyptian sports club based in Port Said, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, that competes in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest division of the Egyptian football league system.
AS Bamako is a Malian football club based in Bamako. They play in the top division in Malian football. Their home stadium is Stade Municipal de Bamako.
AS Nianan is a Malian football club based in Koulikoro. They play in the top division in Malian football. Their home stadium is Stade Municipal de Koulikoro. The club was founded in 1979 as a merger of three clubs from Koulikoro: Meguétan, Soundiata FC and Société Sportive de Koulikoro (SSK). They last played in the Malien Première Division in the 2007–08 season, at the end of which they were relegated.
Association Sportive du Real Bamako, commonly referred to as Real Bamako is a Malian football club based in Bamako. They play in the Malian Première Division the top division in Malian football. Their home stadium is Stade Modibo Keïta.
AS Sigui is a Malian football club based in Kayes. At the end of the 2006/7 season, they were relegated from the Malien Premiere Division to the D1 in Malian football. Their home stadium is Stade Abdoulaye Nakoro Cissoko.
Jeunesse Sportive Centre Salif Keita is a Malian football club based in Bamako.
Club Olympique de Bamako is a Malian football club based in Bamako. They play in the top division in Malian football. Their home stadium is Stade 26 Mars. As of the 2010 season, the club's president was Moussa Konaté.
USFAS Bamako is a Malian football club based in Bamako. They play in the top division in Malian football and are owned by the Malian Army. Their home stadium is Stade Municipal de USFAS.
Malian Première Division is the top division of football in Mali. Having been created in 1966, it is governed by the Malian Football Federation. The league has been professional since 2004. The official name is Ligue 1 Orange Mali for sponsorship reasons.
Keita or Keïta may refer to:
The 2007–08 Malian Première Division was the 43rd season of Malian top flight football. It took place over 26 rounds between 15 December 2007 and 1 September 2008, with fourteen clubs. The champion qualified for the 2009 CAF Champions League and the bottom two clubs were relegated to the lower division. Stade Malien started the season as the holders for the third time in a row, however Djoliba AC won their 20th title and qualified for the 2009 CAF Champions League. At the time in the number of titles, Djoliba had 20 titles and formed one of the most of any amateur championships in the world, overall it may be around the top ten range of any clubs who had 20+ championship titles in the world at the time.
Jeanne d'Arc FC is a Malian football club based in Bamako.
In Mali, football is played widely and followed avidly, football is the most popular sport in Mali. Large professional clubs and international competition draw much popular attention, and the sport is played as a pastime.
Salif may refer to:
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