Srečko Katanec is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of the Uzbekistan national team. At international level, he was capped for both the Yugoslavia and Slovenia national teams.
The Gambia national football team represents The Gambia in men's international football and is controlled by the Gambia Football Federation. Until 1965, the team and the country were known as British Gambia. The team has never qualified for the World Cup. In 2021, Gambia qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations finals for the first time in history. The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Bakau is a town on the Atlantic coast of Gambia, west of Gambia's capital city of Banjul. It is known for its botanical gardens, its crocodile pool Bakau Kachikally and for the beaches at Cape Point. Bakau is the first major suburb outside Banjul and the most developed town in the Gambia. Close to Bakau and Banjul is Gambia's largest city, Serekunda.
The GFA League First Division is the highest division of football in The Gambia. The league began play in 1965.
The Gambia has sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games held since 1984, although the country has never won an Olympic medal. The Gambia is yet to compete at the Winter Olympic Games.
The Gambian Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Gambian football. The current champion is Real Banjul who won their four title in 2019. The winner competes in the Gambian Super Cup and also qualifies into the CAF Confederation Cup each season, if the national league champion also wins the FA cup then the second placed cup club competes.
Ousman Jallow is a Gambian footballer who plays as a striker, most recently for Cypriot club Yenicami Ağdelen. He is featured on the Gambian national team in the official 2010 FIFA World Cup video game.
Tom Saintfiet is a Belgian football coach and former player. He was appointed as manager of the Gambian national team in July 2018.
Ousman Rambo Jatta, known as Rambo, is a Gambian politician. He is currently a councillor in Old Bakau and deputy leader of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC).
Pa Amadou Gai is a Gambian football player who currently plays for ASC HLM,
Lamin Conateh is a Gambian footballer, who currently plays for Arameiska-Syrianska Botkyrka IF.
Lamin Basmen Samateh is a Gambian football defender who currently plays for Saudi First Division side Jeddah.
The Steve Biko Football Club is a football club from Bakau in the West Africa country of The Gambia, located near the capital of Banjul. They played in the GFA League First Division, which was the highest league in Gambian football. They won the GFA Cup in 2000. While the football club qualified for the 2002 CAF Cup, they declined to participate.
Kekuta Manneh is a Gambian American professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Canadian Premier League club Pacific FC. In 2016, he obtained his American citizenship and has previously been called up to the United States national team, although he has not made an appearance.
The Gambia national under-17 football team is the U-17 football team of the Gambia and is controlled by the Gambia Football Federation.
Ousman Manneh is a Gambian professional footballer who last played as a striker for SV Werder Bremen II.
Adama Barrow is a Gambian politician and real estate developer who has served as President of the Gambia since 2017.
Mohamadou Sumareh is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim. Born in the Gambia, he represents the Malaysia national team.
Adama Bojang is a youth international footballer for the Gambia national under-20 football team. He was part of the Gambia squad that finished runner-up at the 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.
