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GROUP B
[ the teams
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Before week 1: team
previews
A difficulty of the portraits and
for the teams
In some countries the competitions
are played over the year (January to December) and in others like the West
European football calender (July to June). So some teams, who just finished
their championships and start into a new one, might have changed faces
and form. This is the case for Espérance Tunis, Mamelodi Sundowns,
Lobi Stars, and Al Ahly. The latter two have just finished their championships
last week so they might have no form problems. Apart from the fact that
they do not seem to have a real break at all.
Al
Ahly (Cairo,
Egypt)
Al Ahly are maybe the most
prominent African club. They might have the biggest number of fans in the
world and they have dominated the Egyptian scene for ages. They have just
defended their title. So they are favorites to reach the final as they
are usually. But in the continental competitions they have been far less
successful: they have won clearly less titles than Zamalek, their big Cairo
rivals. Last year they were favorites too and beaten eventually by Raja
Casablanca. This year there are no North African rivals in their group.
An important fact as North Africans seem to dominate the competition with
their team building, organisation and logistics on and off the field. But
they will face some grown opposition like Hearts Of oak and Jeanne d'Arc.
Al Ahly has lost prominent veteran striker Hossam Hassan and his twin brother
Ibrahim Hassan, who both according to the coach did not cope with the no-stars
attitude of his team philosphy.
Hearts
Of Oak (Accra, Ghana)
The famous Accra club is
maybe the third West African power of today (see Africa Sports). While
ASEC Abidjan has become a factor as modern football enterprise, Hearts
Of Oak have build a competitive team including a number of bright young
talents and are challenging for the title for the third consecutive time.
Al Ahly are maybe the most prominent African club. To reach the final they
will have to improve their impact in away matches where they had shown
a similar weakness to the national team: good individuals but a bit teethless
concerning creating goal scenes.
Jeanne
d'Arc (Dakar,
Senegal)
The 'Cinderella 2000' story
of Senegalese football has been contributed to by Jeanne d'Arc when they
beat title holders Raja Casablanca to qualify for this years Champions
League. They look a good team consisting of some tall but not massive players.
They might be not strong enough to reach the final but they surely will
be able to compete with Al Ahly and Hearts Of Oak. Don't count them out.
Lobi
Stars (Makurdi, Nigeria)
Nigeria, similar to Cameroon,
has no big impact on the African club scene nowadays. And Nigeria had not
had before as the (too) big country had had a more difficult task to establish
a national league asknown from other countries. So Nigeria has not had
one single name on the Champions Cup until today. Nigerian champions come
and go, if they win, they will often lose players, and it even happens
that the champions become relegated the next year (like the Shooting Stars
were last year). Lobi Stars at least have achieved to remain among the
top four teams this year and will try hard to find against the 'Nigerian
jinx' (no success in the Champions Cup). Again there are reports of problems
in the camp: arguments over (unpaid) bonusses, lack of professionalism.
Outsiders of the group, but might take some points off the others.
The following information
has been posted on the CyberEagles
Fanforum:
Dear all; Here is a list
of the Lobi Stars players and their shirt numbers. It could be helpful
for those who can watch the game.
This team was founded in
1981 and won one League title. It is also necessary to notice the extremely
relative young age of the players. Therefore, Ahly can not complain of
a lack of experience. We are on equal footing.
The formula is:
Home crowd + determination
+ good team spirit + speed + critical finishing = Victory.
InshAllah Ahly will have
an easy passage.
Good Luck Ahly.
Ahmed Ragab
LOBI STARS (Nigeria)Founded 1981
STADIUM: Aper Aku Stadium (45 000)CLUB PRESIDENT: Tersoo Luga
Winner of the National Super League division one 1999
List of players for the 2000 CAF Champions
1 Paulinus Onyeje Ifeanyichukwu, 22.12.80
2 Emmauel Derek Abah, 28.12.76
3 Cletus Finbar Yanmelu, 27.12.80
4 Timothy Tse Tertsea, 29.11.83
5 Lawrence Adoga Okekeni, 28.09.83
6 Kingsley Elvis Dick, 27.05.80
7 Terlumun Imadu, 04.02.83
8 Dooyum Imadu, 24.11.80
9 Emmauel Akile Tersoo, 17.10.78
10 Joseph Ikwoche Paul, 09.11.80
12 Emmanuel Yua Terzungwe, 21.12.83
13 Jeremiah Kuhwa Iorsue ,13.11.80
14 Terfa Apurugh, 28.08.78
15 Leonard Igwe Uzoma, 06.07.82
16 Sunday Ibeji ,02.07.82
17 Ibrahim Mohammed Abba, 27.07.75
18 Joseph Akombo Tar 15.02.79
19 Charles Iortyom Iorember ,23.09.76
20 G. Eze Okorie 20.08.80
21 Johnson Akighir Terkimbi ,21.02.82
22 Barnabas Imenger Shikaan, 15.05.75
23 Emmanuel Okupulla 07.11.74
24 Tom Shugaba Alabi ,03.12.79
25 Rufus Abulatan Taiwo, 14.07.80
26 Robert Akaruye, 28.03.81
27 Mohammed Dahiru
28 Onaivi Shafe
29 Ode Ogah
30 Njoh Njoh Mpondo Alain
Ahmed Ragab-
Lobi Stars is a good team.
They have hired a Youguslavian coach for four months to help them win the
CAF League. However, their defense remains highly vulnerable [GT says -
typical!]. Their strength is in their left wing and midfield. Ahly should
be able to contain them. The factors of determination and success should
make a significant difference. ]
week1 July
22-23, 2000
Lobi Stars (Nigeria) - Jeanne d'Arc (Senegal)
3:1
reuters/dailysoccer.com:
halftime 2:0, att. 25,000
AFP/sportserver: New
signing Mohammed Mohammed and Robert Akaruye scored in the first half,
Terlumun Imadu in the second half before a Jeanne d'Arc consolation goal.Success
has been the first for new Yugoslav Kostadin Papic, helped temporarily
by national team assistant coach Shaibu Amodu, but he can't have had much
impact: when he arrived last week the players went on strike because of
unpaid bonusses they demanded. They have won the match nevertheless.
Hearts Of Oak - Al Ahly 2:1
> detailed
match report on extra page
week2 Aug
4-6, 2000
Al Ahly - Lobi Stars 3:1
> detailed
match report on extra page
Jeanne d'Arc - Hearts Of Oak
2:4
> detailed
match report on extra page
week3 Aug
18-20, 2000
Jeanne d'Arc (Senegal) - Al Ahly (Egypt)
1:1
> detailed
match report on extra page
Lobi Stars (Nigeria) - Hearts Of Oak
(Ghana) 0:2
A most valuable away points
for Hearts in a competition in which away points are predicted to be the
key and Hearts now have already collected their second away win. Reports
speak of a handful of opportunities wasted by Lobi Stars especially in
first half.
Sunday Aug 20, 1430 GMT
Reuters/dailysoccer.com
reported:
MAKURDI, Nigeria, Aug
20 (Reuters)(DS) -
Lobi Stars (Nigeria)
0
Hearts of Oak (Ghana)
2 - result
African Champions League,
group B
Scorers: Ossei Kuffour
55, Ismail Addo 75
Half-time 0-0; Attendance:
15,000
week4 Oct
13-15, 2000
Al Ahly - Jeanne d'Arc 3:1
as posted at EgyptSports.com
Forum by amro:
1-0 Hossam Ghali 2'
1-1 Dialo 8'
2-1 Alaa Ibrahim 53'
3-1 Ibrahim Saeed (pen) 88'
Al Ahly: Essam El Hadary,
Shady Mohammed, Ibrahim Saeed, Ahmed El Sayed, Hossam Ghali, Saeed Abdel
Aziz, Hady Khashaba (Hisham Hanafi), Mohammed Gouda (Isac Awal), Waleed
Salah El Deen (Yasser Rayan), Ahmed Belal, Alaa Ibrahim
Hearts Of Oak - Lobi Stars 2:0
reuters/dailysoccer:
Kenneth Sarpong 22, Emmanuel
Kuffuor 81
Halftime: 1-0; Attendance:
40,000
week5 Oct
27-29, 2000
Jeanne d'Arc - Lobi Stars 0:0
Al Ahly - Hearts Of Oak 1:1
> detailed
match report on extra page
week6 Nov
10-12, 2000
Lobi Stars - Al Ahly 4:1
(halftime 2:1)
a match nice to watch, as
players have more freedom as usual to display their skills
the Egyptians a bit unlucky,
great free kick goal by Lobi #10 Robert Akaruye
Hearts Of Oak - Jeanne d'Arc
1:1
| Hearts
Of Oak* |
6 |
12-5 |
14 |
| Al Ahly |
6 |
10-10 |
8 |
| Lobi Stars |
6 |
8-9 |
7 |
| Jeanne d'Arc |
6 |
6-12 |
3 |
* = group winners have qualified
for final
> final
(Dec 1-3/15-17 2-leg )
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