AFCON
NIGERIA’ AMAJU PINNICK REAPPOINTED INTO AFCON COMMITTEE
The Confédération Africaine de Football(CAF) has announced a new team that will lead the work of the body in the standing committees.
This follows a proposal by CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe to then CAF Emergency Committee, who, in turn, forwarded the names to the Executive Committee for ratifications.
At the previous Executive Committee meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, the following decisions were confirmed:
Finance Committee:
Morocco’s Fouzi Lekjaa continues his mission at the head of the Finance Committee.
The decision was approved at the previous Meeting. Lekjaa, President of Moroccan Football Federation and FIFA Council member, will be assisted by Andrew Kamanga, President of Football Association of Zambia, as the vice president.
Organising Committee of the Africa Cup of Nations:
CAF’s flagship competition is also getting a new management. CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe will lead the committee with the assistance of two vice-presidents: Augustin Emmanuel Senghor, President of the Senegalese Football Federation, and Amaju Melvin Pinnick, President of the Nigerian Football Federation.
Organising Committee of the African Nations Championship:
Building on the success of the recent CHAN 2020 organized in last January-February on Cameroonian soil, the Acting FECAFOOT President Seidou Mbombo Njoya is brought to the head of the committee. FUFA (Uganda) President Moses Magogo will assist him as vice-president.
Organising Committee of the Interclub Competitions and Club Licensing:
Interclub Competitions and the Club License management system will be chaired by Ahmed Yahya, second CAF vice-President and Mauritania Football President. Maclean Letshwiti (Bostwana Football association President) and Djibrilla Hamidou Hima (Niger Football federation President) have been appointed vice-presidents.
This committee manages the CAF l Champions League, the CAF Total Confederation Cup, the Super Cup as well as the new Women’s Champions League in collaboration with the Organizing Committee for Women’s Football.
Organising Committee for Youth Competitions:
The Youth Football will be overseen by the third CAF Vice-President and President of Djibouti Federation Suleiman Waberi. He will be supported by vice-presidents Pierre Alain Mouguengui (Gabon) and . Moustapha Ishola Raji (Liberia).
Women Football Organising Committee:
In women’s football, Isha Johansen (Sierra Leone) passes the torch of the presidency to Kanizat Ibrahim (Comoros). However, the SLFA president who is also a member of the FIFA Council, continues her mission as vice-president of the committee.
Development Committee for Futsal and Beach Soccer
Sita Sangare (former FBF President – Burkina Faso) has been appointed president of the Development Committee for Futsal and Beach Soccer. His Vice-President is Abdiqani Said Arab (Somalia)
Committee for Legal Affairs and National Associations
Augustin Emmanuel Senghor, a lawyer and also first CAF Vice-president, takes charge of the committee. Elvis Chetty from Seychelles will be vice president.
CAF Medical Committee
A new president of the CAF medical committee has been appointed: Wadie Jary, President of the Tunisian Football Federation. The position of vice-president remains temporarily vacant.
President Motsepe is still receiving additional proposal regarding Refereeing Committee and Technical and Development Committee.
AFCON
Libya sacks coach ahead of AFCON qualifying back-to-back matches with Nigeria
The Libyan Football Federation (LFF) has sacked its Serbian coach, Milutin Sredojević who is popularly known as Micho.
This is coming ahead of Libya’s back-to-back Africa Cup of Nations clashes with Nigeria next month.
Paradoxically, Sports Village Square gathered that the coach’s contract was only recently renewed for six months before the axe fell on the Serbian.
His sack was precipitated by the results obtained in their teo matches of the AFCON qualifiers.
Libya drew 1-1 with Rwanda at home and lost 2-1 away to Benin Republic despite beig a goal up at half time.
The Libyan side, Mediterranean Knights are due to play against the Nigeria Super Eagles in Uyo on 6 October while the return leg holds on 14 October at the 11 July Stadium in Tripoli.
According to information Sports Village Square gathered from Tripoli, the Mediterranean Knights’ coach, Micho led the Libyan national team to win nine matches since taking over in October of last year, he failed to build a strong team due to his poor choices.
He also took a risk with the footballers chosen in the AFCON qualifiers, and the result was shocking to the Libyan sports audience.
According to sources close to the Libyan Football Federation, there is a strong tendency to sign a national coach to lead the Libyan team during the remaining qualifiers for the African Cup of Nations.
AFCON
CAF president blasts Ghana, others over stadium ban
CAF President Patrice Motsepe has lashed out at Ghana and some other African countries whose home grounds were recently banned from hosting CAF matches owing to inadequate facilities. He made the remarks in Nairobi, Kenya during a press conference,
After the MatchDay 2 of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, CAF ruled Ghana’s Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi as being inadequate to host international matches. Being the only approved ground in the country, Ghana will now look towards either Cote d’Ivoire or Togo for their remaining home matches of the Afcon qualifiers.
Other African countries without approved home grounds are: Djibouti, Chad, Niger, Eritrea, Gabon, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, São Tomé and Burundi.
Motsepe voiced his frustration over the recurring issue of nations being unable to host home games.
“Nothing frustrates me more than a national team or club side having to play home matches outside,” he stated.
He stressed the significance of playing in front of home fans, adding, “You can’t grow football if the national teams or club sides aren’t playing in front of their home fans.”
Motsepe reiterated CAF’s commitment to working with countries to ensure they have at least one suitable stadium to host international fixtures.
“Our conversations in every country are to make sure there is at least one stadium capable of hosting a CAF category C game,” he emphasized.
AFCON
Present and Past as CAF Coaches Symposium unites Rohr, Peseiro and Eguavoen
The on-going CAF AFCON Cote d’Ivoire 2023 Coaches Symposium in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire has brought together, the last three coaches that handled the Nigeria national football team.
Gernot Rohr, Jose Peseiro and Austin Eguavoen are part of the the elite coaches currently gathered in Abidjan.
Gernot Rohr whose tenure of 5 years and 55 matches is the longest ever by any coach in Nigeria, is currently handling Nigeria’s Africa Cupof Nations and World Cup qualifying rivals, Benin Republic. He was succeeded in the interim by Austin Eguavoen who is currently having another interim stint.
Peseiro left his position after the Africa Cup of Nations
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