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Scorpions gear up for Zone II Cup
Monday, October 22, 2007
Twenty-seven home-based players have received a call-up from the Gambia Football Association as the nation gears up for yet another Amilcar Cabral Zone II Championship, a regional football tournament for West African nations. The bi-annual championship, which is staged in memory of Amílcar Cabral, an African agronomic engineer, writer and politician, is scheduled to take place in Guinea Bissau from November 22 to December 4, 2007. The Scorpions team which will commence collective training this morning will be guided by the Spanish coach, Jose Martenez, who will be assisted by Egyptian Tarik Siagy and coach Lamin Sarr. Seedy Kinteh, President of the Gambia Football Association has told Observer Sports that only home-based players would be selected to represent The Gambia in the eight-team sub-regional tournament, which was first staged in 1979 in the former Portuguese colony of Bissau . The Gambia have never won the Zone II championship since its inception, but have reached the finals twice - 1980 and 1958 - and have lost both finals to the neighbouring Senegal who have won the championship- a record 8 times. Guinea Conakry are the second record holders, having won it 5 times. The eight West African nations that participate in the championship are: The Gambia, Mauritania , Guinea Conakry, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, Senegal and Mali . Names and clubs of inivited players 1. Alagie Jobe Real 2. Joseph Gomez Wallidan 3. Ansuma Samateh Wallidan 4. Robert Badjie Hawks 5. Ousman Koli Steve Biko 6. Baboucarr Sey Bakau Utd 7. Amadou Sanyang Real 8. Momodou L Sillah Wallidan 9. Abdou Njie GPA 10. Alasan Jarju GPA 11. Alagie Fatajo GPA 12. Abdouraman Damp GPA 13. Alieu Jagne Hawks 14. Dimingo Manneh Sait Matty
Names and clubs of inivited players
16. Ahmed Sugufara Wallidan 17. Samba Bah Bakau Utd 18. Landing Darboe Armed Forces 19. Buba Findi Jammeh Brikama Utd 20. Amadou Gaye Wallidan 21. Sainey Touray Wallidan 22. Edi Sonko Faye Sait Matty 23. Pa Landing Conateh Real 24. Habib Kunta Steve Biko 25. Abdou Ceesay Bakau Utd 26. George Cole Wallidan 27. Wuyeh Sey Wallidan
Author: by Nanama Keita
Source: The Daily Observer Newspaper
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