Gambia 2002/03


GFA League Division I
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Table [round 14, May 1]:

 1.Armed Forces				31
 2.Sait Matty				27
 3.Bakau United FC			21
 4.Gambia Ports Authority (Banjul)	20
 5.Real (Banjul)	                17
 6.Banjul Hawks				15
 7.Wallidan (Banjul)			15 [2 matches in hand]
 8.GAMTEL FC				14
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 9.Steve Biko FC (Bakau)		13
10.Flamemins FC				 9

Round 1
[Dec 11]
Armed Forces FC		3-1 Wallidan FC
[Dec 12]
Hawks			0-1 Bakau United
[Dec 13]
GAMTEL			2-1 Flamemins
[Dec 14]
Real de Banjul		0-1 Sait Matty
[Dec 15]
Steve Biko		1-0 Ports

Round 2
[Dec 17]
Flamemins		0-1 Hawks
[Dec 18]
Wallidan		1-0 Steve Biko
Sait Matty		1-0 Armed Forces
[Dec 19]
Bakau United		3-0 GAMTEL
Real			1-1 Ports

Round 3
[Dec 27]
Steve Biko		0-0 Real
Ports			3-0 GAMTEL
[Dec 28]
Bakau United		0-1 Sait Matty
Armed Forces		1-0 Flamemins
[Dec 29]
Hawks			2-0 Wallidan

Round 4
[Jan 3]
Sait Matty		0-1 Flamemins
Real			0-0 GAMTEL
[Jan 4]
Steve Biko		1-1 Armed Forces
Hawks			2-3 Ports
[Jan 5]
Wallidan		1-1 Bakau United

Round 5
[Jan 22]
Hawks			2-2 Armed Forces
[Jan 24]
Flamemins		ppd Ports
[Jan 25]
Steve Biko		1-2 Sait Matty
[Jan 26]
Wallidan		ppd GAMTEL
[Feb ?]
Real			0-1 Bakau United

Round 6
[Jan 28]
Hawks			1-0 Sait Matty
Real			1-3 Armed Forces
[Feb 2]
Ports			2-1 Bakau United
GAMTEL			0-0 Steve Biko
Wallidan		0-0 Flamemins

Round 7
[Feb 5]
Steve Biko		1-2 Hawks
[Feb 6]
Sait Matty		3-0 Ports
[Feb 7]
Armed Forces		2-0 GAMTEL
[Feb 8]
Bakau United		3-0 Flamemins
[Feb 9]
Wallidan		1-0 Real

Round 8 
[Mar 2]
Real			1-0 Flamemins
Bakau United		1-0 Steve Biko
GAMTEL			0-0 Hawks
Ports        		0-0 Armed Forces
Sait Matty              ppd Wallidan

Round 9
[Mar 6]
Bakau United		0-0 Armed Forces
[Mar 7]
Flamemins		--- Steve Biko
[Mar 8]
Wallidan		--- Port
[Mar 9]
Real			1-0 Hawks
GAMTEL                  ppd Sait Matty
             
Round 10
[Mar 14]
GAMTEL	         	0-0 Real
[Mar 16]
Bakau United       	0-0 Wallidan
Flamemins       	0-0 Sait Matty
Armed Forces       	3-0 Steve Biko
Ports	           	1-0 Hawks
 
Round 11
[Apr 4]
Real			2-1 Steve Biko
Sait Matty		3-2 Bakau United
[Apr 5]
Flamemins		--- Armed Forces
[Apr 6]
GAMTEL			--- Ports
[later]
Wallidan		--- Hawks

Table (based on known results):

 1.Armed Forces	                       10  5  4  1 15- 8 19
 2.Sait Matty	        		9  6  1  2 11- 5 19
 3.Bakau United FC                     11  5  3  3 13- 7 18
 4.Gambia Ports Authority (Banjul)	8  4  2  2 10- 8 14
 5.Banjul Hawks	                       10  4  2  4 10- 9 14
 6.Real (Banjul)	               11  3  4  4  6- 8 13
 7.Wallidan (Banjul)	         	7  2  3  2  4- 6  9
 8.GAMTEL FC                   		8  1  4  3  2- 7  7
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 9.Steve Biko FC (Bakau)	       10  1  3  6  5-12  6
10.Flamemins FC             		8  1  2  5  2- 8  5

Table [round 14, May 1]:

 1.Armed Forces				31
 2.Sait Matty				27
 3.Bakau United FC			21
 4.Gambia Ports Authority (Banjul)	20
 5.Real (Banjul)	                17
 6.Banjul Hawks				15
 7.Wallidan (Banjul)			15 [2 matches in hand]
 8.GAMTEL FC				14
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 9.Steve Biko FC (Bakau)		13
10.Flamemins FC				 9

Round 16
Sait Matty		--- Hawks
Armed Forces		--- Real
Bakau United		--- Ports
Steve Biko		--- GAMTEL
Flamemins		0-6 Wallidan

Round 17
[Jun 20]
Ports			0-1 Sait Matty
[Jun 21]
Hawks			0-2 Steve Biko
[Jun 22]
GAMTEL			1-1 Armed Forces
Flamemins		2-3 Bakau United
[Jun 23]
Real			0-3 Wallidan

Round 18
[Jun 26]
Steve Biko		4-2 Wallidan
GAMTEL			2-1 Bakau United
Ports			0-3 Real
[Jun 27]
Hawks			--- Flamemins
[Jun 28]
Armed Forces		--- Sait Matty

Champions: Armed Forces

NB: both Armed Forces (champions) and Sait Matty (runners-up) were
    promoted from the 2nd level only last season!

Relegated: GAMTEL and Flamemins.


Promoted: Starlight Gunners FC and Tallinding United.


Cups 2003

FA National Cup
===============

Preliminary Round [Apr 20]
Basse FC		2-0 Starlight Gunners
Lower Niumi FC		0-0 Rising Star FC	[4-2 pen]
NB: the other 4 teams from the 2nd division and the ten teams from
    the 1st division have byes to the 1/8 Finals.

1/8 final [Jun 15]
Latdior FC		1-1 Young Africans	[5-4 pen]
Armed Forces		1-3 Hawks FC
Sait Matty		2-1 Tallinding United
Ports			0-1 Bakau United
Steve Biko		1-0 GAMTEL
Kairo Silo		3-1 Lower Niumi FC
Wallidan		4-0 Basse FC
Real de Banjul		3-1 Flamemins

1/4 final
[Jul 4]
Steve Biko		bt  Kairo Silo
[Jul 5]
Real de Banjul		lt  Latdior FC
[Jul 6]
Bakau United		lt  Hawks FC
Wallidan		bt  Sait Matty

Semifinals
[Jul 23?]
Wallidan	        4-0 Latdior FC
[Jul 27]
Hawks FC		2-1 Steve Biko	

Final [Aug 3]
Wallidan                2-0 Hawks FC
   [Ousman Jallow and Lamin Camara]

NB: The win gave Wallidan its 17th FA Cup and its third in a row.


League Super Cup
================

[Dec 14, Independence Stadium, Banjul]
Wallidan FC	4-2 Armed Forces FC
   [Mustapha Jarjue 19pen, 50, Bai Omar 78, 94; Landing Darboe 76, Borry Sanneh 80]


GFA League Cup (aka Oussainou Njie Trophy)
==============

NB: The Gambia Football Association (GFA) introduces a new competition called 
    the League Cup for the first and second division teams.


First stage
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Round 1
[Jan 10]
Young Africans		2-1 Tallinding United
Municipal United	1-1 Blackpool		[1-2 pen]
[Jan 11]
Nema United		lt  Interior FC
Kaira Silo		lt  Rising Star

Round 2
[Jan 16]
Steve Biko		1-0 Armed Forces
Flamemins		4-0 Starlight Gunners
[Jan 17]
Interior FC		0-1 Real de Banjul
Wallidan		2-0 Rising Star
[Jan 18]
Ports			2-1 Latdior
Blackpool		0-1 Hawks
[Jan 19]
GAMTEL FC		lt  Sait Matty
Young Africans		3-4 Bakau United	[pen]

NB: The eight winners are divided into two groups of four teams each 
    for a one way (3 rounds) league format.

Second stage
------------

Round 2
[Mar 20]
Sait Matty	--- Steve Biko
[Mar 21]
Hawks		--- Bakau United
[Mar 22]
Real		--- Wallidan
[Mar 23]
Ports		--- Flamemins

Round 4?
[Apr 8]
Hawks		--- Steve Biko
Bakau United	--- Sait Matty
[Apr 9]
Ports		--- Real
[later]
Wallidan	--- Flamemins


Final stage
-----------

Semifinals
[Jul 2]
Steve Biko	bt  Ports
[Jul 3]
Wallidan	bt  Bakau United

Final [Jul 20, Independence Stadium, Banjul]
Steve Biko	0-4 Wallidan



GFA President's Trophy
======================

First stage
-----------

Group A

Round 1
Steve Biko FC	1-0 Ports
Real de Banjul	3-0 Wallidan

Round 2
Steve Biko FC	1-0 Real de Banjul
Wallidan	0-2 Ports	[also reported 1-2]

Round 3
Ports		2-0 Real de Banjul
Steve Biko FC	--- Wallidan

Group B

Round 1
Armed Forces	1-0 Sait Matty
[Jul 22]
Hawks		--- Bakau United

Round 2
Armed Forces	abd Hawks	[Hawks abandoned the game following snafu that erupted 
				 player Dawda Bah and Armed Forces supporters]
Sait Matty	--- Bakau United

Round 3 [Jul 20]
Armed Forces	--- Bakau United
Sait Matty	--- Hawks


Semifinals
[Jul 29]
Ports           2-1 Bakau United
[Jul 31]
Armed Forces    bt  Real Banjul

Final [Aug 2]
Armed Forces	1-1 Ports	[6-5 pen]
   [Amadou Sambou 33; Pa Kinteh 4]




GFA League Division II
======================

Round ?
[Jan 26]
Latdior			2-1 Rising Star
Starlight Gunners	1-2 Interior		[also reported 2-1]
Blackpool		1-1 Tallinding United
Nema United		0-3 Kairo Silo


Table [round 9]:

 1. Tallinding United	9  4  5  0  -   17
 2. Latdior			        17
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 3. Kaira Silo				14
 4. Young Africans			14
 5. Starlight Gunners			13
 6. Blackpool				12
 7. Interior				10
 8. Nema United				10
 9. Municipal United			 9
10. Rising Stars			 4


Promoted: Starlight Gunners FC (League winners) and 
          Tallinding United (runners-up).


2002

2003/04

list of champions

list of cup winners


About this document

Prepared and maintained by José Batalha for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: José Batalha (jose.batalha@netvisao.pt)
Last updated: 29 Dec 2003

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