National league:
Five teams from the Ligue de Niamey (6 teams at 1st level, 8 at 2nd)
suspended their activity in the national championship until March 24
in protest against the relegation of Zumunta AC.
The teams concerned were:
Olympique FC, Sahel SC, AS FAN, AS FNIS and Liberté FC
Liberté later joined JS Ténéré as the 2 Niamey teams to take part in the
12-team championship.
The Niamey league started its own 'Coupe des Sponsors' in July.
Start: Feb 17
Round 1
Group A
Sahel --- JS Ténéré
AS FAN --- Espoir
Akokana 1-1 Dangourmou
Jangorzo 2-1 Entente
Group B
Nassara 3-1 Gendarmerie
Liberté --- AS FNIS
Olympic --- Urana
AS CBK 1-1 Danbaskoré
Round 2
Group A
Dangourmou --- AS FAN
Espoir 0-0 JS Ténéré
Sahel --- Jangorzo
Entente ppd Akokana
Group B
Urana --- Liberté
Gendarmerie --- Olympic
Nassara 2-1 AS CBK
Danbaskoré --- AS FNIS
Round 3
Group A
AS FAN --- Sahel
Espoir 2-0 Dangourmou
JS Ténéré 2-1 Entente
Jangorzo 2-2 Akokana
Group B
Urana 0-1 Nassara
Gendarmerie 3-0 Danbaskoré
Olympic --- Liberté
AS CBK --- AS FNIS
Round 4
Group A
Entente --- Sahel
Dangourmou 0-0 Jangorzo
Akokana 1-1 Espoir
AS FAN --- JS Ténéré
Group B
Gendarmerie 2-3 Urana
AS FNIS --- Olympic
Liberté --- AS CBK
Danbaskoré 1-0 Nassara
Round 5
Group A
Dangourmou 2-1 Entente
Jangorzo ppd JS Ténéré
Espoir --- Sahel
AS FAN --- Akokana
Group B
Danbaskoré --- Liberté
AS CBK --- Gendarmerie
Nassara --- Olympic
Urana --- AS FNIS
Round 6
Group A
Entente 1-0 Espoir
Sahel --- Akokana
Jangorzo --- AS FAN
JS Ténéré ppd Dangourmou
Group B
Liberté --- Gendarmerie
Urana 5-1 AS CBK
AS FNIS --- Nassara
Olympic --- Danbaskoré
Round 7
Group A
no infos.
Group B
Danbaskoré --- Urana
AS CBK --- Olympic
Gendarmerie --- AS FNIS
Nassara --- Liberté
After Round 7, and because each group had only six teams, a new draw
was made for the five rounds to go.
[May 7, Gendarmerie abandoned competition]
Round 8
Group A
Ténéré bt Espoir
all 4 others drew
Group B
Urana drw Nassara
Liberté awd Gendarmerie [forfait Gendarmerie]
Danbaskoré bt CBK
Round 9 [Jun 3]
Group A
Dangourmou 2-0 Espoir
Entente 0-1 JS Ténéré
Akokana 0-0 Jangorzo
Group B
Urana 1-1 Danbaskoré
AS CBK 0-4 Liberté
Gendarmerie awd Nassara [forfait Gendarmerie]
Round 10 [Jun 10]
Group A
Jangorzo 1-0 Dangourmou
JS Ténéré 2-0 Akokana
Espoir 1-1 Entente
Group B
AS CBK 0-3 Urana
Liberté 0-6 Nassara
Danbaskoré awd Gendarmerie [forfait Gendarmerie]
Round 11 [Jun 17]
Group A
Jangorzo 0-2 Espoir
Dangourmou 0-0 JS Ténéré
Akokana 4-0 Entente
Group B
AS CBK 0-2 Nassara
Liberté 0-1 Danbaskoré
Urana awd Gendarmerie [forfait Gendarmerie]
Tables:
Group A
1. JS Ténéré 9 23 Qualified
2. Jangorzo 9 20 Qualified
3. Espoir 9 17
4. Akokana 9 17 Qualified
5. Dangourmou 9 17
6. Entente 9 14
Group B
1. Nassara 9 24 Qualified
2. Urana 9 23 Qualified
3. Danbaskoré 9 19 Qualified
4. Liberté 9 15
5. AS CBK 9 14
6. USGN Gendarmerie 9 8
USGN means Union Sportive de la Gendarmerie Nationale.
NB: 3-2-1 point system; group B is 5 points short, due to forfaits Gendarmerie
Super League [in Zinder, August 18-28, 2001]
Top-3 of each group qualified and play single round robin (5 matches each).
Since the introduction of the Super League in 1998, this is the first time
that more than 1 provincial team qualified.
Final Table (without goals rd 2):
1.Jeunesse Sportive du Ténéré 5 3 1 1 7- 4 12 [Niamey] Champions
2.Alkali Nassara Club 5 3 1 1 7- 7 12 [Zinder]
3.Urana 5 2 2 1 6- 4 11 [Agadez]
4.Jangorzo 5 2 1 2 5- 6 10 [Maradi]
5.Akokana 5 1 2 2 6- 6 9 [Agadez]
6.Danbaskoré 5 0 1 4 4- 8 6 [Maradi]
Round 1
[Aug 18]
Akokana 2-3 Nassara
JS Ténéré 1-2 Urana
[Aug 20]
Jangorzo 2-1 Danbaskoré
Round 2 [Aug 22]
Nassara bt Urana [by 1 goal]
Jangorzo bt Akokana
JS Ténéré bt Danbaskoré [by 1 goal]
Round 3 [Aug 24]
Jangorzo 1-1 Nassara
Danbaskoré 1-1 Urana
Akokana 1-1 JS Ténéré
Round 4 [Aug 26]
JS Ténéré 2-1 Jangorzo
Nassara 3-1 Danbaskoré
Urana 1-1 Akokana
Round 5 [Aug 28]
Nassara 0-3 JS Ténéré
Jangorzo 1-2 Urana
Akokana 2-1 Danbaskoré
Final Table (without goals rd 2):
1.Jeunesse Sportive du Ténéré 5 3 1 1 7- 4 12 [Niamey] Champions
2.Alkali Nassara Club 5 3 1 1 7- 7 12 [Zinder]
3.Urana 5 2 2 1 6- 4 11 [Agadez]
4.Jangorzo 5 2 1 2 5- 6 10 [Maradi]
5.Akokana 5 1 2 2 6- 6 9 [Agadez]
6.Danbaskoré 5 0 1 4 4- 8 6 [Maradi]
October - peace was made between FENIFOOT and Niamey League.
Next season 20 teams will enter the Niger Championship:
11 teams of the 2001 championship;
5 Niamey League teams: Sahel, Olympic, AS FAN, AS FNIS, US Gendarmerie.
2 relegated teams of 2000 championship: Zumunta AC and Aigle de l'Aïr (Agadez).
2 promoted teams from 2001 2nd level FENIFOOT Championship:
Gourama FC (Konni) and Dendi (Gaya).
NB: the 2001/02 championship was cancelled for financial problems.
Cups 2001
National Cup
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Round 1
Akokana FC 3-0 3-0 ASCB (Konni)
Round 2
Akokana FC 2-1 Tagour FC (Dosso)
1/4 Final
Akokana FC 1-0 Nassara (Zinder)
Semifinals [Jul 28]
Jangorzo 2-1 Jeunesse Sportive Ténéré
Akokana bt Gourama FC (Konni)
Third Place Match [Aug 3]
Jeunesse Sportive du Ténéré 10-0 Gourama FC (Konni)
Final [Aug 3 - independence day, Stade Seyni Kounthé, Niamey]
Akokana FC (Agadèz) 1-1 Jangorzo Football Club (Maradi) [5-4 pen]
[Yahoussa Ibrahim; Marou Mallam]
NB: except for JS Ténéré, all Niamey teams boycotted the competition.
Niamey Dissident Cups
---------------------
Several tournaments was organised by Niamey league for dissident teams:
Olympic Football Club
Zumunta Athlétic Club
Sahel Sporting Club
Association Sportive des Forces de Défense et de Sécurité (AS FNIS)
Association Sportive des Forces Armées Nationale (AS FAN)
Liberté Football Club
Coupe Play Off
==============
Final [May 6, Stade Municipal, Niamey]
Sahel SC 0-0 AS FAN [1-0 pen]
Coupe des Présidents des Clubs
==============================
Round 1
[May 12]
Sahel SC 1-2 Olympic
AS FAN 2-0 Liberté FC
[May 13]
Zumunta AC 2-1 AS FNIS
Qualification match [May 16]
Sahel SC bt AS FNIS
Final [May 26]
Sahel SC 2-0 AS FAN
Coupe SONIBANK
==============
Group A
Round 1
Liberté FC 2-1 AS FAN
Round 2 [Jun 16]
Olympic 2-1 AS FAN
Round 3 [Jun 23]
Liberté FC 1-2 Olympic
Group B
Round 1
Zumunta AC 1-2 Sahel SC
Round 2 [Jun 16]
Sahel SC 6-3 AS FNIS
Round 3 [Jun 23]
Zumunta AC 0-1 AS FNIS
Semifinals
[Jun 30]
Sahel SC 4-0 Liberté FC
Olympic 3-3 AS FNIS [4-3 pen]
3rd place match [Jul 1]
Liberté FC --- AS FNIS
Final [Jul 8]
Sahel SC bt Olympic
Coupe des Sponsors
==================
organised by Niamey league for dissident teams.
Start July 20
Semifinals [Sep 1]
AS FNIS 3-2 AS FAN
Olympic FC 2-1 Sahel SC
Final [Sep 9, Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey]
Olympique 3-1 AS FNIS
Third Place: Sahel SC
NB: the split in activities extends to second division clubs also; those
from the Niamey league are currently (July/August) playing the second
edition of the Coupe Méréda (won by AS Police), after had played the
Coupe des Présidents des Clubs (also won by AS Police), while the 2nd
division championship organised annually by the Federation will start
soon (in August?).
Prepared and maintained by José Batalha for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: José Batalha
(jose.batalha@netvisao.pt)
Last updated: 14 Feb 2008
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RSSSF 2001/08
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