All the warm-up friendlies since 1 December played by the countries in Ghana's group:
Burkina Faso: beat Togo 2-1 (h); beat S?n?gal 2-4 (a); lost to Mail 2-1 (a); lost to Cameroon 1-3 (h); drew Egypt 2-2 (a); beat Zambia 2-1 (h)
Morocco: beat Zambia 1-0 (h); drew Mali 1-1 (h); beat Guinea 2-1 (h); beat Gambia 2-0 (a)
South Africa: beat Angola 1-0 (h)
Result of a friendly football international played here on Wednesday:
Gambia 0 Morocco 2 (Adil Ramzi 15, Abdeljalil Hadda 28)
Burkina Faso 2 Zambia 1
Result of friendly international between Burkina Faso and Zambia played Tuesday.
Burkina Faso 2 (Toure 38, Dadjano 65) Zambia 1 (Bakala 84)
factfile for Morocco
Qualifying results
Preliminary round - Guinea Bissau withdrew. Mini-league - Gabon 0-1 home, 0-2 away, Kenya 1-0 1-1, Tunisia 2-0 1-0
Scorers
2 - Youssef Chippo and Abdeljilil 'Camacho' Hadda, 1 - Salaheddine Bassir
Fixtures
Jan 21 - Ghana, Segou; Jan 26 - Burkina Faso, Segou; Jan 30 - South Africa, Segou
Rankings
Africa - 3, world - 36
Nickname
The Atlas Lions
Previous cup appearances
1972 - first round, 1976 - winners, 1978 - first round, 1980 - third, 1986 - fourth, 1988 - fourth, 1992 - first round, 1998 - quarter-finals, 2000 - first round
Cup record
P36 W12 D15 L9 F35 A31
Biggest win
1998 - Mozambique 3-0
Heaviest loss
1978 - Uganda 0-3
factfile for Burkina Faso
Qualifying results
Preliminary round - Mauritania 3-0 (3-0 home, 0-0 away). Mini-league - Algeria 1-0 1-1, Burundi 1-0 0-0, Angola 1-0 0-2
Scorers
2 - Oumar Barro, Mamadou Zongo, 1 - Manga Diabate, Ousmane Sanou, Seydou Traore
Fixtures
Jan 20 - South Africa, Segou; Jan 26 - Morocco, Segou, Jan 30 - Ghana, Mopti
Rankings
Africa - 17, world - 78
Nickname
The Stallions
Previous cup appearances
1978 - first round, 1996 - first round, 1998 - fourth, 2000 - first round
Cup record
P15 W2 D3 L10 F17 A35
Biggest wins
1998 - Algeria 2-1, Guinea 1-0
Heaviest loss
1996 - Zambia 1-5
Morocco 2 Guinea 1
Morocco, The Atlas Lions, finished their preparations for Mali 2002 with a 2-1 win against Guinea, with goals from Hadda and Ramzi.
Morocco 2 (Hadda 10, Ramzi 50)
Guinea 1 (Camara 13)
South Africa: Bafana Bafana defender Jacob Lekgetho has been forced to withdraw after failing to recover from a leg injury. Coach Carlos Queiroz has not yet named a replacement but has already informed Caf about the injury.
Burkina Faso fire coach
OUAGADOUGOU, Jan 11 (AFP) -- Argentinian Luis Oscar Fullone was sacked on Friday as coach of the Burkina Faso team - just a week before the African Nations Cup gets underway in Mali.
"Luis Fullone is no longer a part of the set-up," said Burkina Faso Information Minister Theodore Kilimite who added the decision was sparked by the coach's regular absences to make trips to France where his wife has been ill.
Fullone, who was appointed last September, will be replaced by his assistants Jacques Yameogo and Pihouri Weboanga in the short term while a full-time replacement is found.
Defenders: Boureima Ouattara (RCB/Bur), Madou Dossama (EFO/Bur), Soumaila Tassembedo (EFO/Bur), Brahima Cisse (Jendouba/Tur), Ousmane Traore (Valencia/Spa), Lamine Traore (Anderlecht/Bel), Firmin Sanou (Valencia/Spa), Mamadou Tall (Bursa Sports/Tur).
Midfielders: Amadou Toure (ASFA/Bur), Ali Ouedraogo (EFO/Bur), Narcisse Yameogo (Jeanne D'Arc/Sen), Romeo Kambou (Bani Yas/Kuw), Jeannot Bouyain (Planete-Champion/Bur), Issa Zongo (Satellite FC/Ivc)
Strikers: Oumar Barro (Brondby/Den), Wilfried Sanou (Fetirol/Aut), Tanguy Barro (RCB/Bur), Moumouni Dagano (Genk/Bel), Alassane OuedraogoCologne/Ger).
Defenders: Noureddine Naybet (Deportivo La Coruna/Spa), Abdelilah Fahmi (Lille/Fra), Akram Romani (Genk/Bel), Badr Kaddouri (Widad/Mar), Abdeslam Ouaddou (Fulham/Ang), Gharbi Amzine (Troyes/Fra)
Midfielders: Youssef Safri (Coventry/Eng), Othman el Assas (Khouribga), Noureddine Boukhari (Sparta/Ned), Rachid Benmahmoud (Al Ahly/UAE), Faouzi Labrazi (Twente/Ned), Youssef Chippo (Coventry/Eng)
Forwards: Rachid Rokki (Al-Tawoon/Qat), Hicham Zerouali (Aberdeen/Sco), Salaheddine Bassir (Lille/Fra), Adil Ramzi (PSV Endhove/Ned), Tarik ChihamZurich/Swi), Abdeljalil Hadda (Club Africain/Tun), Rabie El Afoui (Widad)
Defenders: Matthew Booth (Mamelodi Sundowns), Bradley Carnell (VfB Stuttgart, Germany), Pierre Issa (Watford, England), Jacob Lekgetho (Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia), Mbulelo Mabizelo (Orlando Pirates), Aaron Mokoena (Germinal Beerschot, Belgium), Frank Schoeman (Lyngby, Denmark), Macbeth Sibaya (Jomo Cosmos).
Midfielders: Delron Buckley (VfL Bochum, Germany), Quinton Fortune (Manchester Utd, England), Thabo Mngomeni (Orlando Pirates), Bennett Mnguni (Mamelodi Sundowns), Dillon Sheppard (Ajax Cape Town), Eric Tinkler (Barnsley, England), Sibusiso Zuma (FC Copenhagen, Denmark).
Strikers: Bradley August (Santos), Shaun Bartlett (Charlton Athletic, England), Benni McCarthy (FC Porto, Portugal), Siyabonga Nomvete (Udinese, Italy).
LOME, Dec 22 (AFP) -- Result of a friendly football match played here on Saturday: Togo 1 (Mohamed Azim 84) Burkina Faso 0
Queiroz names Cup of Nations hopefuls
20 Dec 2001 -- Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Queiroz has covered his bets in naming a fairly predictable preliminary 33-man squad of hopefuls to play in next month's African Nations Cup finals in Mali.
What is significant is the inclusion of budding stars from Orlando Pirates, striker Lesley Manyathela, midfielder Benedict Vilakazi, defender Mbulelo Mabizela, who made his international debut in the 1-0 win over Egypt in a friendly played in Johannesburg last month, and Kaizer Chiefs wayward star, midfielder-cum-striker Jabu Pule.
Manyathela who scored twice in Bucs' 3-0 drubbing of Chiefs in a PSL fixture on Saturday at the FNB stadium and repeated that feat for the SA under-23 side when he scored a brace in the Amaglug-glug's 3-0 win over Malawi on Sunday.
Vilakazi, who scored the other Pirates goal against Amakhosi has been improving with every game and deserves his chance to parade his skills on the continental stage.
Pule is a superb player but the huge question mark against him is his temperament. He has just completed a three match suspension after being sent off in Chiefs 3-2 defeat by SuperSport United at Ellis Park recently where he scored both Chiefs goals - the second is a prime candidate for Goal of the Year.
The good news is the availability of captain and Charlton Athletic striker Shaun Bartlett. Earlier there was some doubt over his availability. Bartlett is one of 16 overseas based players in the preliminary squad.
Another interesting selection is that of Cape Town born defender, Nasief Morris who plies his trade in Greece with Aris Salonica.
Good news is the inclusion of midfield hard man Eric Tinkler of English First Division club, Barnsley.
Tinkler (31) has been plagued with injuries which forced him to withdraw from the World Cup finals in France in 1998. He played in the last Nations Cup finals in Ghana and Nigeria where Bafana finished third. After which he suffered a serious injury that sidelined him for most of the last English season.
Eyebrows will, however, be raised at veteran playmaker John "Shoes" Moshoeu's selection. Moshoeu is past his sell by date but the lack of a genuine playmaker has obviously forced Queiroz to stick with experience.
The squad will be trimmed to 26 players for the camp starting on December 26 and cut to 22 on December 28. That will be the squad that travels to Mali on January 19 carrying the country's hopes.
South Africa (preliminary squad):
Goalkeepers: John Tlale (Sundowns), Hans Vonk (Heerenveen, Netherlands), Andre Arendse (Santos), Brian Baloyi (Kaizer Chiefs).
Defenders: Nasief Morris (Aris Salonica, Greece), Matthew Booth (Sundowns), Bradley Carnell (Vfb Stuttgart, Germany), McBeth Sibaya (Jomo Cosmos), Aaron Mokoena (Germinal Beerschot, Belgium), Pierre Issa (Watford, England), Frank Schoeman (Lyngby, Denmark), Jacob Lekgetho (Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia), Mbulelo Mabizela (Orlando Pirates), Thabang Molefe (Jomo Cosmos).
Midfielders: Dumisa Ngobe (Orlando Pirates), Arthur Zwane (Kaizer Chiefs), Bennett Mnguni (Sundowns), Quinton Fortune (Manchester United, England), John Moshoeu (Bursaspor, Turkey), Thabo Mngomeni (Orlando Pirates), Sibusiso Zuma (Copenhagen, Denmark), Delron Buckley (Bochum, Germany), Dillon Sheppard (Ajax Cape Town), Benedict Vilakazi (Orlando Pirates), Tebobo Mokoena (St Gallan, Switzerland), Eric Tinkler (Barnsley, England).
Strikers: Jabu Pule (Kaizer Chiefs), Shaun Bartlett (Charlton Athletic, England), Benni McCarthy (Celta de Vigo, Spain), Bradley August (Santos), Lesley Manyathela (Orlando Pirates), Siyabonga Nomvethe (Udinese, Italy), Patrick Mayo (Supersport United).
Togo beat Burkina Faso in friendly
OUAGADOUGOU, Dec 16 (AFP)-- Burkina Faso 1 (Barro 10) Togo 2 (Salifou 15, Mbani 44)
Mali surprise Morocco
14 December 2001 -- Morocco were surprisingly held 1-1 by Mali in a warm-up game for the African Nations Cup next month despite taking a ninth-minute lead when Youssef Chippo converted a penalty. (AFP).
All the warm-up friendlies since 1 December played by the countries in Ghana's group:
Burkina Faso: beat Togo 2-1 (h); beat S?n?gal 2-4 (a); lost to Mail 2-1 (a); lost to Cameroon 1-3 (h); drew Egypt 2-2 (a); beat Zambia 2-1 (h)
Morocco: beat Zambia 1-0 (h); drew Mali 1-1 (h); beat Guinea 2-1 (h); beat Gambia 2-0 (a)
South Africa: beat Angola 1-0 (h)
Result of a friendly football international played here on Wednesday:
Gambia 0 Morocco 2 (Adil Ramzi 15, Abdeljalil Hadda 28)
Burkina Faso 2 Zambia 1
Result of friendly international between Burkina Faso and Zambia played Tuesday.
Burkina Faso 2 (Toure 38, Dadjano 65) Zambia 1 (Bakala 84)
factfile for Morocco
Qualifying results
Preliminary round - Guinea Bissau withdrew. Mini-league - Gabon 0-1 home, 0-2 away, Kenya 1-0 1-1, Tunisia 2-0 1-0
Scorers
2 - Youssef Chippo and Abdeljilil 'Camacho' Hadda, 1 - Salaheddine Bassir
Fixtures
Jan 21 - Ghana, Segou; Jan 26 - Burkina Faso, Segou; Jan 30 - South Africa, Segou
Rankings
Africa - 3, world - 36
Nickname
The Atlas Lions
Previous cup appearances
1972 - first round, 1976 - winners, 1978 - first round, 1980 - third, 1986 - fourth, 1988 - fourth, 1992 - first round, 1998 - quarter-finals, 2000 - first round
Cup record
P36 W12 D15 L9 F35 A31
Biggest win
1998 - Mozambique 3-0
Heaviest loss
1978 - Uganda 0-3
factfile for Burkina Faso
Qualifying results
Preliminary round - Mauritania 3-0 (3-0 home, 0-0 away). Mini-league - Algeria 1-0 1-1, Burundi 1-0 0-0, Angola 1-0 0-2
Scorers
2 - Oumar Barro, Mamadou Zongo, 1 - Manga Diabate, Ousmane Sanou, Seydou Traore
Fixtures
Jan 20 - South Africa, Segou; Jan 26 - Morocco, Segou, Jan 30 - Ghana, Mopti
Rankings
Africa - 17, world - 78
Nickname
The Stallions
Previous cup appearances
1978 - first round, 1996 - first round, 1998 - fourth, 2000 - first round
Cup record
P15 W2 D3 L10 F17 A35
Biggest wins
1998 - Algeria 2-1, Guinea 1-0
Heaviest loss
1996 - Zambia 1-5
Morocco 2 Guinea 1
Morocco, The Atlas Lions, finished their preparations for Mali 2002 with a 2-1 win against Guinea, with goals from Hadda and Ramzi.
Morocco 2 (Hadda 10, Ramzi 50)
Guinea 1 (Camara 13)
South Africa: Bafana Bafana defender Jacob Lekgetho has been forced to withdraw after failing to recover from a leg injury. Coach Carlos Queiroz has not yet named a replacement but has already informed Caf about the injury.
Burkina Faso fire coach
OUAGADOUGOU, Jan 11 (AFP) -- Argentinian Luis Oscar Fullone was sacked on Friday as coach of the Burkina Faso team - just a week before the African Nations Cup gets underway in Mali.
"Luis Fullone is no longer a part of the set-up," said Burkina Faso Information Minister Theodore Kilimite who added the decision was sparked by the coach's regular absences to make trips to France where his wife has been ill.
Fullone, who was appointed last September, will be replaced by his assistants Jacques Yameogo and Pihouri Weboanga in the short term while a full-time replacement is found.
Defenders: Boureima Ouattara (RCB/Bur), Madou Dossama (EFO/Bur), Soumaila Tassembedo (EFO/Bur), Brahima Cisse (Jendouba/Tur), Ousmane Traore (Valencia/Spa), Lamine Traore (Anderlecht/Bel), Firmin Sanou (Valencia/Spa), Mamadou Tall (Bursa Sports/Tur).
Midfielders: Amadou Toure (ASFA/Bur), Ali Ouedraogo (EFO/Bur), Narcisse Yameogo (Jeanne D'Arc/Sen), Romeo Kambou (Bani Yas/Kuw), Jeannot Bouyain (Planete-Champion/Bur), Issa Zongo (Satellite FC/Ivc)
Strikers: Oumar Barro (Brondby/Den), Wilfried Sanou (Fetirol/Aut), Tanguy Barro (RCB/Bur), Moumouni Dagano (Genk/Bel), Alassane OuedraogoCologne/Ger).
Defenders: Noureddine Naybet (Deportivo La Coruna/Spa), Abdelilah Fahmi (Lille/Fra), Akram Romani (Genk/Bel), Badr Kaddouri (Widad/Mar), Abdeslam Ouaddou (Fulham/Ang), Gharbi Amzine (Troyes/Fra)
Midfielders: Youssef Safri (Coventry/Eng), Othman el Assas (Khouribga), Noureddine Boukhari (Sparta/Ned), Rachid Benmahmoud (Al Ahly/UAE), Faouzi Labrazi (Twente/Ned), Youssef Chippo (Coventry/Eng)
Forwards: Rachid Rokki (Al-Tawoon/Qat), Hicham Zerouali (Aberdeen/Sco), Salaheddine Bassir (Lille/Fra), Adil Ramzi (PSV Endhove/Ned), Tarik ChihamZurich/Swi), Abdeljalil Hadda (Club Africain/Tun), Rabie El Afoui (Widad)
Defenders: Matthew Booth (Mamelodi Sundowns), Bradley Carnell (VfB Stuttgart, Germany), Pierre Issa (Watford, England), Jacob Lekgetho (Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia), Mbulelo Mabizelo (Orlando Pirates), Aaron Mokoena (Germinal Beerschot, Belgium), Frank Schoeman (Lyngby, Denmark), Macbeth Sibaya (Jomo Cosmos).
Midfielders: Delron Buckley (VfL Bochum, Germany), Quinton Fortune (Manchester Utd, England), Thabo Mngomeni (Orlando Pirates), Bennett Mnguni (Mamelodi Sundowns), Dillon Sheppard (Ajax Cape Town), Eric Tinkler (Barnsley, England), Sibusiso Zuma (FC Copenhagen, Denmark).
Strikers: Bradley August (Santos), Shaun Bartlett (Charlton Athletic, England), Benni McCarthy (FC Porto, Portugal), Siyabonga Nomvete (Udinese, Italy).
LOME, Dec 22 (AFP) -- Result of a friendly football match played here on Saturday: Togo 1 (Mohamed Azim 84) Burkina Faso 0
Queiroz names Cup of Nations hopefuls
20 Dec 2001 -- Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Queiroz has covered his bets in naming a fairly predictable preliminary 33-man squad of hopefuls to play in next month's African Nations Cup finals in Mali.
What is significant is the inclusion of budding stars from Orlando Pirates, striker Lesley Manyathela, midfielder Benedict Vilakazi, defender Mbulelo Mabizela, who made his international debut in the 1-0 win over Egypt in a friendly played in Johannesburg last month, and Kaizer Chiefs wayward star, midfielder-cum-striker Jabu Pule.
Manyathela who scored twice in Bucs' 3-0 drubbing of Chiefs in a PSL fixture on Saturday at the FNB stadium and repeated that feat for the SA under-23 side when he scored a brace in the Amaglug-glug's 3-0 win over Malawi on Sunday.
Vilakazi, who scored the other Pirates goal against Amakhosi has been improving with every game and deserves his chance to parade his skills on the continental stage.
Pule is a superb player but the huge question mark against him is his temperament. He has just completed a three match suspension after being sent off in Chiefs 3-2 defeat by SuperSport United at Ellis Park recently where he scored both Chiefs goals - the second is a prime candidate for Goal of the Year.
The good news is the availability of captain and Charlton Athletic striker Shaun Bartlett. Earlier there was some doubt over his availability. Bartlett is one of 16 overseas based players in the preliminary squad.
Another interesting selection is that of Cape Town born defender, Nasief Morris who plies his trade in Greece with Aris Salonica.
Good news is the inclusion of midfield hard man Eric Tinkler of English First Division club, Barnsley.
Tinkler (31) has been plagued with injuries which forced him to withdraw from the World Cup finals in France in 1998. He played in the last Nations Cup finals in Ghana and Nigeria where Bafana finished third. After which he suffered a serious injury that sidelined him for most of the last English season.
Eyebrows will, however, be raised at veteran playmaker John "Shoes" Moshoeu's selection. Moshoeu is past his sell by date but the lack of a genuine playmaker has obviously forced Queiroz to stick with experience.
The squad will be trimmed to 26 players for the camp starting on December 26 and cut to 22 on December 28. That will be the squad that travels to Mali on January 19 carrying the country's hopes.
South Africa (preliminary squad):
Goalkeepers: John Tlale (Sundowns), Hans Vonk (Heerenveen, Netherlands), Andre Arendse (Santos), Brian Baloyi (Kaizer Chiefs).
Defenders: Nasief Morris (Aris Salonica, Greece), Matthew Booth (Sundowns), Bradley Carnell (Vfb Stuttgart, Germany), McBeth Sibaya (Jomo Cosmos), Aaron Mokoena (Germinal Beerschot, Belgium), Pierre Issa (Watford, England), Frank Schoeman (Lyngby, Denmark), Jacob Lekgetho (Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia), Mbulelo Mabizela (Orlando Pirates), Thabang Molefe (Jomo Cosmos).
Midfielders: Dumisa Ngobe (Orlando Pirates), Arthur Zwane (Kaizer Chiefs), Bennett Mnguni (Sundowns), Quinton Fortune (Manchester United, England), John Moshoeu (Bursaspor, Turkey), Thabo Mngomeni (Orlando Pirates), Sibusiso Zuma (Copenhagen, Denmark), Delron Buckley (Bochum, Germany), Dillon Sheppard (Ajax Cape Town), Benedict Vilakazi (Orlando Pirates), Tebobo Mokoena (St Gallan, Switzerland), Eric Tinkler (Barnsley, England).
Strikers: Jabu Pule (Kaizer Chiefs), Shaun Bartlett (Charlton Athletic, England), Benni McCarthy (Celta de Vigo, Spain), Bradley August (Santos), Lesley Manyathela (Orlando Pirates), Siyabonga Nomvethe (Udinese, Italy), Patrick Mayo (Supersport United).
Togo beat Burkina Faso in friendly
OUAGADOUGOU, Dec 16 (AFP)-- Burkina Faso 1 (Barro 10) Togo 2 (Salifou 15, Mbani 44)
Mali surprise Morocco
14 December 2001 -- Morocco were surprisingly held 1-1 by Mali in a warm-up game for the African Nations Cup next month despite taking a ninth-minute lead when Youssef Chippo converted a penalty. (AFP).
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