CONAKRY – Guinea’s 2014/15 football season kicks off on Dec. 13 with the participation of 12 clubs, including seven from the capital, Conakry, sources at the Guinean Football Federation (FEGUIFOOT) said on Thursday.
The opening of the national football championship was postponed because of the deadly Ebola virus disease which has been affecting the country since December last year and which has killed some 1,200 out of 2,000 reported cases.
Defending champions, Association Sportive de Kaloum (ASK), which will represent Guinea in the next African Champions League competition, has been training in Tunisia.
Horoya Athletic Club (HAC), which will play the Confederation of African Football (CAF) competition, was in Morocco for preparations.
Hafia football club, one of the oldest clubs in Guinea and three times Africa champion (1972, 1975, 1997), which is back in the first division after being relegated last season for the first time in their history, has signed a Brazilian coach, Antonio Dumas.
Dumas had previously trained the national teams of Togo, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. (PANA/NAN)
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