Gambia National Football Team

[CELTIC1CALEY3]

It will be interesting to see if any of our supporters know much about the Gambia National Football Team.  Here are a few facts from the internet.

Johnathan McKinstry is a Northern Irish football coach who is the head coach of the Gambia national football team.

Yankuba Minteh is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Gambia national team.

Ebrima "Ebou" Adams is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL Championship club Derby County, and the Gambia national team.

 

Musa Barrow is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Pro League club Al-Taawoun and the Gambia national team. 

 

Omar Colley is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League Greece club PAOK and captains the Gambia national team.

 

Abdoulie Sanyang is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Croatian Football League club Hajduk Split. 

 

From FIFA

 

Group F

1. Côte d’Ivoire | 10 pts 2. Gabon | 9 pts 3. Burundi | 7 pts 4. Kenya | 5 pts 5. Gambia | 3 pts 6. Seychelles | 0 pts

Matchday 5 fixtures Gabon - Seychelles Gambia - Kenya Burundi - Côte d’Ivoire

Matchday 6 fixtures Kenya - Gabon Côte d’Ivoire - Gambia Burundi - Seychelles

Current form

The Elephants successfully negotiated their way through the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers by finishing second in their group, with three goals from Jean-Philippe Krasso and Oumar Diakite. They have the opportunity to stretch their lead at the top of the World Cup qualifying standings against two teams who did not qualify for the AFCON, Burundi and Gambia, the latter having finished with a 1-0 win over Tunisia.

Gabon share the same ambition, as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and his team-mates play host to Seychelles, who did not take part in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, followed by a date with a Kenya side who failed to make it out of the group stage.

 The Kenya national team will first face Gambia on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at Stade Allasane Ouattara in Ivory Coast. The good news for Musa is that the stadium has many similarities with Stade Longman on the Dolphin Coast. 

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Musa follows in a line of international goalkeepers who have graced the turf for Inverness - Nicky Walker, Ryan Esson for Scotland and Owain Fon Williams for Wales.

 

 

Edited March 14 by CELTIC1CALEY3
Update

[Yngwie]

The manager McKinstry was a coach who got his first job as a manager aged 27 when he got the Sierra Leone job, having never managed a club side. Still in his 30s, Gambia is the 4th African nation he’s managed.

[tm4tj]

Congratulation C1-C3

You are this seasons winner of the GoaldenURL Award for the largest URL known to mankind.

[CELTIC1CALEY3]

  On 3/14/2025 at 1:05 PM, tm4tj said:

Congratulation C1-C3

You are this seasons winner of the GoaldenURL Award for the largest URL known to mankind.

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Did you see the size of the Stadium!!

[tm4tj]

I couldn't see it for the URL 

[+jagster]

  On 3/14/2025 at 9:03 AM, CELTIC1CALEY3 said:

 

Musa follows in a line of international goalkeepers who have graced the turf for Inverness - Nicky Walker, Ryan Esson for Scotland and Owain Fon Williams for Wales.

 

 

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Didn’t Johnny Tuffey play for Ireland? 

[CELTIC1CALEY3]

https://baab.ci/loisirs_baab/stade-olympique-alassane-ouattara/

Slightly shorter.

[CELTIC1CALEY3]

  On 3/14/2025 at 8:47 PM, jagster said:

Didn’t Johnny Tuffey play for Ireland? 

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Think so. Well done for assisting the memory of an ageing supporter.