Sierra Leone 2000/01

Teams and group allocations:
	
	Group A
Mighty Blackpool FC
Wusum Stars [Bombali]
Old Edwardians
Freetown United
Real Republicans
	Group B
East End Lions
Kakua Rangers [Bo]
Wellington People FC
Goderich United
Cenegal FC
	Group C
Ports Authority
Bai Bureh Warriors [Port Loko]
Kallon FC (Sierra Fisheries)
Mount Aureol
Giant FC
Nepean Stars [Bo]
	Group D
Diamond Stars [Kono]
Kamboi Eagles [Kenema]
Golf Leopards
Regent Olympic FC
Easton Rangers FC

Some results:

Group A
=======

Mighty Blackpool	1-1 Real Republicans	[Oct 21]
Wusum Stars		--- Real Republicans	[Nov 5]
Old Edwardians		4-1 Freetown United	[Nov 29]
Mighty Blackpool	1-0 Wusum Stars		[Dec 8]
Real Republicans	awd Freetown United	[awarded 2-0; originally 1-2]

Top Table:
 1. Old Edwardians	4  10 Qualified for Premier League
 2. Mighty Blackpool	4   8 Qualified for Premier League
 3. Real Republicans	      Qualified for play-off

Group B
=======
East End Lions		3-0 Goderich United	[Oct 22]
Cenegal FC		1-0 Wellington People FC
East End Lions		0-0 Cenegal FC		[Nov 22]
Wellington People FC	0-0 Kakua Rangers	[Nov 29]
Cenegal FC		0-0 Goderich United
East End Lions		0-0 Wellington People FC

Top Table:
 1. East End Lions	4  8 Qualified for Premier League
 2. Kakua Rangers	4  5 Qualified for Premier League
 3. Wellington People        Qualified for play-off

Group C
=======
Ports Authority		0-0 Mount Aureol	[Oct 25]
Ports Authority		--- Giant FC
Bai Bureh Warriors	0-0 Nepean Stars	[Nov 8]
Mount Aureol		3-0 Bai Bureh Warriors	[Nov 24]
Ports Authority		2-0 Nepean Stars	[Nov 26]
Kallon FC		--- Bai Bureh Warriors	[Dec 2]
Kallon FC		2-1 Nepean Stars
Bai Bureh Warriors	5-2 Giant FC		[Dec 15]
Kallon FC		--- Mount Aureol	[Dec 20]
Bai Bureh Warriors	--- Ports Authority	[Dec 22]
Kallon FC		1-0 Giant FC
Mount Aureol		1-0 Giant FC

Top Table:
 1. Kallon FC		5  13 Qualified for Premier League [ex- Sierra Fisheries]
 2. Ports Authority	5  11 Qualified for Premier League
 3. Mount Aureol	      Qualified for play-off

Group D
=======
Diamond Stars		--- Regent Olympic FC	[Oct 27]
Regent Olympic FC	3-1 Kamboi Eagles	[Nov 10]
Diamond Stars		1-1 Easton Rangers FC	[Nov 25]
Kamboi Eagles		--- Golf Leopards	[Dec 3]
Golf Leopards		--- Diamond Stars	[Jan 20]
Golf Leopards		1-1 Easton Rangers FC

Top Table:
 1. Diamond Stars	4  8 Qualified for Premier League
 2. Golf Leopards	4  8 Qualified for Premier League
 3. Easton Rangers           Qualified for play-off


Play-Off

Real Republicans	bt  Mount Aureol
Easton Rangers		1-0 Wellington People  

NB: Wellington People took the place of Easton Rangers FC (it is not clear why)


National Premier League
=======================

Start postponed from Feb 17 to Mar 24.

Played as single round robin (all teams play 9 matches)

Table:

  1 Mighty Blackpool     9   5   2   2  (+13)  17  Champions
  2 Old Edwardians       9   4   4   1  (+13)  16
  3 East End Lions       9   4   3   2  (+12)  15
  4 Ports Authority      9   4   3   2   ?-4   15
  5 Wellington People    8   3   4   1         13
  6 Real Republicans     9   2   4   3         10 
  7 Kallon FC            8   3   0   5          9
  8 Diamond Stars        7   2   3   2          9
-------------------------------------------------
  9 Golf Leopards        7   1   3   3          6
 10 Bo Rangers           9   0   2   7          2  Relegated

Round 1
[Mar 24]
East End Lions		2-0 FC Kallon
[Mar 25]
Golf Leopards	        lt  Old Edwardians
[Apr 1]
Kakua Rangers     	0-1 Ports Authority FC

Round 2
[Apr 1]
East End Lions       	0-0 Old Edwardians

[May 29]
Bo Rangers		0-4 Kallon FC
[May 31]
Bo Rangers		0-2 East End Lions
[Jun 1]
Old Edwardians		1-1 Ports Authority
[Jun 2]
Bo Rangers		0-2 Mighty Blackpool
Real Republicans	0-4 East End Lions

Lions have 4 wins and 1 draw and did not yet concede a goal.
Blackpool have 2 wins and 1 draw in three matches.

[Jun 8]
Wellington People	2-1 Mighty Blackpool
[Jun 9]
Golf Leopards		1-0 Ports Authority

[Jun 13]
Wellington People	abd Ports Authority   [abandoned at 1-2 at half-time due
  to waterlogged pitch]
[Jun 15]
Diamond Stars		1-3 Old Edwardians

[Jun 16]
Ports Authority		1-0 Kallon FC
Bo Rangers		--- Old Edwardians
[Jun 17]
Diamond Stars		--- Golf Leopards     [boycotted by referee Billy Parkinson]
[Jun 20]
Wellington People	1-1 Real Republicans

[date unknown]
Real Republicans	bt  Kallon FC
Bo Rangers		lt  Real Republicans

[Jun 22]
Mighty Blackpool	2-1 Kallon FC
[Jun 23]
East End Lions		2-2 Golf Leopards
Bo Rangers		0-3 Old Edwardians    [ppd from Jun 17] 
Wellington People	2-0 Ports Authority
[Jun 24]
Diamond Stars		--- Ports Authority

[Jun 27]
Mighty Blackpool	1-0 Golf Leopards
[Jun 29]
Golf Leopards		1-3 Kallon FC         [also reported 1-4]
[Jun 30]
Real Republicans	0-0 Old Edwardians
[Jul 1]
East End Lions		0-1 Wellington People

[Jul 6]
Old Edwardians		2-0 Kallon FC
[Jul 7]
Mighty Blackpool	0-2 Ports Authority
Bo Rangers		--- Wellington People
[Jul 8]
Real Republicans	0-0 Golf Leopards

[Jul 18, ppd from Jun 24]
Diamond Stars		--- Ports Authority
[Jul 20]
Diamond Stars		1-0 Real Republicans
[Jul 21]
Kallon FC		3-2 Wellington People
Bo Rangers		0-0 Golf Leopards
[Jul 22]
Mighty Blackpool	3-1 East End Lions
[Jul 25]
Old Edwardians		1-1 Wellington People
Kallon FC		--- Diamond Stars
[Aug 4]
Mighty Blackpool	1-1 Real Republicans	[ppd from Jul 28]
Bo Rangers		0-1 Diamond Stars	[ppd from Jul 28]
[Aug 5]
East End Lions		0-0 Ports Authority	[ppd from Jul 29]

Table:

  1 Mighty Blackpool     9   5   2   2  (+13)  17  Champions
  2 Old Edwardians       9   4   4   1  (+13)  16
  3 East End Lions       9   4   3   2  (+12)  15
  4 Ports Authority      9   4   3   2   ?-4   15
  5 Wellington People    8   3   4   1         13
  6 Real Republicans     9   2   4   3         10 
  7 Kallon FC            8   3   0   5          9
  8 Diamond Stars        7   2   3   2          9
-------------------------------------------------
  9 Golf Leopards        7   1   3   3          6
 10 Bo Rangers           9   0   2   7          2  Relegated

[Aug 12]
Diamond Stars		--- Golf Leopards

NB: champions, runners-up and third placed teams to play in 2002 African club
    cups; 4th and 5th place teams to play in 2002 WAFU club cup.

Final Table (according to African Soccer):
 
 1.Mighty Blackpool            9   5   2   2   13- 8   17  Champions
 2.Old Edwardians              9   4   4   1   12- 6   16
 3.East End Lions              9   4   3   2   12- 6   15
 4.Ports Authority             9   4   3   2    7- 4   15
 5.Diamond Stars               9   4   2   3    6- 8   14
 6.Wellington People           8   3   4   1    8- 5   13
 7.Kallon FC                   9   4   0   5   15-11   12
 8.Real Republicans            8   2   4   2    4- 9   10
 9.Golf Leopards               9   1   4   4    5- 7    7  Relegated
10.Bo Rangers                  9   0   2   7    0-14    2  Relegated

[2 more wins than losses, 4 more goals scored than conceded; presumably
 2 losses by Wellington and Republicans not added to table; Diamond
 Stars' record inconsistent with table above]

Top scorers (final):
1. Keifala Marrah (Blackpool)		5 goals
2. Abdulai K. Conteh (Edwardians)	5
3. Umaru Rahman (Lions)			4
4. Sullay Jalloh (Diamond Stars)	4



Western Area Interzonal League 2000/01

Champions: Congo Contractors
Runners-up: Brookefield Community


2000

2001/02

list of champions

list of cup winners


About this document

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

Authors: Hans Schöggl (hans.schoeggl@sbg.ac.at) and José Batalha (jose.batalha@netvisao.pt)
Last updated: 27 Sep 2003

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