CAF Champions League: Dolphin vs Renacimiento

The club led by Musa Abdulahi had camped at Eket and in Kaduna for many weeks ahead of the match.

Dolphin contracted some notable players in the league to beef up their squad ahead of the 2005 football season.

Dolphins Kelechi Osunwa, Albert Chinwo, Prince Aguma and Uduak Udofia
celebrate FA cup win last year

Names like, Endurance Idahor, Obinna Nnodim, Iyasere Odili, Jacob Akionbare and Uche Akubuike were signed on from Julius Berger, while Victor Babayaro and Emma Idache joined from Wikki Tourist.

Other new players signed are Alex Nwokolo and Emma Ayodeji from NPA as well as OFere Edward from the Pepsi Academy.

Dolphin’s home ground, the liberation stadium is not left out as it now wears a new look after massive renovation work on it.

One thing that may however spoil the fun is the lack of attendance by spectators who have continued to show apathy towards games involving Dolphin.

Renacimiento in with Cameroonian army

Dolphins opponents, Renacimiento of Equatorial Guinea, got their big break when they signed on Cameroonian Coach, Alain Wabo, also known as Capello in 2004.

When the club President, Essono Edjo took his search for a credible coach to Cameroon, he first contracted Coach Nicolas Tonyè who did not want to leave Cameroon so he directed them to his friend, Alain Wabo, his ex-colleague at Mount-Cameroon FC, who accepted without hesitating.

Renacimiento Liberian import
David Jacques

The club has six Cameroonian players in its books, Ndamè and Peter of Botafogo FC, Wembé and Ngongang of Racing de Bafoussam, Fotso Magath of Mount-Cameroon FC of Buea and Sand Nana of Batié.

The thirty two year old Alain Wabo started his coaching career in the early ninties.

In Cameroon he has coached Oryx de Douala, Have Bamendjou, Aigle of Nkongsamba, Stade of Bandjoun, Have Moungo and Mount-Cameroon FC of Buea.

In his first season in Guinean Football, this trainer won the league for Renacimiento.

Renaciemento, first became Champion of the regional league of Malabo after the first phase ahead of Elanguena and Atletico Malabo while the top three in the Bata regional league, Akonangui FC, Deportivo Mongomo and Estrela Danizock joined in the final round.

After the second phase, Renaciemento were crowned champions with 15 points out of a possible 18.

Renaciemento also has players from Mali, Senegal, Togo, Ghana, Burkina-Faso and Coast-dIvoire.

Alain Wabo got the job as coach of Renaciemento after the club President, , went to Cameroon in search of a good coach for the team.

Renaciemento were third in the league in 2003 and second in 2002.

They have never won the FA cup.