{"id":354618,"date":"2011-03-31T20:23:53","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T20:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/"},"modified":"2011-03-31T20:23:53","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T20:23:53","slug":"ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-gfa Boss Koufie Works Help Bostwana Qualify For Nations Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"58\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start -->Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Patrick Akoto<\/strong><\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/e697c99ebenkoufie.jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26313\" title=\"Ben Koufie\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/e697c99ebenkoufie.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ben Koufie helped restructure Bostwana Football<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Former Ghana FA boss Ben Koufie is delighted with the qualification of minnows Botswana for next year\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations after spearheading the restructuring of the country\u2019s football.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Zebras became the first country to qualify for the continent\u2019s flagship competition following a 1-0 success over Chad in Group K at Ndjamena on 26 March.<\/p>\n<p>Bostwana\u2019s groundswell feat has shocked many but Koufie says they are reaping the seeds of meticulous planning sowed some years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not surprised at all because when I went there we started from ground zero and today I\u2019m happy my contribution has paid off greatly,\u201d Koufie told Accra-based radio station Citi FM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI drew up the planning for them and indeed put their current coach who is a local man in charge. They\u2019ve been in camp for the past one solid year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe players are only released to play for their respective teams in the league match and quickly go back to the camping base.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Botswana are now guaranteed to finish at least second in the five-team group.<\/p>\n<p>Two teams from the group will qualify for the tournament to be played in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.<\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div><\/div>\n\n --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/e697c99ebenkoufie.jpg-150x128.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Visit site:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/03\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/\" title=\"Ex-gfa Boss Koufie Works Help Bostwana Qualify For Nations Cup\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ex-gfa Boss Koufie Works Help Bostwana Qualify For Nations Cup<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. By Patrick Akoto Ben Koufie helped restructure Bostwana Football Former Ghana FA boss Ben Koufie is delighted with the qualification of minnows Botswana for next year\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations after spearheading the restructuring of the country\u2019s football. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-354618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ex-gfa Boss Koufie Works Help Bostwana Qualify For Nations Cup - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ex-gfa Boss Koufie Works Help Bostwana Qualify For Nations Cup - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#039;s most authoritative football news website. By Patrick Akoto Ben Koufie helped restructure Bostwana Football Former Ghana FA boss Ben Koufie is delighted with the qualification of minnows Botswana for next year\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations after spearheading the restructuring of the country\u2019s football.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/e697c99ebenkoufie.jpg.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Ex-gfa Boss Koufie Works Help Bostwana Qualify For Nations Cup\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-31T20:23:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/\"},\"wordCount\":241,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/e697c99ebenkoufie.jpg.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/\",\"name\":\"Ex-gfa Boss Koufie Works Help Bostwana Qualify For Nations Cup - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/e697c99ebenkoufie.jpg.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-31T20:23:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/e697c99ebenkoufie.jpg.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/e697c99ebenkoufie.jpg.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ex-gfa Boss Koufie Works Help Bostwana Qualify For Nations Cup - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Ex-gfa Boss Koufie Works Help Bostwana Qualify For Nations Cup - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana's most authoritative football news website. By Patrick Akoto Ben Koufie helped restructure Bostwana Football Former Ghana FA boss Ben Koufie is delighted with the qualification of minnows Botswana for next year\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations after spearheading the restructuring of the country\u2019s football.","twitter_image":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/e697c99ebenkoufie.jpg.jpg","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Ex-gfa Boss Koufie Works Help Bostwana Qualify For Nations Cup","datePublished":"2011-03-31T20:23:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/"},"wordCount":241,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/e697c99ebenkoufie.jpg.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/","name":"Ex-gfa Boss Koufie Works Help Bostwana Qualify For Nations Cup - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/e697c99ebenkoufie.jpg.jpg","datePublished":"2011-03-31T20:23:53+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/ex-gfa-boss-koufie-works-help-bostwana-qualify-for-nations-cup\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/e697c99ebenkoufie.jpg.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/e697c99ebenkoufie.jpg.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}