/ 2 May 2000

ALGERIAN CLUB BANNED

ALGERIAN club USMA have been disqualified from the African Cup Winners’ Cup for fielding an ineligible player during the first round. African Football Confederation spokesman Dr Viken Djizmedjian said Monday that USMA used Issaka Coulibaly against JS Tenere of Niger without an international transfer certificate from Burkina Faso. Tenere, who lost the tie 2-1 on aggregate, have been reinstated and will play Stade Malien of Mali this month in the second round of the annual event for the Nelson Mandela Cup. The first leg in Niamey has been postponed one week to May 13 or 14 and the return match will be played in Bamako two weeks later as originally scheduled.