{"id":5069,"date":"2025-05-21T11:44:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T09:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=5069"},"modified":"2025-05-21T11:44:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T09:44:52","slug":"for-the-second-time-jamus-crowned-cup-champion-against-al-merrikh-in-penalty-shootout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=5069","title":{"rendered":"For the Second Time\u2026 Jamus Crowned Cup Champion Against Al-Merrikh in Penalty Shootout"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By: Arop Jongchol<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jamus Football Club has been crowned champion of the 14th edition of the South Sudan National Cup for the second consecutive time, following a 4-2 victory in a penalty shootout after the match ended in a goalless draw yesterday afternoon at Juba National Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"826\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/499547425_1118002027028813_2212716804914820951_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/499547425_1118002027028813_2212716804914820951_n.jpg 826w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/499547425_1118002027028813_2212716804914820951_n-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/499547425_1118002027028813_2212716804914820951_n-768x525.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This marks Jamus&#8217; second title in the club\u2019s history and their second in a row. Meanwhile, last season\u2019s runner-up, Al-Merrikh, failed once again to exact revenge on their rivals, also falling in a penalty shootout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/495224161_1118080313687651_6102814476048223119_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/495224161_1118080313687651_6102814476048223119_n.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/495224161_1118080313687651_6102814476048223119_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/495224161_1118080313687651_6102814476048223119_n-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jamus\u2019 successful penalty takers were George Rodriguez, Christian Theodore, Ghani Samir, and Ishaka Diarra. For Al-Merrikh, Mohamed Musa Al-Dhai and Pal Paul converted their shots, but Jamus goalkeeper Majak Mawith saved efforts from Chan Majak and Shoul Peter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/499454122_1118080357020980_3422395589215420316_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/499454122_1118080357020980_3422395589215420316_n.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/499454122_1118080357020980_3422395589215420316_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/499454122_1118080357020980_3422395589215420316_n-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The final match was graced by the presence of Minister of Youth and Sports Joseph Geng Akec, a representative of the Central Equatoria State Government, and the President of the South Sudan Football Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1459\" src=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/498669683_1117976047031411_3344738887776495400_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/498669683_1117976047031411_3344738887776495400_n.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/498669683_1117976047031411_3344738887776495400_n-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/498669683_1117976047031411_3344738887776495400_n-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/498669683_1117976047031411_3344738887776495400_n-1536x1094.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jamus dominated the tournament awards: Cameroonian defender Thomas Bawak was named Best Player, goalkeeper Majak Mawith won Best Goalkeeper, and Congolese coach Jean Claude received Best Coach in the tournament\u2019s 14th edition. The Top Scorer award went to Al-Merrikh\u2019s striker Chan David.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/499521576_10171357306385055_3518266171703693479_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/499521576_10171357306385055_3518266171703693479_n.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/499521576_10171357306385055_3518266171703693479_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/499521576_10171357306385055_3518266171703693479_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/499521576_10171357306385055_3518266171703693479_n-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The South Sudan National Cup champion will represent the country in the upcoming CECAFA Kagame Cup, organized by the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Arop Jongchol Jamus Football Club has been crowned champion of the 14th edition of the South Sudan National Cup for the second consecutive time, following a 4-2 victory in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5077,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5069\/revisions\/5077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}