Africa Sports d'Abidjan

Africa Sports
Full name Africa Sports d'Abidjan
Nickname(s) Les Aiglons (The Young Eagles)
Les Oyé (The Listeners)
Founded 1947
Ground Stade Robert Champroux
Abidjan
Ground Capacity 20,000
Chairman Ivory Coast Cheick Oumar Koné
Manager Mauritania Eric Descombes
League Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1
2011 1st
Website Club home page

Africa Sports d'Abidjan is an Ivorian multi-sports club founded in 1947 and based in Abidjan. The club fields teams in the sports of track and field, handball, basketball and association football, of these the football team is the most prominent. They play at the Stade Houphouet-Boigny.

Association football

Africa Sports are the joint-most successful Association football club in the Côte d'Ivoire, together with ASEC Mimosas. On 6 December 1992, they became the first club in the Côte d'Ivoire to win the African Cup Winners Cup after beating Vital'O FC.

Logos

Performance in CAF competitions

1997 – Second round
2000 – Group stage/Semi-finals
2004 – Group stage
2005 – Second round
2006 – Preliminary round
2008 – First round
2009 – First round
2010 – First round
2012 – First round

1968 – disqualified in First round
1969 – First round
1972 – Second round
1978 – Second round
1979 – Second round
1983 – First round
1984 – First round
1986 – Finalist
1987 – Quarter-finals
1988 – Quarter-finals
1989 – First round
1990 – Second round

2011 – withdrew in First round
1995 – First round
2001 – Semi-finals

1980 – Finalist
1982 – Quarter-finals
1992 – Champion
1993 – Finalist
1998 – Semi-finals
1999 – Champion
2003 – Quarter-Finals

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Ivory Coast GK Diomande Namory
2 Ivory Coast DF Koffi Marcelin
3 Ivory Coast DF Mamadou Diabaté
4 Ivory Coast DF Orou Sare Yakouba
5 Ivory Coast DF Nicaise N'Goran
6 Ivory Coast DF Kone Mouhamed
7 Ivory Coast MF Koutouan Romuald
8 Ivory Coast MF Doumouya Lamine
9 Ivory Coast MF Soumahoro Abdoul Sory
10 Ivory Coast MF Ngossan Antoine Jean-Ettien
11 Ivory Coast FW Olie Koffi Kan
12 Ivory Coast FW Aguie Josue Alex
13 Guinea FW Karim Bangoura
14 Nigeria FW Adebayo Olaolu
15 Ivory Coast MF Kouame Konan Magloire
No. Position Player
16 Ivory Coast GK Grebio Francois
17 Ivory Coast FW Sanogo Mohamed Viera
18 Nigeria FW Oke Fola Joseph
19 Ivory Coast DF Comara Karamoko
20 Ivory Coast MF Bamba Falikou
21 Armenia MF Garnett Makboi
22 Ivory Coast GK Cisse Abdoul Karim
23 Ivory Coast DF N'Gouan Konan Rufin
24 Ivory Coast DF Angolah Amanie Guy Roland
25 Ivory Coast MF Bamba Mamadou
26 Togo DF Belem Soumaila
27 Ivory Coast MF Kansie Be Prince
28 Ivory Coast MF Traore Djakaria
29 Ivory Coast FW Aka Ange Michael
30 Ivory Coast MF Aka Serge Arnaud

Managers

Honours

1967, 1968, 1971, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1996, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2011.
1961, 1962, 1964, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2009, 2015.
1979 ,1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2003, 2015.
1992, 1999.
1992.
1985, 1986, 1991.
1958.


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