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	Cheick Oumar Koné
Manager	Eric Descombes
League	Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1
2011	1st
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

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

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  1948–06

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  2007–12 Logo

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  2012– Logo

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 9 appearances

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

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 12 appearances

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

• CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance

2011 – withdrew in First round

• CAF Cup: 2 appearances

1995 – First round

2001 – Semi-finals

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 7 appearances

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 GK Diomande Namory 2 DF Koffi Marcelin 3 DF Mamadou Diabaté 4 DF Orou Sare Yakouba 5 DF Nicaise N'Goran 6 DF Kone Mouhamed 7 MF Koutouan Romuald 8 MF Doumouya Lamine 9 MF Soumahoro Abdoul Sory 10 MF Ngossan Antoine Jean-Ettien 11 FW Olie Koffi Kan 12 FW Aguie Josue Alex 13 FW Karim Bangoura 14 FW Adebayo Olaolu 15 MF Kouame Konan Magloire

No. Position Player 16 GK Grebio Francois 17 FW Sanogo Mohamed Viera 18 FW Oke Fola Joseph 19 DF Comara Karamoko 20 MF Bamba Falikou 21 MF Garnett Makboi 22 GK Cisse Abdoul Karim 23 DF N'Gouan Konan Rufin 24 DF Angolah Amanie Guy Roland 25 MF Bamba Mamadou 26 DF Belem Soumaila 27 MF Kansie Be Prince 28 MF Traore Djakaria 29 FW Aka Ange Michael 30 MF Aka Serge Arnaud

Managers

• Ibrahim Sunday (c.1992)
• Yeo Martial (1999–01)
• François Zahoui (2005)
• Francesco Moriero (2006–07)
• Salvatore Nobile (2007–09)

Honours

• Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division: 17

1967, 1968, 1971, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1996, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2011.

• Côte d'Ivoire Cup: 16

1961, 1962, 1964, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2009, 2015.

• Coupe Houphouët-Boigny: 11

1979 ,1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2003, 2015.

• African Cup Winners' Cup: 2

1992, 1999.

• CAF Super Cup: 1

1992.

• West African Club Championship (UFOA Cup): 3

1985, 1986, 1991.

• French West African Cup: 1

1958.

Sponsors

Teams NIKE Moov Sotra Coprim

Universel Groupe Immobilier Ivoirienne de Transports Aériens St Honoré Rhum Royal O'pure Tampico

External links

• Official Website
• ligue1-ci.com Profile