Africa Sports d'Abidjan

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Africa Sports
Africa Sports Logo.png
Full nameAfrica Sports d'Abidjan
Nickname(s)Les Aiglons (The Young Eagles)
Les Oyé (The Listeners)
Founded1947; 75 years ago (1947)
GroundStade Robert Champroux
Abidjan
Capacity10,000
Chairman
ManagerJean-Christophe Gratecap
LeagueLigue 1
2019–20Ligue 1, 10th of 14
WebsiteClub website

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[]

  • African Cup of Champions Clubs: 12 appearances
2011 – withdrew in First round
1995 – First round
2001 – Semi-finals

Current squad[]

As of 13 October 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Ivory Coast CIV
GK Ivory Coast CIV
DF Ivory Coast CIV
DF Ivory Coast CIV
DF Benin BEN Appolinaire Danvidé
DF Ivory Coast CIV
DF Ivory Coast CIV
MF Senegal SEN Lamine N'Diaye
MF Ivory Coast CIV
MF Ivory Coast CIV
MF Ivory Coast CIV
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Ivory Coast CIV
MF Burkina Faso BFA
MF Ivory Coast CIV
MF Ivory Coast CIV
MF Ivory Coast CIV
FW Ivory Coast CIV
FW Ivory Coast CIV
FW Mali MLI
FW Nigeria NGA
FW Ivory Coast CIV
FW Ivory Coast CIV

Honours[]

1956, 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, 2017.
1979 ,1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2003, 2015.
1992, 1999.
1992.
  • West African Club Championship (UFOA Cup): 3
1985, 1986, 1991.
1958.

Sponsors[]

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