ASO Chlef
Full nameAssociation Sportive Olympique de Chlef
Nickname(s)Chalfawa
FoundedJune 13, 1947 (1947-06-13) (as Association Sportive Orléansvilloise)[1]
GroundMohamed Boumezrag Stadium
Capacity18,000
PresidentMohamed Ouahab
Head CoachChérif Hadjar[2]
LeagueLigue 1
2022–23Ligue 1, 7th of 16

Association Sportive Olympique de Chlef (Arabic: الجمعية الرياضية أولمبي الشلف), known as ASO Chlef or simply ASO for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Chlef, founded in 1947. The club colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium, has a capacity of some 20,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

History

ASO Chlef was founded on June 13, 1947, as Association Sportive d'Orléansville, Orléansville being the colonial name of Chlef at the time.[3] The club was founded by the indigenous Algerian Muslim community of the city who wanted a club to rival the already existing European club in the city, Groupement Sportif Orléansville. In its first season of existence, the club finished second in the third division. In the following two seasons, it won promotion to the first division. After Algeria gained its independence in 1962, the name of the city was changed from Orléansville to El Asnam and the club changed its name to Asnam Sportive Olympique, keeping its original ASO initials.

On June 21, 2005, ASO Chlef won its first domestic title after beating USM Sétif 1–0 in the final of the 2005 Algerian Cup with a goal from Mohamed Messaoud in extra-time.[4] By winning the Cup, they also qualified for continental competition for the first time, earning a spot in the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup. However, their run in African competition came to a quick end. After walking over ASC Entente of Mauritania in the preliminary round, they lost to AS Douanes of Senegal 1–0 on aggregate in the first round.

In the 2007–08 season, ASO Chlef achieved its best league finish to date by finishing second in the Algerian Championnat National, 10 points behind champions JS Kabylie.

On June 21, 2011, led by head coach Meziane Ighil, ASO Chlef won its first Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 title after second-placed CR Belouizdad lost to USM El Harrach.[5]

On May 12, 2012, ASO Chlef beat Sudanese club Al-Hilal 4–2 in a penalty shoot-out in the second round of the 2012 CAF Champions League after the two legs ended up tied 2–2 to qualify to the group stage for the first time in the club's history.[6]

Crest

Honours

Domestic competitions

Performance in CAF competitions

2009 – First Round
2012 – Group stage
2006 – First Round
2007 – Second Round

Players

Algerian teams are limited to three foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;

Current squad

As of 18 September 2023.[7][8] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Algeria ALG Sofiane Kacem
3 DF Algeria ALG Chemseddine Nessakh
5 MF Algeria ALG Ahmida Zenasni
6 MF Botswana BOT Gape Mohutsiwa
7 FW Togo TOG Yawo Agbagno
8 MF Algeria ALG Abdelkader Boussaid (captain)
9 FW Algeria ALG Ayyoub Kersani
10 MF Algeria ALG Juba Aguieb
11 FW Algeria ALG Yacine Aliane
12 DF Algeria ALG Achraf Abada
13 DF Algeria ALG Abderrahim Hamra
14 FW Algeria ALG Boualem Sryer
15 MF Algeria ALG Redouane Bounoua
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK Algeria ALG Mohamed Alaouchiche
17 FW Algeria ALG Zakaria Haddouche
18 MF Algeria ALG Toufik Addadi
19 FW Algeria ALG Mohamed Souibaâh
20 MF Algeria ALG Kamel Belarbi
21 FW Algeria ALG Abdelaziz Moulay
22 DF Algeria ALG Fateh Achour
23 FW Algeria ALG Redouane Zerdoum
24 DF Algeria ALG Mohamed Roufid Arab
25 DF Algeria ALG Ahmed Kerroum
26 DF Algeria ALG Abdelhak Debbari
27 FW Algeria ALG Mostapha Alili
30 MF Algeria ALG Rayan Choukri

Reserve Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
40 GK Algeria ALG Mohamed Medjadji
No. Pos. Nation Player
49 DF Algeria ALG Houssam Kellouche

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position Staff
Head coachChérif Hadjar
Assistant coachAhmed Ghoulem
Goalkeeping coachBelkacem Zidour
Fitness coachAbdelali Sehri

Notable players

Below are the notable former players who have represented ASO Chlef in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1947. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 100 official matches for the club or represented the national team for which the player is eligible during his stint with ASO Chlef or following his departure.

For a complete list of ASO Chlef players, see Category:ASO Chlef players

Managers

References

  1. ↑ "Asochlef.net – Champion de la Ligue 1 (2010–2011)". Archived from the original on 2011-11-20. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  2. ↑ "ASO Chlef : Cherif Hadjar nouvel entraîneur". mediafootdz.dz. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  3. ↑ cheliff.org (May 12, 2008). "HISTOIRE DU CLUB" (in French). ASOChlef.info. Archived from the original on September 6, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Fiche de Match". www.dzfoot.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
  5. ↑ Ligue 1 : L'ASO Chlef est champion 2010/2011 Archived June 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "L'ASO Chlef se qualifie en phase de poule" (in French). DZFoot. May 12, 2012. Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
  7. ↑ "FICHE DU CLUB: ASO CHLEF".
  8. ↑ "Joueurs du ASO Chlef".
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