ASC Jaraaf
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Association Sportive et Culturelle Jaraaf is a
ASC Jaraaf is the most popular club in Senegal. The club also has the most
Logo and uniform
Its team logo are blue and white.
Its home uniform color features a white t-shirt with a striped green rims on top and green shorts with thick white rims on each side and green socks with two white stripes on top, its awa uniform features the colors opposite with a green t-shirt, white shorts and socks with rims the opposite color to home, its third color uniform has a white t-shirt with a thick black right sash and thin black rims on top and on the top right the Adidas logo, the shirt supplier of the club, it also has black shorts with thick green rims on each side and dark grey socks with black stripes on top.
Until May 2017, its home uniform color were white with green stripes and green shorts and green t-shirt with white stripes and white shorts for away games.
History
The club was founded on 9 May 1933 in the then-colonial capital Dakar. Till 1968 or 1969 the club was called Foyer France Sénégal. Their first title was a cup title won in 1967 and won two straight. Their first championship title was won in 1968 and later they had their first appearance in the African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1968 and lost to
On 20 September 1969, Foyer France Sénégal merged with Espoirs de Dakar to form ASC Jaraaf. The club won three consecutive titles between 1975 and 1977, in cup titles, Diaraf won two (1982 and 1983) and then three consecutive (1993-1995) in the club. Diaraf became the second and most recent to win their tenth title in the long 2003–2004 season with a record-breaking 72 points, the club won their eleventh and recent title in 2010. Since 1976, Diaraf has the most national championships won, first with six titles which was shared with ASC Jeanne d'Arc in 1986, later with seven the following season, eight in 1995, nine in 2000 which was shared by the same club in 2002 and was ranked second as Jeanne d'Arc had the totals until it was shared in 2004, now Diaraf has the most with eleven titles, one ahead of ASC Jeanne d'Arc. In cup titles, the club won two consecutive between 1982 and 1983, three consecutive between 1993 and 1995 and again two consecutive between 2008 and 2009. Their recent title win is the Senegal FA Cup in 2013 and their total is fifteen, the most number in Senegal. The other cup win, the Assemblée Nationale totals three.
In recent years, the club finished 4th in 2013 with 46 points, also they scored 36 goals which they hadn't scored above 30 goals in nine years, Runner-up Diaraf finished in Ligue 1 for the 2013-14 season and had 49 points, their highest to date. In the 2014-15 season, Diaraf almost had a fair season and finished 11th, which was their lowest position for some time and had 29 points, also they conceded 31 goals, their worst in about 2-3 decades. In 2016, Diaraf was in the lower positions for the first few rounds until they were 5th at the 9th round, in weeks 15, 17 and 18, they were 13th, in the relegation zone but escaped it and went the 7th by the 19th round, their positions rose slowly, 5th in the 20th round, moderate in the next four round and did not peak above 5th until the last two rounds where they were 3rd at the 25th round and Djaraf finished as runner up with 11 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses and had 39 points. In the 2016-17 season, Djaraf looked for a stint to win another championship title, they started first, dropped to 2nd in the following round before returning to 1st place for the next three rounds, their positions were around moderate, they went the 6th at the 9th round but returned to second place in the 14th and 19th rounds, their stint for another championship title was lost at the 20th round and Djaraf finished fourth place, they shared the same wins, draws, losses and points as they did in the previous season, but the only difference was the club scored 37 goals, not that many scored in 13 years and conceded 27 goals, one more than last season.
Their first cup final appearance then under Foyer France was in 1967 and challenged
Djaraf's first League Cup appearance was in 2009, when they lost in the first round to
African competitions
Diaraf has appeared in the continental championship 13 times, the most of any club from Senegal. Diaraf has scored a total of 64 goals. at the Champions League, also the club has played 54 matches, and had 25 wins (19 won at home, 5 won away) and 13 draws (7 at home, 6 away).[2]
Honours
National:
- Senegal Premier League: 12
- 1968, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1989, 1995, 2000, 2004, 2010, 2018
- Senegal FA Cup: 16
- 1967, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2023
- Senegal Assemblée Nationale Cup: 5
- 1987, 1991, 2003, 2006, 2018
Colonial era:
- 1948
League and cup history
Performance in CAF competitions
National level
Season | Tier | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | Cup | League Cup | AN Cup
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Notes | Final Phase |
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1981 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 24 | Finalist | ||||
1982 | 1 | 1 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Winner | ||||
1984 | 1 | 5 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | |||||
1990-91 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 36 | Winner | Winner | |||
1991-92 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 35 | Finalist | ||||
1992-93 | 1 | 2 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 52 | Winner | ||||
1995 | 1A | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 29 | Winner | Advanced into playoffs | Champion | ||
1997 | 1 | 8 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | |||||
1998 | 1 | 2 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 46 | |||||
1999 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 35 | |||||
2000 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 37 | |||||
2000–2001 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 41 | |||||
2001–2002 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 20 | -4 | 33 | |||||
2002–2003 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 28 | 11 | +17 | 47 | Winner | ||||
2003–2004 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 54 | 22 | +32 | 72 | Finalist | ||||
2005 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 54 | |||||
2006 | 1A | 2 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 24 | Advanced into the Second phase | ||||
2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 2nd place | ||||||
2007 | 1B | 5 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not participated | |||
2008 | 1B | 4 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 29 | Winner | Did not advance | Did not participated | ||
2009 | 1A | 2 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 24 | Winner | First Round | Advanced to the finals | second place | |
2010 | 1B | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 3 | +19 | 31 | Finalist | Advanced to the finals | Champion | ||
2010–2011 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 47 | |||||
2011–2012 | 1B | 3 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not participate | |||
2013 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 46 | Winner | ||||
2013–2014 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 49 | |||||
2014–2015 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 31 | -4 | 29 | Semifinals | ||||
2015-16
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1 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 39 | |||||
2016-17
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1 | 4 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 39 |
Statistics
- Best position: Semi-finals (continental)
- Best position at a cup competition: Second Round (continental)
- Best position at the League Cup: Finalist
- Appearances at the League Cup: 9
- Highest number of wins in a season: 20 (national)
- Highest number of goals in a season: 54—national record
- Highest number of points in a season: 72—national record
- Total goals scored at a cup final: 27
- Total matches played at the CAF Champions League: 54
- Total matches played at home: 27
- Total matches played away: 27
- Total number of wins at the CAF Champions League: 25
- Total home wins: 19
- Total away wins: 5
- Total draws at the CAF Champions League: 13
- Total home draws: 7
- Total away draws: 6
- Total number of goals scored at the CAF Champions League: 64
Players
Former players
See also
- FC Djaraf - an amateur football club based in Canchungo in the northwestern part of Guinea-Bissau, it is also named after the former rulers
References
- ^ Sarr, Alioune, "Histoire du Sine-Saloum", Introduction, bibliographie et Notes par Charles Becker, Bulletin de l'IFAN, Tome 46, Serie B, n° 3-4, 1986–1987, pp 21-30
- ^ "Djaraf's continental tournaments". Scoreshelf. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
Further reading
- "Shillong Lajong FC signs El Hadji Abdou Karim Samb for I-League". highlandpost.com. Shillong. HP News Service. 5 September 2023. Archived from the original on 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
External links
- Official website (archived 20 April 2016)
- ASC Jaraaf (Djaraf) at Facebook (in French)
- Team profile—footballdatabase