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Association Sportive des Forces Armées Nigériennes or simply AS FAN is a
Nigerien Armed Forces (the FAN). They play at the stade du camp Bagagi Iya, a small stadium in one of Niamey's military bases, although larger matches are played at the stade Général Seyni Kountché
. Their current club president is Army Lieutenant Colonel Djibrilla Hima Hamidou (called Colonel "Pélé").
History
ASFAN has won the Niger League Championship (today's
Niger Premier League) only twice: in 1971 and 1975.[1]
The club has reached the
East End Lions from Freetown, Sierra Leone, making them the only Nigerien football club to have won an international competition.[3]
In 2009 they played in the
Niger Premier League. They have entered the top national league every year since 2001, when they were one of fourteen clubs to boycott the championship over the relegation of Zumunta AC.[4] In 2004 the championship was canceled.[5]
Notable former players include
Sporting Lokeren in Belgium, who in 2009 moved to CSKA Moscow.[6] ASFAN reportedly received 327 million FCFA for 2008 transfer fees.[7]
In late 2008, they were chosen to compete in the 2009 African Confederation Cup in place of
Akokana Arlit, 2008 Cup finalists.[8]
Achievements
National
- Niger Premier League: 5
- 1971, 1975, 2010, 2016, 2017.
- Niger Cup: 3
- 1995, 2009, 2010.
- 2010.
Regional
- 1996.
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Champions League: 3 appearances
- CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances
- 2009– Preliminary round
- 2010– Quarter-finals
References
- ^ Niger – List of Champions Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. RSSSF Foundation. Retrieved 2009-02-01
- ^ Niger – List of Cup Winners. RSSSF Foundation. Retrieved 2009-02-01
- ^ Coupe de la CAF : l'ASFAN du Niger en terre gabonaise Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. Xinhua. 2009-01-31.
- ^ Niger – 2001 Archived June 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. RSSSF Foundation. Retrieved 2009-02-01
- ^ Niger – 2004 Archived October 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. RSSSF Foundation. Retrieved 2009-02-01
- ^ TRANSFERT DE MÂAZOU OUWO AU CSKA DE MOSCOU La réaction du Colonel Djibrilla Hima Hamidou dit Pélé. Republican (Niger). 14 January 2009
- ^ AS FAN de Niamey attend près de 327 millions FCFA du transfert d’un de ses joueurs. APA News. 15 January 2009.
- ^ COUPE DE LA CONFÉDÉRATION L’ASFAN pressentie pour représenter le Niger. Republicain (Niger). 6 novembre 2008
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