Fath Union Sport

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FUS
Full nameFath Union Sport Football Club
Founded10 April 1946; 78 years ago (1946-04-10)
GroundMoulay Hassan Stadium
Capacity12,000
PresidentMounir Majidi
Head CoachJamal Sellami
LeagueBotola
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Fath Union Sport (

first division. The club was founded on 10 April 1946. 'Fath Union Sport' is the name of the sports club which encompasses everything from Basketball to the game of Chess
.

History

Foundation

Fath Union Sport de Rabat was founded on 1946 when

French authorities
in 1944.

After the foundation of Fath Union Sport de Rabat. the

French authorities refused its integration with the French National Football League under the pretext that it was a nationalist club.[1]

Relationship with Prince Moulay Abdallah

Prince Moulay Abdallah was one of the biggest fans of FUS de Rabat and also the honorary president of the club, he supported the club financially and helped lead the club to many achievements that are still etched in the memories of Moroccan football fans.

The late prince used to come to the stadium to see the training session without being recognized and to organize friendly games to harden the club's players and make them more efficient.[2]

Titles

Although Fath de Rabat is one of the historical clubs in

Ittihad Khemisset (3–1).[1]

In 1976, FUS de Rabat got the third cup by defeating

KAC Kénitra in Stade de Marchan, the only goal of the final match was scored by Khalid Labied, who was later the shared top scorer of 1980 African Cup of Nations
.

The fans of

Throne Cup in 1995 at the expense of Olympique Khouribga. The final match was finished by the score of 2–0, the goals had been scored by Postnov and Hammou.[1]

On 25 November 2010 FUS de Rabat won their last cup in Stade Moulay Abdellah after overthrowing the team of Maghreb Fez by the score of 2–1. Issoufou scored the first goal and the second was made by El Fatihi.[1]

African Competitions

Since 2010, FUS de Rabat became one of five Moroccan teams that succeeded to have African titles after winning the 2010 CAF Confederation Cup, the club had also participated more than one time in African competitions.

After winning

Arab Contractors SC (0–1 on Aggregate). In that time Philippe Troussier
was the coach of the team.

In 2002, The team participated in the

Côte d'Ivoire. after a draw without goals in Morocco
, they lost outside their ground by the score of 1–0.

Although it lost the final match of

Haras El-Hodood and CS Sfaxien.[2]

On 12 November 2010, FUS de Rabat was qualified for the first time to the final match of the competition although the team was defeated against

June 11 Stadium.[3]

The African title came on November 4, after making a draw 0–0 with CS Sfaxien one week before in Rabat, the team succeed to create the surprise in Sfax by beating the host team by the score of 3–2. Defender Boukhriss opened the score for FUS de Rabat but the hosts succeed to overturn the game in their favor after scoring two goals. In the 75th minute Mohamed Zouidi equalized the score and added the third goal in 89th minute while CS Sfaxien players were trying to score to take the title.[4][5]

Honours

List of trophies won by the club.[6]

National

Botola[7]

  • Winners (1): 2015–16
  • Runner-up (5) : 1972–73, 1973–74, 1980–81, 2000–01, 2011–12

Coupe du Trône[8]

Moroccan Elite Cup

  • Winners (1): 1956
  • Runner-up (1): 1955

Botola 2

  • Winners (4): 1961–62, 1997–98, 2006–07, 2008–09

International

CAF Confederation Cup[9]

Performance in CAF competitions

2013 – Second round
2017 – Second round
2010
– Champion
2011 – First Round of 16
2013 – Group stage (Top 8)
2015 – Second round
2016 – Semi-final
2017 – Semi-final
2002 – Second Round
  • CAF Cup Winners' Cup
    : 1 appearance
1996 – Quarter-Final
2011 – Runner up

Current squad

As of 15 April, 2024

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 Morocco MAR Rachid Ghanimi
2 DF Nigeria NGA James Ajako
3 DF Morocco MAR Anas Bach
4 DF Morocco MAR Yahya Benkhaleq
5 DF Ivory Coast CIV Oumar Comara
6 MF Morocco MAR Brahim Sabaouni
8 FW Morocco MAR Ayoub Nanah
10 FW Morocco MAR Amine Azri
11 FW Morocco MAR Chouaib El Maftoul
12 GK Morocco MAR Mehdi Bellarabi
13 GK Morocco MAR Aymane Majid
15 DF Jordan JOR Hadi Al-Hourani
16 DF Morocco MAR Bilal El Ouadghiri
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Morocco MAR Hamid Ahadad
18 DF Morocco MAR Ayoub Qasmi
19 FW Morocco MAR Hamza Hannouri
20 FW Morocco MAR Marwane Elaz
22 DF Morocco MAR El Mehdi El Bassil
23 DF Morocco MAR Zouheir El Hachemi
24 MF Morocco MAR Reda Laalaoui
26 DF Morocco MAR Oussama Raoui
27 MF Ivory Coast CIV Presnel Banga
30 MF Morocco MAR Amine El Msane
31 MF Morocco MAR Hamza El Moudene
34 DF Morocco MAR Oussama Soukhane
37 FW Morocco MAR Taoufik Razko

Managers

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Histoire du club – Fath Union Sport". Archived from the original on 2016-12-29. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  2. ^ a b "Il était une fois le FUS". November 6, 2012. Archived from the original on July 10, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "CS Sfaxien and FUS Rabat renew rivalry". November 26, 2010. Archived from the original on July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ^ "FUS Rabat earn shock Cup triumph". December 4, 2010. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2019 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ^ "FUS Rabat take CAF Confederation Cup Honours". KickOff. Archived from the original on 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  6. ^ "FUS de Rabat - Profile". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  7. ^ "Morocco - List of Champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  8. ^ "Morocco - List of Cup Finals". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  9. ^ "CAF Cup and Confederation Cup". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2022-09-13.

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