US Ouakam

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US Ouakam
Senegal Premier League
2015–169th
WebsiteClub website

Union Sportive Ouakam (estimate Wolof form: Wakaam), abbreviation: USO is a

football club based in Dakar in the subdivision of Ouakam in the west of the city close to Cap Vert
.

They play in the top division in Senegalese football. Their home stadium is Stade Demba Diop.[1]

History

The club was founded in the 1951 by el Hadji Moussa Diagne in the last decade of French rule in Senegal.

After independence, Ouakam was becoming one of the top clubs in Senegal in the 1960s. Ouakam was suspended in the 1962-63 season and played in the second tier competition for some time which was the lowest level in Senegal before returning to top flight competition again. The last time Ouakam played in second tier competitions was in 2003.

Ouakam win their first cup title in 1964, their second in 1989 and their recent in 2006. Ouakam won their only championship title in 2011.[2]

In the 2017 season, Ouakam started 6th for the

2016-17 season, they climbed to 7th at the 7th round and dropped to 13th at the 12th round and remained for four weeks, slowly, their positions risen to 12th at the 16th round, 11th at the 18th round, 10th a round later and would finish 8th place with 32 points, the club had 7 wins which was the same as Stade Mbour, Ouakam had 11 draws, more than that club. Together with Stade Mbour, they scored 22 goals which was the 12th least ahead of US Gorée
and conceded 24 goals which was the third least, that was also the same as Niarry Tally.

Ouakam appeared at the continentals after winning their second cup title in 1990 at the Winners' Cup and advanced up to the quarterfinals where they lost to Nigeria's

Brikama United
and lost the Senegambian match in the preliminaries.

Away uniform up to 2014

Its logo color has a crested shield with a wave below the middle of the shield, on top is coloured red and white on the bottom. On top has a shark and on the bottom right the club's name in its acronym and year of its foundation.

Its other logo has a white circle with a thin red rim with a shark on top and the club name's acronym on the bottom.

Honours

  • Senegal Premier League
    : 1
2011.
1964, 1989, 2006.

League and cup history

Performance in CAF competitions

US Ouakam's results in CAF competition
Season Competition Qualification method Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate
1986
CAF Cup Winners' Cup
Senegalese Cup winners First Round Cameroon Tonnerre Yaoundé 2–0 0–1 3–0
Second Round Requins de l'Atlantique 1–0 0–0 2–3
Quarterfinals
BCC Lions
0–1 3–1 1–4
2007 CAF Confederation Cup Senegalese Cup winners First Round
Étoile Filante Ouagadougou
1–0 1–0 1–1 (3–4 p)
2012 CAF Champions League
Senegalese champions
First Round
Brikama United
1–0 1–0 1–1 (3–5 p)

National level

Season Tier Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup League Cup
AN Cup
Notes Final Phase
1990-91 1 14 30 7 10 13 19 31 -12 24
1991-92 1 14 30 5 14 1 19 29 -10 34
2002–03 2 - - - - - - - -
2003–04 1 14 38 11 15 12 27 27 7 48
2005 1 12 34 10 11 13 30 37 -7 41 Winner
2006 1B 8 16 4 4 8 10 16 -6 16 Did not advance Did not participate
2007 1A 5 16 7 4 4 14 13 +1 25 Advanced into the Second phase
6 10 1 4 5 5 12 -7 7 6th place
2008 1A 6 18 4 11 3 13 12 +1 23 Did not advance Did not participated
2009 1A 5 16 6 3 7 11 10 +1 21 First round Did not advance Did not participate
2010 1B 3 16 6 6 4 12 12 0 24 First round Did not advance Did not participate
2010–11 1 1 30 16 7 7 27 14 +13 55
2011–12 1A 2 14 6 7 1 18 8 +10 25 Advanced into the second phase
4 6 1 1 4 1 5 -4 4 2nd place
2013 1 11 30 9 9 12 26 36 -10 36
2013–14 1 6 26 9 8 9 17 18 -1 35
2014–15 1 8 26 8 9 9 24 41 +3 33
2015-16
1 9 26 6 15 5 21 20 +1 33
2016-17
1 8 26 7 11 8 22 24 -2 32 Demoted due to the Demba Diop stadium crush

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