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ASC Diaraf
Association Sportive et Culturelle Jaraaf is a Senegalese football club based in Dakar. They play in the top division in Senegalese football. Their home stadium is Stade de Diaraf. The club name is sometimes spelt ASC Jaraaf. The word ''Diaraf'' (French spelling in Senegal) or ''Jaraaf'' ( Serer and English spelling in the Gambia) comes from the Serer language - ''Jaraaf'', variation :''Jaraff''. The Jaraffs were the head of the Serer noble council of electors responsible for electing the Serer kings in pre-colonial times. 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 ASC Jaraaf is the most popular club in Senegal. The club also has the most number of major honours won in Senegal, totaling to 28. 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 whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stade Demba Diop
Stade Demba Diop is a multi-use stadium in greater Dakar, Senegal. It is situated on ''Boulevard Président Habib Bourguiba'' in Sicap-Liberté, an urban arrondissement of Dakar. Several football clubs use this stadium for their home games. History Built in 1963, the stadium was later named after Demba Diop, former mayor of M'bour and Minister of Youth and Sport under President Léopold Sédar Senghor. Diop was assassinated on 3 February 1967. In 2017, eight people died after a wall at the Stade Demba Diop collapsed during a match between Stade de Mbour and US Ouakam. Facilities The stadium holds 30,000 people and its current surface is synthetic turf. Events The stadium is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as a home ground of ASC Diaraf, AS Douanes, US Ouakam and ASC Xam Xam. It is also used for concerts, political gatherings, and Senegalese wrestling matches. A mass stampede occurred in July 2017 in the stadium, leaving eight dead and 60 injured. See a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AS Police (Dakar)
Association Sportive Police, commonly referred to as AS Police, is a Senegalese association football club based in Dakar. The club was also formerly known as: *''Association Sportive et Culturelle de Police'' (ASC Police) *''Association Sportive et Culturelle Forces de Police'' (ASF Police) Achievements *Senegal Premier League: 1 (1979) *Senegal FA Cup: 3 (1976, 1978, 1981) *Coupe de l'Assemblée Nationale: 2 (1979, 1981) Performance in CAF competitions *African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1 appearance :1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 ...: Quarter-finals References Football clubs in Senegal Sports clubs in Dakar Police association football clubs {{Senegal-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senegal Assemblée Nationale Cup
The Senegalese Super Cup is a Senegalese football competition, held as a game between the reigning champions of the Senegalese Premier League (Ligue 1) and the Senegalese Cup, it challenged a winner of the Senegalese League Cup, it once had a winner of Nationale 1 from 2009 to 2015. Up to 2015, it was known as the Senegal Assemblée Nationale Cup The first edition was held in 1978. The 2017 edition will feature the first time Ligue 1 champion Génération Foot from Sangalkam, an area east of Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ... which has a fast growing population in the past two decades. Winners Performance by club Listed titles only See also * Senegalese Ligue 1 * Senegalese Cup * Senegalese League Cup Notes References External links Senegalese Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |