Association Sportive et Culturelle de la Snim ( ar, الجمعية الرياضية و الثقافية لاسنيم) known as ASC SNIM is a professional Mauritanean

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club playing in the city of

Nouadhibou Nouadhibou (; ar, نواذيبو, Nwādībū, Berber: Nwadibu, formerly in French: ) is the second largest city in Mauritania and serves as a major commercial centre. The city itself has about 118,000 inhabitants expanding to over 140,000 in the ...

the capital of

Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region ( ar, ولاية داخلة نواذيبو, ''Wilayat Dakhlet Nouadhibou'', "Interior Nouadhibou Region") is an administrative division of Mauritania. Its regional capital is Nouadhibou, which is located at its northwes ...

. Its main sponsor and owner of club is SNIM (Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière), Iron ore company.

History

The club was founded in 1976 and is Nouadhibou's oldest club. The team was named CF Cansado (Club de Football de Cansado) when it was owned by

Cansado Cansado ( ar, كانصادو) is a coastal town in north-western Mauritania on the Ras Nouadhibou peninsula. It is located in the Nouadhibou Department in the Dakhlet Nouadhibou region. It was built from scratch in the early 1960s for the staff ...

from 2009 to 2012. The club as Cansado went to the 2010

Mauritanian Super Cup The Mauritanian Super Cup is a Mauritanian football competition, held as a game between the reigning champions of the Mauritanian Premier League and the Mauritanian Cup. The first edition was held in 2003. Winners 2015 Super Cup controversy I ...

and lost the match 3-1 and the title to

Tevragh-Zeina Tevragh-Zeina is a suburb of Nouakchott and Communes of Mauritania, urban commune in western Mauritania. It is the capital of Nouakchott-Ouest Region and has a population of 48,093. The current mayor is Fatimetou Abdel Maleck, Oumama Abdou. The ...

Logo

Its logo colours are blue and orange and has a shield-crest with the full name of the club on top, the SNIM logo in the middle with club names around it and has four blue circular stripes and a blue tab with the club's location written in the middle and coloured in gold.

Uniforms

Its uniform colours are a blue shirt, blue socks and light orange shorts during home games, and white t-shirt with thin blue wavy stripes on top and on socks, and light blue shorts during away or alternate games. Its uniform up to 2009 was a blue-light orange t-shirt with blue sleeves and blue socks and a light orange shorts for home games.

Achievements

Mauritanean Premier League Super D1 ( ar, الدوري الموريتاني الممتاز), is the top division of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. It was created in 1976. Current clubs (2021–22) Previous winners *1976: AS Garde Nati ...

::Champion (2): 2009, 2010. ::Runner-up (1): 2007. *

Coupe du Président de la République The Mauritanian Cup known as Republic President Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Mauritanean football. It was created in 1976. Winners Performance by club ;Rq: * ACS Ksar ''(includes ASC Sonader Ksar)'' See also * Mauritanian Prem ...

::Winner (1): 1992. ::Finalist (0): . *

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::Winner (0): . ::Finalist (1): 2012. *

::Winner (0): . ::Finalist (1): 2010.

League and cup history

Performance in CAF competitions

Positions

*2011/12: 4th *2013/14: 2nd (Group A), 6th (Final Stage)

Statistics

*Best position: Preliminaries (continental) *Best position at cup competitions: Second Round (continental) *Appearances at a Super Cup competition: Once (national) *Total goals scored at the Super Cup: 1 (national) *Total matches played at the CAF Champions League: 2 *Total matches played at cup competitions: 2 *Total number of wins at the continental level: 2 *Total number of goals scored at the continental level: 5 **CAF Champions League: 2 *Cup competitions: 3

Coaches

* Mbodj Amadou (until 2012/13) * Sidi Ould Sidha (as of 2014)

Notes

External links

main sponsor SNIM
- ''maurifoot.net'' Football clubs in Mauritania 1976 establishments in Mauritania

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