Football Club Tevragh-Zeïna ( ar, نادي تفرغ زينة لكرة القدم) is a Mauritanian

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club based in the

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 ...

district of

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. The club was founded in 2005.

History

In 2009, ASC Tevragh-Zeïna reached the final of the

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but lost to

ASAC Concorde Association Sportive Artistique et Culturelle de la Concorde ( ar, الجمعية الرياضية الفنية و الثقافية للوئام) known as ASAC Concorde is a Mauritanean football club based in Nouakchott. History ASAC Concorde ...

5–4 on penalties after the game ended 0–0. In 2010, they won the competition, beating FC Feu Mini 3–0 in the final. By winning the Cup, they qualified for the

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. On February 28, 2011, Tevragh-Zeïna became the first club from

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

since 1994 to advance in continental competition after beating AS Real Bamako of Mali 1–0 on aggregate in the preliminary round of the

. However, they were eliminated in the following round after losing 3–1 on aggregate to

JS Kabylie Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (in ar, شبيبة القبائل), (Kabyle language, Kabyle: Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n leqbayel, Berber languages, In Tamazight: ⵉⵍⵎⵣⵢⵏ ⵉⵏⴰⴷⴰⵍⴻⵏ ⵏ ⵍⵇⵠⴰⵢⵍ), known as JS Kabyli ...

of Algeria. Tevragh-Zeina won the 2014–15 Mauritanian Premier League title after defeating Sélibaby 4–0 in the last round and overtaking their rivals Cansado who came second with a difference of one point. As a result, they qualified for the

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Achievements

* Mauritanian Premier League: 3 :: 2012,

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, 2016. *

: 5 :: Winner : 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2020. :: Finalist : 2009. *

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: 1 :: Winner : 2017. * Mauritanian Super Cup: 3 :: Winner : 2010, 2015, 2016.

Performance in CAF competitions

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: 1 appearance ::

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– first round ::

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– second round

Current squad

;Managers : Birama Gaye

References

External links

Team profile
– ''maurifoot.net'' Association football clubs established in 2005 Football clubs in Mauritania Sport in Nouakchott 2005 establishments in Mauritania {{Mauritania-footyclub-stub