Association Sportive de Pikine or simply AS Pikine is a Senegalese football club based in
Pikine
Pikine is a city in the Pikine Department of the Dakar Region of Senegal. Lying to the east of Dakar city centre, at the 2013 Census it had a population of 1,170,791. The department includes the villages of Yeumbeul, Thiaroye, Mbao, and Keur ...
. They play at
Stade Alassane Djigo
Stade Alassane Djigo is a multi-use stadium in Pikine, Senegal. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and serves as a home ground of AS Pikine. The stadium holds 10,000 spectators.
Sometimes AS Douanes (Senegal), AS ...
, which has a capacity of 5,000.
History
The earlier club was established in 1921 and was called Niayes-Pikine.
The modern club was established in 1970, first known as ASC Niayes-Pikine up to the 2000s. AS Pikine entered Ligue 1 in 2009. They would win their first national championship and cup title at the same time for the 2013/14 season and headed to participate in the
CAF Champions league in 2015 and challenged
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Honours
*Burkinabé Premier League: 13
:: 1965, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, ...
, a club from Burkina Faso and later into the first round where they lost to
USM Algiers from Algeria.
In the 2014-15 season, Pikine did not have a successful season, their continued appearance in Ligue 1 vanished after being inside the relegation zone and placed 13th after
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with 28 points, 4 wins and a staggering 14 losses.
2014/15 Senegalese Ligue 1 at RSSSF
Pikine first appeared in the 2009 edition, the club came in 2011 and won their only League Cup title after defeating Yakaar 2-1. Their second attempt for their second title vanished after the club lost to Niarry Tally 1-0 in the 2012 league cup season.
Achievements
*Senegal Premier League
Senegal Premier League is the top division of the Senegal Football Association, it was founded in 1966. The league also hosts a domestic cup, the Coupe de la Ligue. Football clubs from the Senegal Premier League also compete for the Senegal FA Cup ...
: 1
:: 2014.
*: 1
:: 2014.
*Coupe de la Ligue
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: 1
:: 2011.
*Coupe de l'Assemblée Nationale du Sénégal
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The term ''coupé'' was first applied to horse-drawn carriages for two passengers without rear-facing seats. It comes from the French past parti ...
: 0
* Trophée des Champions du Sénégal: 1
:: 2014.
*Super Coupe du Sénégal
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: 0
* Senegal Second League (Ligue 2): 1
:: 2009
League and cup history
Performance in CAF competitions
National level
as Niayes-Pikine
as AS Pikine
Statistics
*Best position: First Round (continental)
*Best position at a cup competition: 1st (national)
*Best position at the League Cup: 1st
*Appearances at the League Cup: 9
*Highest number of points in a season: 49 (national)
References
External links
Team profile
- ''Soccerway.com''
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Football clubs in Senegal
Ligue 2 (Senegal) clubs
Association football clubs established in 1921
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