Association Sportive Tadjourah, more commonly known as AS Tadjourah or simply Tadjourah, is a

Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club located in Tadjourah,

. It currently plays in Djibouti Division 3. The team is the most popular football team in

Tadjourah Region The Tadjourah Region so, Gobolka Tajoora, aa, Rakaakay Tagórri) is a region in north-central Djibouti, the largest of its six regions. With its capital at Tadjourah, it has an area of 7,100 square kilometres (2,700 sq mi). It lies along the ...

Stadium

Currently, the team plays most matches at the 3,000-capacity Centre Technique National. The 20,000-capacity

El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium The El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Djibouti City, Djibouti. It is currently reserved mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of hosting up to 20,000http://www.udj-djibouti.com/dji/index.php?option= ...

is also used for some matches.

History

Until 2003, the team was known as Djibouti-Télécom Tadjourah. In the 2003–04 season, AS Tadjourah finished first in Djibouti Division 2 and were promoted to the

Djibouti Premier League The Djibouti Premier League is the highest division in association football in Djibouti. It was formed in 1987. ASAS Djibouti Télécom is the most successful club in the Djibouti Premier League, having won a total of 7 championships. Clubs 2022 ...

. They were relegated in the 2005–06 season before being promoted once again as champions in the 2008–09 season. In 2014, the team won the

Djibouti Cup The Djibouti Cup is the premier professional football tournament in Djibouti. Winners *1988: AS Port 0-0 ACPM et, 4-3 pen*1989: AS Port 4–2 Chemin de ...

, defeating Guelleh Batal on penalties. In the 2015–16 season, they were relegated once again before winning Djibouti Division 2 for a third time in the 2016–17 season. However, they were relegated once again in the 2017–18 season, the last time they played in the Djibouti Premier League. In the 2018–19 season, Tadjourah was relegated once again, this time to Djibouti Division 3. They were nearly relegated for a third consecutive season in 2019–2020, finishing 1 point above the relegation zone in 7th place.

References

External links

SoccerwayCalciozzWeltfussball
Football clubs in Djibouti {{Djibouti-sport-stub