The Senegal FA Cup is the top knock-out tournament in
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠ðž ...
ese
football
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. It was created in 1961.
Senegal - List of Cup Winners
RSSSF.com The current champion is Niarry-Tally who won their only title in 2016 and compete in League 1 of the Senegalese football pyramid. 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'' ...
have won the most cup titles (15), most recently in 2013 against Casa Sports, 2 - 1 aet. Since 1977, the winner competes in the Senegalese Super Cup
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(formerly the Assemblée Nationale Cup), the super cup of Senegalese football against the national league champion. If the national league champion also wins the FA cup then the second place club in league 1 competes. The winner of the FA cup qualifies for the continental CAF Confederation Cup
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.
Title history
Espoir de Saint-Louis from the northwest of Senegal was the first cup winner in 1961, a club today a part of ASC Linguère
ASC Linguère is a Senegalese football club based in Saint-Louis. It plays in the second division in Senegalese football. Its home stadium is Stade de Linguère.
Linguère is joint eighth in the number of major honours won in Senegal (five) ...
. ASC Jeanne d'Arc
Association Sportive et Culturelle Jeanne d'Arc or ASC Jeanne d'Arc for short is a Senegalese football club based in Dakar. It was founded in 1923 and one of the oldest in the country. They play at the Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor. The club ...
was the second winner and the first from Dakar. US Rail was their third followed by Ouakam and US Gorée, from the Dakar area. AS Saint-Louisienne (also now part of ASC Linguère) won their second title. Foyer France won two consecutive cup titles and the only time under that name in 1967 and 1968. Jeanne d'Arc won their second in 1969. A club from Dakar won their third title in 1970 and the first as 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'' ...
. After the merger of Espoir de Saint-Louis and AS Saint-Louisienne, the club won their first title in 1971 as ASC Linguère
ASC Linguère is a Senegalese football club based in Saint-Louis. It plays in the second division in Senegalese football. Its home stadium is Stade de Linguère.
Linguère is joint eighth in the number of major honours won in Senegal (five) ...
. Gorée, Diaraf and Jeanne d'Arc won more cup titles in four years. AS Polce became the next club to win a title in 1976. Saltiques Rufisque from metro Dakar won in 1977, Police win their second in 1978. The first club from the southwest of Senegal, Casa Sport won their first title ijn 1979.. Jeanne d'Arc won in 1980. Police won in 1981, Diaraf in 1982 and 1983, Jeanne d'Arc in 1984, Daraf again in 1985. The next club to win a first title was Douanes in 1986. Jeanne d'Arc and Linguère were the next winners. Ouakam won their next title in 25 years in 1989. Linguère, Diaraf and Gorée won their next titles, in 1995, Diaraf won three consecutive cup titles. Gorée and Douanes won their next titles afterwards. Yeggo won their only title in 2000, later Ndiambour, Port Autonome and Djourbel (SONACOS, now SUNEOR) won their only titles. Douanes won four consecutive in 2005. Ouakam, Linguére and Diaraf were its next winners, the latter won two consecutive in 2009. Toure Kounda won their only title in 2010. in 32 years, Casa Sport won their next title. HLM won their only title in 2012. Diaraf won their last title won in 2013. Pikine
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, Génération Foot
Académie Génération Foot, also called Association Sportive Génération Foot is an association football club founded in 2000 in Dakar, Senegal. The Stade Déni Biram Ndao, which has a capacity of 1,001, is their home stadium.
History
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and Niarry-Tally won their only titles afterwards. All cup winners are from the west of Senegal.
Winners
Performance By Club
Notes
See also
* List of association football competitions
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References
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Football competitions in Senegal
National association football cups
Recurring sporting events established in 1961