Association Sportive Aïn M'lila ( ar, جمعية عين مليلة), commonly known as AS Aïn M'lila or simply ASAM for short, is an Algerian football club based in

Aïn M'lila Aïn M'lila ( ar, عين مليلة, ''Ayn Malīlah''; which means "the white source", the root ''m-l-l'' being of Berber origin) is a town and Communes of Algeria, commune in Oum El Bouaghi Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has ...

. The club was founded in 1933 and its colours are red and black. Their home stadium,

Touhami Zoubir Khelifi Stadium Touhami Zoubir Khelifi Stadium (), is a multi-use stadium in Aïn M'lila, Algeria. The stadium holds 8,000 people. It serves as a home ground for AS Aïn M'lila which plays in Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. It replaced the older Stade des F ...

, has a capacity of 8,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 ( ar, الرابطة الجزائرية المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم); known as Championnat National de Première Division or Ligue 1 for short, and formerly known as the Championnat Natio ...

History

The club first participated in the first division when they were promoted from the second division in the 1983–84 season alongside WA Tlemcen, USM Annaba and JSM Tiaret. In the 1990–91 season, AS Ain M'lila was challenging for the title, finishing in third-position. The club continued to challenge for the title for several years coming in respectable positions, but their closest was that of the 1990–91 season. In 1993-94, the club reached the final of the

Algerian Cup The Algerian Cup ( ar, كأس الجزائر) also known the Republic Cup ( ar, كأس الجمهورية), is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after in ...

for the first time in their history. They were to play the mighty JS Kabylie. They had played well, and had fought hard throughout the game, however, they unfortunately conceded a goal by Hadj-Adlane in the 88th minute. The final result being 1–0 at the

Stade du 5 Juillet The 5 July 1962 Stadium () (the name refers to 5 July 1962, the day Algeria declared independence), is a football and athletics stadium located in Algiers, Algeria. The stadium was inaugurated in 1972 with a capacity of 95,000. It served as the ...

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

. In the 1998–99 season, the club came 8th in the Championnat National 1, but was relegated due to the new format as only clubs from the top six from both groups were kept on for the new format of the league. In the 1999–2000 season, of the newly formatted second division, the club came in fourth-position which enabled them to get promoted back to the Championnat National 1 after just one season away. In the 2001–02 season, the club came in sixteenth-position in the Championnat National 1, they were relegated. In the 2003–04 season, the Championnat National 2 league format was changed again, which subsequently relegated AS Ain M'lila to the newly created league Ligue Inter-Régions de football. The club was promoted for the 2010–11 season of the newly created Championnat National de Football Amateur due to the professionalisation of the first two divisions in Algeria. On May 12, 2017, the team returned to Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2. On May 25, 2018, the team finished 2nd in Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 and was promoted to

Shirt sponsor & kit manufacturer

The Italian company

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, is the equipment manufacturer of the club since July 2019.

Honours

Domestic competitions

* Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 ::Champion (1): 1984 *

::''Runner-up (1)'': 1993–94

Players

Algerian teams are limited to two foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;

Current squad

Personnel

Current technical staff

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ain M'lila Football clubs in Algeria Oum El Bouaghi Province Association football clubs established in 1925 1925 establishments in Algeria Sports clubs in Algeria