Société Omnisports de l'Armée, commonly known as SOA, is an Ivorian professional

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club based in

Yamoussoukro Yamoussoukro (; , locally ) is the capital city of Ivory Coast and an autonomous district. As of the 2014 census, Yamoussoukro is the fifth most populous city in the Ivory Coast, with a population of 212,670. Located north-west of Abidjan, the ...

. The club is a member of the

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Premiere Division. They play at the Stade Charles Konan Banny.

Current squad

Honours

Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division The Ivory Coast Ligue 1 LONACI is the top division of the Ivorian Football Federation. It was created in 1960. 2024−25 Ligue 1 clubs * AF Amadou Diallo * ASEC Mimosas * Bouaké FC * CO Korhogo * Denguélé * Mouna * FC San Pédro * LYS F ...

**Champions: 2018–19 *

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**Winners: 1996 **Runners-up: 2006 *

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**Winners: 2014 * Félix Houphouët-Boigny Cup **Winners: 1996, 2019

Performance in CAF competitions

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: 1 appearance ::

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– Preliminary Round *

CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football football team, club competition established in 2004 and organized by Confederation of African Football, CAF ...

: 1 appearance ::

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– First Round *

CAF Cup Winners' Cup The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was ...

: 4 appearances ::

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– quarter-finals *

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: 0 appearance

Miscellaneous

On 19.June 1994, SO Armee played 2:1 in the Ivorian league against

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, thus ending ASEC's world record unbeaten streak of 108 league and domestic cup games between 1989 and 1994.″Asec's amazing run ″
at

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. Retrieved 26.March 2013.

References

External links

Official website
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