AS Douanes (Senegal)

History

The club was founded in 1980. Not long after the foundation, as they were only three tiers at the time, the club went to Division 1 in 1984 and participated there. Their first championship title was won in 1993, their second was in 1997. Douanes won three consecutive championship titles in 2008, the latter two were won in the final phase. The club did not relegated until the 2013 season after finishing last place with 28 points, they spent in Ligue 2 for a season when they achieved the top position of a group and returned to Ligue 1 in the 2014-15 season. They play in the top division the Senegal Premier League in Senegalese football. Their home stadium is Stade Leopold Senghor. In 2014, the club was first place in Group B of Ligue 2. Douanes won their sixth and recent title in 2015, in the same year, they won the league cup and after entering a champion, the super cup and competed in the continentals in 2016.

In cup competition, Douane's first appearance at a cup final was in 1986 and defeated ASC Jeanne d'Arc 1-0 to claim their first title. Their second was in 1995 when the club lost 2-0 to Djaraf. Two years later, they won their second cup title after defeating ASC Linguère of Saint-Louis from the northwest 3-1. Douanes went to win four consecutive cup titles in 2005 and the 2005 title was their recent cup win. Douanes first defeated SONACOS (now ASC SUNEOR) Djourbel 4-1 in penalty kicks as the match ended in a goal draw at extra time, in 2003, they defeated ASC Thiés 1-0, Djaraf 2-1 in 2004 and Dakar UC 1-0 in 2005. Douane's last appearance at a cup final was in 2007 where they lost to Linguère 1-0 in extra time.

Continental level

Douanes' first continental appearance was the 1987 CAF Cup Winners' Cup where they challenged against Ivory Coast's ASEC Mimosas and lost. Their second was in 1996 and started in the first round with Great Olympics, as that club withdrew, they advanced into the second round and played with Algeria's CR Belouizdad and lost to that club. Douanes made their first championship appearance in 1998 and featured Wallidan FC (as part of the Senegambian derby) of the surrounded neighboring country and defeated that club 2-0, Douanes later defeated CS Constantine from northeastern Algeria and lost to Raja Casablanca in the second round. Their final match at the CAF Cup Winner's Cup was in 2003 and lost to Cercle Olympique from Bamako (commonly known as COB) in the first round. Douanes came in 2004, their fourth cup appearance was their first Confederation Cup appearance, they defeated Angola's interclube and Bamenda from Cameroon, the club lost to Ghana's Hearts of Oak in the Intermediate Round. Douanes' second championship appearance was the 2005 CAF Champions League where they defeated Mali's Djoliba and lost to Tunisia's Sahel. Only Algerian clubs that Douanes faced in the 2006 edition, they defeated Chlef and lost to Hussein Dey in the Second Round, this was Douanes' final continental cup Appearances. They came in their third continental championship in 2007 and challenged with Stade Malien, they won a match, but as they fielded an ineligible player, Douanes was expelled for the whole match. A year later, they came to defeated Burkina Faso's Commune FC in the preliminiaries but later lost to Sahel in the first round. In the 2009 editiion, Douanes defeated Freetown, Sierra Leone's Ports Authority, but lost to Kano Pillars of Nigeria under the away goals rule scored by a Kano based club. Seven years later after winning their recent national championship title, the came to the 2016 edition, the club lost to Horoya from Guinea, the home match was scoreless, they lost the away match 0-4.

Achievements

Performance in CAF competitions

Statistics

Current squad

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