AS Arta/Solar7

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Arta Solar 7
Full nameAssociation Sportive d'Arta
Founded1980;44 years ago (1980)
Ground El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium
Capacity20,000
ChairmanTommy Tayoro Nyckoss
ManagerMohamed Meraneh Hassan
League Djibouti Premier League
2023–24 Djibouti Premier League, 1st of 10 (Champions)

Association Sportive d'Arta (currently known as Arta Solar 7 for sponsorship reasons) is a football club from Arta, Djibouti which plays in the Djibouti Premier League, the highest level of Djiboutian football. Their home stadium, like all Djiboutian teams, is the 20,000-capacity El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium. [1]

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History

The club was founded as AS Compagnie Djibouti-Ethiopie in 1980. [2] From 2007 to 2014, they were known as AS CDE-Colas. [3] They have since been known as AS CDE/Arta The Fairy Mountaineers when sponsored by Ethio-Djibouti Railways (French : Chemin de Fer Djibouto-Éthiopien (C.D.E.), [4] and Arta/SIHD when sponsored by the International Hydrocarbon Society (French : Société internationale des hydrocarbures de Djibouti). [5]

As of 2018, the club is known as Arta Solar 7, due to sponsorship with Djibouti-based Solar power company Solar 7.

In November 2020, the Djiboutian club surprised world football by signing midfielder Alex Song, formerly of Arsenal and Barcelona. In addition to playing for the core team as captain, Song oversees the development of youngsters at Solar throughout this contract period.

In the 2020/21 season, Arta Solar 7 won its first Djibouti Premier League title with 46 points out of 18 games. In the following season, 2021/22, the team won his two-time champion in the local league, this time adding 45 points.

Performance in CAF competitions

2022 – First Round
2023 – First Round
2019 – Preliminary Round
2020 – Preliminary Round
2021 – Preliminary Round

Results

SeasonCompetitionRoundCountryClubHomeAwayAggregate
2018–19 CAF Confederation CupPRFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Kariobangi Sharks 0–31–61–9
2019–20 CAF Confederation CupPRFlag of Sudan.svg  Sudan Al-Khartoum 1–10–31–4
2020–21 CAF Confederation CupPRFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Al Mokawloon Al Arab 0–11–91–10
2021–22 CAF Champions LeagueFRFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Tusker 1–10–41–5
2022–23 CAF Champions LeagueFRFlag of Sudan.svg  Sudan Al-Merrikh 1–20–01–2

Performance in UAFA competitions

2023 – Preliminary Round
2008 – Round of 32
2006 – Round of 32

Performance in CECAFA competitions

2019 - Group Stage
2018 - Quarter-finals
2006 - Group Stage
2001 - Group Stage

Players

Current squad

As of 20 December 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  TOG Djehani N'Guissan
2 DF Flag of Djibouti.svg  DJI Ibrahim Ali
4 DF Flag of Djibouti.svg  DJI Idriss Houmed Bilha
5 DF Flag of Djibouti.svg  DJI Moussa Fahmi
6 MF Flag of Djibouti.svg  DJI Ahmed Aden
7 FW Flag of Djibouti.svg  DJI Mourad Abdoulkader
8 FW Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  CIV Salomon Kalou
9 FW Flag of Djibouti.svg  DJI Mahamoud Fouad
10 FW Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  BFA Yacouba Songné
11 MF Flag of Djibouti.svg  DJI Doualeh Elabeh
12 DF Flag of Djibouti.svg  DJI Yabe Siad
13 DF Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  CIV Gilles N'Guessan
14 FW Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  BFA Alain Traoré
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15 DF Flag of Djibouti.svg  DJI Said Abdallah
16 MF Flag of Djibouti.svg  DJI Sadik Djama
18 FW Flag of Djibouti.svg  DJI Samuel Akinbinu
19 MF Flag of Mali.svg  MLI Moussa Coulibaly
20 MF Flag of Djibouti.svg  DJI Warsama Hassan
21 FW Flag of Djibouti.svg  DJI Abdoulrazack Kenedid
22 GK Flag of Djibouti.svg  DJI Sulait Luyima
23 FW Flag of Djibouti.svg  DJI Gabriel Dadzie
24 DF Flag of France.svg  FRA Raphaël Diarra
28 GK Flag of Gabon.svg  GAB Jean-Noël Amonome
29 MF Flag of the Comoros.svg  COM Haslane Ahmed
30 FW Flag of Djibouti.svg  DJI Mahdi Houssein Mahabeh
— MF Flag of Djibouti.svg  DJI Mogueh Idriss

Players with multiple nationalities

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References

  1. ↑ "ARTA / SOLAR 7" . Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Djibouti - List of Foundation Dates" . Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Djibouti 2014/15" . Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  4. ↑ Djibouti 2015/16, RSSSF.com
  5. ↑ Djibouti 2016/17, RSSSF.com


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