AS SONIDEP

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AS SONIDEP
Full nameAssociation Sportive de la Société Nigérienne des Produits Pétroliers
Ground Stade municipal de Niamey, Stade Général Seyni Kountché (some games)
Capacity5,000, 50,000
ManagerAdourahamane Issa Maiga
League Niger Premier League
2017–181st (champions)

AS SONIDEP, founded in 2014 by the Nigerien Petroleum Products Company (SONIDEP), is an association football club based in Niamey, Niger. It is the most recent Nigerien football club.[ citation needed ]

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In the first division since the first year of its creation, the tanker club won the National Cup in 2014-2015 and was the champion of the second division. In performance during this season, the club had the best defense of the championship with 1 goal conceded. Also in this competition for the national cup, AS SONIDEP was a finalist in the match against FC Sahel. During the 2017–2018 season, AS SONIDEP was eliminated in the quarter-final of the national cup. As part of the 1st Division National Championship, the club was ranked 8th in the 2016–17 season. While in the 2017–2018 season, AS SONIDEP reached the top of Niger by winning the Airtel League 1 National Championship, the most prestigious competition in the country, after only 4 years of existence.

Internationally, the club participated in the CAF Confederation Cup of the 2015–2016 season following its success in the national cup. AS SONIDEP represents Niger in the African Champions League. [1]

Achievements

2018, 2019.
2015, [2] 2019.
2018.

Performance in CAF competitions

2019 – preliminary round
2020 – preliminary round
2021 – first round
2016 – preliminary round
2021 – play-off round

Current squad

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 Yemen.svg  YEM Bilal Saleh
16 GK Flag of Niger.svg  NIG R. Oumarou
22 GK Flag of Niger.svg  NIG M. Yahaya
5 MF Flag of Niger.svg  NIG Aboubacar Traorè
2 DF Flag of Niger.svg  NIG M. Aziz
13 DF Flag of Niger.svg  NIG A. Razak
7 FW Flag of Niger.svg  NIG Nicolas Koffi
3 DF Flag of Niger.svg  NIG O. Barmou
4 DF Flag of Niger.svg  NIG Abdel Kader Amadou
21 MF Flag of Niger.svg  NIG S. Hamidou
14 MF Flag of Niger.svg  NIG M. Sabo
No.Pos.NationPlayer
9 FW Flag of Niger.svg  NIG K. Roberto
10 MF Flag of Niger.svg  NIG M. Bily-To
15 MF Flag of Niger.svg  NIG H. Abdou
6 MF Flag of Niger.svg  NIG T. Samba
18 DF Flag of Niger.svg  NIG S. Umar
28 MF Flag of Niger.svg  NIG I. Amadou
12 MF Flag of Niger.svg  NIG Gaddafi
26 FW Flag of Niger.svg  NIG A. Idrissa
20 DF Flag of Niger.svg  NIG A. César
11 MF Flag of Niger.svg  NIG S. Lauali
8 DF Flag of Niger.svg  NIG S. Traorè

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References

  1. "Présentation du club". Archived from the original on 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  2. Niger 2014/15 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine , RSSSF.com