Casa Sports

Casa Sports

Full name	Casa Sports de Ziguinchor
Founded	1960
Ground	Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta Ziguinchor, Senegal
Capacity	10,000
Manager	Demba Ramata Ndiaye
League	Senegal Premier League
2023–24	12th
Home colours Away colours

Casa Sports de Ziguinchor is a Senegalese professional football club based in Ziguinchor. They play in the top division in Senegalese football. Their home stadium is Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta. It is the most popular sports club in Casamance, the first four letters of the area gives the name to the club, the short form Casa.

Casa Sport also is sixth in the number of major honours won in Senegal numbering six, shared with AS Police of Dakar and SUNEOR Diourbel.

History

The club was founded in 1960, the year that Senegal was becoming independent and was founded as Foyer de Jeunes de Casamance. In the early 1970s, it was changed to Casamance-Sporting Football Club and was shortened to its current Casa Sports later. In 1985, Casa Sport celebrated its 25th anniversary. In 2009, Casa Sport became a professional club. The club celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2010.

The first title was the Senegalese Cup won in 1979 and the first club from Casamance along with Southern Senegal to win a national title. Casamance went to their second cup final in 1980 but lost. Casa Sport was second place in the 2008 Division 1 season and again in the 2009 season and under the new name Ligue 1. Casa Sport was second placed the Coupe de Parlement or the Parliament Cup in 2008. In 2009, Casa Sport became a professional club. Casa Sport appeared in the first ever Senegalese League Cup where the club reached up to second place in the 2009 season. A year later, they won their first title in 2010. Also in the year, Casa Sport was second place in the 2010 WAFU Cup. Casa Sport won their next cup title in 32 years in 2011. Casa Sport won their only championship title in 2012. In 2013, Casa Sport brought to their only appearance in the continental championships. Later on, Casa Sport won their second and recent League Cup title and was one of the first winners of the Senegalese Champion's Trophy. Casa Sport headed to their fourth cup finals and lost. In 2015 and 2016, they lost both of the cup final matches.

In the 2015-16 Ligue 1 season, Casa Sports finished 5th place and had 36 points, 9 wins and draws and had 8 losses, also Casa Sport scored 29 goals. For the 2016–17 season, Casa Sport started 3rd in the first round, then climbed to the first round, then 5th in the 3rd round and kept to be at the top 5 positions for much of the season. One match was delayed and featured Casa Sports and Guédiawaye at home field, it was originally for October, as the match was banned by local authorities, the match was awarded 3–0 to Casa Sports. For the second time, Casa Sports finished 5th place with 38 points and had an extra win than last season with 10 and had the same losses as last season, Casa Sport also scored 27 goals, two less than last season, but the worst was they conceded 33 goals which was their worst ever at the top flight competition of the century.

Several of the greatest players of the club played in other clubs including FC Metz, Boavista, Sochaux, Bruge, Saint-Étienne, Nantes, Chelsea, Anderlecht, WAC Casablanca and Étoile of Sahel. One of the former players, Athanas Tendeng became manager of the club in the 2010s.

Continental competitions

In the continental level, their first appearance was in 1980 and faced Bula FC from Guinea Bissau, after defeating that club, the club would later lose to Algeria's MA Hussein-Dey in the second round. As Casa Sport was third place, they entered into the 2008 CAF Confederation Cup and lost to Dolphins Port Harcourt, 1–2 in the away match as the home match was a draw. As Casa Sport was second place, they also qualified into the 2009 CAF Champions League and faced Mali's mighty club, Djoliba AC and lost to that club. After winning their second cup title, the club faced Gamtel in the Senegambian derby in the 2012 CAF Confederation Cup and lost 3–4 in the penalty shootout as two of the matches had a goal each. After winning their recent championship title, they went to the 2013 CAF Champions League and faced Morocco's Moghreb de Tétouan and Casa won with 3–1 in the penalty shootout as two of its matches had a goal each. Casa Sport headed to the First Round and faced Mali's greatest club Stade Malien and would lose to that club. This was Casa Sport's recent appearance at the continental level.

WAFU competitions

At the subcontinental level, Casa Sport appeared in the 1984 edition and lost to Sekondi Hasaacas, a year later as they were runner up in Division 1, they lost to the club from the neighboring Guinea-Bissau UDI Bissau with a total of 1–3, all in an away match. Casa Sports' greatest appearance was the 2010 WAFU Club Championship where they were runner-up, Casa Sports defeated the Ports from the surrounded neighbor of the Gambia, they advanced to the Third Round and defeated Horoya AC 5–6 in penalty shootouts as both clubs won each of the two matches, ^{[1] [2]} Casa Sport went to the semis and defeated AC Semassi from the Togo 0-2 and at the finals, lost to Nigeria's Sharks FC.

Uniform

Its uniform color is white with black socks but a black T-shirt with black sleeve rim is used for home games, all with a two-rowed checkered lining on the right. When there is a same uniform color in some parts of the other club, the other uniform color is red with a checkered sleeve and black socks.

Previous uniforms were colored black for home games with a black-white checkered portion T-shirt and white socks and white with black socks for away games.

Home uniform up to 2011

Visitor's uniform up to 2011

Third colour uniform up to 2011

Home uniform up to 2014

Away uniform up to 2014

Third colour uniform up to 2014

Logo

Its logo colors are green, white, yellow and red.

Honours

• Senegal Premier League: 2

2012, 2022. ^[3]

• Senegal FA Cup: 4

1979, 2011, 2021, 2022.

• Coupe de la Ligue: 2

2010, 2013.

• Trophée des Champions du Sénégal: 1

2013.

League and cup history

Performance in CAF competitions

Casa Sports's results in CAF competition

Season	Competition	Qualification method	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
1980	African Cup Winners Clubs	Senegalese Cup winners	Preliminary Round	Bula FC	5–1	1–0	6–1
			First Round	NA Hussein Dey	0–2	1–1	2–3
2008	CAF Confederation Cup	Ligue 1 - Group B - 2nd	First Round	Dolphins Port Harcourt	1–2	0–0	1–2
2009	CAF Champions League	Ligue 1 - Group B - 2nd	Preliminary Round	Djoliba AC, 1–0, 0–4	0–4	1–0	1–4
2012	CAF Confederation Cup	Senegalese Cup winners	Preliminary Round	Gamtel	1–0	1–0	1–1 (3-4 p)
2013	CAF Champions League	Senegalese champions	Preliminary Round	Moghreb Tétouan	1–0	1–0	1–1 (3-1 p)
			First Round	Stade Malien, 1–2, 0–2	1–2	2–0	1–4

Performance at the WAFU Club Championship

Casa Sports results at the WAFU Club Championship

Season	Competition	Qualification method	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
1984	WAFU Club Championship	Division 1 Runner-up	Preliminary Round	Sekondi Hasaacas	2–1	2–2	2–1 (4–5 p.)
1985	WAFU Club Championship	Division 1 Runner-up	First Round	UDI Bissau	0–0	1–3	1–3
2010	WAFU Club Championship	Ligue 1 Group B Runner-up	First round	Gambia Ports Authority	2–0	0–1	0–1
			Third Round	Horoya AC	1–0	1–0	1–1 (5–6 p.)
			Semifinals	AC Semassi		0–2	0–2
			Finals	Sharks FC		1–0	1–0

National level

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	P	Cup	League Cup	AN Cup	Notes	Final Phase
1981	1	7	26	6	14	5	22	20	+2	26
1982	1	1	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Winner
1983	1	2	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	1	2	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	36
1990-91	1	6	30	8	18	4	19	14	+5	34
1991-92	1	10	30	6	16	8	12	14	-2	28
1992-93	1	14	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	23
1995	2		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	2		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	1	13	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	24
2000	2		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000–2001	1	13	26	3	13	10	12	25	-13	22
2002–2003	2		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003–2004	1	11	38	15	7	16	23	22	+1	52	Finalist
2005	1	5	34	12	11	11	25	27	-2	47
2006	1B	2	16	5	4	7	13	15	-2	19				Did not advance	Did not participate
2007	1B	3	16	7	7	2	17	9	+8	28	Winner			Advanced into the final phase	3rd place
		3	10	3	4	3	8	7	+1	13
2008	1B	1	18	11	3	4	20	9	+11	36				Advanced into the finals	Finalist
2009	1B	1	16	9	5	2	26	15	+11	32		Finalist		Advanced to the finals	Finalist
2010	1B	2	16	7	5	4	28	13	+15	26		Winner		Did not advance	Did not participated
2010–2011	1	3	30	12	11	7	33	23	+10	47
2011–2012	1B	2	14	7	4	3	15	6	+9	25				Advanced into the finals	Champion
		1	6	3	2	1	5	2	+3	11
2013	1	6	30	10	14	6	23	15	+8	44
2013–2014	1	3	26	11	8	7	32	18	+14	31
2014–2015	1	6	26	11	8	7	22	17	+5	35
2015-16	1	5	26	9	9	8	29	27	+2	36
2016-17	1	5	26	10	8	8	27	33	-6	38

Statistics

• Best position: Second Round (continental)
• Best position at a cup competition: Preliminary Round (continental)
• Best position at the League Cup: 1st
• Appearances at the League Cup: 9
• Appearances at the Super Cup: 2
• Total goals scored at a cup final: 8

Players

Current squad

As of 1 October 2021 ^[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   SEN Ousmane Mané — DF   SEN Bonaventure Mankabo — MF   SEN Pierre Benoît Manga — DF   SEN Boubacar Lamine Diop — FW   SEN Abdou Karim Badji — MF   SEN Alpha Thiam — MF   SEN Pierre Benoît Aubïa Manga — FW   SEN Lamine Fanné — MF   SEN Ismaila Niang — FW   SEN Siaka Sané — FW   SEN Mamadou Ba

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   SEN Christian Pascal Diatta — GK   SEN Pape Souleymane Sané — MF   SEN Mamanding Kidiera — FW   SEN Moussa Marone — FW   SEN Mouhamadou Moustapha N'Diaye — MF   SEN Hamed Pape Niang — FW   SEN Ismaïla Sény N'Diaye — FW   SEN Siaka Sané — DF   SEN Bonaventure Mancabou — GK   SEN Alioune Badara Faty

Notable and former players

Main article: List of Casa Sport players

Casa Sports has produced dozens of players who have carried the pride of the club and contributed both nationally and internationally to the development of football.

• Antoine Coly

• Nicolas Jackson

• Jules Francois Bocande

• Bassirou Ndiaye

• Ousmane Ndiaye "Complique"

• Mamadou Teuw

• Demba Ramata Ndiaye

• Abdoulaye Bayo

• Daour Gaye

• Ibrahima Gassama Solo

• Abdoulaye Diallo

• Abdourahmane Diallo

• Maurice Bougazelli

• Mody Ba

• Tidiane Dieme

• Abdoulaye Darry

• Stephane Badji

• Athanase Tendeng

• Ousmane Mane "Wangi"

• Boubacar Massaly

• Aliou Badji

• M. Lamine Danfa

References

1. Coupe UFOA: Le Casa Sport tombe á Conakry sur le petit score de 1-0 (Casa Sport Lost in Conakry with a Small Score of 1-0) Archived 2010-10-06 at the Wayback Machine Le Messager (in French)
2. Senegalese Le Soleil article on Casa Sport's penalty shootout win ^{[ permanent dead link ]}(in French)
3. "Ligue 1 sénégalaise - J.25 : Casa Sport sacré champion 10 ans après". 6 June 2022. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
4. "CASA SPORTS – SEASON REVIEW". Archived from the original on 2021-10-01. Retrieved 2021-10-01.

External links

• Casa Sport at Soccerway
• Continental appearances of Casa Sport at Scoreshelf (archived)