Gazelle FC

Not to be confused with Vudal Gazelle F.C., the club in Papua New Guinea.

Gazelle FC

Full name	Gazelle Football Club
Founded	16 May 1972;51 years ago (16 May 1972)
Ground	Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya N'Djamena, Chad
Capacity	20,000
Chairman	Adjib Koulamallah
Manager	Issa Moussa
League	Chad Premier League
2020	1st [1]
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Gazelle FC is a football club from Chad based in N'Djamena. The club currently plays in the Chad Premier League, the top flight of Chadian football. ^[2]

Gazelle FC was founded on May 16, 1972 in the capital city of N'Djamena. The club has won four national titles and six national cup titles. ^[3]

The club's colors are traditionally black and white.

History

Founded in 1972, the club played in Chadian second ligue from 1972 to 1973. In 1973–1974 season, the team secured promotion to the First Division. On May 8, 2007, the club has signed their first sponsorship deal ever, with Sogea Satom. On August 29, 2007, Gazelle has signed their second sponsorship deal, with Ecobank Tchad. Gazelle have won 3 league titles (in 2009, 2012 and 2015), 6 national cups, 6 league-cups and 2 super-cups. They were league runners-up 7 times: in 1975, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1984, 2003 and 2010. The club has also represented Chad in African competitions in 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, ^[4] 2005, 2010 ^[5] and 2013. ^[6]

Their first appearance at the African cup competition was in 1994 where they lost to Sony Elá Nguema of Equatorial Guinea, not a single goal Gazelle had scored. The remaining three had Gazelle qualifying as cup winner, Gazelle scored their first continental goal in 1998 in a match against Dragons Ouémé, they never defeated that club in its two matches, one had a draw. Gazelle came back in 2001 and faced Sporting Praia of Cape Verde, there, they made their first victory over that club 5-2in 2001, they elevated into the First Round after Sporting Praia withdrew and faced Democratic Congo's AS Saint-Luc and didn't won a match, the club scored two goals. Gazelle appeared for the fourth time in 2002 and defeated Akokana 3-0 in the second match as the first one was scoreless, Gazelle challenged USM Alger from Algeria, the first match was a scoreless draw and lost the second one 1-5. Their next appearance at the cup competition would be the CAF Confederation Cup and faced FC 105 from Gabon, the club lost two matches Gazelle only scored a goal there.

After winning their first championship title in 2009, Gazelle entered the continental championships for the first time in 2010, the club defeated the first match against Bayelsa which was Gazelle's last win, ^[5] the second one had a two-goal draws and Gazelle advanced into the First Round where they challenged against Al Merreikh of the Sudan (now commonly as the Khartoumian Sudan), the club did not won a match and scored 2 goals to three in two of its matches, one had a goal draw and Gazelle was out, Gazelle scored its final goals to date. In their second CAF Champions League appearance and their recent continental competition, the club lost to Egypt's Zamalek in nearly large number of 7 in the first match and Gazelle scored no goal in either to its two matches, ^[6] the second match was scoreless and was knocked out of the CAF Champions League competition.

Gazelle did not appear in the 2016 CAF Champions League, the Chadian Football Federation after their championship win decided to inscribe Ascot and Renaissance into the African club competition following a controversy over a Gazelle player with contracts with two clubs.^{[ citation needed ]}

Stadium

Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, also named Stade Nacional, is a multi-purpose stadium located in N'Djamena, Chad. ^[7] It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 20,000 ^[8] people. It is currently the home ground of the Chad national football team. It is named after former Chadian highjumper Mahamat Idriss (1942—1987).

Uniform

The uniform for home games is a white shirt with black shorts and socks and the uniform for away games is an orange T-shirt and socks with a black shorts. The uniform's in 2010 were a dark blue T-shirt and socks with yellow shorts for home games and white clothing for away games.

Home uniform in 2000's

Home uniform in 2010

Away uniform in 2010

Honours

• Chad Premier League: 4

2009, 2012, 2015, 2020

• Chad Cup: 6

1973, 1974, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2012.

• Chad League Cup: 6
• Chad Super Cup: 2

Secondary Achievements

• 1 Banque BTCD Cup title
• 1 STEE Cup title

Performance in CAF competitions

Gazelle's results in CAF competition

Season	Competition	Qualification method	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
1993	CAF Cup Winners' Cup		Preliminary Round	CD Elá Nguema	1-1	2-1	2-3
1998	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	Chad Cup winners	Preliminary Round	Dragons FC de l'Ouémé	2-2	0-1	3-2
2001	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	Chad Cup winners	Preliminary Round	Sporting Clube da Praia	5-2	canc. [lower-alpha 1]	5-2
			First round	AS Saint-Luc	0-1	2-2	2-3
2002	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	Chad Cup winners	Preliminary Round	Akokana FC	0-0	3-0	3-0
			First round	USM Alger	0-0	1-6	1-6
2005	CAF Confederation Cup	Chad Cup winners	Preliminary Round	FC 105 Libreville	3-1	0-2	3-3 (a)
2010	CAF Champions League	Chadian champions	Preliminary Round	Bayelsa United	1–0	2–2	3–2
			First round	Al Merreikh	1–1	1–2	2–3
2013	CAF Champions League	Chadian League champions	Preliminary Round	Zamalek	7–0	0–0	7–0

Positions

• 2009: 1st
• 2010: 2nd
• 2011: 5th
• 2012: 1st
• 2013: Semi-finals (N'Djamena League Cup)
• 2014-15: 1st
• 2016: 1st (11 points)
• 2017: championship interrupted
• 2018: championship abandoned
• 2019: 4th in Group B
• 2020: 1st

Statistics

• Best position: First Round (CAF Champions League)
• Best position at cup competitions: First Round (continental)
• Appearances at the League Cup: 9
• Total matches played at the CAF Champions League: 6
  • Total matches played at home: 3
  • Total matches played away: 3
• Total number of wins at the CAF Champions League: 1
• Total draws at the CAF Champions League: 3
  • Total home draws: 1
  • Total away draws: 2
• Total losses at the CAF Champions League: 2
• Total number of goals scored at the CAF Champions League: 5
• Total matches played at the continental cup competitions 13
  • Total matches played at home: 7
  • Total matches played away: 6
• Total goals scored at the continental cup competitions: 13
  • CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 10
  • CAF Confederation Cup: 3

Current squad

As of 14 June 2019

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   CHA Oumar Yangoussou (Captain) — GK   CHA Mbairamadji Dillah — DF   CHA Fignal N'Dibi Évariste — DF   CHA Emmanuel N'Dadje — DF   WAL Peter Moisan — DF   CHA Abba Haroun — DF   CHA Abbali — DF   CHA Ndilbé — MF   CHA Abdel Aziz Makine — MF   CHA Frederick Abboh — MF   CHA Emmanuel Banadji — MF   CHA Loubandem Guiguiban Aime

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   CHA Amadou Djimet — MF   CHA Doug — MF   CHA Lass — FW   CHA Hassane Boudina — FW   CHA Celestin Edouard Djembayel — FW   CHA Djamal Mahamat Saleh — FW   CHA Ahmat Hassan Mahamat — FW   CHA Goudja —   CHA Abdelmounti —   CHA Nesdé —   CHA Souleyman —   CHA Djimtebaye Bemadjita

Notable players

Main article: List of Gazelle FC players

The club had few national team players like Hilaire Kédigui, Doumnan Herman, Cesar Madalangue and Mbairamadji Dillah.

Management

Current staff

As of 22 October 2016.

Name	Role
Adjib Koulamallah	Chairman
Mahamat Allamine Abakar	Manager
Mahamat Ramat Djiddo	Assistant manager
Dominique Teinkor	Goalkeeping Coach

Chairmen history

• Ageb Lamala (in 2013)
• Ajib Koulamallah (current)

Managerial history

Name	Nationality	From	To
Sokolov [9]		1972	1973
Aleksander Klimatchov		1973	1974
Haroune Sabah [10]	Chad
Modou Kouta [11]	Chad
Toukam Julien	Chad	2010 [12]	2012
Joseph Mounte [13]	Cameroon	2012	2015
Mamadou Bodjim	Chad	2015	2016
Mahamat Allamine Abakar 'Boli'	Chad	2016	2018
Issa Moussa	Chad	2018
Zam Gagso Barkos	Chad	2023	present [14]

Notes

1. Sporting Praia Withdrew

References

1. "JournalDuTchad.com: Gazelle Fc reconnu champion du Tchad pour la Saison 2014-2015". Archived from the original on 2017-10-06. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
2. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Leagues and Clubs of Chad". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
3. "Historique de l'équipe Gazelle FC". oumarkoul.e-monsite.com (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-17.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-01-05. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
5. "Gazelle vs Bayelsa United FC - Live Match - Football : SBS The World Game". sbs.com.au. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
6. fussball.wettpoint.com, Cpr. "Zamalek SC - Gazelle FC (CHA) Game Result, Statistics on 17/02/2013 - Soccer Database Wettpoint". wettpoint.com. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
7. "Stade omnisports Idriss-Mahamat-Ouya". www.goalzz.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
8. "World Stadiums - Stadiums in Chad". www.worldstadiums.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-13. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
9. "Historique de l'équipe Gazelle FC". Archived from the original on 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
10. "TCHADSPORT - Page 55". centerblog.net. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
11. "TCHADSPORT - Page 28". centerblog.net. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
12. "football - Page 30". tchadsport.centerblog.net.
13. "TELE TCHAD SPORT DU 30 AOUT 2012 SUR TCJHADONLINE.NET - vidéo Dailymotion". dailymotion.com. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
14. https://lesportif.td/championnat-de-la-ligue-provinciale-de-ndjamena-les-arbitres-echappent-a-la-fureur-des-supporters/

External links

• Club logo