Olympique de Ngor

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Olympique de Ngor
Full nameOlympique de Ngor
Founded1955
Ground Stade de Ngor
Ngor, Dakar, Senegal
Capacity10,000
League Senegal Premier League
2015–1614th, Relegated

Olympique de Ngor is a football club from Senegal based in the neighborhood of Ngor in the northwest of Dakar. They are one of the top-flight football clubs. Stade de Ngor is their stadium used for football matches. It has a capacity of 10,000. It is the westernmost football club on the African mainland along with Almadies of Ngor, Cape Verde's Tarrafal FC de Monte Trigo (from 1956 to 2004, Sporting Clube do Porto Novo, from 2009 to 2014, Santo André were the one) is the westernmost football (soccer) club in the whole of Africa since 2014, though it is a lesser and least prominent club.

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The squad of Olympique de Ngor during the 2014-15 season ON-FCG 5626.JPG
The squad of Olympique de Ngor during the 2014-15 season

History

The club was founded in 1955 in Dakar in the final years of French colonial rule, later it would be based in Ngor.

Not long after independence, the club headed to the 1963 cup final and the club lost 3-2 to US Rail along with the title.

Olympique Ngor was in the top position of a group in Ligue 2 in 2012. Ngor participated again in Ligue 1 in many years in 2013 and finished second with 50 points behind Diambars, the club also scored 30 goals, tied with Dakar UC, behind ASC Linguère. A year later, they finished 10th with 32 points and scored 32 goals.

Olympique Ngor headed to the 2014 cup final, their next in 51 years, the club lost 1-2 to AS Pikine in the Senegalese Cup final. [1] As Pikine both won the championship and the cup in 2014, Olympique de Ngor as the cup-runner up qualified both into the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup and the Assemblé Nationale Cup (now the Super Cup).

At their only appearance in the continental cup, the club had their only win in a match with Unisport de Bafang, they entered the first round as they had a total of 3-2 goals scored in its two matches. The club suffered two losses to Ghana's Hearts of Oak and was out of the competition. 6 goals Olympique de Ngor were scored at the CAF Confederation Cup.

The club was last place in the 2015-16 season with 25 points and had only 5 wins and 11 losses. The club currently plays in Ligue 2 as of the 2016-17 season.

Achievements

League and cup history

Performance in CAF competitions

Olympique Ngor's results in CAF competition
SeasonCompetitionQualification methodRoundOppositionHomeAway Aggregate
2015 CAF Confederation Cup Senegalese Cup runner-up Preliminary Round Flag of Cameroon.svg Unisport de Bafang 3–11–03–2
First Round Flag of Ghana.svg Accra Hearts of Oak 2–32–13–5

National level

SeasonDiv.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAGDP Cup League Cup AN Cup Notes
2011–122---------
2013 1230131163024+650
2013–14 1102688101932-1332FinalistWinner
2014–15 11226610102227-528
2015-16 11426510112029-925

Statistics

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