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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.
Association Sportive et Culturelle Jaraaf is a Senegalese professional football club based in Dakar. They play in the top division in Senegalese football. Their home stadium is Stade de Diaraf. The club name is sometimes spelt ASC Jaraaf. The word Diaraf or Jaraaf comes from the Serer language - Jaraaf, variation :Jaraff. The Jaraffs were the head of the Serer noble council of electors responsible for electing the Serer kings in pre-colonial times.
AS Douanes is a Senegalese professional football club based in Dakar. The current chairman as of 2016 is Alassane Ndione. Douanes also has the third most number of major honours won in Senegal numbering 14, they 6 championship and cup titles, a super cup and a league cup.
Association Sportive Artistique et Culturelle Ndiambour is a Senegalese football club based in Louga, which is part of the Senegal National League 2 Poule A. Their home stadium is Stade ASEC Ndiambour, also known as Alboury Ndiaye.
Union Culturelle et Sportive des Travailleurs Port Autonome is a Senegalese football club based in Dakar. Their home stadium is Stade Port Autonome. The club is named after the city and country's main shipping port the Autonomous Port of Dakar, it is also the ninth-busiest port in Africa.
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Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta is a multi-use stadium in Ziguinchor, Senegal. It was named after Aline Sitoe Diatta, a Diola woman regarded by many as the only woman who stood against the colonialist push into Casamance. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as a home ground of Casa Sport. The stadium holds 10,000 people, and was built to host the 1992 African Cup of Nations.
The Senegal FA Cup is the top knock-out tournament in Senegalese football. It was created in 1961. The current champion is Niarry-Tally who won their only title in 2016 and compete in League 1 of the Senegalese football pyramid. ASC Diaraf have won the most cup titles (15), most recently in 2013 against Casa Sports, 2 - 1 aet. Since 1977, the winner competes in the Senegalese Super Cup, the super cup of Senegalese football against the national league champion. If the national league champion also wins the FA cup then the second place club in league 1 competes. The winner of the FA cup qualifies for the continental CAF Confederation Cup.
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ASC Linguère is a Senegalese football club based in Saint-Louis. It plays in the second division in Senegalese football. Its home stadium is Stade de Linguère.
Stade de Linguère, better known as Stade Mawade Wade is a multi-use stadium in Saint-Louis, Senegal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as a home ground of ASC Linguère of the Senegal Premier League. It is also home to another club known as Saint-Louis FC The stadium holds 8,000 spectators.
Association Sportive de Pikine or simply AS Pikine is a Senegalese football club based in Pikine. They play at Stade Alassane Djigo, which has a capacity of 5,000.
The 1990-91 Division 1 season was the 27th of the competition of the first-tier football in Senegal. The tournament was organized by the Senegalese Football Federation. ASC Port Autonome won the second title and participated in the 1992 African Cup of Champions Clubs the following year. ASC Diaraf participated in the 1992 CAF Cup, ASEC Ndiambour in the 1992 CAF Winners' Cup and ASC Jeanne d'Arc in the 1992 West African Cup.
The 2005 Division 1 season was the 40th of the competition of the first-tier football in Senegal. The tournament was organized by the Senegalese Football Federation. The season began on 8 January and finished on 1 October. ASC Port Autonome won the third and their recent title. Port Autonome along with Diaraf would compete in the 2006 CAF Champions League the following season. AS Douanes who won the 2005 Senegalese Cup participated in the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup, along with Compagnie sucrière sénégalaise. The clubs that elevated into Division 1 would relegate do Division 2 as Renaissance sportive de Yoff was 17th and Mboro was 18th.
The 2006 Division 1 season was the 41st of the competition of the first-tier football in Senegal. The tournament was organized by the Senegalese Football Federation. The season began on 5 January and finished on 15 July. AS Douanes won their third title. AS Douanes along with Port Autonome would compete in the 2007 CAF Champions League the following season. US Ouakam who won the 2006 Senegalese Cup participated in the 2007 CAF Confederation Cup, along with US Gorée. Compagnie sucrière sénégalaise, last place of Group A relegated to the second division with 14 points as they had a penalty that cost them three points by an undetermined reason, US Rail, last place of Group B was relegated with only 9 points.
ASC Diaraf, a Senegalese professional association football club, has gained entry to Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions on several occasions. They have represented Senegal in the Champions League on thirteen occasions, the Confederation Cup on Four separate occasions, the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup three separate occasions, and the now-defunct CAF Cup one occasion.
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