AS SONIDEP

AS SONIDEP
Full nameAssociation Sportive de la Société Nigérienne des Produits Pétroliers
GroundStade municipal de Niamey, Stade Général Seyni Kountché (some games)
Capacity5,000, 50,000
ManagerAdourahamane Issa Maiga
LeagueNiger 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]

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

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

Performance in CAF competitions

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

Current squad

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

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

References

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  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