AS FAR (football club)

The Association's Sports of Forces Armed Royal (Arabic: الجمعية الرياضية للقوات المسلحة الملكية‎; AS FAR), (Arabic: نادي الجيش الملكي‎), is a professional sport club based in Morocco's capital (Rabat-Salé), that competes in Botola, the top tier of Moroccan football, which they never have been relegated from.

ASFAR Rabat
Full nameAssociation's Sports of Forces Armed Royal
Nickname(s)Royal Army Club
Short nameASFAR
Founded1 September 1958 (1958-09-01)
GroundPrince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
Rabat, Morocco
Capacity53,300
PresidentMohamed Haramou
ManagerSven Vandenbroeck
LeagueBotola
2020–21 Botola3rd
WebsiteClub website

The club was founded in 1958, 3 years after Morocco had gained their independence, and is one of the most famous football clubs in Morocco. ASFAR is an abbreviation for Sports Association of the Royal Armed Forces.

ASFAR is one of the most successful clubs in Morocco with 30 titles in total : 12 Botola Pro1, 11 Morocco Throne Cup, 4 Moroccan Super Cup, 1 Botola Pro2, 1 African Champions League and 1 African Confederation Cup. Also he is the first Moroccan team to win the African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1985, and has never been relegated to the Moroccan Second Division. Together with historical rival Wydad AC , the matches between the parties are known as "Moroccan Clasico", and their local rivals whom they contest the big "Capital City Derby" is FUS Rabat.

History
Housni Benslimane The first Goalkeeper for team after winning the first title for Moroccan Throne Cup 1958–59

ASFAR was founded on 1 September 1958, by the initiative of the Crown Prince at Molay Al Hassan, who was an avid football fan himself, by signing a decree as High Commander of the Moroccan Royal Army. The club scouts players and works with the Royal Armed Forces to develop players in multiple aspects (technical level, fitness management, sportsmanship).

One year after its creation, the football team, while still in the second division, won their first Throne Cup. The same year the club finished first in the division of the Moroccan Championship. In Moroccan Throne Cup, they manage to hide in eighths of final and then face the Wydad Casablanca, the latter is beaten on the score of 1–0. During the quarter-finals, the military defeated the Fath Union Sport Rabat at the first Rabat derby, where ASFAR won the match 3–1. The final took place on December 14, 1959, face Mouloudia Oujda won the first two editions of the throne cup and prepares to make a triple while the military, for their first season, a cut of the throne would be the ideal. Finally the ASFAR win this match on the 1–0 score that is stuck at Stade Mohammed V.[1]

The period 1959-1971 is the ASFAR's Age's golden during which it won seven champion titles and two throne cups. It was also the period of the Great Team with players who marked the club's history as Benslimane, Bamous, Fadili, Bakha, Khalifa, Ammar, Allal, Ammari, and so many others. The framework of the Moroccan National Team of the time consisted of ASFAR players.

Grounds

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
Main article: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium (Arabic: مركب الأمير مولاي عبد الله‎) is a multi-purpose stadium in Rabat, Morocco. It is named after Prince Moulay Abdellah of Morocco. It was built in 1983 and is the home ground of ASFAR. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it can also stage athletics. The stadium holds 52,000. Since 2008 it is host of the Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat. It was a confirmed venue for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations until Morocco was stripped of its hosting rights. It was also a venue for the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup.

Sports Center of FAR
Main article: Sports Center of FAR

Honours
ASFAR Season 2007-08 the winner of Botola and Moroccan Cup

Leagues

Cups

International

Friendly competitions

Records and statistics

National competitions

The ASFAR was the first moroccan club that achieved a triple throne cup on two occasions, years (1984-1985-1986) and years (2007-2008-2009).

Season Botola Throne Cup Super Cup
1958–1959Botola 2 PromotedWinnerWinner
1959–19602nd1/8 final-
1960–19611st1/2 finalWinner
1961–19621st1/16 finalWinner
1962–19631st1/2 finalWinner
1963–19641st1/4 final-
1964–196541/8 final
1965–1966**
1966–19671st1/2 final
1967–19681st1/4 final
1968–19693rd1/8 final
1969–19701st1/8 final
1970–19712ndWinner
1971–197241/16 final
1972–1973121/16 final
1973–197491/16 final
1974–1975121/16 final
1975–1976111/16 final
1976–197771/16 final
1977–197871/4 final
1977–197871/4 final
1978–197991/4 final
1979–1980121/8 final
1980–198191/16 final
1981–198261/8 final
1982–198371/16 final
1983–19841stWinner
1984–19853rdWinner
1985–19863rdWinner
1986–19871st1/2 final
1987–19883rdRunners–up
1988–19891st1/2 final
1989–19907Runners–up
1990–19912nd1/4 final
1991–199261/4 final
1992–199381/8 final
1993–19943rd1/2 final
1994–199541/16 final
1995–19966Runners–up
1996–199771/8 final
1997–19985Runners–up
1998–19998Winner
1999–200091/8 final
2000–200181/8 final
2001–200261/2 final
2002–20039Winner
2003–20042ndWinner
2004–20051st1/8 final
2005–20062nd1/8 final
2006–20072ndWinner
2007–20081stWinner
2008–20093rdWinner
2009–201071/8 final
2010–201161/16 final
2011–20127Runners–up
2012–20132nd1/8 final
2013–201471/4 final
2014–2015111/8 final
2015–201641/4 final
2016–201761/2 final
2017–201881/16 final
2018–2019141/16 final
2019–20206-
2020–20213rd-

* The club has made a year after having been suspended by the Moroccan federation. Because when the season that preceded, the club had lost a match by 3–0 against the MAS and players had beaten the referee at the end of the meeting. During this year, the team had played tournaments and friendlies.

Top scorers in Botola
AS FAR Season 2009–10

The ASFAR controls the title of Top scorers in Botola, which has the largest number of scorers a total of 14 times.

Season Nat Player Goals Scored
1980 Idriss Ouadich 15
1983 Abdeslam Laghrissi 14
1987 Abderrazak Khairi 12
1988 Lahcen Anaflous 17
1990 Abdeslam Laghrissi 22
1991 Lahcen Anaflous 15
1992 Lahcen Anaflous 11
1995 Abdeslam Laghrissi 15
2005 Mohamed Armoumen 12
2007 Jawad Ouaddouch 12
2008 Abderrazak El Mnasfi 13
2009 Mustapha Allaoui 14
2011 Jawad Ouaddouch 11
2016 Mehdi Naghmi 12

Top scorers in CAF Champions League
Season Nat Player Goals Scored
1985 Saad Dahane 4
1985 Abdellah Haidamou 4
1985 Abderrazak Khairi 4
1988 Abdeslam Laghrissi 7

Performance in CAF competitions
The public's failure at finale the CAF Cup 2006

At the continental level, AS FAR is the first Moroccan club to have participated in an African Cup; It was in 1968, when it has reached the stage of the semi-finals of the African Cup of Champions Clubs. She was also the first Moroccan club to win the CAF Champions League, in 1985.

2005 – Second Round
2006 – Second Round
2007 – Group stage
2008 – Preliminary Round
2009 – First Round
2014 – Preliminary Round
1968 – Semi-finals
1985 – Champion
1986 – Quarter-finals
1988 – Semi-finals
1990 – Second Round
2004 – Intermediate Round
2005 – Champion
2006 – Finalist
2010 – First Round
2013 – Intermediate Round
1987 – Quarter-finals
1997 – Finalist
1999 – Quarter-finals
2000 – Quarter-finals
2001 – Second Round
2006 – Finalist

African cups all-time statistics

As of 26 March 2019

CAF competitions
Competition S P W D L GF GA GD
CAF Champions League 11602512239262+30
CAF Confederation Cup 534161173924+15
African Cup Winners' Cup 532166104527+18
CAF Super Cup 11010000
Total22127573040176113+63

Players
Pierre Kalala and Driss Bamous during the return of the 1968 African Champions Cup semi-final, against the AS FAR, in January 1969 TP Englebert in Casablanca

First team squad

As of 15 September 2021.

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  MAR Mohamed Baayou
2 DF  MAR Brahim Dahmoun
3 DF  MAR Mohamed El Mahdi Barkaoui
4 DF  RWA Emmanuel Imanishimwe
5 DF  MAR Mohamed Chibi
6 DF  MAR Omar Jerrari
7 MF  MAR Reda Slim
8 MF  MAR Brahim Sabaouni
9 FW  MAR Abdelillah Amimi
10 MF  MAR Zakaria Fati
11 MF  MAR Khalid Ait Ouarkhane
12 GK  MAR Hassan Doughmi
13 MF  MAR Hamza Moujahid
14 FW  MAR Noah Sadaoui
17 FW  MAR Mohamed El Khaloui
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW  CMR Lambert Araina
19 DF  MAR Anouar Tarkhatt
20 DF  MAR Ayman Chabani
22 GK  MAR Ayoub Lakred
23 DF  CPV Diney
24 MF  MAR Mounir El Allouchi
25 DF  MAR Reda Mhannaoui
27 FW  MAR Mohssine Abba
29 DF  MAR Mouhamed Moufid
30 MF  MAR Ayoub El Malyani
31 FW  MAR Hamza Igamane
33 FW  MAR Ismail Khafi
34 MF  MAR Mohamed Rabie Hrimat
35 MF  GAB Abdou Atchabao

Managers

Current technical staff
Role Name
Head coach Sven Vandenbroeck
Assistant coaches Adil Serraj
Assistant coaches Mohamed Samadi
Goalkeeping coach Khalid Askri
Fitness coache Yohwen guihard
Fitness coache Hassane Benazzouz
Kinetotherapist Adil Boussif
Club doctor Jawad Nadim
Masseur Mohamed Abdellaoui
  • Last updated: 21 August 2021

Former coach

Sports Club
Active sections of ASFAR

Football
Basketball
Athletics
Handball

Boxing
Volleyball
Taekwondo
Wrestling

Archery
Judo
Gymnastics
Swimming

There are several other sporting branches in the club besides football professionally and the results of the Club in those prestigious results are sports and distinct local and continental levels.

Supporters

ASFAR has the largest number of supporters of any team in Morocco the greater the focus of fans are in The region Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, It has a population of 4,580,866.

Also, the club has an important fan base inside the country, where several towns are renowned for counting vast majorities of ASFAR supporters, and outside the borders, among Moroccan emigrants.

The ASFAR Ultras movement began in 2005, when the bases of Ultras Askary Rabat (UAR), And The second group Black Army (BA) was created in 2006, Their sanctuary is the southern Included of the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium.

  • Curva chè
  • Tifo Ultras Black Army
  • Pyroshow Ultras Askary
  • Tifo Ultras Askary before a final Coupe de Trône

Women
Main article: AS FAR (women)

ASFAR has a women's team, AS FAR (women).[2][3] The women's team won the national league in 2021.[4][5][6] Afterwards they won the UNAF zonal qualifier which qualified them to the inaugural 2021 CAF Women's Champions League.[7][2][3]

References
  1. "Morocco 1958/59".
  2. "Haidamou: Our bet is to rewrite history with our women's team". CAFOnline.com. Confedération Africaine du Football (CAF). Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  3. "AS FAR participates in the 1st Women's Champions League in Egypt". Morocco Latest News. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  4. "Football - Dames : Les dames de l'ASFAR couronnées championnes du football national féminin".
  5. Kitabri, A. (2 April 2021). "Football féminin : L'AS FAR représentante du Maroc en Ligue des Champions". L'Opinion Maroc (in French). Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  6. Babatunde, Oyediji Oluwaseun (15 June 2021). "ASFAR crowned Champions of 2020/21 Moroccan Women's Championship". KICK442. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  7. "Football - Dames : Qualifiée aux finales, l'ASFAR représente l'UNAF à la Women's Champions League de la CAF".
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