Hafia FC

Hafia Football Club is a football club based in Conakry, Guinea. Founded in 1951, the team was known as Conakry II in the 1960s and won three titles under that name. Hafia have won 15 league titles overall having dominated in 1960s and 70s, but their last league title coming in 1985. The 1970s were a golden decade for Hafia FC when they dominated African football having won the African Cup of Champions Clubs three times, in 1972, 1975 and 1977. It promoted some great talents as Papa Camara, Bengally Sylla, Abdoulaye Keita, Chérif Souleymane, Petit Sory, Mamadou Aliou Kéïta.

Hafia FC
Full nameHafia Football Club
Nickname(s)"Tri Campeao"
Founded1951
GroundStade Petit Sory
Conakry, Guinea
Capacity25,000
ChairmanKerfalla Person Camara[1]
ManagerKarim Bencherifa
LeagueGuinée Championnat National
2020-215th place

In early 2021 construction began on the new stadium "Stade Petit Sory" named after fellow Hafia FC legend Petit Sory

Kit provider
Kit provider Period
Sindio 2015–2016
Beda 2016–present
Joma 2021–present

Current Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK  SEN Ousmane Mane
13 DF  GUI Jean Mousté
21 DF  CMR Serge Andoulo
25 DF  GUI Ben Youssouf Camara
28 DF  GHA Joseph Ablorh
34 DF  GUI Mouctar Gakou
5 MF  TOG Richard Nane
7 FW  BEN Mouhamed Sacca
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF  TOG Faride Tchadenou
9 FW  GUI Bouba Camara
10 FW  SEN Abdoulaye Bah
14 FW  CIV Yves Martial Toualy Séry Derou
20 FW  GUI Mohamed Soumah
29 MF  GUI Mohamed Sam Soumah

Honours

National titles
Champion:[2] 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985
Winner: 1992, 1993, 2002, 2017

African titles
Champion: 1972, 1975, 1977
Runner-up: 1976, 1978
Runner-up: 1992

Performance in CAF competitions
2020 – Preliminary Round
1993 – First Round
1994 – First Round
2003 – Second Round

Notes and references
  1. Guinée : les barons du football
  2. Hafia FC won the first tree titles in the (1966, 1967 & 1968) under the name of Conakry II


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