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Association Sportive des FAR

Full name	Association Sportive des Forces Armées Royales
Nickname(s)	The Leader (الزعيم) Conquerors Black Army
Short name	ASFAR
Founded	1 September 1958; 60 years ago (1958-09-01)
Ground	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Rabat, Morocco
Capacity	53,300
President	Gen. Mohamed Haramou
Manager	Carlos Alós Ferrer
League	Botola
2017–18	8th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

The Association Sportive des Forces Armées Royales (Arabic: الجمعية الرياضية للقوات المسلحة الملكية‎; ASFAR), also known as the Royal Army Club (Arabic: نادي الجيش الملكي‎), is a professional sport club based in Morocco's capital city (Rabat-Salé).

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

ASFAR is the most Successful team in Morocco with 29 official titles,
And became the first club in Morocco to win one of the African cup competitions, the African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1985, and has never been relegated to the Moroccan Second Division, with his Historical rivals Wydad Casablanca and Raja Casablanca، and matches Between the parties are known as "Moroccan Clasico", And a big other match are known as "Capital city Derby" against his neighbor FUS Rabat.^[1]

The ASFAR was ranked first locally, 10 continental and 201 universally, in the international rankings of clubs during the first ten years of the 21st century (2001-2010), issued by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics in 2011.[3]

History

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

The ASFAR was founded on 1 September 1958, by the initiative of the Crown Prince at Molay Al Hassan, who was from football fans, After a decree signed, As a High Commander of the Moroccan Royal Army.
The exploration of players from the Royal Armed Forces، and work with them to develop all levels (technical level, fitness management, sportsmanship.) for an integrated team.

One year after its creation, the football team, still in second division, wins his first Throne Cup. The same year the club ranks first in 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 final quarters, the military defeat the Fath Union Sport Rabat at the first Capital city derby opposing them, The ASFAR win this match on the 3-1 score.
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.^[2]

Founded Decree for the Club

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

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

Honours

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

Domestic

Leagues

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  Moroccan League First Division
  
  
  
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    Winners (12): 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1984, 1987, 1989, 2005, 2008
    
  
  
  • Runners-up (7): 1960, 1971, 1991, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2013
    
  
  
  
  

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  Moroccan League Second Division
  
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    Winners (1): 1959
  
  

Cups

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  Moroccan Throne Cup
  
  
  
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    Winners (11) – Record: 1959, 1971, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009
    
  
  
  • Runners-up (5): 1988, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2012
    
  
  
  
  


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  Moroccan Super Cup
  
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    Winners (4) – Record: 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963
  
  

International

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  CAF Champions League
  
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    Winner (1): 1985
    
  
  

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  CAF Confederation Cup
  
  
  
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    Winner (1): 2005
    
  
  
  • Runners-up (1): 2006
    
  
  
  
  

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  Afro-Asian Club Championship
  
  • Runners-up (1): 1986
  
  

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  African Cup Winners' Cup
  
  • Runners-up (1): 1997
    
  
  

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  CAF Super Cup
  
  • Runners-up (1): 2006
    
  
  

Friendly Competitions

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  Trofeo Ciudad de Marbella
  
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    Winner (1): 1977
  
  

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  Mohammed V Trophy
  
  • Runners-up (2): 1967, 1970
  
  

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  North African Cup of Champions
  
  • Runners-up (1): 2008
    
  
  

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  International elite championship
  
  • Runners-up (1): 2008
  
  

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  Ahmed Antifit Tournament
  
  • Runners-up (1): 2009
  
  

Records and statistics

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.[4]

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

National competitions

The ASFAR was the first Club to win the Botola in four consecutive years (1961-1962-1963-1964) and the only team that achieved a triple throne Cup on two occasions, years (1984-1985-1986) and years (2007-2008-2009), and was the only team that has honorably keep the glasses in his locker.[5]

* 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.

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.

• CAF Champions League: 6 appearances

2005 – Second Round

2006 – Second Round

2007 – Group stage

2008 – Preliminary Round

2009 – First Round

2014 – Preliminary Round

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 5 appearance

1968 – Semi-finals

1985 – Champion

1986 – Quarter-finals

1988 – Semi-finals

1990 – Second Round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 5 appearances

2004 – Intermediate Round

2005 – Champion

2006 – Finalist

2010 – First Round

2013 – Intermediate Round

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 5 appearances

1987 – Quarter-finals

1997 – Finalist

1999 – Quarter-finals

2000 – Quarter-finals

2001 – Second Round

• CAF Super Cup: 1 appearances

2006 – Finalist

African cups all-time statistics

As of 26 March 2019

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 21 March 2018.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Mohammed Amine El Bourkadi 2 MF Sanga Topio Coulibaly 3 DF Hamza El Moussaoui 4 DF Mehdi Khallati 5 DF Ismail Belmaalem 6 MF El Mehdi Barrahma (captain) 10 MF Mohammed El Fakih 11 FW Kamal Mohamed 12 GK Yassine El Had 14 FW Ibrahim Bezghoudi 15 DF Brahima Bakayoko 17 FW Abdelghani Mouaoui 18 MF Taoufik Safsafi

No. Position Player 19 DF Mohamed Chibi 20 FW Héritier Luvumbu 21 DF Abdelmounaim Boutouil 24 DF Mourad Kaaouach 27 FW Hamza Khabba 28 MF Mustapha El Yousfi 30 FW Hicham Marchad 32 DF Abdelouahed Chakhsi 35 MF Aboubacar Ibrahim Toungara

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Notable players

Managers

Current technical staff

Role	Name
Head coach	Carlos Alós Ferrer
Assistant coaches	Allex Accensi Mouhcine Bouhlal
Goalkeeping coach	Farid Salamate
Fitness coache	Hassane Benazzouz
Kinetotherapist	Adil Boussif
Club doctor	Jawad Nadim
Masseur	Mohamed Abdellaoui

• Last updated: 21 March 2019

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 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), the first Ultras group in Morocco, And The second group Black Army (BA) was created in 2006, Their sanctuary is the southern Included of the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium.[6]

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  Tifo Ultras Askary before a final Coupe de Trône
  

  
  

  
  

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to AS FAR.

• Official club website


• Official supporters website