AS FAR Club

ASFAR

Full name	Association Sportive des Forces Armées Royales
Nickname(s)	Les FAR الزعيم The Leader Les Diables Noirs Los Militares
Founded	01 September 1958 (57 years ago)
Ground	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Rabat, Morocco
Ground Capacity	52,000
Chairman	Hosni Benslimane
Manager	José Romão
League	Botola
2014–15	11th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Association Sportive des Forces Armées Royales (Arabic: الجمعية الرياضية للقوات المسلحة الملكية‎) referred to as Association Sportive des FAR, known usually as ASFAR is a Moroccan football club based in Morocco's capital city (Rabat). The club was founded in 1958 soon after Morocco had gained their independence, and is one of the most famous football clubs in Morocco. FAR stands for French: Forces Armées Royales, roughly translated to mean Royal Armed Forces. Founded the late Moroccan monarch King Hassan II. The club went on to the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces.

ASFAR is The most Successful team in Morocco with 29 titles in total, AS.FAR is also the most popular team in Morocco because of their numerous fans inside and outside the country.

Crest

Honours

National titles

• Moroccan League First Division

Winners (12): 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1984, 1987, 1989, 2005, 2008

Runners-up (7): 1960, 1971, 1991, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2013

• Coupe du Trône

Winners (11): 1959, 1971, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009

Runners-up (5): 1988, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2012

• Moroccan Super Cup

Winners (4): 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963

International titles

• CAF Champions League

Winners: 1985

• CAF Confederation Cup

Winners: 2005

Runners-up: 2006

• African Cup Winners' Cup: 0

Runners-up: 1997

• CAF Super Cup: 0

Runners-up: 2005

Performance in CAF competitions

• 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

Current squad

As of 21 November 2015. 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 Yassice El Houasli 3 DF Anas Azim 4 DF Younes Hammal 5 MF Abderrahim Achchakir 6 MF Ismail Sardi 7 MF Youssef Anouar 8 FW Bouchaib Soufiane 9 FW Hamza Khaba 10 MF Hassan Tir 11 DF Hamza Hajji 12 GK Karim Fegrouch 13 MF Achraf Harmach 14 MF Mehdi Karnass 15 DF mohamed el jaaouani 16 GK Mehdi El Jourbaoui

No. Position Player 17 FW Mehdi Naghmi 19 DF Ilias Haddad 21 DF Mohammed Cheikhi 22 MF Achraf Harmach 23 MF Said Fatah 24 MF Mehdi Berrahma 25 MF Karim Benarif 26 FW Adnane El Ouardy 28 MF Mustapha El Yousfi 29 DF Hassan KHADRI 30 DF Youssef El Omari MF Rachid Farssi

Notable players

Managers

• Henri Depireux (1997–98), (2001)
• Alain Giresse (July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2003)
• Henri Stambouli (March 1, 2006–Jan 6, 2007)
• Philippe Troussier (Jan 1, 2007–Dec 31, 2007)
• Mustapha Madih
• Walter Meeuws (July 16, 2009–Nov 7, 2009)
• Fathi Jamal (Nov 1, 2011–April 16, 2012)
• Rachid Taoussi (July 1, 2012–Dec 7, 2012)
• Abderrazak Khairi (Dec 7, 2012–June 25, 2013)
• Jaouad Milani (July 1, 2013–Oct 1, 2013)
• Rachid Taoussi (Oct 22, 2013–Dec13-2014)
• José Romao (2015-16-)

Sport equipment

• Joma

External links

• Official club website
• Official Fan website