AS SONIDEP

AS SONIDEP

Full name	Association Sportive de la Société Nigérienne des Produits Pétroliers
Ground	Stade municipal de Niamey, Stade Général Seyni Kountché (some games)
Capacity	5,000, 50,000
Manager	Adourahamane Issa Maiga
League	Niger Premier League
2017–18	1st (champions)
Home colours Away colours

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

• Niger Premier League: 2

2018, 2019.

• Niger Cup: 2

2015,^[2] 2019.

• Niger Super Cup: 1

2018.

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 3 appearances

2019 – preliminary round

2020 – preliminary round

2021 – first round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances

2016 – preliminary round

2021 – play-off round

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 1 GK  YEM Bilal Saleh 16 GK  NIG R. Oumarou 22 GK  NIG M. Yahaya 5 MF  NIG Aboubacar Traorè 2 DF  NIG M. Aziz 13 DF  NIG A. Razak 7 FW  NIG Nicolas Koffi 3 DF  NIG O. Barmou 4 DF  NIG Abdel Kader Amadou 21 MF  NIG S. Hamidou 14 MF  NIG M. Sabo

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  NIG K. Roberto 10 MF  NIG M. Bily-To 15 MF  NIG H. Abdou 6 MF  NIG T. Samba 18 DF  NIG S. Umar 28 MF  NIG I. Amadou 12 MF  NIG Gaddafi 26 FW  NIG A. Idrissa 20 DF  NIG A. César 11 MF  NIG S. Lauali 8 DF  NIG S. Traorè

References

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