ASC Diaraf
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| Full name | Association Sportive et Culturelle Diaraf |
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| Founded | 9 May 1933 |
| Ground |
Stade de Diaraf Dakar, Senegal |
| Capacity | 10,000 |
| Manager | Abdoulaye Sarr |
| League | Senegal Premier League |
| 2014/15 | 12th |
Association Sportive et Culturelle Diaraf is a Senegalese football club based in Dakar. They play in the top division in Senegalese football. Their home stadium is Stade de Diaraf. The club name is sometimes spelt ASC Jaraaf. The word Diaraf (French spelling in Senegal) or Jaraaf (Serer and English spelling in the Gambia) comes from the Serer language - Jaraaf, variation :Jaraff. The Jaraffs were the head of the Serer noble council of electors responsible for electing the Serer kings in pre-colonial times. Diaraf is the most popular club in the country. Diaraf also has the most number of major honours won in Senegal numbering 28.
Its current manager is Abdoulaye Sarr in the 2014/15 season.
Its team colors are blue and white.
Its home uniform color is white with green stripes and green shorts and green t-shirt with white stripes and white shorts for away games.
The club was founded on 9 May 1933 in the then-colonial capital Dakar. Till 1968 or 1969 the club was called Foyer France Sénégal.
Their first title was a cup title won in 1967 and won two straight. Their first championship title was won in 1968 and later had their first appearance in the African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1968 and lost to FAR Rabat. Before the end of the 1960s, the club changed its name to ASC Diaraf. Diaraf won three consecutive titles between 1975 and 1977, in cup titles, Diaraf won two (1982 and 1983) and then three consecutive (1993-1995) in the club. Diaraf became the second and most recent to win their tenth title in the long 2003–2004 season with a record-breaking 72 points, the club won their eleventh and recent title in 2010. Since 1976, Diaraf has the most number of national championships won, first with six titles which would be shared with ASC Jeanne d'Arc in 1986, later with seven the following season, eight in 1995, nine in 2000 which was shared by the same club in 2002 and was ranked second as Jeanne d'Arc had the totals until it was shared in 2004, now Diaraf has the most with eleven titles, one ahead of ASC Jeanne d'Arc. In cup titles, the club won two consecutive between 1982 and 1983, three consecutive between 1993 and 1995 and again two consecutive between 2008 and 2009. Their recent title win is the Senegal FA Cup in 2013 and their total is fifteen, the most number in Senegal. The other cup win, the Assemblée Nationale totals three.
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