ASO Chlef
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| Full name | Association Sportive Olympique de Chlef |
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| Nickname(s) | Chalfawa |
| Founded | June 13, 1947 as Association Sportive Orléansvilloise |
| Ground | Stade Mohamed Boumezrag |
| Capacity | 20,000 |
| President | Abdelkrim Medouar |
| Head Coach | El Hadi Khezzar |
| League | Ligue Professionnelle 2 |
| 2015–16 | Ligue Professionnelle 2, 12th |
Association Sportive Olympique de Chlef (Arabic: الجمعية الرياضية لأولمبي الشلف) is an Algerian football club based in Chlef, founded in 1947. The club colours are red and white. Their venue, Stade Mohamed Boumezrag, has a capacity of some 20,000. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2.
ASO Chlef was founded on June 13, 1947, as Association Sportive d'Orléansville, Orléansville being the colonial name of Chlef at the time. The club was founded by the indigenous Algerian Muslim community of the city who wanted a club to rival the already existing European club in the city, Groupement Sportif Orléansville. In its first season of existence, the club finished second in the third division. In the following two seasons, it won promotion to the first division. After Algeria gained its independence in 1962, the name of the city was changed from Orléansville to El Asnam and the club changed its name to Asnam Sportive Olympique, keeping its original ASO initials.
On June 21, 2005, ASO Chlef won its first domestic title after beating USM Sétif 1–0 in the final of the 2005 Algerian Cup with a goal from Mohamed Messaoud in extra-time. By winning the Cup, they also qualified for continental competition for the first time, earning a spot in the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup. However, their run in African competition came to a quick end. After walking over ASC Entente of Mauritania in the preliminary round, they lost to AS Douanes of Senegal 1–0 on aggregate in the first round.
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