AS Douanes (Dakar)
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| Full name | Association sportive des Douanes |
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| Nickname(s) | Les Gabelous |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Ground |
Stade Demba Diop Dakar, Senegal |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
| Manager |
 Alassane Ndione |
| League | Senegal Premier League |
| 2014/15 | 1st |
AS Douanes is a professional Senegalese football club based in Dakar. The current chairman as of 2016 is Alassane Ndione. Douanes also has the third most number of major honours won in Senegal numbering 14, they 6 championship and cup titles, a super cup and a league cup.
The club plays at Stade Demba Diop, sometimes they play at Stade Alassane Djigo.
The club was founded in 1980. Not long after the foundation, as they were only three tiers at the time, the club went to Division 1 in 1984 and participated there. Their first championship title was won in 1993, their second was in 1997. Douanes won three consecutive championship titles in 2008, the latter two were won in the final phase. The club did not relegated until the 2013 season after finishing last place with 28 points, they spent in Ligue 2 for a season when they achieved the top position of a group and returned to Ligue 1 in the 2014-15 season. They play in the top division the Senegal Premier League in Senegalese football. Their home stadium is Stade Leopold Senghor. In 2014, the club was first place in Group B of Ligue 2. Douanes won their sixth and recent title in 2015, in the same year, they won the league cup and after entering a champion, the super cup and competed in the continentals in 2016.
In cup competition, Douane's first appearance at a cup final was in 1986 and defeated ASC Jeanne d'Arc 1-0 to claim their first title. Their second was in 1995 when the club lost 2-0 to Djaraf. Two years later, they won their second cup title after defeating ASC Linguère of Saint-Louis from the northwest 3-1. Douanes went to win four consecutive cup titles in 2005 and the 2005 title was their recent cup win. Douanes first defeated SONACOS (now ASC SUNEOR) Djourbel 4-1 in penalty kicks as the match ended in a goal draw at extra time, in 2003, they defeated ASC Thiés 1-0, Djaraf 2-1 in 2004 and Dakar UC 1-0 in 2005. Douane's last appearance at a cup final was in 2007 where they lost to Linguère 1-0 in extra time.
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