Full name | Casa Sports de Ziguinchor |
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Founded | 1960 |
Ground |
Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta Ziguinchor, Senegal |
Capacity | 10,000 |
Manager | Demba Ramata Ndiaye |
League | Senegal Premier League |
2015-16 | 6th |
Casa Sports de Ziguinchor is a Senegalese football club based in Ziguinchor. They play in the top division in Senegalese football. Their home stadium is Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta. It is the most popular sports club in Casamance, the first four letters of the area gives the name to the club, the short form Casa.
Casa Sport also is sixth in the number of major honours won in Senegal numbering six, shared with AS Police of Dakar and SUNEOR Diourbel.
The club was founded in 1960, the year that Senegal was becoming independent and was founded as Foyer de Jeunes de Casamance. In the early 1970s, it was changed to Casamance-Sporting Football Club and was shortened to its current Casa Sports later. In 2009, Casa Sport became a professional club. The club celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2010.
The first tile was the Senegalese Cup won in 1979 and the first club from Casamance along with Southern Senegal to win a national title. Casamance went to their second cup final in 1980 but lost. Casa Sport was second place in the 2008 Division 1 season and again in the 2009 season and under the new name Ligue 1. Casa Sport was second placed the Coupe de Parlement or the Parliament Cup in 2008. In 2009, Casa Sport became a professional club. Casa Sport appeared in the first ever Senegalese League Cup where the club reached up to second place in the 2009 season. A year later, they won their first title in 2010. Also in the year, Casa Sport was second place in the 2010 WAFU Cup. Casa Sport won their next cup title in 32 years in 2011. Casa Sport won their only championship title in 2012. In 2013, Casa Sport brought to their only appearance in the continental championships. Later on, Casa Sport won their second and recent League Cup title and was one of the first winners of the Senegalese Champion's Trophy. Casa Sport headed to their fourth cup finals and lost. In 2015 and 2016, they lost both of the cup final matches.