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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; some limited exceptions apply. 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	Mamane Amadou 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