AS Pikine

AS Pikine
Full nameAssociation Sportive de Pikine
Founded1970
GroundStade Alassane Djigo, Pikine
Capacity10,000
LeagueSenegal Premier League
2023–245th

Association Sportive de Pikine or simply AS Pikine is a Senegalese football club based in Pikine. They play at Stade Alassane Djigo, which has a capacity of 5,000.

History

The earlier club was established in 1921 and was called Niayes-Pikine.

The modern club was established in 1970, first known as ASC Niayes-Pikine up to the 2000s. AS Pikine entered Ligue 1 in 2009. They would win their first national championship and cup title at the same time for the 2013/14 season[1] and headed to participate in the CAF Champions league in 2015 and challenged Étoile Filante de Ouagadougou, a club from Burkina Faso and later into the first round where they lost to USM Algiers from Algeria.[2]

In the 2014–15 season, Pikine did not have a successful season, their continued appearance in Ligue 1 vanished after being inside the relegation zone and placed 13th after ASC Port Autonome with 28 points, 4 wins and a staggering 14 losses.[3]

Pikine first appeared in the 2009 edition, the club came in 2011 and won their only League Cup title after defeating Yakaar 2–1. Their second attempt for their second title vanished after the club lost to Niarry Tally 1–0 in the 2012 league cup season.

Achievements

2014.
2014.
2011.
2014.
2009

League and cup history

Performance in CAF competitions

ASC Pikine's results in CAF competition
Season Competition Qualification method Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate
2015 CAF Champions League Senegalese champions Preliminary Round Burkina Faso Étoile Filante de Ouagadougou 1–0 0–0 1–0
First Round Algeria USM Algiers 1–1 5–1 2–6

National level

as Niayes-Pikine

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup AN Cup Notes
1981 1 3 26 11 19 5 27 20 +7 31
1984 1 14 26 - - - - - -
1998 1 11 26 - - - - - - 46
1999 1 8 26 7 12 7 19 21 -2 33
2000 1 9 22 5 9 8 11 15 -4 24
2000-01 1 14 26 3 11 12 9 23 -14 20

as AS Pikine

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Cup League Cup AN Cup Notes Final Phase
2009 2 1 22 11 9 2 19 8 +11 42 1/16 final
2010 1B 6 16 4 7 5 13 11 +2 19 Semifinalist Did not participate
2011 1 11 30 7 16 7 21 19 +2 37 Winner
2012 1B 4 14 6 4 4 13 12 +1 22 Finalist Did not participate
2013 1 3 30 12 13 5 21 12 +9 49
2013-14 1 1 26 14 7 5 30 12 +18 49 Winner
2014-15 1 13 26 6 10 10 17 26 -9 28 Relegated into Ligue 2

Statistics

  • Best position: First Round (continental)
  • Best position at a cup competition: 1st (national)
  • Best position at the League Cup: 1st
  • Appearances at the League Cup: 9
  • Highest number of points in a season: 49 (national)

References

  1. ^ "AS Pikine est championne du Sénégal 2014 (AS Pikine - Senegalese Champion of 2014)". senepeople.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  2. ^ "CAF CL 1/16e R. : AS Pikine 1-1 USM Alger". dzfoot.com. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  3. ^ 2014/15 Senegalese Ligue 1 at RSSSF Archived September 5, 2015, at the Wayback Machine