# ASO Chlef

Association Sportive Olympique de Chlef (Arabic: الجمعية الرياضية أولمبي الشلف), known as ASO Chlef or simply ASO for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Chlef, founded in 1947. The club colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium, has a capacity of some 20,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

## History

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.
In the 2007–08 season, ASO Chlef achieved its best league finish to date by finishing second in the Algerian Championnat National, 10 points behind champions JS Kabylie.
On June 21, 2011, led by head coach Meziane Ighil, ASO Chlef won its first Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 title after second-placed CR Belouizdad lost to USM El Harrach.
On May 12, 2012, ASO Chlef beat Sudanese club Al-Hilal 4–2 in a penalty shoot-out in the second round of the 2012 CAF Champions League after the two legs ended up tied 2–2 to qualify to the group stage for the first time in the club's history.
On June 22, 2023, the club led by head coach Abdelkader Amrani beat CR Belouizdad 2–1 in the final of the 2022-23 Algerian Cup to win its second cup title.

## Crest

* Former logo
* Present logo

## Honours
### Domestic competitions

* Algerian Ligue 1
** Champions (1): 2010–11
** Runners-up (1): 2007–08
** Third place (3): 1985–86, 1986–87, 2005–06
* Algerian Cup
** Winners (2): 2004–05, 2022–23
** Runners-up (1): 1991–92

## Performance in CAF competitions

* CAF Champions League: 2 appearances
       2009 – First Round
       2012 – Group stage
* CAF Confederation Cup: 4 appearances
       2006 – First Round
       2007 – Second Round
       2015 – Second Round
       2024 – First Round

## Players

Algerian teams are limited to three foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;

### Current squad

    As of 26 August 2024.
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 | ALG | Sofiane Kacem |
| 3 | DF | ALG | Mohamed El Amine Barka |
| 4 | MF | ALG | Abderrahmane Bourdim |
| 5 | DF | ALG | Tarek Bouabta |
| 6 | MF | BOT | Gape Mohutsiwa |
| 7 | FW | TOG | Yawo Agbagno |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Abdelkader Boussaid (captain) |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Imad Eddine Larbi |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Belkacem Bourorga |
| 12 | MF | NIG | Ismael Moussa |
| 13 | DF | ALG | Abderrahim Hamra |
| 14 | MF | ALG | Ayoub Sadahine |
| 15 | MF | ALG | Redouane Bounoua |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Abderrahmane Medjadel |
| 17 | FW | ALG | Moussa Boukhenna |
| 18 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Ilyas Abboub |
| 20 | DF | ALG | Belkacem Brahimi |
| 21 | MF | ALG | Ibrahim Farhi Benhalima |
| 22 | DF | ALG | Mokhtar Belkhiter |
| 23 | DF | ALG | Achref Abada |
| 26 | DF | ALG | Abdelhak Debbari |
| 27 | FW | ALG | Mostapha Alili |
| 28 | DF | ALG | Abdelillah Badani |
| 29 | DF | ALG | Houssam Kellouche |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Mohamed Medjadji |

### Reserve 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 |
| 40 | GK | ALG | Mohamed Medjadji |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 49 | DF | ALG | Houssam Kellouche |

## Personnel
### Current technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Samir Zaoui |
| Assistant coach | Aziz Khellafi |
| Goalkeeping coach | Hussein Aabrous |
| Fitness coach | Abdelali Sehri |

## Notable players

Below are the notable former players who have represented ASO Chlef in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1947. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 100 official matches for the club or represented the national team for which the player is eligible during his stint with ASO Chlef or following his departure.
For a complete list of ASO Chlef players, see Category:ASO Chlef players
* Mohamed Messaoud
* Abderrazak Belgherbi
* Mohamed Belgherbi
* Samir Zaoui
* Farid Cheklam
* Bouabdellah Daoud
* Azzedine Doukha
* Lounès Gaouaoui
* Samir Hadjaoui
* Fodil Megharia
* Mohamed Seguer
* Karim Ali Hadji
* Ameur Benali
* Mustapha Meksi
* El Arbi Hillel Soudani
* Mohamed Talis
* Alhassane Issoufou

## Managers
### List of managers

Information correct as of 15 July 2024. Only competitive matches are counted.
Key :
| * | Caretaker manager |
| Name | From | To | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win% |
| Abdelkader Amrani | July 2003 | June 2007 | 122 | 47 | 41 | 34 | 38.52 |
| Rachid Belhout | 1 July 2007 | 9 June 2008 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 45.45 |
| Said Hadj Mansour | 1 July 2008 | 30 June 2009 | 39 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 35.9 |
| Moussa Saïb | 30 June 2009 | 30 August 2009 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Meziane Ighil | 10 July 2010 | 5 September 2011 | 33 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 63.64 |
| Noureddine Saâdi | 6 September 2011 | 30 May 2012 | 40 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 45 |
| Rachid Belhout | 1 June 2012 | 25 October 2012 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16.67 |
| Mohamed Benchouia$^*$ | 25 October 2012 | 15 November 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nour Benzekri | 17 November 2012 | 24 January 2013 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50 |
| Mohamed Benchouia$^*$ | 25 January 2013 | 30 June 2013 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 42.86 |
| Meziane Ighil | 1 July 2013 | 8 October 2014 | 37 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 29.73 |
| Mohamed Benchouia | 9 October 2014 | 30 May 2015 | 35 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 34.29 |
| Samir Zaoui | 17 July 2019 | 8 March 2020 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 33.33 |
| Fodil Moussi | 27 November 2020 | 22 January 2021 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 44.44 |
| Nadhir Leknaoui | 24 January 2021 | 26 February 2021 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33 |
| Meziane Ighil | 10 March 2021 | 11 May 2021 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14.29 |
| Samir Zaoui | 11 May 2021 | 12 June 2022 | 52 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 36.54 |
| Lyamine Bougherara | 30 July 2022 | 7 December 2022 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21.43 |
| Abdelkader Amrani | 22 January 2023 | 16 July 2023 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 52.63 |
| Abdelkader Yaiche | 12 August 2023 | 9 October 2023 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 50 |
| Kais Yaâkoubi | 25 October 2023 | 10 January 2024 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 100 |
| Chérif Hadjar | 15 January 2024 | 15 June 2024 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 42.11 |
| Samir Zaoui | 15 July 2024 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
List of ASO Chlef managers by games :
| # | Manager | Period | G | W | D | L | Win % | Honours |
| 1 | Abdelkader Amrani | 2003 – 2007, 2023 | 141 | 57 | 46 | 38 | 40.43 | 2 Algerian Cup |
| 2 | Meziane Ighil | 2010 – 2011, 2013 – 2014, 2021 | 77 | 33 | 21 | 23 | 45.71 | 1 Ligue Professionnelle 1 |
| 3 | Samir Zaoui | 2019 – 2020, 2021 – 2022 2024 – present | 76 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 35.53 | |
| 4 | Mohamed Benchouia | 2012, 2013, 2014 – 2015 | 51 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 35.29 | |