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Wikipedia - AS Pikine
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 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.
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.
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.
O AS Pikine é um dos clubes mais bem-sucedidos do Senegal, tendo vencido a Liga 1 do Senegal em quatro ocasiões, em 2001, 2002, 2006 e 2014. O clube também venceu a Copa do Senegal em duas ocasiões, em 2009 e 2015.
Na temporada 2019/20, o AS Pikine terminou em terceiro lugar na Liga 1 do Senegal, e qualificou-se para a Liga dos Campeões da CAF 2020/21.
O AS Pikine é um clube popular entre os torcedores senegaleses, e é conhecido pelo seu estilo de jogo ofensivo e pelas suas fortes atuações em casa.
Alguns dos jogadores mais famosos que jogaram pelo AS Pikine incluem:
* Salif Diao
* El Hadji Diouf
* Diomansy Kamara
* Pape Bouba Diop
* Habib Beye
O AS Pikine é um clube em ascensão no futebol senegalês, e tem potencial para se tornar um dos principais clubes do continente africano.