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| Full name | Association Sportive et Culturelle La Linguère | ||
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| Founded | 14 September 1969; 56 years ago (14 September 1969) | ||
| Ground | Stade de Linguère Saint-Louis,Senegal | ||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||
| Chairman |  Aboubacar Sadikhe Sy | ||
| Manager | Amara Traore | ||
| League | Senegal Premier League | ||
| 2024–25 | 7th | ||
| Website | http://www.asclalinguere.com | ||
ASCE La Linguère is a Senegalesefootball club based inSaint-Louis. It plays in the second division in Senegalese football. Its home stadium isStade de Linguère.
Linguère is joint eighth in thenumber of major honours won in Senegal (five) withASC Port Autonome of Dakar,Casa Sports of Ziguinchor andDjambars.
ASC Linguère was founded on 14 September 1969 after the merger of two clubs, Espoir de Saint-Louis and AS Saint-Louisienne.[1][2]
Before the merger, Espoir de Saint-Louis won its only title under French rule in 1957. After independence, the club won its only cup title in 1961. AS Saint-Louisienne won its only cup title five years later in 1966.
Up until 1998, when it placed 13th in the national First Division and remained there until 2002, ASC Linguère primarily played in that division. After being first in the Second Division, Linguère continued until two years later when it was 17th in the 2003-04 Second Division. Linguère returned in 2008 after being first again in the Second Division and became professional champion that year. Linguère finished first in group A with 34 points and scored 16 goals and advanced up to the finals. The club facedCasa Sport fromCasamance in the southwest of the country. Both matches were scoreless and Linguère scored 4–2 in the penalty shoot-out to win its only championship title in the2009 season. After the group system finished, Linguère finished 7th in 2013 and 8th in 2013–14. Linguère was 9th in 2014-15 -t he club scored 30 goals which was shared with the championDouanes. The goal total was second behind NGBASC Niarry Tally. Linguère finished 4th in the 2015–16 season and scored the most goals (32), one goal more thanDiaraf. Linguère competed in the 2016–17 season. Its result was last place two rounds from the second round. It climbed for its survival in Ligue 1, reaching as high as 9th place at the 12th round. Its positions dropped and was 11th from rounds 13 to 21 with the exception of the 18th round where the club was 12th. The club finished 13th. Linguère was in the relegation zone. TheDemba Diop stadium crush which occurred in the 2017Senegalese League Cup final which demotedUS Ouakam from Ligue 1 and the national competition. Linguère was relieved from relegation.
Its first appearance in the cup finals was in 1971 when Linguère beatASC Diaraf of Dakar 2–0. Its second appearance was in 1984, where it playedASC Jeanne d'Arc and lost 1–0 in extra time. Its second cup title was their third appearance in 1988 after defeatingSaltiques Rufisque 1–0. Two years later, Linguère defeatedASC Port Autonome, another Dakar club, 1–0 to claim its third cup title. Its next two final appearances were unsuccessful, losing toASC Diaraf in 1993 (2–0) and to another Dakar club,AS Douanes (3–1), five years later. Tt played the same club in 2007, this time winning the cup title 1–0 after extra time. This was its recent cup final appearance.
Espoir de Saint-Louis's only continental appearance was in 1965 when they playedStade Malien from the eastern neighbour of Senegal. The home match was a draw; the away match was lost 4–1.
Its first continental appearance after the 1969 merger was a cup competition in 1989. Linguère playedASF Bobo-Dioulasso of Burkina Faso and lost by the away goals rule. Its second also entered as a second place club and challenged Algeria'sES Sétif. The club won 1–0 in the first leg and lost 7–1 in the second. Its third cup competition was in 1997, as a second place club, againstKAC Marrakesh and lost two legs by a goal each. Its recent continental cup challenge was the2008 CAF Confederation Cup and challenged againstES Bingerville and each had a total of 3 goals. The club won its promotion in penalty shoot-outs 4-2 and next facedCS Sfaxien from eastern Tunisia; tied with a total of four goals, they lost under the away goals rule.
Its first championship title after the merger and foundation of the club was in 2009. Linguère playedCasa Sport in the late-October finals and both matches ended without goals. The final match in the home stadium went into penalty shoot-outs and Linguère won 4–2 to claim its only national title.[3] It gave Linguère an entry to the2010 CAF Champions League, its only entry to the continental championships, and promotion to the first round. In the preliminaries, Linguère played Ghana'sAsante Kotoko and two matches were tied 2-2 and defeated them in the penalty shoot-outs with four goals. Next came Mali'sDjoliba AC, 2009 winner and whose title dominated about a quarter of the nation's championships. Linguére scored a single goal in one of the two matches and were tied. Linguère lost 3 penalty shoot-out goals to 4 to one of the greatest clubs in Mali.
At theWAFU Cup, the club competed in the1988 edition where it lost in the first round toASFAG Conakry 4–1 in the first match in June. The second match was scoreless.
Its uniform colors are a white clothing with green lining along the collar and the top portion of the sleeves and the rest of the edges, and socks with three green stripes on top for home matches and green clothing with white line edges on top of the T-shirt with white shorts and green socks with three white stripes on top.
Its former uniform colors were purple for home matches and white for away matches.
| Season | Competition | Qualification method | Round | Opposition | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1964–65 | African Cup of Champions Clubs | Senegalese champions | First Round |  Stade Malien | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–5 |
| Season | Competition | Qualification method | Round | Opposition | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1989 | CAF Cup Winners' Cup | Senegalese cup winner | First Round |  ASF Bobo-Dioulasso | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| 1991 | CAF Cup Winner's Cup | Senegalese cup winner | First Round |  ES Sétif | 1–0 | 1–7 | 2–7 |
| 1997 | CAF Cup | Senegalese cup runner-up | First Round |  KAC Marrakech | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| 2008 | CAF Confederation Cup | Senegalese Cup winners | Preliminary Round |  ES Bingerville | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 (4-2 pen) |
| First Round of 16 | CS Sfaxien | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–4 (a) | |||
| 2010 | CAF Champions League | Senegalese champions | Preliminary Round |  Asante Kotoko | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 (4-2 pen) |
| First Round | Djoliba AC | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 (3-4 pen) |
| Season | Competition | Qualification method | Round | Opposition | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1988 | WAFU Club Championship | Division 1 Runner-up | First Round |  ASFAG Conakry | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–4 |
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | Cup | League Cup | AN Cup | Notes | Final Phase |
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| 1981 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 24 | -6 | 21 | |||||
| 1984 | 1 | 10 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | Finalist | ||||
| 1990-91 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 22 | -3 | 28 | |||||
| 1991-92 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 37 | |||||
| 1992-93 | 1 | 11 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | Finalist | ||||
| 1995 | 1B | 2 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 25 | Advanced into the Semis | Lost to ASC Diaraf in the semis | |||
| 1997 | 1 | 3 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | Finalist | ||||
| 1998 | 1 | 13 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | |||||
| 2001-02 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| 2002-03 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 22 | -2 | 30 | |||||
| 2003-04 | 1 | 17 | 38 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 19 | 26 | -7 | 46 | |||||
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Winner | ||||
| 2008 | 1A | 3 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not participate | |||
| 2009 | 1A | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 34 | Quarterfinalist | Advanced to the finals | Champion | ||
| 2010 | 1A | 6 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | Quarterfinalist | Did not advance | Did not participate | ||
| 2010-11 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 45 | |||||
| 2011-12 | 1A | 5 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not participate | |||
| 2013 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 44 | |||||
| 2013-14 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 28 | -5 | 33 | |||||
| 2014-15 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 30 | 33 | -3 | 33 | |||||
| 2015-16 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 38 |
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