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| Full name | Association Sportive Olympique de Chlef | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Chalfawa | ||
| Founded | June 13, 1947; 78 years ago (1947-06-13) (asAssociation Sportive Orléansvilloise)[1] | ||
| Ground | Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 18,000 | ||
| President | Abdelkrim Medouar | ||
| Head Coach | Fouad Bouali[2] | ||
| League | Ligue 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1, 13th of 16 | ||
 Current season | |||
Association Sportive Olympique de Chlef (Arabic:الجمعية الرياضية أولمبي الشلف), known asASO Chlef or simplyASO for short, is an Algerian professionalfootball club based inChlef, 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 theAlgerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
ASO Chlef was founded on June 13, 1947, asAssociation Sportive d'Orléansville, Orléansville being the colonial name ofChlef at the time.[3] The club was founded by the indigenous Algerian Muslim community of the city who wanted a club to rival the already existingEuropean 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. AfterAlgeria 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 beatingUSM Sétif 1–0 in the final of the2005 Algerian Cup with a goal fromMohamed Messaoud inextra-time.[4] By winning the Cup, they also qualified for continental competition for the first time, earning a spot in the2006 CAF Confederation Cup. However, their run in African competition came to a quick end. After walking overASC Entente ofMauritania in the preliminary round, they lost toAS Douanes ofSenegal 1–0 on aggregate in thefirst round.
In the 2007–08 season, ASO Chlef achieved its best league finish to date by finishing second in theAlgerian Championnat National, 10 points behind championsJS Kabylie.
On June 21, 2011, led by head coachMeziane Ighil, ASO Chlef won its firstAlgerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 title after second-placedCR Belouizdad lost toUSM El Harrach.[5]
On May 12, 2012, ASO Chlef beatSudanese clubAl-Hilal 4–2 in apenalty shoot-out in the second round of the2012 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.[6]
On June 22, 2023, the club led by head coachAbdelkader Amrani beatCR Belouizdad 2–1 in the final of the2022-23 Algerian Cup to win its second cup title.[7]
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Algerian teams are limited to four foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;
As of 31 August 2025[update][8]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Fouad Bouali |
| Assistant coach | Abdelhaq Belaid |
| Goalkeeping coach | Hussein Aabrous |
| Fitness coach | Abdelali Sehri |
Below are the notable former players who have representedASO 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, seeCategory:ASO Chlef players
Mohamed Messaoud Abderrazak Belgherbi Mohamed BelgherbiSamir ZaouiFarid CheklamBouabdellah DaoudAzzedine DoukhaLounès GaouaouiSamir HadjaouiFodil MeghariaMohamed SeguerKarim Ali Hadji Ameur Benali Mustapha MeksiEl Arbi Hillel SoudaniMohamed Talis
Alhassane IssoufouInformation correct as of 15 July 2024. Only competitive matches are counted.
| * | 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[9] | 33 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 45.45 |
 Said Hadj Mansour | 1 July 2008[10] | 30 June 2009 | 39 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 35.9 |
| Moussa Saïb | 30 June 2009[11] | 30 August 2009[12] | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Meziane Ighil | 10 July 2010[13] | 5 September 2011 | 33 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 63.64 |
| Noureddine Saâdi | 6 September 2011[14] | 30 May 2012 | 40 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 45 |
| Rachid Belhout | 1 June 2012[15] | 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[16] | 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[17] | 37 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 29.73 |
| Mohamed Benchouia | 9 October 2014[18] | 30 May 2015 | 35 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 34.29 |
| Samir Zaoui | 17 July 2019[19] | 8 March 2020 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 33.33 |
| Fodil Moussi | 27 November 2020 | 22 January 2021[20] | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 44.44 |
| Nadhir Leknaoui | 24 January 2021[21][20] | 26 February 2021 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33 |
| Meziane Ighil | 10 March 2021[22][23] | 11 May 2021 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14.29 |
| Samir Zaoui | 11 May 2021[24] | 12 June 2022 | 52 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 36.54 |
| Lyamine Bougherara | 30 July 2022[25] | 7 December 2022[26] | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21.43 |
| Abdelkader Amrani | 22 January 2023[27] | 16 July 2023[28] | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 52.63 |
| Abdelkader Yaiche | 12 August 2023[29] | 9 October 2023[30] | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 50 |
 Kais Yaâkoubi | 25 October 2023[31] | 10 January 2024[32][33] | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 100 |
| Chérif Hadjar | 15 January 2024[34] | 15 June 2024 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 42.11 |
| Samir Zaoui | 15 July 2024[35][36] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Manager | Period | G | W | D | L | Win % | Honours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdelkader Amrani | 2003 – 2007, 2023 | 141 | 57 | 46 | 38 | 40.43 | 2Algerian Cup |
| 2 | Meziane Ighil | 2010 – 2011, 2013 – 2014, 2021 | 77 | 33 | 21 | 23 | 45.71 | 1Ligue 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 |
