ASO Chlef

ASO Chlef was founded on June 13, 1947, as Association Sportive d'Orléansville, Orléansville being the colonial name of Chlef at the time.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

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• 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

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

Current squad

As of 31 January 2026^[update][7] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player 2 FW  ALG Anis Benchouya 3 DF  ALG Mohamed El Amine Barka 4 DF  ALG Zakaria Abdelli 5 MF  ALG Ibrahim Farhi Benhalima 6 MF  ALG Ayoub Sadahine 8 MF  ALG Mohamed Abboub 10 MF  ALG Imadeddine Larbi 11 FW  ALG Yasser Belaribi 12 MF  NIG Ismael Moussa 13 MF  ALG Dalil Hassen-Khodja 14 DF  ALG Karim Azzouz 15 MF  ALG Chemseddine Bekkouche 16 GK  ALG Abderrahmane Medjadel

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ALG Samir Aiboud 18 MF  ALG Djamel Belalem 19 FW  ALG Aymen Kouadri Habbaz 20 DF  ALG Belkacem Brahimi 21 DF  ALG Tarek Bouabta 22 FW  LBR Edward Ledlum 24 DF  ALG Fouad Rahmani 25 FW  TOG Kokou Avotor 26 DF  ALG Abdelhak Debbari (captain) 27 FW  ALG Aissa Feddal 29 DF  ALG Dahmane Bounoua 30 GK  ALG Chamseddine Rahmani

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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