ASC Diaraf in African football

ASC Diaraf (or Djaraf, partly known as Jaraaf, mostly used in the Gambia), a Senegalese professional association football club, has gained entry to Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions on several occasions. They have represented Senegal in the Champions League on thirteen occasions, the Confederation Cup on Four separate occasions, the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup three separate occasions, and the now-defunct CAF Cup one occasion.

Diaraf has appeared 21 times in continental competitions, the most of any Senegalese clubs.

History

Diaraf later appeared in African competitions, their first was in 1968, later Diaraf lost to Stade Malien in the 1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs, in 1976, they defeated Os Balantas with a total of 10 goals and later Togo's Lomé I, Diaraf lost to Guinea's Hafia FC in the semis, a year later, they challenged ASC Garde Nationale from Mauritania and Hearts of Oak from Guinea. Five years later, Diaraf started in the preliminaries of the 1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs and headed up to the semis where they lost to Asante Kotoko FC, the second match with Africa Sports ended scoring 3–0 penalties as two matches were scoreless, Diaraf defeated JE Tizi-Ouzou of Algeria with their only goal in the first match to nil, in the quarterfinals, Diaraf with a total of three goals defeated Morocco's KAC de Kenitra, this was their greatest appearance Diaraf appeared in the 1990 edition and lost to Heartland FC in the first round as they scored just a goal in the home match. Diaraf challenged with three clubs up to CS Sfaxien in 1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs. In 2001 and under the new name CAF Champions League, Diaraf challenged Real de Banjul from the neighbouring Gambia and then lost to ASEC Mimosas by the away goals rule of one point. Three years later, Diaraf challenged with ASFAG and Enyimba in the 2004 CAF Champions League. A year later, Diaraf lost to Guiinea's Fello Star under the away goals role of two goals scored in Dakar, their third consecutive appearance was in 2006, Diaraf defeated Liberia's LPRC Oilers with three goals, then once more lost to Enyimba 2–0 as Diaraf scored nothing. The 2007 CAF Champions League was their fourth consecutive appearance, in the preliminaries, they lost to Maranatha FC of Togo, Diaraf just scored a goal in the home match. Their recent appearance was in 2011 where Diaraf advanced up to the second round, first they defeated the Gambia Ports Authority, then Mali's second great Djoliba AC and last Tunisia's Espérance ST where they lost 1–5 in two of its matches. Diaraf has appeared in the continental championship 13 times, the most of any club from Senegal.^[1] The total goals at the African Champions League for Diaraf is over 77.^[1]

Diaraf's appearance in the African cup competitions was in 1984 where they challenged with the Mighty Blackpool and Al-Ahly Tripoli. In 1986, they challenged with Starlight FC from the neighboring Gambia and won 4–3 in penalties and CS Hammam-Lif from Tunisia and lost under the away goals rule of two points. Their third competition in 1992 faced with ASFAG and lost with two points. The next competition was the CAF Cup in 1999 and faced FC Man and WAC Casablanca. A decade later, Diaraf returned and this time under the CAF Confederation Cup in 2009 and lost to ASF Bobo-Dioulasso in the preliminaries, a year later, Diaraf went up to the preliminaries and lost FUS Rabat with a total of two goals to three, their recent competition was in 2014 where they lost to Ebusua Dwarfs by a total of one goal.^[1]

CAF Competitions

ASC Diaraf's results in CAF competition

Season	Competition	Qualification method	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
1968	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Senegalese champions	First Round	FAR Rabat	1–0	2–0	1–2
1971	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Senegalese champions	First Round	Stade Malien	3–0	4–0	3–4
1976	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Senegalese champions	Preliminary Round	Os Balantas	6–1	1–4	10–2
			First Round	Lomé	1–0	1–1	2–1
			Second Round	Hafia FC	2–2	4–0	2–6
1977	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Senegalese champions	Preliminary Round	ASC Garde Nationale	3–0	0–2	5–0
			First Round	Hearts of Oak	1–1	2–1	2–3
1983	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Senegalese champions	Preliminary Round	Gambia Ports Authority	4–0	0–2	6–0
			First Round	Africa Sports	0–0	0–0	0–0 (3–0 pen.)
			Second Round	JE Tizi-Ouzou	1–0	0–0	1–0
			Quarter-finals	KAC de Kenitra	2–1	1–1	3–2
			Semi-Finals	Asante Kotoko FC	2–1	2–0	2–3
1984	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	Senegalese Cup winners	Second Round	Mighty Blackpool	2-0	1-2	3-2
			Second Round	al-Ahly Tripoli	2-1	0-2	2-3
1986	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	Senegalese Cup winners	First Round	Starlight FC	1–1	1–1	1–1 (4–3 pen)
			Second Round	CS Hammam-Lif	2–2	0–1	2–3
1990	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Senegalese champions	First Round	Heartland FC	1–0	3–0	1–3
1992	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	Senegalese Cup winners	First Round	ASFAG	2–2	1–0	2–3
1996	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Senegalese champions	Preliminary Round	AS Kaloum Star	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
			First Round	ASEC	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
			Second Round	CS Sfaxien	3–1	5–0	3–6
1999	CAF Cup	Senegalese Cup winners	First Round	FC Man	1–0	0–3	1–3
			Second Round	WAC Casablanca	1–1	2–1	2–3
2001	CAF Champions League	Senegalese champions	Preliminary Round	Real de Banjul	1–0	1–1	2–1
			First Round	ASEC	2–0	0–2	2–2 (2–4 pen.)
2004	CAF Champions League	Senegalese runner-up	Preliminary Round	ASFAG	1–0	1–2	3–1
			Second Round	Enyimba	2–0	3–0	2–3
2005	CAF Champions League	Senegalese champions	Preliminary Round	Fello Star	0–1	2–1	3–1
2006	CAF Champions League	Senegalese runner-up	Preliminary Round	LPRC Oilers	3–2	0–0	3–2
			First Round	Enyimba	0–0	2–0	0–2
2007	CAF Champions League	Senegalese runner-up	Preliminary Round	Maranatha FC	1–0	3–0	1–3
2009	CAF Confederation Cup	Senegalese Cup winners	Preliminary Round	ASF Bobo-Dioulasso	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2010	CAF Confederation Cup	Senegalese Cup winners	Preliminary Round	FUS Rabat	2–1	2–0	2–3
2011	CAF Champions League	Senegalese champions	Preliminary Round	Ports Authority	2–0	1–1	3–2
			First Round	Djoliba AC	3–0	1–1	4–1
			Second Round	Espérance ST	1–0	5–0	1–5
	CAF Confederation Cup		Second Round of 16	JS Kabylie	1–1	2–0	1–3
2014	CAF Confederation Cup	Senegalese Cup Winners	Preliminary Round	Ebusua Dwarfs	0–0	1–0	0–1

Non-CAF Competitions

WAFU Club Championship

ASC Diaraf results at the WAFU Club Championship

Season	Competition	Qualification method	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
1987	WAFU Club Championship	Division 1 Runner-up	Preliminary Round	Iwuanyanwu Nationale	3–0	3–0	3–3 (0–3 p.)
1993	WAFU Club Championship	Division 1, 5th place	Preliminary Round	Neoplan Stars	5–0	2–1	6–2
			Quarterfinals	Gomido Kpalimé	1–2	0–1	2–2

Statistics

Statistics by country

CAF Competitions

Country	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Algeria	JE Tizi-Ouzou	2	1	1	0	1	0	0
	JS Kabylie	2	0	1	1	1	3	+2
Subtotal		4	1	2	1	2	3	+2
Burkina Faso	ASF Bobo-Dioulasso	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Côté d'Ivoire/ Ivory Coast	Africa Sports	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
	ASEC Mimosas	4	1	2	1	3	3	0
	FC Man	2	1	0	1	1	3	-2
Subtotal		8	2	4	2	4	6	-2
Gambia	Gambia Ports Authority	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7
	Real de Banjul	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
	Starlight FC	2	0	1	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		8	4	3	0	12	4	+8
Ghana	Asante Kotoko FC	2	1	0	1	2	3	-1
	Ebusua Dwarfs	2	1	0	1	0	1	-1
	Hearts of Oak	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1
Subtotal		6	2	1	3	4	7	-3
Guinea	ASFAG	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1
	Fello Star	2	0	0	2	3	1	-2
	Hafia FC	2	0	1	1	2	6	-4
	AS Kaloum Star	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		10	2	4	4	11	12	-1
Guinea-Bissau
	Os Balantas	2	2	0	0	10	2	+8
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	10	2	+8
Liberia	LPRC Oilers	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
Mali	Djoliba AC	2	1	1	0	4	1	3
	Stade Malien	2	1	0	1	3	4	-1
Subtotal		4	2	1	1	7	5	+2
Mauritania	ASC Garde Nationale	2	1	0	1	5	0	+5
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	5	0	+5
Morocco	WAC Casablanca	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1
	KAC de Kenitra	2	1	1	0	3	2	1
	FAR Rabat	2	1	0	1	1	2	-1
	FUS Rabat	2	1	0	1	2	3	-1
Subtotal		8	3	2	4	8	10	-2
Nigeria	Heartland FC	2	1	0	1	1	3	-2
	Enyimba	2	1	0	1	2	3	-1
Subtotal		4	2	0	2	3	6	-3
Togo	Lomé	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
	Maranatha FC	2	1	0	1	1	3	-2
Subtotal		4	2	1	1	3	4	-1
Tunisia	Espérance ST	2	1	0	1	1	5	-4
	CS Hammam-Lif	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1
	CS Sfaxien	2	1	0	1	3	6	-3
Subtotal		6	2	1	3	6	14	-8

Other statistics

• Total matches played at the CAF Champions League: 54
  • Total matches played at home: 29
  • Total matches played away: 29
• Total number of wins at the CAF Champions League: 27
  • Total home wins: 21
  • Total away wins: 6
• Total draws at the CAF Champions League: 13
  • Total home draws: 7
  • Total away draws: 6
• Total number of goals scored at the CAF Champions League: 69
• Total matches played at cup competitions: 22
  • Total matches played at home: 11
  • Total matches played away: 11
  • Total matches played at the CAF Cup: 4
• Total number of wins at cup competitions: 7
  • Total home wins: 6
  • Total away wins: 1
• Total draws at cup competitions: 7
  • Total home draws: 5
  • Total away draws: 2
• Total number of goals scored at cup competitions: 17
  • Total number of goals scored at the CAF Cup: 3

References

External links

• Details of the African competitions at the section of Jaraaf 's (Djaraf's) official website (in French)
• Djaraf's continental appearances