ASFAR (football club)

Housni Benslimane The first Goalkeeper for team after winning the first title for Moroccan Throne Cup 1958–59

The ASFAR was founded on 1 September 1958, by the initiative of the Crown Prince at Molay Al Hassan, who was from football fans, After a decree signed, As a High Commander of the Moroccan Royal Army. The exploration of players from the Royal Armed Forces، and work with them to develop all levels (technical level, fitness management, sportsmanship.) for an integrated team.

One year after its creation, the football team, still in second division, wins his first Throne Cup. The same year the club ranks first in division of the Moroccan Championship. In Moroccan Throne Cup, they manage to hide in eighths of final and then face the Wydad Casablanca, the latter is beaten on the score of 1-0. During the final quarters, the military defeat the Fath Union Sport Rabat at the first Capital city derby opposing them, The ASFAR win this match on the 3-1 score. The final took place on December 14, 1959 face Mouloudia Oujda won the first two editions of the throne cup and prepares to make a triple while the military, for their first season, a cut of the throne would be the ideal. Finally the ASFAR win this match on the 1-0 score that is stuck at Stade Mohammed V.[2]

The period 1959-1971 is the ASFAR's Age's golden during which it won seven champion titles and two throne cups. It was also the period of the Great Team with players who marked the club's history as Benslimane, Bamous, Fadili, Bakha, Khalifa, Ammar, Allal, Ammari, and so many others. The framework of the Moroccan National Team of the time consisted of ASFAR players.

The public's failure at finale the CAF Cup 2006

At the continental level, AS FAR is the first Moroccan club to have participated in an African Cup; It was in 1968, when it has reached the stage of the semi-finals of the African Cup of Champions Clubs. She was also the first Moroccan club to win the CAF Champions League, in 1985.

• CAF Champions League: 6 appearances

2005 – Second Round

2006 – Second Round

2007 – Group stage

2008 – Preliminary Round

2009 – First Round

2014 – Preliminary Round

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 5 appearance

1968 – Semi-finals

1985 – Champion

1986 – Quarter-finals

1988 – Semi-finals

1990 – Second Round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 5 appearances

2004 – Intermediate Round

2005 – Champion

2006 – Finalist

2010 – First Round

2013 – Intermediate Round

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 5 appearances

1987 – Quarter-finals

1997 – Finalist

1999 – Quarter-finals

2000 – Quarter-finals

2001 – Second Round

• CAF Super Cup: 1 appearances

2006 – Finalist

Active sections of ASFAR
Football	Basketball	Athletics	Handball
Boxing	Volleyball	Taekwondo	Wrestling
Archery	Judo	Gymnastics	Swimming

There are several other sporting branches in the club besides football professionally and the results of the Club in those prestigious results are sports and distinct local and continental levels.

ASFAR has the largest number of supporters of any team in Morocco, The greater the focus of fans are in The region Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, It has a population of 4,580,866.

Also, the club has an important fan base inside the country, where several towns are renowned for counting vast majorities of ASFAR supporters, and outside the borders, among Moroccan emigrants.

The ASFAR Ultras movement began in 2005, when the bases of Ultras Askary Rabat (UAR), the first Ultras group in Morocco, And The second group Black Army (BA) was created in 2006, Their sanctuary is the southern Included of the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium.

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  Curva chè
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  Tifo Ultras Black Army
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  Pyroshow Ultras Askary
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  Tifo Ultras Askary before a final Coupe de Trône

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