Djoliba AC
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Djoliba Athletic Club is a Mali
an football
club and one of the two biggest teams in Mali
alongside the Stade Malien
. The team is based in the capital city of Bamako
. It has its headquarters
and three training stadia
at Complex Sportif Hérémakono
, in the Heremakono Quartier. The President of Djoliba AC, re-elected in 2009 to a four year term, is Karounga Keita a VicePresident of FEMIFOOT, former trainer at the club, who was a player at the founding of the club in 1960. "Djoliba" is the Bambara language
name of the Niger River
. Not only a football club, Djoliba AC is an Omnisports club which fields teams in many sports, and is operated as a membership organisation with an elected board.
.
The team was helped a lot during the 1970s by officer Tiécoro Bagayoko, a prominent member of the ruling military dictatorship
of president Moussa Traoré
. Many critics of Djoliba AC, especially coming from the rival Stade Malien
, claim that the strength of the club was built during that period.
However, Tiekoro Bagayoko was gone in 1978 after his arrest, yet Djoliba kept obtaining titles and cups. Today, it is reputed to be the biggest and the most organized soccer club in Mali.
Malien Première Division 2007/08
2008 was a year of great success for Djoliba, having finished the year before in second place to their cross town rivals, Djoliba handily took the cup and league double in 2008. Reigning champions from the 2007 Malien Première Division
, Stade and Djoliba sat atop the standings the entire season, with Djoliba leading by a small but consistent margin in the run up to the final games. Their July 7th derby match was postponed to August, and although they lost this match their rivals, Stade faltered where Djoliba were consistent, finishing the season 9 points ahead of Stade. The only Cup meeting between the two rivals in the season was in the Semi-Finals of the Malien Cup
, where Stade faced the humiliation of a 5-0 drubbing by Djoliba.
. But while Stade made it to the final, its victory over Djoliba came from legal, rather than on the field factors. In the 44th minute of the match, Djoliba supporters rioted, attacking officials, other fans, and journalists. The match was called off, and several days later, awarded to Stade. Djoliba were fined 500.000F cfa, all payments for previous matches were withdrawn, and they were excluded form the 2009 competition. Stade received the trophy and a 750,000 F Cfa award from the Mayor of Bamako Adama Sangaré on 23 September.
, beginning in December 2008. They began the season successfully, taking the Super Coupe National du Mali
on December 6th against Club Olympique de Bamako 5-2. The Super Coupe launches the regular schedule by pitting the previous years' League and Cup winners. As Djoliba won both, they faced last years' Coupe du Mali runner up, COB.
Doe Souleymane Dembele
Makan Keita Amadou Sidibé
Issa Traoré
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
an football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club and one of the two biggest teams in Mali
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
alongside the Stade Malien
Stade Malien
Stade Malien is a Malian football and sports club based in Bamako. One of the two dominant clubs of Malian football, their eastern Bamako training grounds host other sports as well, including a successful basketball club.-Football club:...
. The team is based in the capital city of Bamako
Bamako
Bamako is the capital of Mali and its largest city with a population of 1.8 million . Currently, it is estimated to be the fastest growing city in Africa and sixth fastest in the world...
. It has its headquarters
Headquarters
Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities...
and three training stadia
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
at Complex Sportif Hérémakono
Complex Sportif Hérémakono
Complex Sportif Hérémakono is a multi-use stadium in Bamako, Mali. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It serves as a home ground of Djoliba AC. The stadium holds 5,000 people....
, in the Heremakono Quartier. The President of Djoliba AC, re-elected in 2009 to a four year term, is Karounga Keita a VicePresident of FEMIFOOT, former trainer at the club, who was a player at the founding of the club in 1960. "Djoliba" is the Bambara language
Bambara language
Bambara, more correctly known as Bamanankan , its designation in the language itself , is a language spoken in Mali by as many as six million people...
name of the Niger River
Niger River
The Niger River is the principal river of western Africa, extending about . Its drainage basin is in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in southeastern Guinea...
. Not only a football club, Djoliba AC is an Omnisports club which fields teams in many sports, and is operated as a membership organisation with an elected board.
History
The club was created in 1960 by a fusion of "Africa Sport" Bamako and "Foyer du Soudan", two successful teams during French Colonial ruleFrench colonial empire
The French colonial empire was the set of territories outside Europe that were under French rule primarily from the 17th century to the late 1960s. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the colonial empire of France was the second-largest in the world behind the British Empire. The French colonial empire...
.
The team was helped a lot during the 1970s by officer Tiécoro Bagayoko, a prominent member of the ruling military dictatorship
Military dictatorship
A military dictatorship is a form of government where in the political power resides with the military. It is similar but not identical to a stratocracy, a state ruled directly by the military....
of president Moussa Traoré
Moussa Traoré
General Moussa Traoré is a Malian soldier and politician. As a Lieutenant, he led the military ouster of President Modibo Keïta in 1968. Thereafter he served as Head of State from 1968-1979, and President of Mali from 1979 to 1991, when he was overthrown by popular protests and military coup...
. Many critics of Djoliba AC, especially coming from the rival Stade Malien
Stade Malien
Stade Malien is a Malian football and sports club based in Bamako. One of the two dominant clubs of Malian football, their eastern Bamako training grounds host other sports as well, including a successful basketball club.-Football club:...
, claim that the strength of the club was built during that period.
However, Tiekoro Bagayoko was gone in 1978 after his arrest, yet Djoliba kept obtaining titles and cups. Today, it is reputed to be the biggest and the most organized soccer club in Mali.
Malien Première Division 2007/08Malien Première Division 2007/08The 2007–08 Malian Première Division was competed in 26 rounds between 15 December 2007 and 1 September 2008. Fourteen clubs competed, with the club top on points named Champion and the bottom two clubs relegated to the lower division.-League table:-Champions:- Topscorers:-References:*.*...
2008 was a year of great success for Djoliba, having finished the year before in second place to their cross town rivals, Djoliba handily took the cup and league double in 2008. Reigning champions from the 2007 Malien Première DivisionMalien Première Division
Malian Première Division is the top division of football in Mali. Having been created in 1966, it is governed by the Fédération Malienne de Football. The league has been professional since 2004....
, Stade and Djoliba sat atop the standings the entire season, with Djoliba leading by a small but consistent margin in the run up to the final games. Their July 7th derby match was postponed to August, and although they lost this match their rivals, Stade faltered where Djoliba were consistent, finishing the season 9 points ahead of Stade. The only Cup meeting between the two rivals in the season was in the Semi-Finals of the Malien Cup
Malien Cup
The Malien Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Malien football.-Winners:*1961 : Stade Malien 3-3 2-1 Djoliba AC *1962 : AS Real 7-1 Sonni AC *1963 : Stade Malien 6-3 Avenir...
, where Stade faced the humiliation of a 5-0 drubbing by Djoliba.
Bamako District Mayor's Cup
Djoliba's one failure came at the end of the season, losing the "Coupe du Maire du District": the Bamako District Mayor's Cup to arch rivals Stade MalienStade Malien
Stade Malien is a Malian football and sports club based in Bamako. One of the two dominant clubs of Malian football, their eastern Bamako training grounds host other sports as well, including a successful basketball club.-Football club:...
. But while Stade made it to the final, its victory over Djoliba came from legal, rather than on the field factors. In the 44th minute of the match, Djoliba supporters rioted, attacking officials, other fans, and journalists. The match was called off, and several days later, awarded to Stade. Djoliba were fined 500.000F cfa, all payments for previous matches were withdrawn, and they were excluded form the 2009 competition. Stade received the trophy and a 750,000 F Cfa award from the Mayor of Bamako Adama Sangaré on 23 September.
2008/9 Season
Djoliba competed in Malien Première Division 2008/09Malien Première Division 2008/09
The 2008–09 Malian Première Division was the 44th season of the Highest-Level of Professional Soccer in Mali.-Overview:Though the competition's structure has varied over time, the size of the league remained the same from the previous season. The championship was once again contested by fourteen...
, beginning in December 2008. They began the season successfully, taking the Super Coupe National du Mali
Super Coupe National du Mali
The Super Coupe National is a match competition in Mali football, played between the Malien Première Division champions and the Malien Cup winners.-Finals:*1993 : Djoliba AC bt Stade Malien *1994 : Djoliba AC...
on December 6th against Club Olympique de Bamako 5-2. The Super Coupe launches the regular schedule by pitting the previous years' League and Cup winners. As Djoliba won both, they faced last years' Coupe du Mali runner up, COB.
Achievements
- Malien Premiere DivisionMalien Première DivisionMalian Première Division is the top division of football in Mali. Having been created in 1966, it is governed by the Fédération Malienne de Football. The league has been professional since 2004....
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- 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2008, 2009
- Malien CupMalien CupThe Malien Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Malien football.-Winners:*1961 : Stade Malien 3-3 2-1 Djoliba AC *1962 : AS Real 7-1 Sonni AC *1963 : Stade Malien 6-3 Avenir...
: 19
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- 1965, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Super Coupe National du MaliSuper Coupe National du MaliThe Super Coupe National is a match competition in Mali football, played between the Malien Première Division champions and the Malien Cup winners.-Finals:*1993 : Djoliba AC bt Stade Malien *1994 : Djoliba AC...
: 5
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- 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2008
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Champions LeagueCAF Champions LeagueThe CAF Champions League is an annual international club football competition run by the Confederation of African Football . The top club sides from Africa's football leagues are invited to participate in this competition, which is the premier club football competition on the continent and the...
: 7 appearances
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- 2000 - Second Round
- 2005CAF Champions League 2005The CAF Champions League 2005 started on 29 January 2005 with a preliminary round. The two legs of the final were played on 28 October and 12 November, with Egypt's Al-Ahly coming out as 3-0 aggregate winners.-Preliminary Round:...
- Preliminary Round - 2010 - Second Round
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- 20112011 CAF Champions LeagueThe 2011 CAF Champions League was the 47th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football , and the 15th edition under the current CAF Champions League format...
- First Round
- 2011
- African Cup of Champions Clubs: 11 appearances
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- 1967African Cup of Champions Clubs 1967The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1967 was the 3rd edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs...
- Semi-Finals - 1972African Cup of Champions Clubs 1972The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1972 was the 8th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs...
- Quarter-Finals - 1974African Cup of Champions Clubs 1974The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1974 was the 10th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs...
- Quarter-Finals - 1975African Cup of Champions Clubs 1975The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1975 was the 11th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs...
- Second Round
- 1967
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- 1976African Cup of Champions Clubs 1976The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1976 was the 12th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs...
- Second Round - 1977African Cup of Champions Clubs 1977The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1977 was the 13th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs...
- Quarter-Finals - 1980African Cup of Champions Clubs 1980The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1980 was the 16th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs...
- Second Round - 1983African Cup of Champions Clubs 1983The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1983 was the 19th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs...
- First Round
- 1976
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- 1989African Cup of Champions Clubs 1989The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1989 was the 24th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs...
- Second Round - 1991African Cup of Champions Clubs 1991The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1991 was the 26th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs...
- Second Round - 1993African Cup of Champions Clubs 1993The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1993 was the 28th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region , the African Cup of Champions Clubs...
- First Round
- 1989
- CAF Confederation CupCAF Confederation CupThe CAF Confederation Cup is an international club association football competition run by the Confederation of African Football.-Qualification:...
: 3 appearances
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- 2004 - Preliminary Round
- 2008 - Third Round
- 2010 - Quarter-Finals
- CAF CupCAF CupThe CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runner-ups of member associations who haven't qualified to one of the two pre-existing CAF international club competitions the African Cup of Champions Clubs or the African Cup Winners' Cup.-Format:Only runner-ups of...
: 4 appearances
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- 1992 - First Round
- 1995 - Quarter-Finals
- 20022002 CAF CupThe 2002 CAF Cup was the 11th edition of the CAF Cup, the African continental club competition for runners up of the respective domestic leagues. It was won by Algerian team JS Kabylie who beat Tonnerre Yaoundé of Cameroon 4-1 over two legs in the final...
- Quarter-Finals - 2003 - First Round
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 5 appearances
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- 1981 - Semi-Finals
- 1982 - Semi-Finals
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- 1984 - First Round
- 1985 - First Round
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- 1994 - First Round
Squad
Former notable players
Doe Souleymane DembeleSouleymane Dembélé
Souleymane Dembélé is a Malian football player, currently playing for FUS de Rabat in Morocco.- International :He was part of the Mali U-23 team who finish third in group stage of 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, and was part of the Malian 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the quarter...
Makan Keita Amadou Sidibé
Amadou Sidibé
Amadou Sidibé is a Malian football defender. He was born in Bamako, Mali, and began his career in his local club, Cercle Olympique de Bamako, recently transferred to AJ Auxerre from Djoliba Athletic Club.-Trivia:...
Issa Traoré
Issa Traoré
Issa Traoré is a Malian footballer. He currently plays for Sanat Naft in the Iran Pro League.Whilst at Pas, Traore endured a major injury on his right knee, and was out for a considerable number of games during his career at the club...