AS Kaloum Star

AS Kaloum
Full name	Association Sportive Kaloum
Nickname(s)	A.S.K.
Founded	1958
Ground	Stade de la Mission; Conakry, Guinea
Capacity	1,000
Chairman	Aboubacar Sampil
Manager	Ivan Minnaert
League	Ligue 1 Pro
2022–23	10th place
Home colours	Away colours

Association Sportive Kaloum , also known as A.S.K, is a football club based in Conakry, Guinea. In the 1960s A.S.K was known as Conakry I, and won three titles under that name.

Due to the problems in sponsoring in 2008, the club was relegated to Ligue 2.^[1]

Achievements[edit]

National[edit]

Guinée Championnat National: 13
- Champion:^[2] 1965, 1969, 1970, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2007, 2014
Guinée Coupe Nationale: 7
- Winner:: 1985, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2015
Guinée Super Coupe: 1
- Winner: 2015
Tournoi Ruski Alumini: 2
- 2003, 2007

International[edit]

CAF Cup: 0
- Runner-up: 1992
UFOA Cup: 0
- Runner-up: 1977

Performance in CAF competitions[edit]

Kaloum Star's results in CAF competition
Season	Competition	Qualification method	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
1966	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Guinean champions	Preliminary Round	US Gorée	canc.	canc	w/o¹
1966	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Guinean champions	First round	AS Real Bamako	2–3	2–1	3–5
1970	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Guinean champions	Second Round	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	3–1	2–1	4–3
			Quarter-finals	Stade d'Abidjan	4–3	1–1	5–4
			Semi-finals	TP Englebert	1–2	3–1	5–2
1971	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Guinean champions	First round	Enugu Rangers	3–3	2–1	5–4
1976	CAF Cup Winners' Cup		First round	RC Kadiogo	7–0	1–0	7–1
1976	CAF Cup Winners' Cup		Second round	Tonnerre Yaoundé	1–2	0–0	1–2
1977	CAF Cup Winners' Cup		First round	Kadiogo FC	1–1	2–1	2–3
1981	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Guinean champions	First round	Starlight Banjul	2–1	0–1	3–1
			Second round	Asante Kotoko	4–1	1–0	2–4
			Quarter-finals	ASEC Mimosas	2–1	1–2	3–3 (a)
			Semi-finals	AS Vita Club	0–0	1–0	0–1
1982	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Guinean champions	Preliminary Round	Real Republicans	3–0	1–0	4–0
1982	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Guinean champions	First round	Enugu Rangers	0–0	1–0	0–1
1985	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Guinean champions	First Round	Real Republicans	1–0	2–2	3–2
			Second round	Enugu Rangers	2–0	3–1	3–3 (a)
			Quarter-finals	FAR Rabat	3–0	3–0	3–3 (1–3 p)
1986	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	Guinean cup winners	First round	Difaa El Jadida	1–0	2–0	1–2
1988	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Guinean champions	First round	Africa Sports	0–2	3–1	1–5
1990	African Cup of Champions Clubs		Preliminary Round	Benfica Bissau	2–0	1–0	2–1
1990	African Cup of Champions Clubs		First round	FAR Rabat	1–1	4–0	1–5
1992	CAF Cup		First round	ASMO Libreville	3–1	5–1	4–6
1994	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Guinean champions	First round	AS Tempête Mocaf	1–0	3–0	1–3
1995	CAF Cup		First round	Africa Sports	0–1	3–4	4–4 (a)
			Second round	1º de Maio	0–1	0–1	1–1 (4–2 p)
			Quarter-finals	Asante Kotoko	0–0	2–3	2–2 (a)
			Semi-finals	Inter Club Brazzaville	1–0	1–0	1–1 (a)
			Finals	ES Sahel	0–0	2–0	0–2
1996	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Guinean champions	First round	ASC Diaraf	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
1997	CAF Champions League	Guinean champions	First round	Udoji United	1–1	3–1	2–4
1998	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	Guinean cup winners	First round	Mbilinga FC	2–1	1–0	2–2 (a)
1999	CAF Champions League	Guinean champions	Preliminary Round	Real de Bajul	1–1	0–2	3–1
1999	CAF Champions League	Guinean champions	First round	Shooting Stars	3–0	6–0	3–6
2002	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	Guinean cup winners	First round	AS Mangasport	1–1	1–1	1–1 (4–3 pen)
2003	CAF Cup		First round	SONACOS Diourbel	0–0	0–0	0–0 (2–4 p)
2006	CAF Confederation Cup	Guinean Cup winners	First round	Haras El Hodood	0–1	6–0	0–7
2008	CAF Champions League	Guinean champions	Preliminary Round	Invincible Eleven	canc.	canc.	w/o²
2008	CAF Champions League	Guinean champions	First round	ASEC Mimosas	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2015	CAF Champions League	Guinean champions	Preliminary Round	Séwé Sports	1–0	1–2	3–1
			First round	ZESCO United	1–1	1–1	1–1 (5–4 p)
			Second round	USM Alger	1–1	2–1	2–3
	CAF Confederation Cup	Guinean championship runner-up	First round	Orlando Pirates	0–2	4–1	1–6
2016	CAF Confederation Cup	Guinean Cup winners	First round	Stade Gabésien	0–0	2–1	1–2
2017	CAF Confederation Cup	Guinean Cup runner-up–	First round	IR Tanger	1–0	3–0	1–3

¹ US Gorée withdrew

² Invincible Eleven withdrew

Statistics[edit]

Best position: Semifinalist (continental)
Best position at cup competitions: Quarterfinals
Appearances at the CAF championship competitions: 14
Appearances at the CAF cup competitions: 10
Best position at the CAF Cup: Finalist
Appearances at the CAF Cup: 3
Total goals scored at the CAF championship competitions: 64
- Total matches played at the CAF Cup: 12
  - Total home matches played at the CAF Cup: 6
  - Total away matches played at the CAF Cup: 6

Current squad[edit]

As of March 2015.^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	FW	GUI	Aboubacar Iyanga Sylla
2	GK	GUI	M'Bemba Camara
3	DF	GUI	Abdoul Aziz Keita
4	DF	GUI	Babacar Camara
5	MF	MLI	Mandala Konté
6	DF	SEN	Souleymane Badji
7	MF	MLI	Cheick Oumar Ballo
8	MF	GUI	Ibrahima Sory Soumah
9	DF	GUI	Alseny Camara Cantona
10	FW	GUI	Rachid Toure
11	FW	SEN	Moussa Diawara
12	FW	GUI	Alsény Camara Agogo
13	DF	GUI	Alseny Bangoura


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	CIV	Kevin Zougoula
16	DF	BFA	Issa Gouo
17	FW	CIV	Alain Jaques Tano
18	GK	GUI	Youssouf Toure
19	DF	CIV	Ben Adama Banh
20	MF	GUI	Mohamed Thiam
21	MF	GUI	Thomas Bangoura
22	DF	GUI	M'bemba Sylla
23	FW	BFA	Saidou Sow
24	FW	GUI	Malick Soumah
25	MF	MLI	Mamadou Kouyate

Chairmen[edit]

Bouba Sampil Camara
Aboubacar Sampil

Managers[edit]

Pascal Janin (in 2014)
François Zaoui

References[edit]

^ Championnat Ligue 1 : l'AS Kaloum exclue le 13/03/2008 (Championnat Ligue 1: AS Kaloum Excluded on March 13, 2008)^{[permanent dead link]} (in French)
^ AS Kaloum Star won the first three titles in the (1965, 1969 & 1970) under the name of Conakry I
^ Stage d’Abidjan : l’AS Kaloum fortement remanié va démarrer la nouvelle saison. Archived 13 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Guineenews.org. (in French)

[1] Championnat Ligue 1 : l'AS Kaloum exclue le 13/03/2008 (Championnat Ligue 1: AS Kaloum Excluded on March 13, 2008)^{[permanent dead link]} (in French)

[2] AS Kaloum Star won the first three titles in the (1965, 1969 & 1970) under the name of Conakry I

[3] Stage d’Abidjan : l’AS Kaloum fortement remanié va démarrer la nouvelle saison. Archived 13 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Guineenews.org. (in French)

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