ASO Chlef

Association Sportive Olympique de Chlef (Arabic: الجمعية الرياضية أولمبي الشلف), known as ASO Chlef or simply ASO for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Chlef, founded in 1947. The club colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium, has a capacity of some 20,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

History

ASO Chlef was founded on June 13, 1947, as Association Sportive d'Orléansville, Orléansville being the colonial name of Chlef at the time. 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. 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.

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.

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.

Crest

• Former logo
• Present logo

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Algerian Ligue 1 Champions (1): 2010–11 Runners-up (1): 2007–08 Third place (3): 1985–86, 1986–87, 2005–06
• Algerian Cup Winners (2): 2004–05, 2022–23 Runners-up (1): 1991–92

Performance in CAF competitions

• 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

Players

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] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Personnel

Current technical staff

Notable players

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

• Algeria Mohamed Messaoud
• Algeria Abderrazak Belgherbi
• Algeria Mohamed Belgherbi
• Algeria Samir Zaoui
• Algeria Farid Cheklam
• Algeria Bouabdellah Daoud
• Algeria Azzedine Doukha
• Algeria Lounès Gaouaoui
• Algeria Samir Hadjaoui
• Algeria Fodil Megharia
• Algeria Mohamed Seguer
• Algeria Karim Ali Hadji
• Algeria Ameur Benali
• Algeria Mustapha Meksi
• Algeria El Arbi Hillel Soudani
• Algeria Mohamed Talis
• Niger Alhassane Issoufou

Managers

List of managers

Information correct as of 21 July 2025. Only competitive matches are counted.

Notes

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