AS Kaloum Star

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.

AS Kaloum

Full name	Association Sportive Kaloum
Nickname(s)	A.S.K.
Founded	1963
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

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

Achievements

National

• 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

• CAF Cup: 0
  • Runner-up: 1995
• UFOA Cup: 0
  • Runner-up: 1977

Performance in CAF competitions

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
			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
			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
			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
			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
			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
			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

• 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

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

• Bouba Sampil Camara
• Aboubacar Sampil

Managers

• Pascal Janin (in 2014)
• François Zaoui

References

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)