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Wikipedia - AS Pikine
Association Sportive de Pikine or simply AS Pikine is a Senegalese football club based in Pikine. They play at Stade Alassane Djigo, which has a capacity of 5,000.
History
The earlier club was established in 1921 and was called Niayes-Pikine.
The modern club was established in 1970, first known as ASC Niayes-Pikine up to the 2000s. AS Pikine entered Ligue 1 in 2009. They would win their first national championship and cup title at the same time for the 2013/14 season and headed to participate in the CAF Champions league in 2015 and challenged Étoile Filante de Ouagadougou, a club from Burkina Faso and later into the first round where they lost to USM Algiers from Algeria.
In the 2014-15 season, Pikine did not have a successful season, their continued appearance in Ligue 1 vanished after being inside the relegation zone and placed 13th after ASC Port Autonome with 28 points, 4 wins and a staggering 14 losses.
Pikine first appeared in the 2009 edition, the club came in 2011 and won their only League Cup title after defeating Yakaar 2-1. Their second attempt for their second title vanished after the club lost to Niarry Tally 1-0 in the 2012 league cup season.
AS Pikine har vunnet den senegalesiske cupen tre ganger, i 1993, 2009 og 2014, og de har også vunnet den senegalesiske ligacupen en gang, i 2010. Klubben har aldri vunnet Ligue 1, men de har vært i finalen to ganger, i 2005 og 2014.
AS Pikine har deltatt i afrikanske turneringer flere ganger, men de har aldri kommet lenger enn til gruppespillet.
Klubbens hjemmebane er Stade Alassane Djigo, som har en kapasitet på 15 000 tilskuere.