Djoliba Athletic Club is a Malian 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 Vice President of the Malian Football Federation, former trainer at the club, who was a player at the founding of the club in 1960.[1] Djoliba or Joliba is the name of the Niger River in the Bamana language. 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.[2]
| Full name | Djoliba Athletic Club | ||
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| Founded | 1960 | ||
| Ground | Stade 26 Mars, Bamako | ||
| Capacity | 50,000 | ||
| President | Oumarou Diabaté | ||
| Manager | Sékou Seck | ||
| League | Malien Première Division | ||
| 2023–24 | Champions | ||
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History
editThe club was created in 1960 by a fusion of "Africa Sport" Bamako and "Foyer du Soudan", two successful teams during French Colonial rule.
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, Bagayoko was gone in 1978 after his arrest, yet Djoliba kept winning titles and cups. Today, it is reputed to be the biggest and the most organized soccer club in Mali.
Malien Première Division 2007/08
edit2008 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 7 July 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.[3]
Bamako District Mayor's Cup
editDjoliba'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 Malien. 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 500.000 F 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.[4]
2008/09 Season
editDjoliba competed in 2008–09 Malian Première Division, beginning in December 2008. They began the season successfully, taking the Super Coupe National du Mali on 6 December 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.[5]
Djoliba AC today
editIn 2010, Djoliba celebrated its 50th anniversary of the merger and foundation of the club.
Their last championship win was in 2012 and their last super cup win was in 2013.
Djoliba appeared at group stage in the 2012 CAF Confederation Cup, they challenged with AC Léopards of the Republic of the Congo, Morocco's WAC Casablanca and brought Mali's largest rivalry to the cup competition, Stade Malien, Djoliba defeat that club in two matches. Djoliba advanced to the semis and defeated a Sudanese club and challenged with AC Léopard's in the finals and lost to that club, there, they made the greatest position in the continental competitions for Djoliba.
In the 2017 season, Djoliba was 8th place and had two wins and a draw and had seven points before the abandonment as FEMAFOOT was dissolved by the government mainly by an undetermined reason on 9 March, over a week later, FIFA suspended the Malian Football Federation on 17 March which meant all Malian clubs competing at the continental level were banned until 7 May. The reason was that money that the Ministry of Sport gave to the clubs. The least problem of the
Djoliba appeared in the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup and faced Egypt's al-Masry. Djoliba defeated that club 2–0, as a result of the March 2017 dissolution by the government, al-Masry was awarded against Djoliba 0–3 in the away match somewhere on 18 March. The season was halted and in early May, the Federation was restored, their next challenge would be with Kita, that 6th round match is on hold. Their first challenge since the restoration was on 8 May, a 7th round match where the club defeated Black Stars 0–5 in Badalabougou.
Stadium
editDjoliba plays at Stade 26 Mars. The club trains at Complex Sportif Hérémakono, in the Heremakono Quartier.
Rivalries
editIts rivalry is with Stade Malien forming the nation's largest rivalry known as the Grand Derby.[6][7] Real Bamako is Djoliba's other rivalry being called the Bamako Derby and the nation's second largest.[8][9]
Honours
editLeague
edit- Malien Première Division
- Champions (24): 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2022, 2023–24.
Cup
edit- Malien Cup
- Winners (20): 1965, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2022.
- Super Coupe National du Mali
- Winners (7): 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2008, 2012, 2013.
League and cup history
editPerformance in CAF competitions
edit| Competition | Matches | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Cup of Champions Clubs / CAF Champions League | 76 | 30 | 20 | 26 | ||
| CAF Confederation Cup | 54 | 20 | 15 | 19 | ||
| CAF Cup Winners' Cup | 22 | 9 | 8 | 6 | ||
| CAF Cup | 16 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 16 |
| Total | 168 | 63 | 44 | 56 |
- 1Invincible Eleven withdrew
- 2 The match was finished 2-0 in favour of Djoliba, ASFA refused to play the penalty shootout due to arbitration, they were to be banned from CAF competitions for three years, no ban was put as ASFA Dakar participated the following season after winning their second championship title
- 3Djoliba was disqualified for not paying their debts to the CAF
- 4FIFA suspended the Malian Football Federation on 17 March 2017 which meant all Malian clubs such as Djoliba were banned from participating in African football competitions, in early May, the suspension has been lifted.
- 5Djoliba won on walkover after ELWA United withdrew.[10]
WAFU Club Championship
edit| Season | Competition | Qualification method | Round | Opposition | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | WAFU Club Championship | Preliminary Round |  Sierra Fisheries
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1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Quarterfinals |  Stella Club d'Adjamé
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0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |||
| 1990 | WAFU Club Championship | Preliminary Round |  ETICS Thiès
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0–3 | 3–2 | 6–3 | |
| Quarterfinals |  Okwahu United
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N/A | N/A | Qual. | |||
| Semifinals | Sierra Fisheries
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1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |||
| Finals | ASEC Abidjan
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0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
National level
edit| Season | Tier | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | Cup | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–08 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 13 | +31 | 64 | Winner | |
| 2008–09 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 15 | +28 | 55 | Winner | |
| 2009–10 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 34 | 9 | +25 | 59 | ||
| 2010–11 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 49 | ||
| 2011–12 | 1 | 1 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2012–13 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 47 | 19 | +28 | 55 | Finalist |
Statistics
edit- Best position: Semifinals (continental)
- Best position at cup competitions: Finalist (continental)
Squad
editas of 8 April 2014[11]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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- Head coach
Abderrazak Chlih[13]
Notable players
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Vincent Traoré[14]- Koffi Pascal N'Guessan
- Bourahama Sidibé[15]
Issa Nabioul N’Diaye[16]- Guillaume Traoré[17]
Ibrahima Bangoura Olyssé (eight caps for the Guinea national football team[18])- Almamy Camara
Sedonoude Janvier Abouta- Salif Coulibaly
- Moussa Nesta Diallo[19]
- Kalilou Doumbia
- Mohamed Oumar Konaté (Ivorian born former Malian U-20 national football team player[20])
- Boubacar Koné
- Sékou Rafan Sidibé
- Idrissa Traoré
- Issa Traoré
Mahamane Cissé (three caps for the Niger national football team and former Malian U-20 national team member[21])- Ousmane Cissé
- Yahaya Coulibaly
- Bourahama Sidibé
Ouro-Nimini Tchagnirou
Basketball team
editDjoliba AC also fields both a men's and women's basketball team that play in the Ligue 1, the top national divisions. The men's team has won two Malian Cups (in 1965 and 1966).[22]
References
edit- ^ Karounga Keita re-elected president of Djoliba FC of Bamako Archived 2 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine. PANA Press, 31 March 2009
- ^ Assemblée générale du Djoliba : un nouveau bail pour KAROUNGA KEÏTA Archived 29 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine. l'Essor n15891 – 2007-02-12
- ^ rsssf.org Mali 2008 (Last updated: 4 September 2008) Archived 10 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine
Djoliba-Stade (5–0) : La grande humiliation ! Archived 25 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Le Républicain, 04/08/2008. - ^ Coupe du Maire du District : Le Stade reçoit son trophée Archived 13 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine. L'Essor, 24 September 2008
- ^ Le Djoliba s’adjuge la Super Coupe du Mali de football Archived 25 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine. APA News, 7 December 2008.
- ^ "Mali Foot (4èJ): Grand derby en perspective entre le Stade malien et Djoliba – Africa Top Sports". Africa Top Sports. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ "Malifootball – Stade-Djoliba : le derby qui pourra laisser des plumes !". Malifootball. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ "Bamako derby pick of CAF Confederation Cup draw". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ "CAF confederation cup draws: a North African derby and a Classico in Mali". Football – StarAfrica.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ "FORFAIT DU CLUB ELWA UNITED". CAF. 8 February 2018.
- ^ "CONFEDERATION AFRICAINE DE FOOTBALL – Djoliba AC Bamako" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ Coupes Africaines : ça continue pour le Djoliba, ça s’arrête là pour le Stade malien
- ^ "Mission accomplie pour le Djoliba". Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ "Mali/Cup : Mamahira eliminate Balanza AC de Ségou". Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ FIFA.com – Late victory for Djoliba, Malien held
- ^ "Pour renforcer son effectif : le Djoliba AC recrute deux franco-maliens". Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ "Nabioul Issa N'Diaye". Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ "Malian Djoliba AC players Ibrahima Bango". Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ "16ème de finale de la Coupe du Mali de football : Mamahira passe, fin de course pour Bourou Massa". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "CM U21-Mali : Les 21 Aiglons retenus". Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ "Football : Mahamane Cissé, nouvelle recrue de l'AC Léopards de Dolisie". Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ "Palmarès". Basket Mali (in French). Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
Other references
edit- Mali – List of Champions Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, retrieved 2008-03-04.
- Mali – List of Cup Winners Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, retrieved 2008-03-04.
- Djoliba AC : C'est OK pour Darou. l'Essor n°15903 du – 2007-02-28