Avenir Sportif de La Marsa (Arabic: المستقبل الرياضي بالمرسى), known as AS Marsa or simply ASM for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Tunis. The club was founded in 1939 and its colours are green and yellow. Their home stadium, Abdelaziz Chtioui Stadium, has a capacity of 6,500 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2.
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| Full name | Avenir Sportif de La Marsa | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Gnaweya (The Okras) | |||
| Founded | 22 February 1939 | |||
| Ground | Abdelaziz Chtioui Stadium La Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia | |||
| Capacity | 6,500 | |||
| Chairman | Taoufik Ben Ncib | |||
| Manager | Abdelkarim Bouguerra | |||
| League | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 | |||
| 2023–24 | 14th of 14 (relegated) | |||
| Website | www.asmarsa.com | |||
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When the club was founded its name was Club Musulman (lit. 'Muslim Club').
Achievements
editPerformance in national & domestic competitions
edit- Winners : 1961, 1977, 1984, 1990, 1994
- Runners-up : 1965, 1966, 1973, 1983, 1987, 1993, 2013, 2022
- Winners : 2007
- Runners-up : 1961
Performance in international competitions
edit- CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance
- 2005 – Group stage (Top 8)
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances
- Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances
- Runners-up: 1971
Colours & badges
edit| AS Marsa's active sections | ||
|---|---|---|
 Football |
 Basketball |
 Volleyball |
AS Marsa supporters help is needed to develop this section.
Coaches
edit- 1959–60 :
Rachid Turki - 1960–65 :
Sandor Pazmandy - 1965–66 : Hmid Dhib
- 1966–67 : Béji Bouachir and Taoufik Ben Othman
- 1967–68 : Skander Medelgi
- 1968–69 :
Stanislav Stanković - 1969–70 : Stanislav Stanković then Taoufik Ben Othman
- 1970–71 : Taoufik Ben Othman
- 1971–72 :
Ahmed Benelfoul - 1972–73 : Omar Gadhoum
- 1973–74 : Omar Gadhoum then Ali Selmi
- 1974–75 : Ali Selmi
- 1975–77 : Taoufik Ben Othman
- 1977–78 : Baccar Ben Miled then Taoufik Ben Othman
- 1978–79 : Ali Selmi
- 1979–80 : Taoufik Ben Othman
- 1980–81 : Abdelhamid Kermali
- 1981–82 : Rachid Mekhloufi
- 1982–83 : Taoufik Ben Othman
- 1983–84 : Ali Selmi
- 1984–85 : Ali Selmi then
Jean-Claude Larrieu - 1985–86 :
Dragan Gugleta - 1986–87 : Dragan Gugleta then Hédi Kouni
- 1987–88 :
Aleksandar Kostov - 1988–89 : Taoufik Ben Othman
- 1989–91 : Aleksandar Kostov
- 1991–92 : Ali Selmi
- 1992–93 : Rachid Mekhloufi
- 1993–94 : Ali Selmi
- 1994–95 : Taoufik Ben Othman
- 1995–97 : Habib Mejri
- 1997–98 :
Kousteck - 1998–99 : Khaled Ben Yahia then Ali Fergani
- 1999–00 : Faouzi Merzouki then
Armand Forcherio then Serge Devèze - 2000–01 : Serge Devèze then Baccar Ben Miled then Taoufik Ben Othman
- 2001–03 : Habib Mejri
- 2003–05 : Ali Selmi
- 2005–06 : Ali Selmi then Taoufik Ben Othman
- 2006–07 : Habib Mejri
- 2007–08 : Kais Yaacoubi
- 8 April 2008–08 : Mrad Mahjoub
- 1 July 2008 – 25 Jan 2009 : Abdelkrim Bira then Khaled Ben Yahia
- 2009–Nov 8, 2010 : Kamel Chebli
- 9 Nov 2010 – 13 Dec 2010 : Habib Mejri
- 14 Dec 2010 – 30 June 2013 : Gérard Buscher
- 5 July 2013 – 16 Dec 2013 : Dragan Cvetković
- 16 Dec 2013 – 30 June 2014 : Adel Sellimi
- 1 July 2014– : Mondher Kebaier
Presidents
edit- M'hammed Zaouchi (1939–55)
- Othman Ben Othman (1955–56)
- Belhassen Aouij (1956–57)
- Béji Mestiri (1957–59)
- Chedly Hassouna (1959–64)
- Slim Tlili (1964)
- Ali Kallel (1965–66)
- Chedly Hassouna (1966–68)
- Abdellatif Dahmani (1968–71)
- Ali Bouzaiane (1971–72)
- Mondher Ben Ammar (1972–77)
- Abdellatif Dahmani (1977–78)
- Hédi Mehrezi (1978–79)
- Mondher Ben Ammar (1979–80)
- Hammouda Belkhouja (1980–82)
- Mondher Ben Ammar (1982–85)
- Abderrahman Oueslati (1985–88)
- Hammouda Belkhouja (1988–90)
- Tijani Meddeb (1990–92)
- Mahmoud Azzouz (1992–94)
- Khaled Bach Hamba (1994–96)
- Jalel Gherab (1996–98)
- Manef Mellouli (1998–99)
- Mahmoud Azzouz (1999–01)
- Brahim Riahi (2001–06)
- Mondher Mami (2006–08)
- Montassar Mehrzi (2008–10)
- Hammouda Louzir (2011)
- Maher Ben Aïssa (2011–1?)
See also
editReferences
editExternal links
edit- Team profil at WFA. Archived 23 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine.