Coupe d'Afrique Occidentale Française
1947
NB: 16 clubs entered, all from Senegal (Dakar, Gorée, Rufisque and Saint-Louis); competition initially called Coupe du Sénégal. 1/8 Finals Club Nautique de Dakar 3-0 Cercle-Sportif Libano-Syrien Espérance de Rufisque 1-0 US des Tireurs de Dakar Foyer France Sénégal 0-0 US Indigène (Dakar) [aet] US Gorée 4-0 Ecole William Ponty Espoir de Saint-Louis 1-0 ASEAM (Ecole de Médecine) Saint-Louisienne 1-2 Racing Club de Dakar Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) bt US Bata Progrès de Saint-Louis unk Etoile du Sud 1/8 Finals Replay US Indigène (Dakar) lt Foyer France Sénégal Quarterfinals Club Nautique de Dakar 1-1 Espérance de Rufisque [aet] US Gorée 1-1 Racing Club de Dakar [aet] Foyer France Sénégal 1-2 Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) Espoir de Saint-Louis bt Progrès or Etoile du Sud Quarterfinal Replays Espérance de Rufisque w/o Club Nautique de Dakar [CND showed late] Racing Club de Dakar 0-2 US Gorée Semifinals [May 31] Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 3-2 Espérance de Rufisque [Jun 1] Espoir de Saint-Louis 2-3 US Gorée [aet] Final [Jun 8, 1947; Parc Municipal des Sports, Dakar] US Gorée 2-1 Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) [Mademba 7, Seck 75; Diadhiou 60] [USG: Soumaré; Lamine Fall, Diallo, Raoul Diagne, Iba Mar Diop, Germain N'Gom, Bara, Adrien Diagne, Hane Thiaroye, Mademba, Mamadou Seck; JAD: Sène Diallo; Sidibé, Samou Lopy, Faye, Lys Dieng, Aly Dieng, Samba Laobé Sarr, Miguand, Mbaye Parka, Alexandre Diadhiou, Alfamé; ref: Barat; Alexandre, Dephy]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1948
NB: 50 clubs from 7 districts entered: Dakar, Thiès, Saint-Louis, Casamance, Abidjan, Conakry and Bamako. Clubs were distributed over two zones: the Zone Nord (Dakar, Thiès and Saint-Louis, all in Senegal) and the Zone Sud. Zone Nord Zone Nord - District de Dakar Dakar Quarterfinals [Jan 7] Foyer France Sénégal 3-1 Club Nautique de Dakar Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) bt Espérance de Rufisque [aet] Racing Club de Dakar 2-0 US des Tireurs de Dakar US Gorée 6-3 ASEAM (Ecole de Médecine) Dakar Semifinals [Feb 3] US Gorée 1-2 Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) Foyer France Sénégal bt Racing Club de Dakar Dakar Final [Feb 28] Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 0-4 Foyer France Sénégal NB: Foyer France Sénégal to inter-districts stage Zone Nord - District de Saint-Louis Saint-Louis Final [Feb 28] Espoir de Saint-Louis 1-1 Saint-Louisienne [aet] Saint-Louis Final Replay [Mar 7] Saint-Louisienne 1-1 Espoir de Saint-Louis [aet] Saint-Louis Final Second Replay [Mar 14] Espoir de Saint-Louis 0-7 Saint-Louisienne NB: Saint-Louisienne to inter-districts stage Zone Nord - District de Thiès Winners: DMA de Thiès (to inter-districts stage) Zone Nord - Inter-Districts Zone Nord Semifinal [Mar 28] Saint-Louisienne 4-1 DMA de Thiès Foyer France Sénégal bye Zone Nord Final [Apr 4] Foyer France Sénégal 3-2 Saint-Louisienne [aet] NB: Foyer France Sénégal to overall final Zone Sud Zone Sud - District de Conakry Final Jeanne d'Arc de Conakry 3-1 Racing Club de Conakry NB: Jeanne d'Arc de Conakry to Zone Sud final Zone Sud Final [Apr 4] Jeunesse Club d'Abidjan 3-0 Jeanne d'Arc de Conakry NB: Jeunesse Club d'Abidjan to overall final Final [May 9, 1948; Stade Géo André, Abidjan; att: 8,000] Jeunesse Club d'Abidjan 0-4 Foyer France Sénégal [Charles Wade 6, ~10, 46, Ibrahima Ndiaye ~85] [JCA: Anobile Dichone; Grante, Toto, Dupach, Amantchi, Kouassi, Lepun, Charrancon, Sarrazin, Kablan, Sebastien; FFS: André Mendy; Youssouf Diop, Seck Mbaye, Ibrahima Faye, Baye Youssouf Diakhaté, Marc Gueye, Macaty Diop, Libasse Diop, Paul François, Ibrahima Ndiaye, Charles Wade; ref: Retif]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1949
NB: 158 clubs from 12 districts entered. Clubs were distributed over two zones: the Zone Nord and the Zone Sud. Zone Nord Zone Nord - District de Dakar Dakar Quarterfinals [Jan 1] US des Tireurs de Dakar 1-4 Espérance de Rufisque [aet] Racing Club de Dakar 4-1 SSIN (Dakar) [Jan 2] Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 7-0 US Régie (Dakar) Foyer France Sénégal 3-1 US Gorée Dakar Semifinals [Jan 29] Foyer France Sénégal 3-2 Espérance de Rufisque [Jan 30] Racing Club de Dakar 1-0 Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) Dakar Final [Mar 6] Racing Club de Dakar 3-0 Foyer France Sénégal NB: Racing Club de Dakar to inter-districts stage Zone Nord - District de Casamance NB: 4 participants; US Casamance and AC Bignona lost in semifinals Casamance Final Foyer de Casamance bt Jeanne d'Arc (Ziguinchor) NB: Foyer de Casamance to inter-districts stage Zone Nord - District de Saint-Louis Saint-Louis Semifinals Espoir de Saint-Louis 3-2 Foyer Terrassonais de Thiès Saint-Louisienne bt Avenir de Saint-Louis Saint-Louis Final [Feb 27] Espoir de Saint-Louis 5-1 Saint-Louisienne NB: Espoir de Saint-Louis to inter-districts stage Zone Nord - Inter-Districts Zone Nord Semifinals [Mar 27, both in Dakar] Racing Club de Dakar 8-0 Foyer de Casamance Espoir de Saint-Louis 2-0 Foyer de Bamako Zone Nord Final [Apr 3] Racing Club de Dakar 2-0 Espoir de Saint-Louis NB: Racing Club de Dakar to overall final Zone Sud - District de Conakry Conakry Quarterfinal Racing Club de Conakry 3-2 Société Sportive de Guinée other pairings not known Conakry Semifinal Racing Club de Conakry 5-0 AS Cheminots de Guinée other pairing not known Conakry Final Racing Club de Conakry 1-0 Jeanne d'Arc (Conakry) NB: Racing Club de Conakry to inter-districts stage Zone Sud - Inter-Districts Zone Sud Semifinals [Mar 27] AS Cotonou 1-2 Racing Club de Conakry other pairing not known Zone Sud Final [Apr 3?] Racing Club de Conakry 2-0 USC Bassam NB: USC Bassam also known as USC Grand-Bassam (Union Sportive des Clubs de Grand-Bassam) NB: Racing Club de Conakry to overall final Final [May 1, 1949; Parc Municipal des Sports, Dakar; att: 5,000] Racing Club de Dakar 3-0 Racing Club de Conakry [Richard Doussou Yovo 3, Mathias Defanti 19, ? 90] [RCD: Théophile Attiagbé; Marcel Vignon, Houssou Koukoui, John Dadjoo, Damase Zamba, Symphorien Mensah, Moïse Akagni, Bento, Mathias Defanti, René Gaulon, Richard Doussou Yovo; RCC: Momo Sylla; Lansanna Touré, Nabi Touré, Souleymane Camara, Doudou Keita, Mandaw Ndiaye, Mamadou Camara, Nfamara Camara, Morlaye Counta, René Sadi, Seydou Touré; ref: Guisset]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1949/50
NB: clubs were distributed over two zones: the Zone Ouest, composed of three regions (Dakar/Saint-Louis/Thiès, Ziguinchor (Casamance) and Guinée) and the Zone Est, composed of four regions (Abidjan, Bouaké/Daloa/Gagnoa, Bamako/Ségou/Haute-Volta and Cotonou); all regions qualified one club for the quarterfinals, except for the Dakar/Saint-Louis/Thiès region, which qualified two. Zone Ouest - District de Dakar/Saint-Louis/Thiès Dakar Round 1 [Nov 11-13] Foyer France Sénégal 7-0 Espérance de Rufisque US Gorée 6-1 Club Nautique de Dakar US Indigène (Dakar) 7-1 US Bata SC Guinéen (Dakar) 6-0 US Régie (Dakar) US des Tireurs de Dakar 4-0 ASEAM other pairings not known Dakar Round 2 [Dec 3] US des Tireurs de Dakar 1-0 USA Marine [aet] SC Guinéen (Dakar) bt US Indigène (Dakar) [Dec 4] Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 1-0 US Gorée Racing Club de Dakar 1-5 Foyer France Sénégal Dakar/Saint-Louis/Thiès Quarterfinals [Jan 8] Avenir de Saint-Louis 1-2 Foyer France Sénégal [Jan 15] US des Tireurs de Dakar 0-5 Espoir de Saint-Louis Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 1-2 Club Sportif Thièssois other pairing not known Dakar/Saint-Louis/Thiès Semifinals [Feb 5; both in Dakar] Foyer France Sénégal 4-0 Club Sportif Thièssois Espoir de Saint-Louis 5-0 SC Guinéen (Dakar) NB: both winners to overall quarterfinals Zone Est - Region Soudan/Moyen Soudan/Haute-Volta - District du Soudan Round? Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) bt ASFB (Bobo-Dioulasso) Zone Est - District d'Abidjan Abidjan Final USC Bassam 6-0 US Fonctionnaires d'Abidjan NB: USC Bassam to overall quarterfinals Quarterfinals [Mar 5] Espoir de Saint-Louis 3-1 Jeanne d'Arc (Ziguinchor) [in Dakar] [dates?] Racing Club de Conakry 4-1 Foyer France Sénégal Renaissance Club de Bouaké 2-6 Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) [in Abidjan] [Mar 26] Etoile Sportive de P. Novo awd USC Bassam [Etoile Sportive de Porto-Novo beat US des Clubs de Grand-Bassam 3-0, but the tie was awarded to USCB because 10 of 11 ESPN players had played on bare feet (having taken off their shoes at kick-off!), contrary to regulations] Semifinals [Apr 16] USC Bassam 1-3 Racing Club de Conakry [in Abidjan] Espoir de Saint-Louis 5-2 Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) [aet] [in Dakar] Final [Apr 30, 1950; Parc Municipal des Sports, Dakar] Espoir de Saint-Louis 2-4 Racing Club de Conakry [Mody Diallo 3, 2-4; Souleymane Camara 20, Boubacar Camara 71, Morlaye Counta 72, ? 1-4] [RCC: Macaty Gustave; Sékou Soumah, Nabi Touré, Ranseni Touré, Doudou Keita, Souleymane Camara, Mamadou Camara, Nfamara Camara, Morlaye Counta, René Sadi, Boubacar Camara; ESL: Magatte Camara; Bira Ndao, Ali Gueye, Boubacar Diop, Mamadou Diallo, Bira Teuw, Amadou "Deguilé" Sarr, Abdoulaye Ndiaye, Moustapha Diallo, Becaye Gaye, Mody Diallo; ref: Ekopué; Wilson, Robin]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1950/51
NB: 88 clubs entered, distributed over two zones: the Zone Ouest, composed of two regions (Sénégal, with 4 districts, Dakar, Saint-Louis, Thiès and Casamance, qualifying 3 clubs for the quarterfinals, and Guinée, qualifying 1 club for the quarterfinals) and the Zone Est, composed of two regions (Côte d'Ivoire, with 2 districts, Abidjan (qualifying 2 clubs for the quarterfinals) and Bouaké (qualifying 1 club for the quarterfinals); and the region of Soudan/Moyen Soudan/Haute-Volta, qualifying 1 club for the quarterfinals); in districts with an odd number of participants, first round byes were given to the clubs who had reached the latest round in the previous season; the first round was played at district level; the second to fourth rounds at inter-district level; the fourth round winners entered the inter-zonal quarterfinals. Zone Ouest - Région Sénégal - District de Dakar 17 participants; Foyer France Sénégal had first round bye. Dakar Round 1 [Dec 3] Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 3-1 Racing Club de Dakar US Indigène (Dakar) bt US Gorée other pairings not known Zone Ouest - Région Sénégal - District de Casamance 9 participants; Jeanne d'Arc (Ziguinchor) had first round bye. Zone Ouest - Région Sénégal Sénégal Round 2 [in Dakar] US des Tireurs de Dakar 2-1 SC Guinéen (Dakar) US Indigène (Dakar) 4-3 Espoir de Saint-Louis [on Jan 1] [in Saint-Louis] Avenir de Saint-Louis 7-0 Résistance Dakaroise Jeunesse Sorienne 1-6 Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) [in Thiès] Foyer de Thiès 1-2 Espérance de Rufisque Club Olympique Thièssois 1-0 Réveil de Kaolack other pairings not known Sénégal Round 3 US Indigène (Dakar) 2-0 Avenir de Saint-Louis [on Jan 8] Foyer France Sénégal 5-1 Espérance de Rufisque [in Dakar] Racing Club de Kaolack 0-12 Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) [in Thiès] Jeanne d'Arc (Saint-Louis) 5-1 US des Tireurs de Dakar Club Olympique Thièssois bt Athlétic Club de Bignona Sénégal Round 4 [Feb 4] Jeanne d'Arc (Saint-Louis) 1-4 Club Olympique Thièssois Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 2-1 Foyer France Sénégal US Indigène (Dakar) bye? NB: three winners qualified for overall quarterfinals Zone Ouest - Région Guinée 9 participants, including Racing Club de Conakry (had a first round bye), Société Sportive de Guinée, AS Cheminots de Guinée, Jeanne d'Arc (Conakry) and Stade de Guinée. NB: Racing Club de Conakry qualified for overall quarterfinals Zone Est - Region Côte d'Ivoire - District d'Abidjan 17 participants; USC Bassam had first round bye. NB: Africa Sports (Abidjan) and ASRAN (Association Sportive du Rail Abidjan-Niger) qualified for overall quarterfinals Zone Est - Region Côte d'Ivoire - District de Bouaké 9 participants; Renaissance Club de Bouaké had first round bye. NB: winners (which qualified for overall quarterfinals) unknown Zone Est - Region Soudan/Moyen Soudan/Haute-Volta - District du Soudan 5 participants; Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) had first round bye. Zone Est - Region Soudan/Moyen Soudan/Haute-Volta - District du Moyen Soudan 3 participants; AS Ségouvienne (Ségou) had first round bye. Zone Est - Region Soudan/Moyen Soudan/Haute-Volta NB: Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) qualified for overall quarterfinals Quarterfinals [Mar 4] Racing Club de Conakry 1-1 US Indigène (Dakar) [aet] [dates?] Africa Sports (Abidjan) bt Bouaké qualifiers (or USFA (Abidjan)?) Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) 3-1 AS du Rail Abidjan-Niger Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 5-1 Club Olympique Thièssois Quarterfinal Replay [Mar 18] US Indigène (Dakar) 3-2 Racing Club de Conakry Semifinals [Apr 22, Abidjan] Africa Sports (Abidjan) 1-3 Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) [aet] [May 6, Bamako] Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) 5-2 US Indigène (Dakar) NB: during the second half, Iba Mar "Otraco" Diop of USI retired from the match, complaining of fatigue; he died shortly after the match. Final [May 20, 1952; Parc Municipal des Sports, Dakar] Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 3-1 Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) [aet] [Mané Babacar 90, Williams (1st half extra time), Fara (2nd half extra time); Mamadou Diawara 42] [JAD: Sène Diallo; Aly Dieng, Samba Laobé Sarr, Mané Babacar, Martial, Williams, Gomis, Dominique, Fara; 2 missing; JAB: N'Faly Kanouté; Siré Diakité, Charles Traoré Bassirou, Mamadou Coulibaly, Oumar Sy, Jondot, Madiouma Diawara, Mamadou "Battling" Koné, Cheikh Aw, Georges Sidibé, Sidy Diarra; ref: Robin]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1951/52
NB: 120 clubs entered. Zone Ouest - District de Dakar Dakar Round 1 [Nov 18] Foyer France Sénégal w/o Résistance Dakaroise US des Tireurs de Dakar 2-1 US Ouakam Concorde Club (Dakar) 1-0 AS Franco-Portugaise [aet] Espérance de Rufisque 1-1 US Régie (Dakar) [Régie won replay] Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 12-1 AS Municipale ASPTT 3-0 SC Guinéen (Dakar) Racing Club de Dakar 2-0 US Indigène (Dakar) US Gorée 6-0 USA Marine Zone Ouest - Région Sénégal Sénégal Round 2 [in Dakar] ASPTT 3-0 US Régie (Dakar) Concorde Club (Dakar) 2-0 Racing Club de Dakar Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 11-0 Espoir de Kaolack US des Tireurs de Dakar 0-2 Espoir de Saint-Louis [in Gorée] US Gorée 3-2 Avenir de Saint-Louis [in Saint-Louis] Réveil de Saint-Louis 2-3 Foyer France Sénégal [aet] [in Thiès] Amicale Sportive (Kaolack) 1-3 Amicale des Guet-Nadriens (Saint-Louis) other pairings not known Sénégal Round 3 [Jan 6] [in Dakar] Foyer France Sénégal 1-0 Saint-Louisienne [aet] Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 2-2 US Gorée [no extra time due [in Ziguinchor] to darkness] Foyer de Casamance 2-0 Athlétic Club de Bignona other pairings not known Sénégal Round 3 Replay [Jan 20] Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 2-1 US Gorée [in Thiès] Sénégal Round 4 [Feb 3] [in Dakar] Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 5-2 ASPTT Foyer France Sénégal 3-2 Espoir de Saint-Louis [in Ziguinchor] Foyer de Casamance drw CS Thiès Sénégal Round 4 Replay [Feb 10] CS Thiès 3-1 Foyer de Casamance NB: three winners qualified for overall quarterfinals Zone Sud - Région Guinée Conakry Semifinal Racing Club de Conakry w/o AS Cheminots de Guinée Conakry Final Racing Club de Conakry bt Société Sportive de Guinée NB: Racing Club de Conakry qualified for overall quarterfinals Zone Est - Région Soudan Round 1? [in Bobo-Dioulasso, first AOF match held there] Racing Club (Bobo-D.) lt Richelieu (Bamako) Soudan Final Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) 6-4 Richelieu (Bamako) NB: Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) qualified for overall quarterfinals Quarterfinals [Mar 2] Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 4-1 CS Thiès Racing Club de Conakry 0-1 Foyer France Sénégal [Mar 9] Etoile Sportive de P. Novo 1-0 Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) [in Cotonou] Africa Sports (Abidjan) 0-0 USFA (Abidjan) Quarterfinal Replay [Mar 16] USFA (Abidjan) 1-2 Africa Sports (Abidjan) Semifinals [Apr 6] Africa Sports (Abidjan) 1-3 Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) [in Bamako] Etoile Sportive de P. Novo 2-1 Foyer France Sénégal [in Cotonou] Final [May 4, 1952; Parc Municipal des Sports, Dakar] Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 2-0 Etoile Sportive de Porto Novo [Martial 71, ? 90+4] [JAD: Seck; Gomis, Dos Santos, Mané Babacar, Faye Billy, Ndoye, Gueye-Williams, Domingot, Dieng, Martial, Alexandre Diadhiou; EPN: Saleye; Koukon, Tamaho, Nounagnon, Amoussa, Moustapha, Kougblenon, Gandanou "Papa Raquette", Moudachirou, Chablis, Flancandji; ref: Imbs]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1952/53
Zone Ouest - Région Sénégal Sénégal Round 3 [Jan 11] [in Thiès] Club Olympique Thièssois 3-2 Concorde Club (Dakar) [aet] [in Saint-Louis] Saint-Louisienne 7-1 SC Guinéen (Dakar) Réveil de Saint-Louis 1-2 Espoir de Saint-Louis [in Kaolack] Réveil de Kaolack 1-4 US Gorée [Jan 18, in Dakar] Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 0-1 Foyer France Sénégal [date?; in Ziguinchor] Foyer de Casamance bt Jeanne d'Arc (Ziguinchor) Sénégal Round 4 [in Gorée] US Gorée 5-2 Foyer de Casamance [in Thiès] Club Olympique Thièssois 4-5 Saint-Louisienne [Feb 8, in Dakar] Foyer France Sénégal 2-1 Espoir de Saint-Louis NB: three winners qualified for overall quarterfinals Quarterfinals Zone Nord [Mar 1] Saint-Louisienne 0-3 Racing Club de Conakry [in Dakar] Foyer France Sénégal 1-2 US Gorée Zone Sud [Mar 15] AS de Porto Novo 1-2 Jeunesse Club d'Abidjan Etoile Sportive d'Abidjan 2-7 Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) Semifinals [Apr 12] Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) 5-2 US Gorée [in Bamako] [Apr 19] Racing Club de Conakry bt Jeunesse Club d'Abidjan Final [May 3, 1953; Parc Municipal des Sports, Dakar; att: 5,000] Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) 3-1 Racing Club de Conakry [Cheikh Aw 3, Seydou "Toto" Thiam 64, 78; own goal 90]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1953/54
NB: 139 clubs entered. Zone Ouest - Région Sénégal NB: Espoir de Saint-Louis did not enter as protest against the refereeing in their matches against Foyer France Sénégal in 1952/53. Sénégal Round 5 [Feb 8] Avenir de Saint-Louis bt Résistance Dakaroise US Gorée 6-1 Foyer de Casamance [Feb 15] Foyer France Sénégal 2-3 Réveil de Saint-Louis NB: three winners qualified for overall quarterfinals Zone Sud - Région Guinée Conakry Final Racing Club de Conakry 4-1 Stade de Guinée NB: Racing Club de Conakry qualified for overall quarterfinals Zone Est - Région Soudan Soudan Round 3 [Jan] Foyer du Soudan 2-1 Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) Soudan Semifinals (Round 4) Foyer du Soudan bt US Galliéni Racing Club de Bamako 1-3 US Kayès Soudan Final Foyer du Soudan bt US Kayès NB: Foyer du Soudan (Bamako) qualified for overall quarterfinals Quarterfinals [Mar 7] US Gorée 3-1 Réveil de Saint-Louis [in Dakar] Foyer du Soudan (Bamako) 4-1 US Bobo Dioulasso Etoile Sportive de P. Novo bt Stella d'Abidjan Avenir de Saint-Louis 2-3 Racing Club de Conakry [aet] [in Dakar] Semifinals [Apr 4] Foyer du Soudan (Bamako) 2-1 Racing Club de Conakry Etoile Sportive de P. Novo 1-5 US Gorée Final [May 2, 1954; Parc Municipal des Sports, Dakar] US Gorée 1-0 Foyer du Soudan (Bamako) [Yacinthe Moreira 39] [USG: Ndiogou Seck; Amadou "Bouba" Mbaye, Saer Sène, Badou Camara, Oumar Guèye, Thiaroye Hane, Boubou Mbengue, Germain Ngom, Yacinthe Moreira, Baba Touré, 1 missing; FSB: Sidati Traoré; Makan Kouyaté, Mamadou Koné, Bakary Diakité, Mamadou Keïta, Aba Diop, Abdoulaye Diakité, Bona Touré, Djimé Sidibé, Bréhima Traoré "Kilegam", 1 missing (possibly Karamoko Keïta "Kremlin" who scored FSB's equaliser in the semifinal against RCC); ref: Moustapha N'gom]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1954/55
NB: 160 clubs entered. Zone Ouest - Région Sénégal Sénégal Round 3 [Jan 2] US Gorée 3-1 Foyer France Sénégal Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 1-1 Réveil de Saint-Louis Racing Club de Dakar 4-0 US Indigène (Dakar) [Jan 23] Sporting Club de Kaolack 1-7 Club Olympique Thièssois Foyer de Casamance 0-3 Espoir de Saint-Louis NB: not known whether or not Avenir de Saint-Louis had a bye Sénégal Round 3 Replay [Jan 9] Réveil de Saint-Louis 3-0 Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) NB: first match in Saint-Louis which was broadcasted live by Radio Dakar Sénégal Round 4 [Feb 6] [in Saint-Louis] Avenir de Saint-Louis bt Club Olympique Thièssois [in Dakar] Racing Club de Dakar 0-0 US Gorée [aet] Espoir de Saint-Louis 2-0 Réveil de Saint-Louis NB: first ever meeting between two clubs from the district of Saint-Louis at inter-district stage, meeting in Dakar Sénégal Round 4 Replay [Feb 27] US Gorée 1-1 Racing Club de Dakar [aet] Sénégal Round 4 Second Replay [Mar 6] US Gorée 2-1 Racing Club de Dakar NB: three winners qualified for overall quarterfinals Zone Sud - Région Guinée Quarterfinal Racing Club de Conakry 2-0 JCC NB: JCC presumably denotes Jeunesse Club de Conakry Semifinal Racing Club de Conakry 7-1 COC NB: COC presumably denotes Club Olympique de Conakry Guinée Final Racing Club de Conakry 4-0 Société Sportive de Guinée NB: Racing Club de Conakry qualified for overall quarterfinals Zone Est 1/8 Final AS de Porto Novo 8-0 Renaissance-El Mina de Niamey NB: AS de Porto Novo (nicknamed ASSO) qualified for overall quarterfinals Quarterfinals [Mar 6] Avenir de Saint-Louis 3-1 Racing Club de Conakry [aet] [in Dakar] ASEC (Abidjan) 3-1 Foyer du Soudan (Bamako) [Mar 12] US Gorée 3-1 Espoir de Saint-Louis [in Dakar] [Mar 21] AS de Porto Novo w/o Jeunesse Club d'Abidjan [JCA dns] [originally fixtured for Mar 6 and twice postponed, eventually awarded to AS de Porto Novo as JCA were not able to arrange transportation] Semifinals [Apr 3] US Gorée 1-0 AS de Porto Novo [aet] [in Dakar] ASEC (Abidjan) 4-0 Avenir de Saint-Louis Final [May 8, 1955; Parc Municipal des Sports, Dakar] US Gorée 7-0 ASEC (Abidjan) [Khar Sidibé 45, 69, 75, ~80, Habib Ba 60, Baba Touré 63, Yacinthe Moreira 90] [USG: Loume; Saer Sène, Germain Ngom, Guerin, Habib Ba, Baba Touré, Thiaroye Hane, Mame Abdou Sène, Badou Camara, Khar Sidibé, Yacinthe Moreira; ASE: Auguste Bakon; Augustin Kodio, Marc Aka, François Adékoua, Jean Yappy, Ernest Achy, Benjamin Akouaté, Ignace Ouégnin, Gaston Zakoua, Pierre Anoh, Niangoran; ref: Gomez]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1955/56
NB: 251 clubs entered. First ever entry by clubs from Togo, which was not part of French Western Africa. Zone Ouest - Région Sénégal Sénégal Round ? Réveil de Saint-Louis bt Espoir de Saint-Louis Sénégal Round 4 [Jan 8] Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 1-2 Réveil de Saint-Louis Racing Club de Dakar 2-0 Jeanne d'Arc (Ziguinchor) US Gorée 4-1 Saint-Louisienne Avenir de Saint-Louis 0-2 Foyer France Sénégal Sénégal Round 5 [Feb 5] US Gorée 0-1 Réveil de Saint-Louis Foyer France Sénégal 2-2 Racing Club de Dakar Sénégal Round 5 Replay Racing Club de Dakar 2-3 Foyer France Sénégal NB: two winners qualified for overall quarterfinals Zone Sud - Région Guinée Conakry Round 1 Jeanne d'Arc (Conakry) 1-0 Racing Club de Conakry Kankan Final [Dec 4] Jeanne d'Arc (Kankan) 1-0 Racing Club de Kankan NB: first time Kankan clubs entered the competition Guinée Final [Feb 10] Société Sp. de Guinée 10-1 Jeanne d'Arc (Kankan) Quarterfinals [Mar 4] Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) 3-2 Réveil de Saint-Louis ASEC (Abidjan) 6-0 Jeunesse Club d'Abidjan Foyer France Sénégal 5-1 Société Sportive de Guinée AS de Porto Novo 1-3 Essor (Lomé) Semifinals [Apr 15] Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) 2-1 Foyer France Sénégal ASEC (Abidjan) 5-1 Essor (Lomé) [aet] Final [May 6(?), 1956; Parc Municipal des Sports, Dakar; att: 10,000] Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) 3-0 ASEC (Abidjan) [Mamadou Koné 4, Cheikh Oumar Diallo 40, ~75] [JAB: N'Faly Kanouté; Dembélé, Siré Diakité, Yaya Traoré, Seydou Ndao, Oumar Sy, Seydou "Toto" Thiam, Issakha Mbodj, Cheikh Oumar Diallo, Bakoraba Touré, Mamadou "Battling" Koné; ASE: Théophile Lawson; François Nianzan, Marc Aka, Augustin Kodio, Ernest Achy, Fabre Guy, François Adékoua, Gaston Zakoua, Benjamin Akouaté, Ignace Ouégnin, Pierre Anoh; ref: Anianboussou (Dahomey)]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1956/57
NB: 262 clubs entered. Zone Ouest - Région Sénégal Sénégal Round 4 [Jan 13] Réveil de Saint-Louis 5-1 US Indigène (Dakar) Olympique Cyclo-Sport (SL) lt Union Sportive du Dakar-Niger (Thiès) Espoir de Saint-Louis abd US Gorée [abandoned at 1-1 in 75'] [players of Espoir contested a penalty for US Gorée and walked off; incredibly a replay was ordered] Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 2-2 Saint-Louisienne Sénégal Round 4 Replays [Jan 20] Espoir de Saint-Louis w/o US Gorée [US Gorée dns] Saint-Louisienne 4-5 Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) [aet] [match abandoned at 4-5 in 118' due to pitch invasion; result stood] Sénégal Round 5 Espoir de Saint-Louis 3-2 Union Sportive du Dakar-Niger (Thiès) Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 0-2 Réveil de Saint-Louis NB: two winners qualified for overall quarterfinals Zone Est Togo Round 1? Etoile Filante (Lomé) 1-0 Essor de Lomé 1/8 Final Etoile Filante (Lomé) 9-0 Essor de Porto-Novo NB: Etoile Filante (Lomé) qualified for overall quarterfinals Quarterfinals Espoir de Saint-Louis awd Réveil de Saint-Louis [in Dakar] [awarded to Réveil] [Espoir won 2-1 but fielded 2 suspended players (Magatte Camara and Amadou Sarr)] Africa Sports (Abidjan) 5-2 Jeunesse Club d'Abidjan [aet] Etoile Filante (Lomé) 8-1 Renaissance-El Mina de Niamey Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) 10-6 Société Sportive de Guinée [aet] [Amadou "Babadi" Wade (JAB) scored 7 goals; SSG led 0-3, 1-4 and 2-5 but Jeanne d'Arc scored 5-5 at 85' (the score after 90') before winning the match in extra time when less than half the SSG players were still able to play, the others weakened by thirst and discomfort in the extreme heat of Bamako] NB: Société Sportive de Guinée (Conakry) were nicknamed "Mamaya". Semifinals [date?] Africa Sports (Abidjan) 2-1 Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) [Apr 2] Réveil de Saint-Louis 1-1 Etoile Filante (Lomé) [aet] [in Dakar] Semifinal Replay [Apr 21] Etoile Filante (Lomé) 1-2 Réveil de Saint-Louis Final [May 5, 1957; Parc Municipal des Sports, Dakar] Réveil de Saint-Louis 4-1 Africa Sports (Abidjan) [Dor 7, Ousseynou Samb 17, Abdoulaye Diop 2 33, Abou Sarr Gueye 70; Adamaï 77] [RSL: Mallé; Camara, Alioune "Blé" Guèye, Yakhya Dieng, Demba Thiam, Ousseynou Samb, Saliou "Allou" Cissé, Serigne Mbaye, Abdoulaye Diop 2, Abou Sarr Gueye, Dor; Afr: Norbert Niankhoury; Rustico de Gonzaves, André Bâ "Panier", Zabo, Tapé, Julien Dah, Assane Awaza, Evorah, Adamaï, Mama Abdou Sène, Joseph Baba]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1957/58
NB: 280 clubs entered. Zone Ouest - Région Sénégal NB: Espoir de Saint-Louis did not enter as protest against their elimination in 1956/57. Sénégal Round 3 [in Thiès?] Club Olympique Thièssois bt Saint-Louisienne NB: Saint-Louisienne had won the championship of Senegal 1956/57, while COT had been relegated that season to the second level (district league of Thiès) [in Dakar] US Gorée 3-2 Réveil de Thiès Foyer France Sénégal 3-1 Espérance de Rufisque [in Ziguinchor] Foyer de Casamance 2-6 Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) Jeanne d'Arc (Ziguinchor) 3-1 Sporting Club de Kaolack [in Kaolack] Foyer de Tambacounda 0-8 Jeunesse Ouvrière de Saint-Louis other pairings not known Sénégal Round 4 Foyer France Sénégal 13-0 Jeanne d'Arc (Ziguinchor) Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) drw Jeunesse Ouvrière de Saint-Louis Avenir de Saint-Louis bt Club Olympique Thièssois Réveil de Saint-Louis drw US Gorée Sénégal Round 4 Replays Jeunesse Ouvrière (SL) 2-5 Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) US Gorée awd Réveil de Saint-Louis [awarded to Réveil] [match finished 1-1 and a second replay was to be played but Gorée had fielded an ineligible player (Mbaye "Elastique" Gueye, the 'keeper)] Sénégal Round 5 [Feb 2] Foyer France Sénégal 3-1 Réveil de Saint-Louis Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 1-2 Avenir de Saint-Louis NB: two winners qualified for overall quarterfinals Zone Est - Région Soudan Soudan Preliminary Rounds AS Ségovienne 3-2 Racing Club de Ségou AS Ségovienne 11-3 Markala Africa Sport (Bamako) 1-0 US Indigène (Bamako) Soudan Semifinals AS Ségovienne bt Foyer du Soudan Soudan Final Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) awd AS Ségovienne [awarded to Ségovienne] [Jeanne d'Arc had won the match but Ségovienne won a protest] NB: AS Ségovienne (Ségou) qualified for overall quarterfinals Zone Est - Region Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire Preliminary Rounds ASEC (Abidjan) 2-1 USC Bassam ASEC (Abidjan) 5-2 AS du Rail Abidjan-Niger Africa Sports (Abidjan) 4-1 Jeunesse Club d'Abidjan ASEC (Abidjan) 4-3 USFA (Abidjan) Africa Sports (Abidjan) 12-0 US Dimbokoro ASEC (Abidjan) 7-1 Racing Club de Divo Côte d'Ivoire Round 5? Africa Sports (Abidjan) 7-0 Racing Club de Daloa ASEC (Abidjan) 8-3 Renaissance de Bouaké NB: two winners qualified for overall quarterfinals Zone Est - Region Guinée Guinée Preliminary Round Kindia Etudiant Club 2-1 AS Kindia NB: Société Sportive de Guinée (Conakry) qualified for overall quarterfinals Quarterfinals [Mar 2] Africa Sports (Abidjan) 1-0 Modèle (Lomé) [Mar 16] Foyer France Sénégal 4-1 AS Ségovienne [date?] Stade de Niamey 1-2 ASEC (Abidjan) NB: opponents of Société Sportive de Guinée unknown (possibly Etoile Filante (Lomé)) Semifinals [Apr 20] Foyer France Sénégal 0-3 Africa Sports (Abidjan) ASEC (Abidjan) 4-3 Société Sportive de Guinée [aet] Final [May 4, 1958; Parc Municipal des Sports, Dakar] Africa Sports (Abidjan) 5-0 ASEC (Abidjan) [Emmanuel Guédé 25, Mama Abdou Sène 28, Adamaï ~50, Maurice Nzi (2)] [Afr: Norbert Niankhoury; Julien Dah, Rustico de Gonzaves, Djihounou, André Bâ "Panier", Joseph Baba, Maurice Nzi, Mama Abdou Sène, Emmanuel Guédé, Adamaï, Sékou Touré; ASE: Théophile Dossou; Koffi Gros, Opéri, Marc Aka, François Nianzan, Augustin Kodio, Bakary Touré, François Adékoua, Miézan, Adama, Koulou; ref: Ka (Saint-Louis)]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1958/59
NB: 302 clubs entered. Zone Ouest - Région Sénégal Sénégal Round 3 [Dec 21] Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 8-0 Espoir de Kaolack Racing Club de Dakar lt Foyer de Casamance US Gorée drw Saint-Louisienne other pairings not known Sénégal Round 3 Replay Saint-Louisienne 3-2 US Gorée Sénégal Round 4 US du Dakar-Niger (Thiès) bt Foyer France Sénégal Club Olympique Thièssois bt Espérance de Rufisque Saint-Louisienne bt Foyer de Casamance Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 4-1 Réveil de Saint-Louis NB: four winners qualified for overall round of 16 (1/8 Finals) Zone Est - Region Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire Preliminary Rounds Africa Sports (Abidjan) bt AS du Rail Abidjan-Niger ASEC (Abidjan) 1-5 Onze Frères de Gagnoa Agboville 2-5 Stella d'Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire Round 4? Stella d'Abidjan 5-1 USC Bassam NB: in this season, the inter-regional stage started at the round of 16, though effectively only for the western region comprising Sénégal, Soudan and Guinée. Zone Est - Region Togo/Dahomey Zone Est - District du Togo Modèle (Lomé) bt Espoir de Lomé NB: Modèle (Lomé) qualified for overall round of 16 (1/8 Finals) in which they met Alliance Sportive de Cotonou, winners of the District du Dahomey (see below under 1/8 Finals); in the two matches against Espoir de Lomé and Alliance Sportive de Cotonou, Modèle scored 8 goals and conceded none. 1/8 Finals [Feb 8] Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 1-0 Société Sportive de Guinée [dates?] Saint-Louisienne 5-2 Avenir de Bamako [in Dakar] Africa Sports (Bamako) 2-2 Union Sportive du Dakar-Niger (Thiès) Racing Club de Conakry 1-2 Club Olympique Thièssois Africa Sports (Abidjan) bt USFA (Abidjan) Stella d'Abidjan 4-2 Onze Frères de Gagnoa Modèle (Lomé) bt Alliance Sportive de Cotonou NB: opponents of ASFB (Bobo Dioulasso) unknown 1/8 Finals Replay [Feb 22] US du Dakar-Niger (Thiès) 2-4 Africa Sports (Bamako) [in Dakar] Quarterfinals [Mar 1] Africa Sports (Bamako) 2-3 Saint-Louisienne [Mar 8] Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 6-0 ASFB (Bobo Dioulasso) Africa Sports (Abidjan) 1-2 Modèle (Lomé) [in Bobo Dioulasso] Stella d'Abidjan 5-1 Club Olympique Thièssois Semifinals [Apr 12] Saint-Louisienne 6-0 Stella d'Abidjan [in Dakar] Modèle (Lomé) 5-1 Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) Final [May 3, 1959; Parc Municipal des Sports, Dakar; att: 10,000-15,000] Saint-Louisienne 2-1 Modèle (Lomé) [aet] [Lô Madièye 89, Sidate ~115; Brym Karimou 34] [SLo: Waly Ndiaye; Sidate, David Diagne, Amadou Sèye "Douzaine", Cheikh Thioune, Oumar Ndiaye, Sidy Ndiaye, Lô Madièye, Ama Diaw, Magaye, Karim Ndiaye; Mod: Josué; Ibrahima Soumaïla, Alphonse Bruce, Emmanuel Lawson, Charles Ayivi Fondalor, Georges Akabli (Akpavi?), Eugène Elessessy, Charles Comlan, Ibrahim "Brym" Karimou, Sylvestre Dossou, Thomas Mensah]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1960 (Coupe Interfédérale)
NB: 205 clubs entered. The regions of Guinée (independent since 1958 but still entering the Coupe d'AOF 1958/59) and Côte d'Ivoire did not enter as French Western Africa had been dissolved in 1959. Zone Ouest - Région Sénégal Sénégal Round 3 Saint-Louisienne 6-2 Foyer de Casamance US du Dakar-Niger (Thiès) 2-0 Espérance de Rufisque Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 6-2 Essor de Saint-Louis Espoir de Dakar 6-2 Sporting de Kaolack Foyer France Sénégal 4-1 Olympic de Ngor other pairings unknown Sénégal Round 4 [Mar 6] Saint-Louisienne 3-1 Espoir de Saint-Louis [aet] [in Dakar] Foyer France Sénégal 2-3 Espoir de Dakar US du Dakar-Niger (Thiès) 3-2 Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) Avenir de Saint-Louis lt Union Sportive de Ouakam Sénégal Round 5 [Mar 20] (1/8 Finals overall) Espoir de Dakar 5-3 Union Sportive de Ouakam Saint-Louisienne 4-0 US du Dakar-Niger (Thiès) NB: two winners qualified for overall quarterfinals Zone Est - Région Soudan 1/64 Final overall Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) 3-1 Réveil de Bamako 1/32 Final overall Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) 4-1 ASPTT (Bamako) 1/16 Final overall Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) 4-2 Sporting Club de Ségou 1/8 Final overall Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) 3-1 Racing Club de Bamako Quarterfinals (played at regional level) Espoir de Dakar 2-3 Saint-Louisienne Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) 2-1 Avenir de Bamako Etoile Filante (Lomé) 2-0 Modèle (Lomé) NB: opponents of AS de Cotonou unknown Semifinals [May 7] Etoile Filante (Lomé) awd AS de Cotonou [AS Cotonou dns] [May 28] Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) 2-1 Saint-Louisienne [aet] Final [Jun 19, 1960; Parc Municipal des Sports, Dakar] Etoile Filante (Lomé) 2-1 Jeanne d'Arc (Bamako) [Keïta 8, own goal 84; ? 83] NB: the final was part of the festivities celebrating the independence of the Fédération du Mali, a temporary construction comprising the territories of Sénégal and Soudan, which fell apart in the night from 19 to 20 August 1960, creating the current countries of Mali and Senegal.
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