AS Arta/Solar7

Association Sportive d'Arta (currently known as Arta Solar 7 for sponsorship reasons) is a football club from Arta, Djibouti which plays in the Djibouti Premier League, the highest level of Djiboutian football. Their home stadium, like all Djiboutian teams, is the 20,000-capacity El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium.[1]

Arta Solar 7
Full nameAssociation Sportive d'Arta
Founded1980 (1980)
GroundEl Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium
Capacity20,000
ChairmanTommy Tayoro Nyckoss
ManagerBouziane Benaraïbi
LeagueDjibouti Premier League
2022–23Djibouti Premier League, 3rd of 9

History

The club was founded as AS Compagnie Djibouti-Ethiopie in 1980.[2] From 2007 to 2014, they were known as AS CDE-Colas.[3] They have since been known as AS CDE/Arta The Fairy Mountaineers when sponsored by Ethio-Djibouti Railways (French: Chemin de Fer Djibouto-Éthiopien (C.D.E.),[4] and Arta/SIHD when sponsored by the International Hydrocarbon Society (French: Société internationale des hydrocarbures de Djibouti).[5]

As of 2018, the club is known as Arta Solar 7, due to sponsorship with Djibouti-based Solar power company Solar 7.

In November 2020, the Djiboutian club surprised world football by signing midfielder Alex Song, formerly of Arsenal and Barcelona. In addition to playing for the core team as captain, Song oversees the development of youngsters at Solar throughout this contract period.

In the 2020/21 season, Arta Solar 7 won its first Djibouti Premier League title with 46 points out of 18 games. In the following season, 2021/22, the team won his two-time champion in the local league, this time adding 45 points.

Performance in CAF competitions
2022 - First Round
2023 - First Round
2019 - Preliminary Round
2020 - Preliminary Round
2021 - Preliminary Round

Results
  • PR = Preliminary round
  • FR = First round
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup PR  Kenya Kariobangi Sharks 0–3 1–6 1–9
2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup PR  Sudan Al-Khartoum 1–1 0–3 1–4
2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup PR  Egypt Al Mokawloon Al Arab 0–1 1–9 1–10
2021–22 CAF Champions League FR  Kenya Tusker 1–1 0–4 1–5
2022–23 CAF Champions League FR  Sudan Al-Merrikh 1–2 0–0 1–2

Performance in UAFA competitions
2023 - Preliminary Round
2008 - Round of 32
2006 - Round of 32

Performance in CECAFA competitions
2019 - Group Stage
2018 - Quarter-finals
2006 - Group Stage
2001 - Group Stage

Players

Current squad
As of 20 July 2023

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 GK Guadeloupe GLP Christopher Dilo
2 DF Djibouti DJI Ibrahim Ali
3 DF Cameroon CMR Donalio Melachio
4 DF Djibouti DJI Idriss Houmed Bilha
5 DF Djibouti DJI Moussa Fahmi
6 MF Djibouti DJI Ahmed Aden
7 FW Djibouti DJI Mourad Abdoulkader
8 FW Ivory Coast CIV Salomon Kalou
9 FW Djibouti DJI Mahamoud Fouad
10 MF Djibouti DJI Warsama Said
11 MF Djibouti DJI Doualeh Elabeh
12 DF Djibouti DJI Yabe Siad
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF Ivory Coast CIV Gilles N'Guessan
14 FW Burkina Faso BFA Alain Traoré
16 MF Djibouti DJI Sadik Djama
17 MF Cameroon CMR Alex Song
18 FW Djibouti DJI Samuel Akinbinu
19 MF Djibouti DJI Mogueh Idriss
20 MF Djibouti DJI Warsama Hassan
21 MF Djibouti DJI Abdoulrazack Kenedid
22 GK Uganda UGA Sulait Luyima
25 GK Djibouti DJI Omar Mahamoud
26 DF Djibouti DJI Daoud Wais
30 FW Djibouti DJI Mahdi Houssein Mahabeh

Players with multiple nationalities

References
  1. "ARTA / SOLAR 7". Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. "Djibouti - List of Foundation Dates". Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. "Djibouti 2014/15". Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  4. Djibouti 2015/16, RSSSF.com
  5. Djibouti 2016/17, RSSSF.com


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