ASEC Mimosas

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ASEC Mimosas

Full name

Amicale Sportive des Employés
de Commerce Mimosas

Nickname(s)

Mimosas

Founded

1948

Ground

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Abidjan

Capacity

50,000

League

Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division

1ère Division 2005

1st





Home colours





Away colours

The Amicale Sportive des Employés de Commerce (ASEC) Mimosas is an Ivorian football club. The club was founded in 1948 by eight businessmen from Abidjan. As well as being known as ASEC Mimosas, they are also referred to by the names ASEC Mimosas Abidjan and ASEC Abidjan, especially in international club competitions.

1 Academy
2 Famous players
3 Honours
- 3.1 National
- 3.2 International
4 External links

[edit] Academy

ASEC has a youth academy that has been described as the crown jewel of African football. The academy was started by Jean-Marc Guillou in 1993 at ASEC's training complex. The student-athletes are given an education, for which they take classes in math, history, geography, physics, French, English, and Spanish. The students live in dorms during the week and have two training sessions a day. They play matches on Saturday and get health care and tutoring.

The list of alumni of the ASEC Academy is impressive. It includes: Kolo Touré, Aruna Dindane, Salomon Kalou, Didier Zokora, Yaya Touré, Emmanuel Eboué, and Gilles Yapi. ASEC provided the backbone of the national team for many years, including key members of the side that won the 1992 African Nations Cup such as Abdoulaye Traoré and Donald-Olivier Sié.

ASEC sends many of its graduates to play for K.S.K. Beveren in the Belgian Jupiler League. Once at Beveren, the Ivorians showcase their talents and move on to bigger clubs in Europe. Guillou has since left ASEC to become the Sporting Director at Beveren. ASEC linked up with Charlton Athletic on 1 May 2006, meaning Charlton may benefit from ASEC academy in future. See here for details

[edit] Famous players

[edit] Honours

[edit] National

Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division: 22

1963, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Côte d'Ivoire Cup: 14

1962, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1983, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005

Félix Houphouët-Boigny Cup: 8

1975, 1980, 1983, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2007

[edit] International

1990 UFOA Cup
1998 African Champions League
1999 Félix Houphouët-Boigny Cup (the African super cup)

[edit] External links

(French) Official website
Article about ASEC Abidjan academy

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