AS Marsa

AS Marsa

Full name	Avenir Sportif de La Marsa
Nickname(s)	Gnaweya (The Okras)
Founded	1939
Ground	Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui La Marsa, Tunisia
Ground Capacity	6,000
Chairman	Maher Ben Aïssa
Manager	Mondher Kbaier
League	CLP-1
2013–14	5th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Avenir Sportif de la Marsa (Arabic: المستقبل الرياضي بالمرسى‎‎, often referred to as ASM) is a football club from La Marsa in Tunisia. Founded in 1939, the team plays in green and yellow colours. Their ground is Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui, which has a capacity of 6,000. When the club was founded its name was Club Musulman (Muslim Club). The club relegated to the second division this year (2008–09).

Achievements

Performance in national & domestic competitions

• Tunisian President Cup: 5

1961, 1977, 1984, 1990, 1994

• Tunisian League Cup 1

2007

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance

2005 – Group stage

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances

1985 – First round

1991 – Second round

1995 – withdrew in Quarter-finals

Colours & badges

AS Marsa's active sections
Football	Basketball	Volleyball

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Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Khalil Hnid 3 DF Marouane Khalfi 6 MF Mohamed Touati 7 MF Khaled Yahia 8 MF Didier Talla 9 FW Omar Fhal 10 MF Bilel Ben Messaoud 11 FW Amir Omrani 13 DF Mohamed Ali Kasdoghli 14 DF Maher Abidi 16 GK Youssef Trabelsi

No. Position Player 17 FW Mohamed Ben Ammar 18 DF Hichem Jebali 19 MF Alaeddine Abbès 20 MF Nizar Amri 21 FW Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda 22 GK Zied Jebali 23 MF Mohamed Firas Ben Larbi 25 DF Karim Ben Amor 26 MF Amir M'chela 27 MF Moustapha Ouedraogo 28 FW Claude Koutob Naoto

Selected Reserve/Youth Team players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Hamza Chourabi 2 DF Hamdi Testouri 4 DF Mondher El Hif 5 DF Walid Amara 6 MF Abdou Thiaw 7 MF Wassef Charradi 8 MF Aymen Jedidi 9 MF Khaled Al Ammari 10 MF Ali Al Maghrabi 13 FW Firas Chemmem

No. Position Player 14 FW Anis Tajaouri 15 FW Bilel Ben Neji 16 GK Oussema El Héni 18 FW Nader Charradi 20 DF Mehdi Denden 21 MF Nooman Djerbi 30 GK Nacer Nezzar 34 FW Aime Kasongo 38 DF Sabri Lefkih 39 MF Mortul

Former Personnel

Coaches

1959–60 : Rachid Turki 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 1975–76 : Taoufik Ben Othman 1976–77 : 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 : Kostov 1988–89 : Taoufik Ben Othman 1989–90 : Kostov 1990–91 : Kostov 1991–92 : Ali Selmi 1992–93 : Rachid Mekhloufi 1993–94 : Ali Selmi 1994–95 : Taoufik Ben Othman 1995–96 : Habib Mejri 1996–97 : Habib Mejri 1997–98 : Kousteck 1998–99 : Khaled Ben Yahya 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 2001–02 : Habib Mejri 2002–03 : Habib Mejri 2003–04 : Ali Selmi 2004–05 : Ali Selmi 2005–06 : Ali Selmi then Taoufik Ben Othman 2006–07 : Habib Mejri 2007–08 : Kais Yaacoubi April 8, 2008–08 : Mrad Mahjoub July 1, 2008–Jan 25, 2009 : Abdelkrim Bira then Khaled Ben Yahya 2009–Nov 8, 2010 : Kamel Chebli Nov 9, 2010–Dec 13, 2010 : Habib Mejri Dec 14, 2010–June 30, 2013 : Gérard Buscher July 5, 2013–Dec 16, 2013 : Dragan Svorković Dec 16, 2013–June 30, 2014 : Adel Sellimi July 1, 2014– : Mondher Kbaier

Presidents

• 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?)

Players

• Patrick Apataki
• Akram Abomoud Al-Hamali
• Souleymane Keita
• Mohamed Larbi Arouri
• Khaled Azaïez

• Bassem Ben Nasser
• Mehdi Ben Slimane
• Sabri Jaballah
• Jassem Khalloufi
• Mohamed Ali Mahjoubi

• Youssef Mouihbi
• Issam Trabelsi
• Felix Sunzu

External links

• Club Profil @ WFA