SOA (football club)

SOA
Full nameSociété Omnisport de l'Armée Football
Nickname(s)S.O.A.
Les Militaires (The Military people)[1]
Founded1932 (1932)
GroundStade Charles Konan Banny
Capacity20,000
ChairmanJulien N'Dri Kouamé
Philippe Mangou
ManagerLanciné Pereira Koné
LeagueLigue 1
2024–25Ligue 1,6th of 16

Société Omnisports de l'Armée, commonly known as SOA, is an Ivorian professional football club based in Yamoussoukro. The club is a member of the Ivorian Football Federation Premiere Division. They play at the Stade Charles Konan Banny.

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  CIV Abdoul Mohamed Ouattara
2 MF  CIV Simon Kangoh
3 DF  RWA Jean-Baptiste Kaboré
4 MF  CIV Parfait Konan Kouakou
5 DF  CIV Youba Koné
6 DF  CIV Abdoul Coulibaly
7 DF  CIV Cheick Hibrahim Bokoum
8 MF  CIV Ibrahim Sylla
9 FW  CIV Vieron Rémi Gabiem
10 MF  CIV Alassane Karamoko
11 MF  CIV Pierre M'Bena
12 FW  CIV Dosso Gouaméné
13 DF  CIV Gnagrah Assié
14 FW  CIV Issouf Sangaré
15 MF  CIV Magloire Désiré Kouamé
16 GK  CIV Namory Diomandé
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  CIV Adama Hamed Diomandé
18 MF  CIV Malan Richard N'Goran
19 MF  CIV Yao Mathieu Kouamé
20 MF  RWA Anselme Gnahoré
21 MF  CIV Oumar Diallo
22 GK  CIV Guyan Kanté
23 DF  CIV Harouna Toe
24 MF  BFA Djomagan Fofana
25 FW  CIV Kouassi Auguste Konan
26 DF  CIV Lamine Diakité
27 DF  CIV Manfah Soumahoro
28 DF  CIV Nick Olivier Blékou Yohoré
29 MF  CIV Aboubakar Sidiki Diaby
30 FW  CIV Mamadou Koné
MF  CIV Christian Nougbélé

Honours

Performance in CAF competitions

2020 – Preliminary Round
2009 – First Round
1997 – quarter-finals

Miscellaneous

On 19.June 1994, SO Armee played 2:1 in the Ivorian league against ASEC, thus ending ASEC's world record unbeaten streak of 108 league and domestic cup games between 1989 and 1994.[2]

References

  1. ^ "#666 – Société Omnisports de l'Armée : les Militaires" (in French). Footnickname. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  2. ^ ″Asec's amazing run ″ Archived 2018-06-25 at the Wayback Machine at BBC Sport online. Retrieved 26.March 2013.