AS Marsa

AS Marsa
Avenir de Marsa
Full nameAvenir Sportif de La Marsa
Nickname(s)Gnaweya (The Okras)
Founded22 February 1939
GroundAbdelaziz Chtioui Stadium
Capacity6,500
ChairmanTaoufik Ben Ncib
ManagerAmeur Derbel
LeagueLigue 2
2023–24Ligue 1, 14th of 14 (relegated)

Avenir Sportif de La Marsa (Arabic: المستقبل الرياضي بالمرسى), known as AS Marsa or simply ASM for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Tunis. The club was founded in 1939 Club Musulman and its colours are green and yellow. Their home stadium, Abdelaziz Chtioui Stadium, has a capacity of 6,500 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2.

Achievements

Performance in national & domestic competitions

Winners : 1961, 1977, 1984, 1990, 1994
Runners-up : 1965, 1966, 1973, 1983, 1987, 1993, 2013, 2022
  • Tunisian League Cup: 1
Winners : 2007
  • Coupe Hédi Chaker
Runners-up : 1961

Performance in international competitions

2005 – Group stage (Top 8)
1985 – First round
1991 – Second round
1995 – Withdrew in Quarter-finals
1992 – Semi-finals
1994 – Semi-finals
  • Maghreb Cup Winners Cup:
Runners-up: 1971

Colours & badges

Coaches

  • 1959–60 : Tunisia Rachid Turki
  • 1960–65 : Hungary Sandor Pazmandy
  • 1965–66 : Tunisia Hmid Dhib
  • 1966–67 : Tunisia Béji Bouachir and
    Tunisia Taoufik Ben Othman
  • 1967–68 : Tunisia Skander Medelgi
  • 1968–69 : Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stanislav Stanković
  • 1969–70 : Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stanislav Stanković then
    Tunisia Taoufik Ben Othman
  • 1970–71 : Tunisia Taoufik Ben Othman
  • 1971–72 : Algeria Ahmed Benelfoul
  • 1972–73 : Algeria Omar Gadhoum
  • 1973–74 : Algeria Omar Gadhoum then Tunisia Ali Selmi
  • 1974–75 : Tunisia Ali Selmi
  • 1975–77 : Tunisia Taoufik Ben Othman
  • 1977–78 : Tunisia Baccar Ben Miled then
    Tunisia Taoufik Ben Othman
  • 1978–79 : Tunisia Ali Selmi
  • 1979–80 : Tunisia Taoufik Ben Othman
  • 1980–81 : Algeria Abdelhamid Kermali
  • 1981–82 : Algeria Rachid Mekhloufi
  • 1982–83 : Tunisia Taoufik Ben Othman
  • 1983–84 : Tunisia Ali Selmi
  • 1984–85 : Tunisia Ali Selmi then
    France Jean-Claude Larrieu
  • 1985–86 : Serbia Dragan Gugleta
  • 1986–87 : Serbia Dragan Gugleta then
    Tunisia Hédi Kouni
  • 1987–88 : Bulgaria Aleksandar Kostov
  • 1988–89 : Tunisia Taoufik Ben Othman
  • 1989–91 : Bulgaria Aleksandar Kostov
  • 1991–92 : Tunisia Ali Selmi
  • 1992–93 : Algeria Rachid Mekhloufi
  • 1993–94 : Tunisia Ali Selmi
  • 1994–95 : Tunisia Taoufik Ben Othman
  • 1995–97 : Tunisia Habib Mejri
  • 1997–98 : Poland Kousteck
  • 1998–99 : Tunisia Khaled Ben Yahia then
    Algeria Ali Fergani
  • 1999–00 : Tunisia Faouzi Merzouki then
    Monaco Armand Forcherio then
    France Serge Devèze
  • 2000–01 : France Serge Devèze then
    Tunisia Baccar Ben Miled then
    Tunisia Taoufik Ben Othman
  • 2001–03 : Tunisia Habib Mejri
  • 2003–05 : Tunisia Ali Selmi
  • 2005–06 : Tunisia Ali Selmi then
    Tunisia Taoufik Ben Othman
  • 2006–07 : Tunisia Habib Mejri
  • 2007–08 : Tunisia Kais Yaacoubi
  • 8 April 2008–08 : Tunisia Mrad Mahjoub
  • 1 July 2008 – 25 Jan 2009 : Algeria Abdelkrim Bira then
    Tunisia Khaled Ben Yahia
  • 2009–Nov 8, 2010 : Tunisia Kamel Chebli
  • 9 Nov 2010 – 13 Dec 2010 : Tunisia Habib Mejri
  • 14 Dec 2010 – 30 June 2013 : France Gérard Buscher
  • 5 July 2013 – 16 Dec 2013 : Serbia Dragan Cvetković
  • 16 Dec 2013 – 30 June 2014 : Tunisia Adel Sellimi
  • 1 July 2014– : Tunisia Mondher Kebaier

Presidents

  • Tunisia 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)
  • Tunisia Mondher Ben Ammar (1972–77)
  • Abdellatif Dahmani (1977–78)
  • Hédi Mehrezi (1978–79)
  • Tunisia Mondher Ben Ammar (1979–80)
  • Hammouda Belkhouja (1980–82)
  • Tunisia 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)
  • Tunisia Montassar Mehrzi (2008–10)
  • Hammouda Louzir (2011)
  • Maher Ben Aïssa (2011–1?)

See also

  • AS Marsa (volleyball)
  • AS Marsa Women's Volleyball

References