Association Sportive et Culturelle Sonelec (sometimes referred to as ASC Sonelec) is a Mauritanean football club based in the capital city of

Nouakchott Nouakchott (; ; ar, نواكشوط; ber, label= Berber, italic=yes, Nwakcoṭ, originally derived from ber, label= Berber, italic=yes, Nawākšūṭ, "place of the winds") page 273. is the capital and largest city of Mauritania. It is one of t ...

. The club plays in the Mauritanean Second Division. In 1995 the team has won the

Mauritanean Premier League Super D1 ( ar, الدوري الموريتاني الممتاز), is the top division of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. It was created in 1976. Current clubs (2021–22) Previous winners *1976: AS Garde Nation ...

, their only title. The club also has two national cup titles which were won for two consecutive seasons in 1997 and 1998. The club is currently playing in the National Second Division in the Special Zone and was 5th of the 2014/15 season. After winning their only championship title ASC Sonalec was to challenge Boavista Praia from Cape Verde in the southwest, the tournament was abandoned and was out of the African Cup of Champions Clubs. This was Sonalec's only appearance, one of a few clubs in what is now the CAF Champions League that has never scored a goal and have never played a match.

Stadium

Currently the team plays at the 10,000 capacity

Stade Olympique (Nouakchott) The Stade Olympique () is a multi-purpose stadium in Nouakchott, Mauritania. It is used mostly for football matches. It also has an athletics track. The capacity has been 20,000 since the most recent renovation. The stadium is used by the Maurit ...

Honours

::Champion (1): 1995 *

Coupe du Président de la République The Mauritanian Cup known as Republic President Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Mauritanean football. It was created in 1976. Winners Performance by club ;Rq: * ACS Ksar ''(includes ASC Sonader Ksar)'' See also * Mauritanian Pre ...

::Winner (2): 1997, 1998

Performance in CAF competitions

CAF Champions League The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and c ...

: 1 appearance ::

1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs The 1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 32nd edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association footbal ...

– First Round :::

Boavista FC Boavista Futebol Clube, commonly known as Boavista (), is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Porto. Founded on 1 August 1903 by British entrepreneurs and Portuguese textile workers (thus the "FC" being appended – the British way as oppos ...

, tournament abandoned, Boavista succeeded to the first round, club lost to Boavista

References

External links

Football clubs in Mauritania Sport in Nouakchott {{Mauritania-footyclub-stub