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Académie Super Olympique d'une Afrique Renaissante, commonly known as SOAR and formerly known as CO Coyah, is a Guinean
football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...
located in Ratoma, Guinea. The club competes in the Ligue 1 Pro, the top division of football in Guinea. Nicknamed SOAR, it was founded as CO Coyah in, but changed its name to Académie Super Olympique d'une Afrique Renaissante in 2019. SOAR has established itself as a talent generator developing young players most notably
Morlaye Sylla Morlaye Sylla (born 27 July 1998) is a Guinean international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Arouca and the Guinea national team. International career Sylla made his debut with the Guinea national team in a 1–0 2020 African Nations ...
.


History

Coyah was first promoted into the Guinée Championnat National for the 2016–17 season. Founded as ''Club Olympique de Coyah'' (''CO Coyah'' or short), had pretty rough times in the league bouncing back between the first and second league. In 2019 as CO Coyah had been promoted they had been bought by Almamy Saidou Sylla who rebranded the club as ''SOAR''. The club became a talent generator focusing on promoting young players. The same season the club finished 4th. In the 2021/22 the club finished second runners up to
Horoya AC Horoya Athletic Club, also known as Horoya Conakry or H.A.C., is a Guinean professional football club based in Conakry, Guinea. The club plays in the Ligue 1 Pro, the top tier in the Guinean football league system. It was founded in 1975. Histo ...
. The club developed many African talents such as
Morlaye Sylla Morlaye Sylla (born 27 July 1998) is a Guinean international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Arouca and the Guinea national team. International career Sylla made his debut with the Guinea national team in a 1–0 2020 African Nations ...
and Béni Makouana.


Colours and badge

Coyah's colours are Blue and Black.


Former managers

* Rachid Ghaflaoui (2019–2020)


References


External links


GSA profile

Socerway profile
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