Afak Chabab Relizane () is a women's professional

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club based in

Relizane Relizane or Ghilizan (Arabic: غلیزان; is a city in Algeria. It is the capital city of Relizane Province. Toponymy The name of Relizane comes from the Berber ⵉⵖⵉⵍ ⵉⵣⵣⴰⵏ (Iɣil Izzan) which means “burnt / grilled hill” ...

, Algeria. The club is playing in the

Algerian Women's Championship The Algerian Women's Championship () known as Elite National Championship is the top flight of women's association football in Algeria. It is the women's equivalent of the Ligue 1, but is not professional. The competition is run by the Ligue Nati ...

, the top division in the Algerian female football league system.

History

Afak Relizane was founded in 1995 to encourage the practice of sports by young people from

during the

Algerian Civil War The Algerian Civil War (), known in Algeria as the Black Decade (, ), was a civil war fought between the Algerian government and various Islamist rebel groups from 11 January 1992 (following a 1992 Algerian coup d'état, coup negating an Islami ...

. The club is one of the most successful in Algerian women's football clubs. In 2021, the team participated in the first edition of the

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; they finished in second place in the 2021 CAF CL - UNAF zone qualifiers. In August 2022, Afak Relizane became the first women's Algerian club to be professional, this statue was done by the

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(CAF).

Players

Current squad

Notable players

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

Presidents

Honours

National titles

**Winners (11): 2010, 2011,

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

**''Runners-up (7):'' 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009,

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

Algerian Women's Cup The Algerian Women's Cup () is a women's association football competition in Algeria. pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in 1998. It is the women's equivalent of the Algerian Cup The Algerian Cup () also known the Rep ...

**Winners (6): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 **''Runners-up (2):'' 2008, 2009 *

Algerian Women's Super Cup The Algerian Women's Super Cup () is a women's association football competition in Algeria. pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in 2016. It is the women's equivalent of the Algerian Super Cup for men. The winner of the 2 ...

**''Runners-up (1):'' 2016

Continental and Regional titles

* UNAF Women's Champions League **''Runners-up (2):''

*Maghreb Women's Club Tournament **Winners (2): 2010, 2012 **''Runners-up (1):'' 2011 * UNAF U-20 Women's Club Tournament **Winners (1):

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

References

Women's football clubs in Algeria Association football clubs established in 1995 1995 establishments in Algeria {{Algeria-sport-stub Sport in Relizane