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Diambars FC de Saly is a football academy in
Saly Saly (also called Sali or Saly Portudal) is a seaside resort and urban commune in Thiès Region on the Petite Côte of Senegal, south of Dakar. It is a major tourist destination in Senegal. History Saly was originally a Portuguese trading post kn ...
, Senegal, which plays in the Senegalese National League 1. It's also a part of Diambars, a non-profit organisation certified by
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History

Diambars was founded in 2003 by former footballer
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and other players. Diambars started at the regional championships, after being the best in regional divisions, Diambars elevated to a professional status in 2009. Diambars came up to the national divisions, then to National 1, Diambars promoted itself to Ligue 2 and in 2011 promoted to Ligue 1 for the first time where they remain into the present day. Their first season was placed in Group A and finished first with 26 points and 8 wins, the goal totals of 18 was shared with
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, the highest. In the final phase, Diambars was placed second behind
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. In their second season in Ligue 1, they achieved their only championship title for 2013, Diambars finished with 52 points (club record) and had 14 wins and scored the most goals numbering 42. In 2014, they were 9th, Djambars was 4th in the 2015–16 season with 38 points and third in goal scoring numbering 30. Diambars won their only League Cup title for 2016. Diambars made their 6th Ligue 1 appearance in October 2016, Diambars had a rough start for the 2016-17 season starting 13th in the first round, but slowly headed to the top positions, 4th in the 4th round, then 2nd at the 10th round and held it for two weeks, their positions later dropped to 6th at the 17th round and regained it and finished at a slightly better position of 3rd place, behind the newcomer
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and well known
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but a position ahead of the nation's greatest club Diaraf (or Jaraaf). Diambars had 40 points which was a point more than Djaraf and 10 wins and draws. Diambars' best players of the club especially in its early years included Pape Souaré,
Idrissa Gueye Idrissa Gana Gueye (born 26 September 1989) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Everton and the Senegal national team. Starting his career at Diambars in his native Senegal, Gueye joined Fre ...
, Kara Mbodj, Saliou Ciss, Omar Wade, Badou (Papa Alioune Ndiaye),
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and Serigne Kara. Serigné Kara later signed a deal with
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on 17 February 2010 and became the first Senegalese (and probably West African) to play both in Tromsø and a team based north of the Arctic Circle. Salou Ciss later signed and played with that club and was the second Senegalese to play with a Tromsø based club.


Continental competition

The club made its only appearance at the continental Champions League in
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. There, Djambars played
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to a 1–1 draw before losing 2–4 on penalty kicks.


Logo and uniform

Its team logo are crimson and black, the footballer (soccer player) is coloured black and its rim edges are in crimson. The letters "Di", "mb", "rs" is coloured black while the two as are in crimson. Its home uniform color has a red or crimson t-shirt and socks with white rims on top of the sleeves and black shorts with a white rim. Its away uniform are all in white with rims on top of the t-shirt, two around the collar and another two on its sleeves and on its shorts. Its uniform colors up to around 2014 were a red t-shirt and shorts with blue shorts for home matches and a blue t-shirt and socks with white shorts for away or alternate matches.


Honours

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**Champions (1): 2013 *
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**Winners (2): 2016, 2019 *Coupe de l'Assemblée Nationale du Sénégal **Winners (3): 2011, 2012, 2013


League and cup history


Performance in CAF competitions

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: 1 appearance


National level


Statistics

*Best position: Preliminary round (continental) *Best position at the League Cup: 1st *Appearances at Ligue 1: 6 *Appearances at the League Cup: 6 *Appearances at the Super Cup: 3 *Highest number of wins in a season: 14, in 2013 *Highest number of draws in a season: 11, in 2016 *Highest number of goals scored in a season: 42, in 2013 *Highest number of points in a season: 52, in 2013 *Highest goals conceded in a season: 26, in 2014


Notable players

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Joseph Lopy Joseph Romeric Lopy (born 15 March 1992) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Pau. Club career Born in Boutoupa, Lopy is a product of Diambars. He signed a trainee contract with Sochaux, and si ...
* Pape Souaré *
Idrissa Gueye Idrissa Gana Gueye (born 26 September 1989) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Everton and the Senegal national team. Starting his career at Diambars in his native Senegal, Gueye joined Fre ...
* Kara Mbodj * Abdoulaye Seck *
Abdou Karim Camara Abdou Karim Camara (born 27 October 1992) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Norwegian club Molde and French clubs AS Cherbourg and Stade Montois. Career Camara was born in Tambacounda, and played fou ...
* Saliou Ciss * Omar Wade *
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Vieux Sané Vieux Yakhya Sané (born 4 August 1989) is a Senegalese professional association football, footballer who last played as a defender (association football), defender for SK Brann, Brann. He has previously played for Tromsø IL, Tromsø, FK Bodø/ ...
* Mignane Diouf *
Aliou Baldé Aliou Badara Baldé (born 12 December 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss club Lausanne-Sport on loan from club Nice. Born in Senegal, he represents Guinea internationally, after representing Senegal at youth le ...
* Boubacar Amaséa * Amadou O. Diallo * Dmytro Lezhnov *
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* Massiré Sylla


References


External links

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