AS Génération Foot
| Génération Foot | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Surname | Académie Génération Foot Amara Touré |
| Seat | Dakar |
| founding | 2000 |
| president | Mady Touré |
| First soccer team | |
| Venue | Stade Déni Birame Ndao |
| Places | 1000 |
| league | Ligue 1 (Senegal) |
| 2018/19 | 1st place |
Académie Génération Foot , also known as Académie Génération Foot Amara Touré , is a football club founded in Dakar ( Senegal ) in 2000 . The club plays its home games at the Stade Déni Biram Ndao with a capacity of 1000 seats. The club's youth academy has produced some of the most famous footballers in the country, including Sadio Mané , Diafra Sakho and Papiss Demba Cissé .
history
The club was founded in Dakar in 2000 by Mady Touré. He got the name from Amara Touré, his father. The association has been based in Déni Biram Ndao since 2013 . In this place in the rural community of Bambylor on the edge of the metropolitan region of Dakar and in the Rufisque department , a spacious training center with a stadium was built with French support. The investments paid off: the club won Ligue 1 Senegal in 2017 and 2019 .
Partnerships
Since 2003 there has been a partnership with FC Metz , which in return for financial support is given priority access to players who leave the club.
successes
- Senegalese champion (2): 2017, 2019
- Senegalese Cup Winner (2): 2015, 2018
Well-known former players
In total, more than 30 former players of the club have become professional footballers.
Web links
- Académie Génération Foot on the FC Metz website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Olaf Jansen, Dakar: Generation Foot: How Africa's most successful football project works . ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed April 5, 2019]).
- ^ Génération Foot - club profile. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
- ^ Inauguration of the nouvelles installations de l'Académie Génération Foot . Retrieved July 15, 2018.
Coordinates: 14 ° 51 '17.4 " N , 17 ° 10' 34.1" W.