Association Sportive d'Arta (currently known as Arta Solar 7 for sponsorship reasons) is a football club from Arta, Djibouti which plays in the Djibouti Premier League, the highest level of Djiboutian football. Their home stadium, like all Djiboutian teams, is the 20,000-capacity El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium.
History The club was founded as AS Compagnie Djibouti-Ethiopie in 1980. From 2007 to 2014, they were known as AS CDE-Colas. They have since been known as AS CDE/Arta The Fairy Mountaineers when sponsored by Ethio-Djibouti Railways (,Djibouti 2015/16, RSSSF.com and Arta/SIHD when sponsored by the International Hydrocarbon Society ().Djibouti 2016/17, RSSSF.com
As of 2018, the club is known as Arta Solar 7, due to sponsorship with Djibouti-based Solar power company Solar 7.
In November 2020, the Djiboutian club surprised world football by signing midfielder Alex Song, formerly of Arsenal and Barcelona. In addition to playing for the core team as captain, Song oversees the development of youngsters at Solar throughout this contract period.
In the 2020/21 season, Arta Solar 7 won its first Djibouti Premier League title with 46 points out of 18 games. In the following season, 2021/22, the team won his two-time champion in the local league, this time adding 45 points.
Performance in CAF competitions CAF Champions League: 2 appearances 2022 – First Round 2023 – First Round
CAF Confederation Cup: 3 appearances 2019 – Preliminary Round 2020 – Preliminary Round 2021 – Preliminary Round
Results PR = Preliminary round FR = First round
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate2018–19CAF Confederation CupPRKariobangi Sharks0–31–61–92019–20CAF Confederation CupPRAl-Khartoum1–10–31–42020–21CAF Confederation CupPRAl Mokawloon Al Arab0–11–91–102021–22CAF Champions LeagueFRTusker1–10–41–52022–23CAF Champions LeagueFRAl-Merrikh1–20–01–2
Performance in UAFA competitions Arab Champions League 3 appearances 2023 – Preliminary Round 2008 – Round of 32 2006 – Round of 32
Performance in CECAFA competitions Kagame Interclub Cup 4 appearances 2019 - Group Stage 2018 - Quarter-finals 2006 - Group Stage 2001 - Group Stage
Players
Current squad
Players with multiple nationalities Samuel Akinbinu Gabriel Dadzie Raphaël Diarra Warsama Hassan Sulait Luyima Alain Traoré
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