Association Sportive Olympique de Chlef (), known as ASO Chlef or simply ASO for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Chlef, founded in 1947. The club colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium, has a capacity of some 20,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
History ASO Chlef was founded on June 13, 1947, as Association Sportive d'Orléansville, Orléansville being the colonial name of Chlef at the time. The club was founded by the indigenous Algerian Muslim community of the city who wanted a club to rival the already existing European club in the city, Groupement Sportif Orléansville. In its first season of existence, the club finished second in the third division. In the following two seasons, it won promotion to the first division. After Algeria gained its independence in 1962, the name of the city was changed from Orléansville to El Asnam and the club changed its name to Asnam Sportive Olympique, keeping its original ASO initials.
On June 21, 2005, ASO Chlef won its first domestic title after beating USM Sétif 1–0 in the final of the 2005 Algerian Cup with a goal from Mohamed Messaoud in extra-time. By winning the Cup, they also qualified for continental competition for the first time, earning a spot in the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup. However, their run in African competition came to a quick end. After walking over ASC Entente of Mauritania in the preliminary round, they lost to AS Douanes of Senegal 1–0 on aggregate in the first round.
In the 2007–08 season, ASO Chlef achieved its best league finish to date by finishing second in the Algerian Championnat National, 10 points behind champions JS Kabylie.
On June 21, 2011, led by head coach Meziane Ighil, ASO Chlef won its first Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 title after second-placed CR Belouizdad lost to USM El Harrach.Ligue 1 : L'ASO Chlef est champion 2010/2011
On May 12, 2012, ASO Chlef beat Sudanese club Al-Hilal 4–2 in a penalty shoot-out in the second round of the 2012 CAF Champions League after the two legs ended up tied 2–2 to qualify to the group stage for the first time in the club's history.
On June 22, 2023, the club led by head coach Abdelkader Amrani beat CR Belouizdad 2–1 in the final of the 2022-23 Algerian Cup to win its second cup title.
Crest
Honours Domestic competitions
Algerian Ligue 1 Champions (1): 2010–11 Runners-up (1): 2007–08 Third place (3): 1985–86, 1986–87, 2005–06 Algerian Cup Winners (2): 2004–05, 2022–23 Runners-up (1): 1991–92
Performance in CAF competitions CAF Champions League: 2 appearances 2009 – First Round 2012 – Group stage
CAF Confederation Cup: 4 appearances 2006 – First Round 2007 – Second Round 2015 – Second Round 2024 – First Round
Players Algerian teams are limited to four foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;
Current squad
Personnel Current technical staff
Position Staff Head coach Abdelhaq Belaid Assistant coach Samir Chibane Goalkeeping coach Hussein Aabrous Fitness coach Abdelali Sehri Analyst Takieddine Zemouri
Notable players Below are the notable former players who have represented ASO Chlef in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1947. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 100 official matches for the club or represented the national team for which the player is eligible during his stint with ASO Chlef or following his departure.
For a complete list of ASO Chlef players, see :Category:ASO Chlef players
Mohamed Messaoud Abderrazak Belgherbi Mohamed Belgherbi Samir Zaoui Farid Cheklam Bouabdellah Daoud Azzedine Doukha Lounès Gaouaoui Samir Hadjaoui Fodil Megharia Mohamed Seguer Karim Ali Hadji Ameur Benali Mustapha Meksi El Arbi Hillel Soudani Mohamed Talis Alhassane Issoufou
Managers List of managers Information correct as of 6 June 2026. Only competitive matches are counted.
+Key* Caretaker manager
NameFromToMatchesWonDrawnLostWin% Abdelkader Amrani July 2003 June 2007122474134 Rachid Belhout 1 July 2007 9 June 20083315108 Said Hadj Mansour 1 July 2008 30 June 200939141312 Moussa Saïb 30 June 2009 30 August 20094022 Meziane Ighil 10 July 2010 5 September 2011332166 Noureddine Saâdi 6 September 2011 30 May 201240181012 Rachid Belhout 1 June 2012 25 October 201212237 Mohamed Benchouia* 25 October 2012 15 November 20122011 Nour Benzekri 17 November 2012 24 January 20139441 Mohamed Benchouia* 25 January 2013 30 June 201314617 Meziane Ighil 1 July 2013 8 October 201437111412 Mohamed Benchouia 9 October 2014 30 May 201535121211 Samir Zaoui 17 July 2019 8 March 202024879 Fodil Moussi 27 November 2020 22 January 20219414 Nadhir Leknaoui 24 January 2021 26 February 20213102 Meziane Ighil 10 March 2021 11 May 20217115 Samir Zaoui 11 May 2021 12 June 202252191815 Lyamine Bougherara 30 July 2022 7 December 202214365 Abdelkader Amrani 22 January 2023 16 July 2023191054 Abdelkader Yaiche 12 August 2023 9 October 20236312 Kais Yaâkoubi 25 October 2023 10 January 20248224 Chérif Hadjar 15 January 2024 15 June 202419865 Samir Zaoui 15 July 2024 21 June 20253171311 Fouad Bouali 21 July 2025 13 January 202617557 Abdelhaq Belaid 13 January 2026 16628
+List of ASO Chlef managers by games # Manager Period G W D L Win % Honours1 Abdelkader Amrani 2003 – 2007, 2023 141 57 46 38 2 Algerian Cup2 Samir Zaoui 2019 – 2020, 2021 – 2022 2024 – 2025 107 34 38 35 3 Meziane Ighil 2010 – 2011, 2013 – 2014, 2021 77 33 21 23 1 Ligue Professionnelle 1 4 Mohamed Benchouia 2012, 2013, 2014 – 2015 51 18 14 19
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