Association Sportive et Culturelle de la Snim (Arabic: الجمعية الرياضية و الثقافية لاسنيم) known as ASC SNIM is a professional Mauritanean football club playing in the city of Nouadhibou the capital of Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region. Its main sponsor and owner of club is SNIM (Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière), Iron ore company.

ASC SNIM
Full nameAssociation Sportive et Culturelle de la Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière
Nickname(s)Mineurs, Miners
Founded1976
GroundStade Municipal, Nouadhibou
Capacity10,300
ChairmanSidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
ManagerSidhi Ould Sidha
LeagueMauritanean Premier League
2023–202411th

History

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The club was founded in 1976 and is Nouadhibou's oldest club.

The team was named CF Cansado (Club de Football de Cansado) when it was owned by Cansado from 2009 to 2012.

The club as Cansado went to the 2010 Mauritanian Super Cup and lost the match 3–1 and the title to Tevragh-Zeina.

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Its logo colours are blue and orange and has a shield-crest with the full name of the club on top, the SNIM logo in the middle with club names around it and has four blue circular stripes and a blue tab with the club's location written in the middle and coloured in gold.

Uniforms

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Home uniform up to 2009

Its uniform colours are a blue shirt, blue socks and light orange shorts during home games, and white t-shirt with thin blue wavy stripes on top and on socks, and light blue shorts during away or alternate games.

Its uniform up to 2009 was a blue-light orange t-shirt with blue sleeves and blue socks and a light orange shorts for home games.

Achievements

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League and cup history

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Performance in CAF competitions

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Ksar's results in CAF competition
Season Competition Qualification method Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate
1993 African Cup Winners' Cup Mauritanian cup winners First Round   Benfica Bissau canc, canc. [a]
Second Round   Lost to JS Kabylie 1–8 1–3 3–9
2003 CAF Champions League Mauritanean champions Preliminary Round   ASEC Abidjan, 0–7, 0–2 0–7 0–2 2–7

Positions

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  • 2011/12: 4th
  • 2013/14: 2nd (Group A), 6th (Final Stage)

Statistics

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  • Best position: Preliminaries (continental)
  • Best position at cup competitions: Second Round (continental)
  • Appearances at a Super Cup competition: Once (national)
  • Total goals scored at the Super Cup: 1 (national)
  • Total matches played at the CAF Champions League: 2
  • Total matches played at cup competitions: 2
  • Total number of wins at the continental level: 2
  • Total number of goals scored at the continental level: 5
    • CAF Champions League: 2
  • Cup competitions: 3

Coaches

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  •   Mbodj Amadou (until 2012/13)
  •   Sidi Ould Sidha (as of 2014)

Notes

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  1. ^ Benfica Bissau withdrew
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