Football club
Afak Relizane |
Full name | Afak Chabab Relizane |
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Nickname(s) | El Afak |
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Founded | 1995 (29 years ago) (1995) |
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Ground | Tahar Zoughari Stadium Relizane, Algeria |
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Capacity | 30,000 |
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President | Rachida Benallou |
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Head Coach | Sid Ahmed Mouaz |
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League | Algerian Women's Championship |
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2022–23 | Champions |
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Afak Chabab Relizane (Arabic: آفاق شباب غليزان, lit. 'Relizane Youth Horizons') is a women's professional football club based in Relizane, Algeria. The club is playing in the Algerian Women's Championship, the top division in the Algerian female football league system.
History
Afak Relizane was founded in 1995[1] to encourage the practice of sports by young people from Relizane during the Algerian Civil War.[2] The club is one of the most successful in Algerian women's football clubs.[1]
In 2021, the team participated in the first edition of the African Champions League;[3] they finished in second place in the 2021 CAF CL - UNAF zone qualifiers. In August 2022, Afak Relizane became the first women's Algerian club to be professional, this statue was done by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).[4]
Players
Current squad
- As of 27 August 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. | Pos. | Nation | Player | — | GK | ALG | Hadda Ayad | — | GK | ALG | Kaoutar Saïda Meghelli | — | DF | ALG | Kelthoum Arbi Aouda (c) | — | DF | ALG | Naïma Barkat | — | DF | ALG | Nadjah Djorni | — | DF | ALG | Djawhar Nafissa Hadji | — | DF | ALG | Faiza Messaouer | — | DF | ALG | Fatiha Belkadi | — | DF | ALG | Habiba Sadou | — | MF | ALG | Halima Meçabih | — | MF | ALG | Aïcha Hamidèche | — | MF | ALG | Zeyneb Kendouci | | |
Notable players
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
Position | Staff |
Manager | Sid Ahmed Mouaz |
Assistant manager | ... |
Senior goalkeeping coach | ... |
Fitness coaches | ... |
Manager history
Dates | Name | Notes |
0000– | ... |
0000– | Sid Ahmed Mouaz | |
2011–2012 | Soraya Bouabdellah | |
0000–present | Sid Ahmed Mouaz | |
Presidents
Afak Relizane |
From | To | President |
| | Belhadj Djelloul Bouazza |
| present | Rachida Benallou |
Honours
National titles
- Algerian Women's Championship
- Winners (11): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Runners-up (7): 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2019
Regional titles
- Maghreb Women's Club Tournament[5][6][7]
- Winners (2): 2010, 2012
- Runners-up (1): 2011
- 2021 – UNAF qualifiers round
- 2022 – UNAF qualifiers round
- 2023 – UNAF qualifiers round
References
- ^ a b "AFAK : Mériter une place dans le Guinness". El Watan. Issac B. 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Mariage ou ballon rond: des Algériennes face à un dilemme". Le Point. 6 March 2021.
- ^ "CAF CL/Fem., La FAF va aider l'Afak Relizane". dzfoot.com. Juba Touabi. 30 June 2021.
- ^ "كرة القدم النسوية : آفاق غليزان أول نادي جزائري يحصل على إجازة الفريق المحترف". aps.dz. 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Maghreb Champions' Cup (Women)". rsssf. Hans Schöggl. 21 April 2021.
- ^ "Afak Relizane remporte le tournoi maghrébin à Aïn Defla". L'Expression. R. S. 11 March 2010.
- ^ "Football féminin : un tournoi maghrébin à Aïn Defla". El Watan. 24 February 2012.
Seasons | Regional leagues | - 1998–99
- 1999–00
- 2000–01
- 2001–02
- 2002–03
- 2003–04
- 2004–05
- 2005–06
- 2006–07
- 2007–08
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Division 1 | |
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Current teams | - CF Akbou
- ASE Alger Centre
- CR Belouizdad
- AS Evasion Béjaïa
- USF Béjaïa
- MZ Biskra
- CS Constantine
- AR Guelma
- JF Khroub
- Afak Relizane
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Former teams | - AS Sûreté Nationale (Algiers)
- CLT Belouizdad (Algiers)
- CSF Casbah (Algiers)
- MC Kouba (Algiers)
- NRB Bab El Oued (Algiers)
- ESF Amizour
- CM Draâ Erriche (Annaba)
- ASFW Béjaïa
- FC Béjaïa
- AC Biskra
- F Blida
- LSTPW Bouira
- APDSF Boumerdès
- ESF Constantine
- UM Djelfa
- SF El Attaf
- ASJ Khémis Miliana
- MO Khroub
- Irathen SF (Larbaâ Nath Irathen)
- ASJ Canastel Oran
- AS Intissar Oran
- AS Noudjoum Wahran (Oran)
- AS Oran Centre
- AFW Oum Bouaghi
- JS Sétif
- FC Russicada (Skikda)
- FJ Skikda
- ARTSF Tébessa
- COTS Tiaret
- APDSF Tizi Ouzou
- ESFOR Touggourt
- SMB Touggourt
- MS Houda
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