AS Marsa

AS Marsa

Full name	Avenir Sportif de La Marsa
Nickname(s)	Gnaweya (The Okras)
Founded	22 February 1939
Ground	Abdelaziz Chtioui Stadium La Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
Capacity	6,500
Chairman	Taoufik Ben Ncib
Manager	Abdelkarim Bouguerra
League	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2
2023–24	14th of 14 (relegated)
Website	www.asmarsa.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Avenir Sportif de La Marsa (Arabic: المستقبل الرياضي بالمرسى), known as AS Marsa or simply ASM for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Tunis. The club was founded in 1939 and its colours are green and yellow. Their home stadium, Abdelaziz Chtioui Stadium, has a capacity of 6,500 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2.

When the club was founded its name was Club Musulman (lit. 'Muslim Club').

Achievements

Performance in national & domestic competitions

• Tunisian President Cup: 5

Winners : 1961, 1977, 1984, 1990, 1994

Runners-up : 1965, 1966, 1973, 1983, 1987, 1993, 2013, 2022

• Tunisian League Cup: 1

Winners : 2007

• Coupe Hédi Chaker

Runners-up : 1961

Performance in international competitions

• CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance

2005 – Group stage (Top 8)

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances

1985 – First round

1991 – Second round

1995 – Withdrew in Quarter-finals

• Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances

1992 – Semi-finals

1994 – Semi-finals

• Maghreb Cup Winners Cup:

Runners-up: 1971

Colours & badges

AS Marsa's active sections
Football	Basketball	Volleyball

AS Marsa supporters help is needed to develop this section.

Coaches

• 1959–60 : Rachid Turki
• 1960–65 : Sandor Pazmandy
• 1965–66 : Hmid Dhib
• 1966–67 : Béji Bouachir and
  Taoufik Ben Othman
• 1967–68 : Skander Medelgi
• 1968–69 : Stanislav Stanković
• 1969–70 : Stanislav Stanković then
  Taoufik Ben Othman
• 1970–71 : Taoufik Ben Othman
• 1971–72 : Ahmed Benelfoul
• 1972–73 : Omar Gadhoum
• 1973–74 : Omar Gadhoum then Ali Selmi
• 1974–75 : Ali Selmi
• 1975–77 : Taoufik Ben Othman
• 1977–78 : Baccar Ben Miled then
  Taoufik Ben Othman
• 1978–79 : Ali Selmi
• 1979–80 : Taoufik Ben Othman
• 1980–81 : Abdelhamid Kermali
• 1981–82 : Rachid Mekhloufi
• 1982–83 : Taoufik Ben Othman
• 1983–84 : Ali Selmi
• 1984–85 : Ali Selmi then
  Jean-Claude Larrieu
• 1985–86 : Dragan Gugleta
• 1986–87 : Dragan Gugleta then
  Hédi Kouni
• 1987–88 : Aleksandar Kostov
• 1988–89 : Taoufik Ben Othman
• 1989–91 : Aleksandar Kostov
• 1991–92 : Ali Selmi
• 1992–93 : Rachid Mekhloufi
• 1993–94 : Ali Selmi
• 1994–95 : Taoufik Ben Othman
• 1995–97 : Habib Mejri
• 1997–98 : Kousteck
• 1998–99 : Khaled Ben Yahia then
  Ali Fergani
• 1999–00 : Faouzi Merzouki then
  Armand Forcherio then
  Serge Devèze
• 2000–01 : Serge Devèze then
  Baccar Ben Miled then
  Taoufik Ben Othman
• 2001–03 : Habib Mejri
• 2003–05 : Ali Selmi
• 2005–06 : Ali Selmi then
  Taoufik Ben Othman
• 2006–07 : Habib Mejri
• 2007–08 : Kais Yaacoubi
• 8 April 2008–08 : Mrad Mahjoub
• 1 July 2008 – 25 Jan 2009 : Abdelkrim Bira then
  Khaled Ben Yahia
• 2009–Nov 8, 2010 : Kamel Chebli
• 9 Nov 2010 – 13 Dec 2010 : Habib Mejri
• 14 Dec 2010 – 30 June 2013 : Gérard Buscher
• 5 July 2013 – 16 Dec 2013 : Dragan Cvetković
• 16 Dec 2013 – 30 June 2014 : Adel Sellimi
• 1 July 2014– : Mondher Kebaier

Presidents

• M'hammed Zaouchi (1939–55)
• Othman Ben Othman (1955–56)
• Belhassen Aouij (1956–57)
• Béji Mestiri (1957–59)
• Chedly Hassouna (1959–64)
• Slim Tlili (1964)
• Ali Kallel (1965–66)
• Chedly Hassouna (1966–68)
• Abdellatif Dahmani (1968–71)
• Ali Bouzaiane (1971–72)
• Mondher Ben Ammar (1972–77)
• Abdellatif Dahmani (1977–78)
• Hédi Mehrezi (1978–79)
• Mondher Ben Ammar (1979–80)
• Hammouda Belkhouja (1980–82)
• Mondher Ben Ammar (1982–85)
• Abderrahman Oueslati (1985–88)
• Hammouda Belkhouja (1988–90)
• Tijani Meddeb (1990–92)
• Mahmoud Azzouz (1992–94)
• Khaled Bach Hamba (1994–96)
• Jalel Gherab (1996–98)
• Manef Mellouli (1998–99)
• Mahmoud Azzouz (1999–01)
• Brahim Riahi (2001–06)
• Mondher Mami (2006–08)
• Montassar Mehrzi (2008–10)
• Hammouda Louzir (2011)
• Maher Ben Aïssa (2011–1?)

See also

• AS Marsa (volleyball)
• AS Marsa Women's Volleyball

External links

• Team profil at WFA. Archived 23 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine.