{{more citations needed|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox football club | |clubname = AS Bantous |image = |fullname = Association Sportive Bantous |nickname = Tshikulu |founded = 1961 |ground = Stade Kashala Bonzola<br>Mbuji-Mayi, DR Congo |capacity = 15,000 |chairman = |manager = |league = Linafoot Ligue 2 |season = |position = }} '''Association Sportive Bantous''' is a Congolese football club based in Mbuji-Mayi, Kasai-Oriental province and currently playing in the Linafoot Ligue 2, the second level of the Congolese football.
==History== AS Bantous was founded in 1961<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zairefound.html |title=Congo-Kinshasa (DR Congo, Zaire) – Foundation Dates of Clubs |work=RSSSF |access-date=29 September 2023}}</ref> and they won the Linafoot, the most important football league in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 1995.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
They were finalists in the Coupe du Congo in 1994, in which they were defeated by DC Motema Pembe. Internationally, they have participated in three continental tournaments, but have never passed the second round.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
==Honours== *'''Linafoot''' ** '''Winners (1):''' 1995 *'''Coupe du Congo''' ** Runners-up (1): 1994
==Performance in CAF competitions== *'''African Cup of Champions Clubs / CAF Champions League''': 1 appearances ::1996 – First Round *'''CAF Cup''': 2 appearances ::1994 – Second Round ::1997 – Second Round
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==External links== *[https://int.soccerway.com/teams/congo-dr/as-bantous/14749/ Club profile] - ''Soccerway.com'' *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150604011351/http://www.weltfussballarchiv.com/images/club_logos/200x200/13148.png Club logo]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bantous, AS}} Category:Football clubs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Category:Mbuji-Mayi