# AS Bantous

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/AS_Bantous
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/AS_Bantous.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AS_Bantous
> Source revision: 1296254395
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{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](/source/Stade_Kashala_Bonzola)<br>[Mbuji-Mayi](/source/Mbuji-Mayi), [DR Congo](/source/DR_Congo)
|capacity = 15,000
|chairman = 
|manager  = 
|league   = [Linafoot Ligue 2](/source/Linafoot_Ligue_2)
|season   = 
|position = 
}}
'''Association Sportive Bantous''' is a [Congolese](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo) [football club](/source/football_(soccer)) based in [Mbuji-Mayi](/source/Mbuji-Mayi), [Kasai-Oriental](/source/Kasai-Oriental) province and currently playing in the [Linafoot Ligue 2](/source/Linafoot_Ligue_2), the second level of the [Congolese](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo) 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](/source/Linafoot), the most important football league in the [Democratic Republic of the Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo), in 1995.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

They were finalists in the [Coupe du Congo](/source/Coupe_du_Congo_(DR_Congo)) in 1994, in which they were defeated by [DC Motema Pembe](/source/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](/source/Linafoot)'''
** '''Winners (1):''' 1995
*'''[Coupe du Congo](/source/Coupe_du_Congo_(DR_Congo))'''
** Runners-up (1): 1994

==Performance in CAF competitions==
*'''[African Cup of Champions Clubs](/source/African_Cup_of_Champions_Clubs) / [CAF Champions League](/source/CAF_Champions_League)''': 1 appearances
::[1996](/source/1996_African_Cup_of_Champions_Clubs)&nbsp;– First Round
*'''[CAF Cup](/source/CAF_Cup)''': 2 appearances
::[1994](/source/1994_CAF_Cup)&nbsp;– Second Round
::[1997](/source/1997_CAF_Cup)&nbsp;– Second Round

==References==
{{reflist}}

==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]

{{Linafoot}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bantous, AS}}
Category:Football clubs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category:Mbuji-Mayi

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [AS Bantous](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AS_Bantous) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AS_Bantous?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.