AS Real Bamako

{{Short description|Malian football club}} {{Football club infobox| clubname = Real Bamako| image = AS Real Bamako (logo).png| upright = 0.7| fullname = Association Sportive du Real Bamako| nickname = ''The Scorpions''<br>''Le Réal''<ref name="nickname">{{Cite web |url=https://footnickname.wordpress.com/2021/08/28/612-as-real-bamako-le-real/|title=#612 – AS Real Bamako : le Réal|language=fr | publisher=Footnickname |access-date=18 October 2022}}</ref>| founded = {{Start date and age|1960|09|22|df=y}}| ground = Stade Modibo Keïta<br>Bamako, Mali| capacity = 35,000| chairman = | manager = | league = Malian Première Division| season = 2023–24| position = 3rd of 16| pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=_blackstripes|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=000000|body1=FFFFFF|rightarm1=000000|shorts1=000000|socks1=000000| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=_unknown|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFF| }}

'''Association Sportive du Real Bamako''', commonly referred to as '''Real Bamako''' is a Malian professional football club based in Bamako. They compete in the Malian Première Division, top division of Malian football. Their home stadium is Stade Modibo Keïta.{{cn|date=June 2012}}

Among Real Bamako's most successful players was Salif "Domingo" Keïta (1963–67), who went on to win three Championships and the Ballon d'Or Africain (1970) at Saint-Étienne in France.<ref>[http://www.africafoot.com/coupes/special_mali_2002/salif_domingo.html Salif Keita, l'Aigle du Mali] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219231401/http://www.africafoot.com/coupes/special_mali_2002/salif_domingo.html |date=2012-02-19 }}.</ref>

==Achievements==

*'''Malian Première Division: 7''' ::1969, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1991, 2023

*'''Malian Cup: 10''' ::1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1980, 1989, 1991, 2010

==Performance in CAF competitions==

*'''African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League: 10 appearances''' ::1966 – ''Finalist'' ::1970 – Second Round ::1981 – First Round ::1982 – Quarter-finals ::1984 – First Round ::1987 – First Round ::1992 – First Round ::2014 – Second Round ::2017 – Preliminary Round ::2018 – Preliminary Round

*'''CAF Confederation Cup: 3 appearances''' ::2011 – Preliminary Round ::2012 – Second Round ::2014 – Group Stage (Top 8)

*'''CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances''' ::1990 – First Round ::1997 – First Round

{|class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable" |+ Real Bamako in CAF competitions !style="background:#DCDCDC"| Season !style="background:#DCDCDC"| Competition !style="background:#DCDCDC"| Qualification method !style="background:#DCDCDC"| Round !style="background:#DCDCDC"| Opposition !width="80" style="background:#DCDCDC"| Home !width="80" style="background:#DCDCDC"| Away !width="80" style="background:#DCDCDC"| Aggregate |- | rowspan=4|1966 | rowspan=4|African Cup of Champions Clubs | rowspan=4| |align=left|First Round |align=left|{{flagicon|Liberia}} Invincible Eleven | style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|6–0 | style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|2–3 | 9–2 |- |align=left|Quarterfinals |align=left|{{flagicon|Guinea}} Conakry I | style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|2–1 | style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|2–3 | 5–3 |- |align=left|Semifinals |align=left|{{flagicon|Cameroon|1961}} Oryx Douala | style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|3–2 | style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|2–4 | 7–4 |- |align=left|Final |align=left|{{flagicon|CIV}} Stade d'Abidjan |style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|3–1 |style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|4–1 |4–5 |- |rowspan=2|1970 |rowspan=2|African Cup of Champions Clubs |rowspan=2|Malian champions |align=left|First Round |align=left|{{flagicon|Upper Volta}} AS Fonctionnaires |style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|3–0 |style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|2–2 |5–2 |- |Second Round |{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} Stade d'Abidjan |style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|2–3 |style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|6–2 |4–9 |- |1981 |African Cup of Champions Clubs |Malian champions |align=left|First Round |align=left|{{flagicon|Gabon}} USM Nziami | style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|1–0 | style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|1–0 |1–1 (2–4 p) |- | rowspan=3|1982 | rowspan=3|African Cup of Champions Clubs | rowspan=3|Malian champions |align=left|First Round |align=left|{{flagicon|CGO|1970}} Étoile du Congo | style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|1–0 | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|1–1 |2–1 |- |align=left|Second Round |align=left|{{flagicon|Gabon}} USM Nziami |style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|2–0 |style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|1–0 |2–1 |- |align=left|Quarter Finals |align=left|{{flagicon|Zaire}} FC Lupopo |style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|3–2 |style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|2–0 |3–4 |- |1984 |African Cup of Champions Clubs |Malian champions |align=left|First Round |align=left|{{flagicon|Benin|1975}} Dragons de l'Ouémé | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|2–2 | style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|2–0 |2–4 |- | rowspan=X|1987 | rowspan=X|African Cup of Champions Clubs | rowspan=X|Malian champions |align=left|First Round |align=left|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Leventis United F.C. | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|0–0 | style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|4–0 |0–4 |- | rowspan=X|1990 | rowspan=X|African Cup Winners' Cup | rowspan=X|Malian Cup winners |align=left|First Round |align=left|{{flagicon|Ghana}} Hearts of Oak | style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|1–2 | style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|2–0 |1–4 |- | rowspan=2|1992 | rowspan=2|African Cup of Champions Clubs | rowspan=2|Malian champions |align=left|Preliminary Round |align=left|{{flagicon|Mauritania}} ASC Police | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|1–1 | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|1–1 |2–2 (5-4p) |- |align=left|First Round |align=left|{{flagicon|Morocco}} Wydad AC | style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|2–1 | style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|2–0 |2–3 |- | rowspan=X|1997 | rowspan=X|African Cup Winners' Cup | rowspan=X|Malian Cup winners |align=left|First Round |align=left|{{flagicon|Morocco}} FAR Rabat | style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|1–0 | style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|4–1 |2–4 |- | rowspan=X|2011 | rowspan=X|CAF Confederation Cup | rowspan=X|Malian Cup winners |align=left|Preliminary Round |align=left|{{flagicon|Mauritania}} FC Tevragh-Zeina | style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|0–1 | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|0–0 |0–1 |- | rowspan=2|2012 | rowspan=2|CAF Confederation Cup | rowspan=2|Malian Première Division third place |align=left|First Round |align=left|{{flagicon|Gambia}} Gamtel | style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|3–1 | style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|1–0 |3–2 |- |align=left|Second Round |align=left|{{flagicon|Morocco}} Wydad AC | style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|1–0 | style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|3–0 |1–3 |- | rowspan=6|2014 | rowspan=3|CAF Champions League | rowspan=6|Malian Première Division runners-up |align=left|Preliminary Round |align=left|{{flagicon|Morocco}} FAR Rabat | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|1–1 | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|2–2 |3–3(a) |- |align=left|First Round |align=left|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Enyimba International F.C. | style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|0–1 | style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|1–2 |2–2(a) |- |align=left|Second Round |align=left|{{flagicon|Tunisia}} Espérance de Tunis | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|1–1 | style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|3–0 |1–4 |- | rowspan=3|CAF Confederation Cup |rowspan=3 |Group Stage |align=left|{{flagicon|CGO}} AC Léopards | style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|1–2 | style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|1–2 |rowspan=3|'''3rd''' |- |align=left|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} Coton Sport | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|1–1 | style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|2–1 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|CIV}} ASEC Mimosas | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|1–1 | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|0–0 |- | rowspan=X|2017 | rowspan=X|CAF Champions League | rowspan=X|Malian Première Division runners-up |align=left|Preliminary Round |align=left|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Rivers United | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|0–0 | style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|4–0 |0–4 |- | rowspan=X|2018 | rowspan=X|CAF Champions League | rowspan=X|Malian Première Division runners-up |align=left|Preliminary Round |align=left|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} MFM F.C. | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|1–1 | style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|1–0 |1–2 |- | rowspan=6|2022–23 | rowspan=6|CAF Confederation Cup | rowspan=6|Malian Cup runners-up |align=left|First Round |align=left|{{flagicon|BFA}} AS Douanes de Ouagadougou | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|0–0 | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|0–0 |0–0 (3–1p) |- |align=left|Second Round |align=left|{{flagicon|GHA}} Hearts of Oak | style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|3–0 | style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|1–0 |3–1 |- |align=left|Play-Off Round |align=left|{{flagicon|ESW}} Royal Leopards | style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|3–1 | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|1–1 |4–2 |- | rowspan=3|Group Stage | align=left|{{flagicon|TAN}} Young Africans | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|1–1 |style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|2–0 | rowspan=3| '''3rd''' |- | align=left|{{flagicon|TUN}} Union Sportive Monastirienne |style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|1–1 |style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|2–1 |- | align=left|{{flagicon|DRC}} TP Mazembe |style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|2–1 |style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|3–1 |- |rowspan=2|2023–24 |rowspan=2|CAF Champions League |rowspan=2|Malian Première Division champions |align=left|First Round |align=left|{{flagicon|CMR}} Coton Sport |style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|0–0 |style="background:#dfd; text-align:center"|2–0 |2–0 |- |align=left|Second Round |align=left|{{flagicon|MTN}} FC Nouadhibou |style="background:#fdd; text-align:center"|0–3 |style="background:#ffd; text-align:center"|1–1 |1–4 |-

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Competition ! Matches !! W !! D !! L !! GF !! GA |- | African Cup of Champions Clubs / CAF Champions League | 42 || 15 || 13 || 14 || 58 || 64 |- | CAF Confederation Cup | 24 || 6 || 9 || 9 || 23 || 26 |- | CAF Cup Winners' Cup | 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 8 |- ! '''Total''' ! 70 !! 22 !! 22 !! 26 !! 84 !! 98 |}

==Notable former players== {|width="100%" |width="50%" valign="top"| *{{flagicon|Mali}} Salif Keïta *{{flagicon|Mali}} Diadie Samassékou *{{flagicon|Mali}} Yves Bissouma *{{flagicon|Mali}} Mohamed Camara *{{flagicon|Mali}} Kévin Zohi *{{flagicon|Mali}} Cheick Doucouré *{{flagicon|Mali}} Moussa Doumbia |width="50%" valign="top"| *{{flagicon|Mali}} Mahamadou Sidibé *{{flagicon|Mali}} Kalilou Traoré *{{flagicon|Mali}} Boubacar Diarra *{{flagicon|Mali}} Ibourahima Sidibé *{{flagicon|Mali}} Boubacar Koné *{{flagicon|Mali}} Kalifa Coulibaly *{{flagicon|Cameroon}} Marc Mboua |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.mali-sports.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=90 AS REAL de Bamako : Une crise persistante]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Sadou BOCOUM in Soir de Bamako 2007-12-03.

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