AS Dragons FC de l'Ouémé

The Association Sportive Dragons FC de l'Ouémé, known as Dragons de l'Ouémé, is a Beninese professional football club based in the town of Porto-Novo. They play in the Beninese first division, the Benin Premier League.

Dragons

Full name	Association Sportive Dragons FC de l'Ouémé
Founded	1972
Ground	Stade Charles de Gaulle Porto-Novo, Benin
Capacity	15,000
Manager	Lafiou Yessoufou
League	Benin Premier League
2019-20	-
Home colours

The club was founded in 1972.^[1]

Achievements

• Benin Premier League: 12

1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003.

• Benin Cup: 6

1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 2006, 2011.

• Benin Independence Cup: 1

2000.

• African Cup Winners Cup

1987: Semi-finals

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 4 appearances

1999: Preliminary Round

2000: First Round

2003: Preliminary Round

2004: First Round

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 7 appearances

1979: First Round 1980: First Round 1983: First Round

1984: Second Round 1990: Preliminary Round 1994: First Round

1995: First Round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances

2007: Preliminary Round

2012:

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 7 appearances

1985: Quarter-finals 1986: First Round 1987: Semi-finals

1988: First Round 1991: First Round 1993: Second Round

1998: First Round

• CAF Cup: 3 appearances

1992: Second Round

1996: First Round

1997: Preliminary Round

Current squad

Squad for the 2019–20 Benin Premier League

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BEN Nestor Degbogbahoun — GK  BEN Abiola Katchon — DF  BEN Jean Ogouchi — DF  BEN Cyrille Aloya — DF  TOG Junior Dogbatse — DF  BEN Chams-Deen Chaona — DF  BEN Kisito Atangana — DF  TOG Éric Ayaovi — DF  BEN Luc Bia — MF  BEN Latifou Tadjou — MF  BEN Dominique Fansoaye

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BEN Pavleck Ehoue — MF  BEN Ahmed Yessoufou — MF  GHA Koomson Biney — MF  BEN Djamal Fassassi — FW  TOG Folly Gbadoegan — FW  BEN Yaya Ahimane — FW  TOG Anthonio Savant — FW  BEN David Tchetchao — FW  NGA Christopher Elijah — FW  BEN Djibril Tossou — FW  BEN Amadou Moustafirou

The 1987 African Cup Winners Cup Epopee

In 1987, the Dragons de l'Oueme, led by a Dream Team composed of Abédi Pelé, Peter Rufai, Gangbo Bashirou, Kingston Ashabi and with the vision and ambition of late Gbadamassi Moucharaf (then club chairman) reached the semi-finals at the African Cup Winners Cup. In the semi-finals, the Dragons de l'Oueme lost by 2–3 to Gor Mahia of Kenya.

Managers

• Moussa Latoundji (1995)
• Karim Abdul Razak (1999–2000)