SOA (football club)

For the basketball club, see SOA (basketball club).

Société Omnisports de l'Armée, commonly known as SOA, is an Ivorian professional football club based in Yamoussoukro. The club is a member of the Ivorian Football Federation Premiere Division. They play at the Stade Charles Konan Banny.

SOA

Full name	Société Omnisport de l'Armée Football
Nickname(s)	S.O.A. Les Militaires (The Military people)[1]
Founded	1932; 93 years ago (1932)
Ground	Stade Charles Konan Banny
Capacity	20,000
Chairman	Julien N'Dri Kouamé Philippe Mangou
Manager	Lanciné Pereira Koné
League	Ligue 1
2024–25	Ligue 1,6th of 16
Home colours Away colours

Current squad

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 1 GK  CIV Abdoul Mohamed Ouattara 2 MF  CIV Simon Kangoh 3 DF  RWA Jean-Baptiste Kaboré 4 MF  CIV Parfait Konan Kouakou 5 DF  CIV Youba Koné 6 DF  CIV Abdoul Coulibaly 7 DF  CIV Cheick Hibrahim Bokoum 8 MF  CIV Ibrahim Sylla 9 FW  CIV Vieron Rémi Gabiem 10 MF  CIV Alassane Karamoko 11 MF  CIV Pierre M'Bena 12 FW  CIV Dosso Gouaméné 13 DF  CIV Gnagrah Assié 14 FW  CIV Issouf Sangaré 15 MF  CIV Magloire Désiré Kouamé 16 GK  CIV Namory Diomandé

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  CIV Adama Hamed Diomandé 18 MF  CIV Malan Richard N'Goran 19 MF  CIV Yao Mathieu Kouamé 20 MF  RWA Anselme Gnahoré 21 MF  CIV Oumar Diallo 22 GK  CIV Guyan Kanté 23 DF  CIV Harouna Toe 24 MF  BFA Djomagan Fofana 25 FW  CIV Kouassi Auguste Konan 26 DF  CIV Lamine Diakité 27 DF  CIV Manfah Soumahoro 28 DF  CIV Nick Olivier Blékou Yohoré 29 MF  CIV Aboubakar Sidiki Diaby 30 FW  CIV Mamadou Koné — MF  CIV Christian Nougbélé

Honours

• Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division
  • Champions: 2018–19
• Côte d'Ivoire Cup
  • Winners: 1996
  • Runners-up: 2006
• Coupe de la Ligue de Côte d'Ivoire
  • Winners: 2014
• Félix Houphouët-Boigny Cup
  • Winners: 1996, 2019

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 1 appearance

2020 – Preliminary Round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance

2009 – First Round

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 4 appearances

1997 – quarter-finals

• CAF Super Cup: 0 appearance

Miscellaneous

On 19.June 1994, SO Armee played 2:1 in the Ivorian league against ASEC, thus ending ASEC's world record unbeaten streak of 108 league and domestic cup games between 1989 and 1994.^[2]