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| Full name | Union Culturelle et Sportive des Travailleurs Port Autonome | ||
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| Ground | Stade Port Autonome Dakar, Senegal | ||
| Capacity | 4,000 | ||
| League | Senegal Premier League | ||
| 2014–15 | 14th | ||
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Union Culturelle et Sportive des Travailleurs Port Autonome is a Senegalese football club based in Dakar. Their home stadium is Stade Port Autonome. The club is named after the city and country's main shipping port the Autonomous Port of Dakar, it is also the ninth-busiest port in Africa.
Port Autonome also is ninth in the number of major honours won in Senegal numbering five, shared with ASC Linguère of Saint-Louis and Djambars FC.
History
Their first title was won in 1990 and won their second straight in 1991. Their third and recent was in 2005. Port Autonome's first cup final appearance was in 1990 and faced ASC Linguère and lost 1–0. Their first and only cup title was won in 2000 after defeating ASC Saloum of Kaolack 4–0; this was Port Autonome's recent cup final appearance. Also in the same year they won their only Assemblée Nationale Cup.
The club was relegated in the 2010 season to the Senegal Ligue 2.[1] They returned again to Ligue 1 in 2013 and remained until they were relegated in the 2014–15 season after finishing last with 20 points, eight behind AS Pikine and with 14 losses.[2]
Port Autonome's first appearance in the League Cup was in 2009. The club advanced up to the quarterfinals and lost to AS Douanes 2–0. In the 2010 edition, the club advanced up to the semis and lost to ASC Diaraf 2–0. For a short time in late 2013, Casa Sport shared the number of honors won with Port Autonome; up to that time, Porto Autonome was ranked eighth.
Achievements
- 1990, 1991, 2005
- 2000
- 2000
League and cup history
Performance in CAF competitions
| Season | Competition | Qualification method | Round | Opposition | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | African Cup of Champions Clubs | Senegalese champions | First Round |  Djoliba AC |
0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| 1992 | African Cup of Champions Clubs | Senegalese champions | Preliminary Round | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Sporting Clube da Praia |
0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 (1–3 pen) |
| 2001 | CAF Cup | Senegalese cup winners | Preliminary Round |  Club Africain |
1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| 2005 | CAF Confederation Cup | Senegalese cup runner-up | Intermediate Round |  Petro Atlético |
0–1 | w/o | 0–1 |
| 2006 | CAF Champions League | Senegalese champions | Preliminary Round |  AS Douanes de Lomé |
3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| First Round |  USM Alger |
2–1 | 3–2 | 4–4 (a) | |||
| Second Round |  ASEC Mimosas |
1–0 | 6–0 | 1–6 |
Performance at the WAFU Club Championship
| Season | Competition | Qualification method | Round | Opposition | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | WAFU Club Championship | Division 1 Runner-up | Preliminary Round | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Requins de l'Atlantique FC |
0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Quarterfinals | ASEC Abidjan |
1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
National level
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | Cup | League Cup | Super Cup | Notes | Final Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-91 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 40 | |||||
| 1991-92 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 37 | |||||
| 1992-93 | 1 | 10 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | |||||
| 1995 | 1B | 7 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 18 | |||||
| 1997 | 1 | 5 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | Did not advance to the Final Phase | Did not participate | |||
| 1998 | 1 | 7 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | |||||
| 1999 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 25 | -5 | 31 | |||||
| 2000 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 36 | Winner | Winner | |||
| 2000-01 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 36 | |||||
| 2001-02 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 26 | -7 | 27 | |||||
| 2002-03 | 1 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 27 | |||||
| 2003-04 | 1 | 10 | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 52 | |||||
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 46 | 24 | +22 | 67 | |||||
| 2006 | 1B | 3 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not participate | |||
| 2007 | 1A | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 17 | Did not advance to the Final Phase | Did not participate | |||
| 2008 | 1A | 5 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 26 | Did not advance to the Final Phase | Did not participate | |||
| 2009 | 1B | 7 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 16 | Quarterfinals | Did not advance to the Final Phase | Did not participate | ||
| 2010 | 1A | 8 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 18 | -5 | 13 | Semifinals | Relegated into Ligue 2 | Did not participate | ||
| 2011 | 2 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Elevated into Ligue 1 | ||||
| 2013 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 45 | |||||
| 2013-14 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 41 | |||||
| 2014-15 | 1 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 35 | -21 | 20 | Relegated into Ligue 2 |
Statistics
- Best position: Second round (continental)
- Best position at cup competitions: Intermediate Round (continental)
- Highest number of goals in a season: 46 (national)
- Highest number of points in a season: 67 (national)
- Total goals scored at a cup final: 4 – all in 2000
- Total matches played at the CAF Champions League: 13
- Total matches played at home: 7
- Total matches played away: 6
- Total number of wins at the CAF Champions League: 3
- Total home wins: 3
- Total draws at the CAF Champions League: 5
- Total home draws: 3
- Total away draws: 3
- Total number of goals scored at the CAF Champions League: 8
- Total number of goals scored at the African cup competition: 1
Current and former players
- Mamadou Diallo
Makhete Diop- Pape Hamadou N'Diaye
- Joseph Niouky (played from 2006 until 2010)
- Makhtar Thioune
See also
- Autonomous Port of Dakar (Port autonome de Dakar), the main Port of Dakar
Notes
- ↑ "Senegal 2010". RSSSF.
- ↑ 2014-15 Ligue 1 (Senegal) at RSSSF Archived September 5, 2015, at the Wayback Machine