Real Bamako

Full name	Association Sportive du Real Bamako
Nickname(s)	The Scorpions Le Réal[1]
Founded	22 September 1960 (1960-09-22)
Ground	Stade Modibo Keïta Bamako, Mali
Capacity	35,000
League	Malian Première Division
2022–23	1st
Home colours Away colours

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.

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.^[2]

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

Real Bamako in CAF competitions

Season	Competition	Qualification method	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
1966	African Cup of Champions Clubs		First Round	Invincible Eleven	6–0	2–3	9–2
			Quarterfinals	Conakry I	2–1	2–3	5–3
			Semifinals	Oryx Douala	3–2	2–4	7–4
			Final	Stade d'Abidjan	3–1	4–1	4–5
1970	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Malian champions	First Round	AS Fonctionnaires	3–0	2–2	5–2
			Second Round	Stade d'Abidjan	2–3	6–2	4–9
1981	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Malian champions	First Round	USM Nziami	1–0	1–0	1–1 (2–4 p)
1982	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Malian champions	First Round	Étoile du Congo	1–0	1–1	2–1
			Second Round	USM Nziami	2–0	1–0	2–1
			Quarter Finals	FC Lupopo	3–2	2–0	3–4
1984	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Malian champions	First Round	Dragons de l'Ouémé	2–2	2–0	2–4
1987	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Malian champions	First Round	Leventis United F.C.	0–0	4–0	0–4
1990	African Cup Winners' Cup	Malian Cup winners	First Round	Hearts of Oak	1–2	2–0	1–4
1992	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Malian champions	Preliminary Round	ASC Police	1–1	1–1	2–2 (5-4p)
			First Round	Wydad AC	2–1	2–0	2–3
1997	African Cup Winners' Cup	Malian Cup winners	First Round	FAR Rabat	1–0	4–1	2–4
2011	CAF Confederation Cup	Malian Cup winners	Preliminary Round	FC Tevragh-Zeina	0–1	0–0	0–1
2012	CAF Confederation Cup	Malian Première Division third place	First Round	Gamtel	3–1	1–0	3–2
			Second Round	Wydad AC	1–0	3–0	1–3
2014	CAF Champions League	Malian Première Division runners-up	Preliminary Round	FAR Rabat	1–1	2–2	3–3(a)
			First Round	Enyimba International F.C.	0–1	1–2	2–2(a)
			Second Round	Espérance de Tunis	1–1	3–0	1–4
	CAF Confederation Cup		Group Stage	AC Léopards	1–2	1–2	3rd
				Coton Sport	1–1	2–1
				ASEC Mimosas	1–1	0–0
2017	CAF Champions League	Malian Première Division runners-up	Preliminary Round	Rivers United	0–0	4–0	0–4
2018	CAF Champions League	Malian Première Division runners-up	Preliminary Round	MFM F.C.	1–1	1–0	1–2
2022–23	CAF Confederation Cup	Malian Cup runners-up	First Round	AS Douanes de Ouagadougou	0–0	0–0	0–0 (3–1p)
			Second Round	Hearts of Oak	3–0	1–0	3–1
			Play-Off Round	Royal Leopards	3–1	1–1	4–2
			Group Stage	Young Africans	1–1	2–0	3rd
				Union Sportive Monastirienne	1–1	2–1
				TP Mazembe	2–1	3–1
2023–24	CAF Champions League	Malian Première Division champions	First Round	Coton Sport	0–0	2–0	2–0
			Second Round	FC Nouadhibou	0–3	1–1	1–4

Notable former players

References

External links

• (in French) AS REAL de Bamako : Une crise persistante. Sadou BOCOUM in Soir de Bamako 2007-12-03.