Clubname: | Horoya AC |
Fullname: | Horoya Athletic Club |
Nickname: | H.A.C. |
Ground: | Stade du 28 Septembre |
Capacity: | 25,000 |
Chrtitle: | President |
Chairman: | Antonio Souaré[1] |
Manager: | Lappé Bangoura |
League: | Ligue 1 Pro |
Season: | 2022–23 |
Position: | 2nd place |
Website: | http://www.horoyaac.com/ |
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Horoya Athletic Club, also known as Horoya Conakry or H.A.C., is a Guinean professional football club based in Conakry, Guinea. The club plays in the Ligue 1 Pro,[2] the top tier in the Guinean football league system. It was founded in 1975.
In 2014, they eliminated the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup runner-up Raja Casablanca in the second qualifying round of the 2014 CAF Champions League.[3]
In 2018, after finishing second in the group stage of the CAF Champions League, the club reached the quarter-finals for the first time in its history, where it lost against Al Ahly SC 4–0 on aggregate (0–0 in Conakry and 4–0 in Cairo).
The name Horoya means Liberty or Freedom in both Guinea's local and Arabic languages.The word comes from the huge and significant Arabic influence on Guinean society.
Its Home shirt colours are red and white. The red, symbol of blood of the martyrs for the independence struggle and white for great purity and hope.
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The Conakry Derby, is a football match between Guinean clubs Horoya AC and Santoba FC. It is a match between arguably the two most successful clubs in Guinea.
2002 – preliminary round
2012 – first round
2013 – preliminary round
2014 – play-off round
2016 – first round
2017 – first round
2018 – quarter-finals
2018–19 – quarter-finals
2019–20 – first round
2020–21 – group stage (top 16)
2021–22 – group stage
1986 – second round
1987 – first round
1989 – first round
1992 – second round
1993 – first round
1995 – first round
2017 – group stage (top 16)
2019–2020 – semi-finals
1997 – first round
1998 – second round
1999 – first round
1978 – champion
1979 – semi-finals
1980 – second round
1983 – semi-finals
1984 – first round
1985 – second round
1996 – first round
2009 – champion