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| Full name | Association Sportive et Culturelle Jaraaf | |||
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| Founded | 20 September 1969 | |||
| Ground | Stade Demba Diop | |||
| Capacity | 20,000 | |||
| Chairman | El Hadji Seydou Mbacké | |||
| Manager | Mamadou Biram Diop | |||
| League | Senegal Premier League | |||
| 2017/18 | 1st | |||
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Association Sportive et Culturelle Jaraaf is a Senegalese professional football club based in Dakar. They play in the top division in Senegalese football. Their home stadium is Stade de Diaraf. The club name is sometimes spelt ASC Jaraaf. The word Diaraf (French spelling in Senegal) or Jaraaf (Serer and English spelling in the Gambia) comes from the Serer language - Jaraaf, variation :Jaraff. The Jaraffs were the head of the Serer noble council of electors responsible for electing the Serer kings in pre-colonial times.[1]
ASC Jaraaf is the most popular club in Senegal. The club also has the most number of major honours won in Senegal, totaling to 28.
- ^ Sarr, Alioune, "Histoire du Sine-Saloum", Introduction, bibliographie et Notes par Charles Becker, Bulletin de l'IFAN, Tome 46, Serie B, n° 3-4, 1986–1987, pp 21-30