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| Full name | Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Les Mimos (The Mimos)[1] Les Jaunes et Noirs (The Yellow and Blacks) | ||
| Founded | 29 April 1948 | ||
| Ground | Stade Robert Champroux | ||
| Capacity | 10,000 | ||
| Chairman | Cédric Kouamé | ||
| Manager | Julien Chevalier | ||
| League | Ligue 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1, 1st of 16 (champions) | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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ASEC Mimosas (short for Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas, lit. 'Mimosas Commerce Employees' Sporting Association') is an Ivorian professional football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ASEC Abidjan, especially in international club competitions. Founded in 1948, they are the most successful side in Ivorian football, having won the Ivorian Premier Division 29 times and the 1998 CAF Champions League. In addition, ASEC's youth academy, known as Académie MimoSifcom, has produced a number of famous players predominantly based in top foreign leagues, including Bonaventure Kalou, Didier Zokora, Emmanuel Eboué, Bakari Koné, Gervinho, Salomon Kalou, Romaric, Boubacar Barry, Didier Ya Konan, Kolo Touré, Yaya Touré and Odilon Kossounou, all of whom have played internationally.
- ^ "#438 – ASEC Mimosas : les Mimos" (in French). Footnickname. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.