Full name | Hafia Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | "Tri Campeao"[1] | |||
Founded | 1951 | |||
Ground | Stade Petit Sory Conakry, Guinea | |||
Capacity | 5,400 | |||
Chairman | Kerfalla Person Camara[2] | |||
Manager | Kazimierz Jagiełło | |||
League | Ligue 1 Pro | |||
2022–23 | Champions | |||
Website | http://hafiafc.com/ | |||
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Hafia Football Club is a football club based in Conakry, Guinea. Founded in 1951, the team was known as Conakry II in the 1960s and won three titles under that name. Hafia have won 15 league titles overall, having dominated in the 1960s and 70s, but their last league title came in 1985. The 1970s were a golden decade for Hafia FC when they dominated African football, winning the African Cup of Champions Clubs three times, in 1972, 1975 and 1977. It promoted some great talents as Papa Camara, Bengally Sylla, Abdoulaye Keita, Chérif Souleymane, Petit Sory, Mamadou Aliou Kéïta.
In early 2021 construction began on the new stadium "Stade Petit Sory" named after Hafia FC legend Petit Sory