Full name | Association Sportive du Real Bamako | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Scorpions Le Réal[1] | ||
Founded | 22 September 1960 | ||
Ground | Stade Modibo Keïta Bamako, Mali | ||
Capacity | 35,000 | ||
League | Malian Première Division | ||
2023–24 | 3rd of 16 | ||
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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.[citation needed]
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]