AS Real Bamako

Real Bamako
Full nameAssociation Sportive du Real Bamako
Nickname(s)The Scorpions
Le Réal[1]
Founded22 September 1960; 64 years ago (1960-09-22)
GroundStade Modibo Keïta
Bamako, Mali
Capacity35,000
LeagueMalian Première Division
2023–243rd of 16

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]

  1. ^ "#612 – AS Real Bamako : le Réal" (in French). Footnickname. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  2. ^ Salif Keita, l'Aigle du Mali Archived 2012-02-19 at the Wayback Machine.