Association Sportive des Forces Armées Royales (transl. Sports Association of the Royal Armed Forces, Arabic: الجمعية الرياضية للقوات المسلحة الملكية), commonly known as AS FAR (Arabic: نادي الجيش الملكي) or FAR Rabat, is a professional basketball club based in Morocco's capital (Rabat).[1][2] It is part of the multi-sports club with the same name, its first team plays in the Division Excellence, the country's first-level league.[3]
| AS FAR | ||
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| Nickname | Les Militaires | |
| League | Division Excellence | |
| Founded | 1959 | |
| History | AS FAR 1959–present | |
| Arena | Salle Centre Sportif des FAR | |
| Location | Rabat, Morocco | |
| President | Al Ayoubi | |
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The basketball team was founded in 1959 and has won the Moroccan championship three times (in 1964, 1969, 1986).
Honours
editDomestic competitions
edit- Champions (3): 1964, 1969, 1986
- Winners (2): 1987, 2021
- Runners-up (4): 1977, 1978, 1983, 1988
International competitions
editFIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
- Third place (1): 2015
References
edit- ^ "FAR Rabat – Team Profile". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ "Team: FAR Rabat". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ "CLUBS DEX-H". Fédération Royale Marocaine de BasketBall (in French). Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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