ASC Jeanne d'Arc in African football

eanne d'Arc's first continental appearance was in 1970 at the championships when it was called the African Cup of Champions Clubs. The club defeated Algeria's CR Belcourt (now CR Belouizdad), their home match was a walkover as Belcourt withdrew, Jeanne d'Arc headed to the Second Round to face AS Kaloum Star from Guinea and lost to that club. Their second appearance wa sin 1974 and the club faced Sierra Leone's Ports Authority FC and defeated that club with a total of 6 goals to 3, then in the Second Round, Hafia FC withdrew so Jeanne d'Ark headed to the quarterfinals and faced ASEC Mimosas, after defeating that club, they challenged against CARA Brazzaville in the semis, the club lost with a total of 3 goals to 4. Their next two appearances at the Cup of Champions Clubs was no greater than the First Round, the club lost to three North African Clubs, two of them Moroccan, first to MAS Fez without a goal scored in 1986, then to Algeria's EP Sétif in 1987 and to Raja Casablanca on 1989. Jeanne d'Arc's sixth appearance would be called the CAF Champions League and was the first Senegalese club to reach the Group Stage, they would head there three times with the exception of the 2003 season, first the club defeated two North African Clubs in 2001, first to MC Alger then Raja Casablanca from Morocco, Jeanne d'Arc reached group stage and challenged Lobi Stars, Hearts of Oak and al-Ahly, it was no success, the club scored 6 goals to 12 in six of its matches. Jeanne d'Arc's seventh appearance was the 2002 CAF Champions League, they defeated CR Belouizdad, their second meeting, their last meeting was when the club was known as CR Belcourt, then, they defeated Stade Malien, the mightiest of the Amateurs today and one of the greatest of Mali, the club entered the group stage and challenged al-Ahly, the only Senegalese club that challenged for the second time, TP Mazembe of the Democratic Congo and Raja Casablanca, Jeanne d'Arc and was later out with 3 wins (9 points) and scored 8 goals, a year later, they came to the 2003 edition and defeated ASFA Yennenga, they did not gained entry into Group Stage after losing to Enyimba FC. Jeanne d'Arc's tenth and recent appearance was in 2004, the club defeated the Gambian Armed Forces, Raja Casablanca and Canon Yaoundé and entered the group stage for the last time, it contained USM Alger, Espérance ST of Tunis and South Africa's Supersport United, the club had 3 wins and two draws totalling 11 points and scored a total of 8 goals and advanced up to semis, the first for the club and the first for any Senegalese club, the club lost to Tunisia's ES Sahel with 2 goals to 4 in two of its matches.

At the continental cup. Their first appearance was the 1975 CAF Cup Winner's Cup after winning the national cup title, the club headed to the semis, first they defeated the Gambia's Wallidan FC, then Tempěte Mocaf, the club lost to Stella Club d'Adjamé as they lost the away match. The club came back six years later in the 1981 edition and the club lost to Sierra Leone's Real Republicans. Jeanne d'Arc's success was greater in the 1985 CAF Cup Winner's Cup as they advanced up to the quarterfinals, the club defeated RS Kenitra, then MP Oran and the club lost to Leventis United, each as the other club scored away, their recent competition was in the 1988 season, the club defeated ASKO Kara of Togo and then lost to Diamant Yaoundé. Jeanne d'Arc's position was as a semifinalist shared with Diaraf, the highest of any club in Senegal. In 1998, ASC Jeanne d'Arc was the finalist in the 1998 CAF Cup, the club lost to CS Sfaxien, the highest position at a cup competition of a Senegalese club, before, they defeated MC Oran, Petrosport FC RS Settat of Morocco and Nchanga Rangers of Zambia. [1]

Their positions were in the mid-range in later seasons but was on the last positions in the 2009 season. In 2011, the club was relegated after being 15th and is currently in Ligue 2 (Senegal)\Ligue 2 competitions as of the 2016-17 season.

ASC Jeanne d'Arc's results in CAF competition

Season	Competition	Qualification method	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
1970	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Senegalese champions	First Round	CR Belcourt1	canc.2	3–5	3–5
			Second Round	AS Kaloum Star	2–3	3–1	3–6
1974	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Senegalese champions	First Round	Ports Authority FC	3–1	2–3	6–3
			Second Round	Hafia FC	canc.	canc.	3
			Quarterfinals	ASEC Mimosas	1–0	2–1	2–2 (a)
			Semifinals	CARA Brazzaville	1–4	0–2	3–4
1975	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	Senegalese Cup winners	1/8 Final	Wallidan FC	2-0	0-0	2-0
			Quarterfinals	AS Tempête Mocaf	1-1	3-1	4-2
			Semifinals	Stella Club d'Adjamé	2-2	1-2	3-4
1981	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	Senegalese Cup winners	Second Round	Real Republicans	0-1	2-2	2-3
1985	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	Senegalese Cup winners	First Round	RS Kenitra	1-0	1-0	1-1 (a)
			Second Round	MP Oran	0-0	1-1	1-1 (a)
			Quarterfinals	Leventis United	0-1	0-1	1-1 (a)
1986	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Senegalese champions	First Round	MAS Fez	0–0	2–0	0–2
1987	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Senegalese champions	First Round	EP Sétif	2–1	2–0	2–3
1988	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	Senegalese Cup winners	First Round	ASKO Kara	3-0	1-2	5-1
			Second Round	Diamant Yaoundé	1-2	1-2	3-3 (a)
1989	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Senegalese champions	First Round	Raja Casablanca	1–0	2–0	1–2
1993	CAF Cup	Senegalese Cup winners	First Round	USM El Harrach	0–0	1–6	1–6
1998	CAF Cup	Senegalese Cup winners	First Round	MC Oran	1–0	1–2	3–1
			Second Round	Petrosport FC	2–0	2–0	2–2 (a)
			Quarterfinals	RS Settat	2–0	0–0	2–0
			Semifinals	Nchanga Rangers	0–0	0–0	0–0 (3-1 p)
			Finals	CS Sfaxien	0–3	0–1	1–3
2000	CAF Champions League	Senegalese champions	First Round	MC Alger	5–1	1–1	6–2
			Second Round	Raja Casablanca	1–0	1–2	3–1
			Group Stage	Lobi Stars	0–0	1–3	5th place
				Hearts of Oak	2–4	1–1
				al-Ahly	1–1	1–3
2002	CAF Champions League	Senegalese champions	First Round	CR Belouizdad	1–0	1–1	2–1
			Second Round	Stade Malien	2–1	0–3	4–1
			Group Stage4	al-Ahly	2–1	2–1	3rd place
				TP Mazembe	0–1	1–3
				Raja Casablanca	1–2	1–2
2003	CAF Champions League	Senegalese champions	First Round	ASFA Yennenga	2–0	0–1	3–0
			Second Round	Enyimba FC	0–0	0–4	0–4
2004	CAF Champions League	Senegalese champions	Preliminary Round	Armed Forces	3–0	0–3	6–0
			First Round	Raja Casablanca	2–0	2–0	0–2 (7-6 p)
			Second Round	Canon Yaoundé	2–0	1–2	4–1
			Group Stage4	USM Alger	2–1	1–1	2nd place
				Espérance ST	2–1	0–5
				Supersport United	2–0	1–1
			Semifinals	ES Sahel	2–1	3–0	2–4

¹The club now known as CR Belouizdad

² CR Belcourt withdrew

² Hafia abandoned the tournament

• Club profile at Soccerway
• AFRICAN SOCCER UNION - The Home of African Football www.winnou.com, 8 September 2008.