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Wikipedia / Horoya AC

Horoya Athletic Club, also known as Horoya Conakry or H.A.C., is a Guinean professional football club based in Conakry, Guinea. The club plays in the Ligue 1 Pro, the top tier in the Guinean football league system. It was founded in 1975.

History

In 2014, they eliminated the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup runner-up Raja Casablanca in the second qualifying round of the 2014 CAF Champions League.

In 2018, after finishing second in the group stage of the CAF Champions League, the club reached the quarter-finals for the first time in its history, where it lost against Al Ahly SC 4–0 on aggregate (0–0 in Conakry and 4–0 in Cairo).

Club identity

The name Horoya means Liberty or Freedom in both Guinea's local and Arabic languages. The word comes from the huge and significant Arabic influence on Guinean society.

Home shirt

Its Home shirt colours are red and white. The red, symbol of blood of the martyrs for the independence struggle and white for great purity and hope.

Crest

Honours

National

Ligue 1 Pro: 22

  • Champions: 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2025, 2026 ()

Guinée Coupe Nationale: 9

  • Champions: 1989, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019

Guinean Super Cup: 5

  • Champions: 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2022 ()

International

African Cup Winners' Cup: 1

  • Champions: 1978

UFOA Cup: 1

  • Champions: 2009

Rivalry

The Conakry Derby, is a football match between Guinean clubs Horoya AC and HAFIA FC. It is a match between arguably the two most successful clubs in Guinea.

Performance in CAF competitions

  1. 2000– first round

  2. 2002– preliminary round

  3. 2012– first round

  4. 2013– preliminary round

  5. 2014– play-off round

  6. 2016– first round

  7. 2017– first round

  8. 2018– quarter-finals

  9. 2018–19– quarter-finals

  10. 2019–20– first round

  11. 2020–21– group stage (top 16)

  12. 2021–22– group stage

African Cup of Champions Clubs : 6 appearances

  1. 1986– second round

  2. 1987– first round

  3. 1989– first round

  4. 1992– second round

  5. 1993– first round

  6. 1995– first round

CAF Confederation Cup : 2 appearances

  1. 2017– group stage (top 16)

  2. 2019–2020– semi-finals

CAF Cup : 3 appearances

  1. 1997– first round

  2. 1998– second round

  3. 1999– first round

CAF Cup Winners' Cup : 7 appearances

  1. 1978– champion

  2. 1979– semi-finals

  3. 1980– second round

  4. 1983– semi-finals

  5. 1984– first round

  6. 1985– second round

  7. 1996– first round

West African Club Championship : 1 appearance

  1. 2009– champion

Current squad

Notable coaches

References