Association Sportive de l'Excelsior is an association football club from Saint-Joseph, Réunion.[citation needed]

AS Excelsior
Full nameAssociation Sportive de l'Excelsior
Nickname(s)les Perícans
Founded1940; 84 years ago (1940)
GroundStade Raphaël Babet
Saint-Joseph, Réunion
Capacity2,130
ChairmanRock Bénard
ManagerFares Bousdira
LeagueRéunion Premier League
2023Champions

Stadium

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The club plays its home matches at Stade Raphaël Babet, which has a maximum capacity of 2,130.

Achievements

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1974, 2023
2004, 2005, 2014, 2015

Performance in CAF competitions

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2006 – Preliminary Round

The club in the French football structure

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1974–75, 2001–02, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–2018
Ties won
Year Round Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier)
2009–10 Round 7 AS Excelsior 1–0 Quimper (4)
2015–16 Round 7 AS Excelsior 1–0 (a.e.t.) AS Poissy (4)
2016–17 Round 7 Avoine OCC (5) 1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p) AS Excelsior
2016–17 Round 8 AS Excelsior 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p) FC Mulhouse (4)
2017–18 Round 7 Feignies Aulnoye FC (5) 1–3 AS Excelsior

Current squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF   REU Frederic Nativel
7 MF   REU Joselito Gonneville
9 FW   REU Salomon Kehi
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW   MAD Jean Britton Mandilimana
20 FW   MAD Ruphin Menakely
24 FW   FRA Djardji Nadhoime
FW   ALG Mansour Boutabout