Algerian side ASO Chief will touch down in Nigeria for the first preliminary round match of the 2023 CAF Confederation Cup against Bendel Insurance which will take place at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium Benin City on Saturday 19th of August 2023.
The players and their officials will fly from Algiers to the Muritala Muhammed International Airport via chartered flight, they will connect another flight to Benin City the same day.
This will be first encounter between the two clubs as they hope to qualify to the group stage of the 2023 Continental competition, the second leg will take palce the following weekend in Algeria
Meanwhile, the Algerian side have appointed a new manager Abdelkader Yaiche ahead of their encounter against Bendel Insurance on Saturday.
Yaiche takes over from Lyamine Bougherara, who left the post last month, the 66-year-old has been out of work since June 2021.
ASO Chlef was founded on June 13, 1947, as Association Sportive d’Orléansville, Orléansville being the colonial name of Chlef at the time. The club was founded by the indigenous Algerian Muslim community of the city who wanted a club to rival the already existing European club in the city, Groupement Sportif Orléansville.
In its first season of existence, the club finished second in the third division. In the following two seasons, it won promotion to the first division. After Algeria gained its independence in 1962, the name of the city was changed from Orléansville to El Asnam and the club changed its name to Asnam Sportive Olympique, keeping its original ASO initials.
On June 21, 2005, ASO Chlef won its first domestic title after beating USM Sétif 1–0 in the final of the 2005 Algerian Cup with a goal from Mohamed Messaoud in extra-time. By winning the Cup, they also qualified for continental competition for the first time, earning a spot in the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup. However, their run in African competition came to a quick end. After walking over ASC Entente of Mauritania in the preliminary round, they lost to AS Douanes of Senegal 1–0 on aggregate in the first round.
In the 2007–08 season, ASO Chlef achieved its best league finish to date by finishing second in the Algerian Championnat National, 10 points behind champions JS Kabylie.
