ASC La Linguère finished the Senegalese Ligue 1 2013 at seventh place, only five points behind bronze medal winners ASC Diaraf. The young side from Saint-Louis has some highly interesting players in their squad.
On the official Facebook-page of ASC La Linguère, https://www.facebook.com/lingueredesaintlouis?fref=ts, the following five players were nominated for the “Best player of the season-award”: Mansour Ba, Thierno Niang, Mamadou Aly Diouf, Amadou Doudou Soumaré and Souleymane Badji.
The 30-year old Mansour Ba is a versatile player, comfortable at centre-back or as a holding midfielder. Thierno Niang is a big, powerful striker, most likely about 20 years old. Niang is the top scorer at the club with seven goals in approximately 25 matches. Mamadou Aly Diouf is also quite experienced and the attacking midfielder / striker had a breakthrough season, being responsible for a lot of the attacking play of the team – perhaps together with the wonderboy Amadou Doudou Soumaré. Soumaré, most likely 18 or 19 years old, is perhaps the most exciting prospect at ASC La Linguère. Souleymane Badji is a rugged centre-back and a key player.
This summer, Mamadou Aly Diouf and Souleymane Badji was training with the Senegal B national football team. Earlier this month, Amadou Doudou Soumaré and young defender Mbaye Thylor Seck were both part of the Senegal U-20 national football team during the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie.
Team captain Pape Idrissa Sall also deserves attention. As far as I know, the central defender was ever-present during the 30 league matches, which is quite rare in Senegalese football.
The picture of the team was found on the Facebook-page of ASC La Linguère.
Below is a statistical presentation of the most important players at the club:
| Name: | BA, MANSOUR | |||
| Nationality: | SENEGAL | |||
| DOB: | 03.05.1983 | |||
| Position: | Defensive midfielder / Central defender | |||
| Season | Club | L | Games | Goals |
| 2008 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | ||
| 2009 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | ||
| 2010 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010-2011 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011-2012 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| 2013 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 28 | 4 |
| Name: | BA, PAPE IBNOU | |||
| Nationality: | SENEGAL | |||
| DOB: | Unknown | |||
| Position: | Unknown | |||
| Season | Club | L | Games | Goals |
| 2013 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 21 | 2 |
| Name: | BADJI, SOULEYMANE | |||
| Nationality: | SENEGAL | |||
| DOB: | 10.03.1990 | |||
| Position: | Central defender / Defensive midfielder | |||
| Season | Club | L | Games | Goals |
| 2010 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010-2011 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 0 | |
| 2011-2012 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 2013 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 27 | 0 |
| Name: | DIALLO, MALLÉ | |||
| Nationality: | SENEGAL | |||
| DOB: | Unknown | |||
| Position: | Striker | |||
| Season | Club | L | Games | Goals |
| 2013 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 21 | 3 |
| Name: | DIOUF, MAMADOU ALY | |||
| Nationality: | SENEGAL | |||
| DOB: | Unknown | |||
| Position: | Attacking midfielder / Striker | |||
| Season | Club | L | Games | Goals |
| 2007 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 2 | ||
| 2008 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | ||
| 2009 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | ||
| 2010 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010-2011 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 2 | |
| 2011-2012 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 2013 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 28 | 5 |
| Name: | FALL, ALIOUNE BADARA | |||
| Nationality: | SENEGAL | |||
| DOB: | Unknown | |||
| Position: | Striker | |||
| Season | Club | L | Games | Goals |
| Saint-Louis Foot Center(Senegal) | ||||
| 2013 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| Name: | KENY, VALENTIN | |||
| Nationality: | SENEGAL | |||
| DOB: | Unknown | |||
| Position: | Defender | |||
| Season | Club | L | Games | Goals |
| 2013 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 24 | 0 |
| Name: | NDIAYE, MAMADOU MOMAR | |||
| Nationality: | SENEGAL | |||
| DOB: | Unknown | |||
| Position: | Goalkeeper | |||
| Season | Club | L | Games | Goals |
| 2011-2012 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2013 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 22 | 0 |
| Name: | NIANG, THIERNO | |||
| Nationality: | SENEGAL | |||
| DOB: | Unknown | |||
| Position: | Striker | |||
| Season | Club | L | Games | Goals |
| 2010-2011 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 3 | |
| 2011-2012 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 25 | 7 |
| Name: | SALL, PAPE IDRISSA | |||
| Nationality: | SENEGAL | |||
| DOB: | 10.12.1987 | |||
| Position: | Central defender | |||
| Season | Club | L | Games | Goals |
| 2010 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010-2011 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 0 | |
| 2011-2012 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 13 | 2 |
| 2013 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 30 | 0 |
| Name: | SECK, MAMADOU | |||
| Nationality: | SENEGAL | |||
| DOB: | 15.05.1990 | |||
| Position: | Left-back | |||
| Season | Club | L | Games | Goals |
| Ndar Guedj St-Louis(Senegal) | ||||
| 2010 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010-2011 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 0 | |
| 2011-2012 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| 2013 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| Name: | SECK, MBAYE THYLOR | |||
| Nationality: | SENEGAL | |||
| DOB: | Unknown | |||
| Position: | Defender | |||
| Season | Club | L | Games | Goals |
| 2013 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Name: | SOUMARÉ, AMADOU DOUDOU | |||
| Nationality: | SENEGAL | |||
| DOB: | Unknown | |||
| Position: | Attacking midfielder | |||
| Season | Club | L | Games | Goals |
| 2011-2012 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 2013 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 28 | 3 |
| Name: | SOW, MAGUETTE | |||
| Nationality: | SENEGAL | |||
| DOB: | Unknown | |||
| Position: | Unknown | |||
| Season | Club | L | Games | Goals |
| 2013 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| Name: | SY, KÉBA BAKARY | |||
| Nationality: | SENEGAL | |||
| DOB: | Unknown | |||
| Position: | Striker | |||
| Season | Club | L | Games | Goals |
| 2013 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Name: | TAMBOURA, SAMBA | |||
| Nationality: | SENEGAL | |||
| DOB: | Unknown | |||
| Position: | Striker | |||
| Season | Club | L | Games | Goals |
| 2010 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010-2011 | Unknown | |||
| 2011-2012 | AS Douanes(Senegal) | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 2013 | ASC La Linguère(Senegal) | 1 | 19 | 1 |
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