{"id":7715,"date":"2022-05-05T12:47:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T12:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=7715"},"modified":"2022-05-05T12:47:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T12:47:44","slug":"djibouti-premier-league-arta-solar-7-retains-premier-league-title-strives-to-become-the-dream-team-of-african-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=7715","title":{"rendered":"Djibouti Premier League: Arta Solar 7 Retains Premier League Title, Strives To Become The Dream Team Of African Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"s7\">Crowned champions in <\/span><span class=\"s8\">their last game of the 2021\/2022 season<\/span><span class=\"s7\"> of the Djibouti Premier League for the second consecutive year, after winning 14 out of a total of 18 matches (an 80% success rate), the Arta Solar 7 Sports Association maintains the Club\u2019s dominance of Djiboutian football and continues expanding its workforce by recruiting the best players to conquer African regional football.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s4\">Winner of the Djibouti Premier League title and in the running to win the Djibouti Cup, Arta Solar 7 continues its steady ascent, to establish itself as one of the most prestigious football franchise clubs on the continent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s4\">Behind this dream is the Ivorian businessman Tommy <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Tayoro<\/span><span class=\"s4\">Nyckoss<\/span><span class=\"s4\">, who took over as President of the Club in 2018 and gave the name of its renewable energy company to the team. \u00a0In November 2020, to accelerate its ambition of becoming one of the biggest clubs in Africa in the coming years, the club signed and acquired the Cameroonian Alexandre Song as Captain. Former Arsenal, West Ham and Barcelona midfielder<\/span><span class=\"s4\">,<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> Song has established himself as one of the pillars of the formation, both morally, physically and technically. The club also attracted other renowned players, notably Cameroonian footballer Dany <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Nounkeu<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> (former player of Evian-TG, <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Galatasaray<\/span><span class=\"s4\">, <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Besiktas<\/span><span class=\"s4\">, <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Bursaspor<\/span><span class=\"s4\">); Senegalese <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Diafra<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> Sakho (former player of Rennes, West Ham, Neuch\u00e2tel), nicknamed \u201cthe fireman\u201d for his scoring abilities; Cameroonian Carlos <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Kameni<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> (Le Havre AC, Malaga CF) who joined the club as a goalkeeper; and Burkinabe midfielder Alain <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Traor\u00e9<\/span><span class=\"s4\">, former striker of AS Monaco.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s4\">More recently, and as part of its goal to establish itself <\/span>a<span class=\"s9\">s a stronghold on the national and regional level and becoming the PSG Dream Team of Africa, the club recruited as coach the former <\/span>French footballer (defender) <span class=\"s9\">Thierry <\/span><span class=\"s9\">Froger<\/span>, at the beginning of the 2021-2022 season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"s10\">The addition of <\/span><span class=\"s10\">our <\/span><span class=\"s10\">international players and coaches, complemented by the rapid rise of our Djiboutian players has empowered us to establish a solid, powerful, ambitious formation with an impressive team chemistry. <\/span><span class=\"s10\">This is aptly reflected in our consecutive <\/span><span class=\"s10\">winning <\/span><span class=\"s10\">performances, for which I would like to thank the entire team. I would also like to thank our fans for their constant support.\u201d <\/span><span class=\"s4\">commented Tommy <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Tayoro<\/span><span class=\"s4\">Nyckoss<\/span><span class=\"s4\">, President of Arta Solar 7, w<\/span>hile inaugurating the AS7 Fan Club, accompanied on the occasion by <span class=\"s4\">Arta Solar 7 Captain Alexandre Song; Malik Ali Dini, the Club\u2019s Secretary General; and famous Djiboutian singer <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Rafary<\/span><span class=\"s4\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s4\">Thierry <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Froger<\/span><span class=\"s4\">, Arta Solar 7 coach added: \u201c<\/span><span class=\"s10\">Arta Solar 7 has mobilized world-class talents with extensive expertise accumulated in the World Cup, Champions Leagues and the most prestigious leagues in European football to build this impressive formation that I have the honor to coach. The players\u2019 talent, thoroughness and discipline have allowed us to achieve these victories, and we are extremely proud to be part of this wonderful adventure. For our next objective, the club has now its eyes on sub-regional competitions. We will make sure to achieve this!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s4\">In April 2021, <\/span><span class=\"s9\">FIFA President\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s9\">Gianni <\/span><span class=\"s9\">Infantino<\/span><span class=\"s9\">\u00a0<\/span>praised <span class=\"s4\">Arta Solar 7<\/span><span class=\"s4\">\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> progress and achievements, an accolade that reflects the sound strategic choices made by the Club\u2019s President and management.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Arta Solar 7 continues to pile up victories, hoping to promote <span class=\"s9\">the development and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s9\">professionalization of Djiboutian football<\/span><span class=\"s9\">, <\/span>which recently gained momentum, thanks to the national team\u2019s victories in regional and pan-African <span class=\"s4\">championships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s7\">About Arta Solar 7:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s9\">The Arta Solar<\/span> <span class=\"s9\">7 Sports Association, more commonly abbreviated as Arta Solar 7, is a Djiboutian <\/span><span class=\"s9\">first division <\/span><span class=\"s9\">football club founded in 1980 and based in Djibouti, the country\u2019s capital. The team is chaired and sponsored by businessman Tommy <\/span><span class=\"s9\">Tayoro<\/span> <span class=\"s9\">Nyckoss<\/span><span class=\"s9\"> and his solar energy company Solar 7. <\/span>The Arta Solar 7 has an impressive track record of victories in the Djibouti FA Cup and the Djibouti Premier league, in the 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 editions.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s11\">This press release features multimedia. View the full release here<\/span><span class=\"s11\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20220502005429\/fr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"s5\">https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20220502005429\/fr\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The original source-language text of this announcement is the official, authoritative version. Translations are provided as an accommodation only and should be cross-referenced with the source-language text, which is the only version of the text intended to have legal effect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s13\"><span class=\"s12\">*Source: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/aetoswire.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"s6\">AETOSWire<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s7\">Contacts:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s8\">PRESS CONTACT<\/span><span class=\"s8\">:<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s8\">35\u00b0Nord &#8211; Strategic communication and press relations agency<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s8\">Goudet<\/span> <span class=\"s8\">Abal\u00e9<\/span><span class=\"s9\"> (Senior Consultant)<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s9\">E-mail<\/span><span class=\"s9\">: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:ga@35nord.com\"><span class=\"s5\">ga@35nord.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crowned champions in their last game of the 2021\/2022 season of the Djibouti Premier League for the second consecutive year, after winning 14 out of a total of 18 matches (an 80% success rate), the Arta Solar 7 Sports Association maintains the Club\u2019s dominance of Djiboutian football and continues expanding its workforce by recruiting the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4637,4635,4634,4636],"class_list":["post-7715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-african-football","tag-arta-solar-7","tag-djibouti-premier-league","tag-premier-league-title"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7715"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7717,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7715\/revisions\/7717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}