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AS Douanes (Niamey)
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AS Douanes is a Niger
ien football
club based in Niamey
and sponsored by the government taxation police. Prior to the 2005-6 season they played in the city of Tillabéry, and have competed in the top national league since the 2004 season, when they were promoted from the regional division 2. AS Douanes has never won a Nigerien league or cup championship, or played in the final of either competition.
. They failed to qualify for the championship round, but easily avoided the elimination playoff, meaning they will return for the 2009 season.
Niger
Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...
ien football
Football (soccer)
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club based in Niamey
Niamey
-Population:While Niamey's population has grown steadily since independence, the droughts of the early 1970s and 1980s, along with the economic crisis of the early 1980s, have propelled an exodus of rural inhabitants to Niger's largest city...
and sponsored by the government taxation police. Prior to the 2005-6 season they played in the city of Tillabéry, and have competed in the top national league since the 2004 season, when they were promoted from the regional division 2. AS Douanes has never won a Nigerien league or cup championship, or played in the final of either competition.
2008 season
AS Douanes finished in third place in Group A of the first round of the 2008 Niger Premier LeagueNiger Premier League
The Niger Premier League is the highest division in football in Niger. The league's first year of operation was 1966.-Structure:...
. They failed to qualify for the championship round, but easily avoided the elimination playoff, meaning they will return for the 2009 season.