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AS Saint-Étienne

AS Saint-Étienne

Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire (French pronunciation: ​[asɔsjasjɔ̃ spɔʁtiv də sɛ̃t‿etjɛn lwaʁ]; commonly known as AS Saint-Étienne, ASSE (French pronunciation: ​[a.ɛs.ɛs.ø]), or simply Saint-Étienne) is a French association football club based in Saint-Étienne. The club was founded in 1919 and plays in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Saint-Étienne plays its home matches at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. The team is managed by Jean-Louis Gasset and captained by Loïc Perrin, who started his career at the club in 1996.[1] Saint-Étienne is known as Les Verts meaning "the Greens" due to its home colours.

Saint-Étienne have won a record ten Ligue 1 titles, as well as six Coupe de France titles, a Coupe de la Ligue title and five Trophée des Champions. Saint-Étienne has also won the Ligue 2 championship on three occasions. The club achieved most of its honours in the 1960s and 1970s when the club was led by managers Jean Snella, Albert Batteux, and Robert Herbin.

The club's primary rivals are Olympique Lyonnais, based in nearby Lyon, with whom they contest the Derby Rhône-Alpes. In 2009, the club added a female section.

Saint-Étienne
Full nameAssociation Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire
Nickname(s)Les Verts (The Greens)
Sainté (Saints)
Short nameASSE
Founded1919 (1919)
GroundStade Geoffroy-Guichard
Capacity41,965
OwnerCesse Foot (44%)
France Croissance Foot (44%)
Association ASSE (12%)
PresidentBernard Caïazzo (Supervisory Board)
Head coachGhislain Printant
LeagueLigue 1
2018–19Ligue 1, 4th
WebsiteClub website [16]
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

History

Georges Bereta won six league titles while playing for Saint-Étienne.

Georges Bereta won six league titles while playing for Saint-Étienne.

Loïc Perrin is the current captain of Saint-Étienne.

Loïc Perrin is the current captain of Saint-Étienne.

AS Saint-Étienne was founded in 1919 by employees of the Saint-Étienne-based grocery store chain Groupe Casino under the name Amicale des Employés de la Société des Magasins Casino (ASC). The club adopted green as its primary color mainly due to it being the principal colour of Groupe Casino. In 1920, due to the French Football Federation (FFF) prohibiting the use of trademarks in sports club, the club dropped "Casino" from its name and changed its name to simply Amical Sporting Club to retain the ASC acronym. In 1927, Pierre Guichard took over as president of the club and, after merging with local club Stade Forézien Universitaire, changed its name to Association sportive Stéphanoise.

In July 1930, the National Council of the FFF voted 128–20 in support of professionalism in French football. In 1933, Stéphanoise turned professional and changed its name to its current version. The club was inserted into the second division and became inaugural members of the league after finishing runner-up in the South Group. Saint-Étienne remained in Division 2 for four more seasons before earning promotion to Division 1 for the 1938–39 season under the leadership of the Englishman Teddy Duckworth. However, the team's debut appearance in the first division was short-lived due to the onset of World War II. Saint-Étienne returned to the first division after the war under the Austrian-born Frenchman Ignace Tax and surprised many by finishing runner-up to Lille in the first season after the war. The club failed to improve upon that finish in following seasons under Tax and, ahead of the 1950–51 season, Tax was let go and replaced by former Saint-Étienne player Jean Snella.

Under Snella, Saint-Étienne achieved its first honour after winning the Coupe Charles Drago in 1955. Two seasons later, the club won its first domestic league title. Led by goalkeeper Claude Abbes, defender Robert Herbin, as well as midfielders René Ferrier and Kees Rijvers and striker Georges Peyroche, Saint-Étienne won the league by four points over Lens. In 1958, Saint-Étienne won the Coupe Drago for the second time. After the following season, in which the club finished sixth, Snella departed the club. He was replaced by René Vernier. In the team's first season under Vernier, Saint-Étienne finished 12th, the club's worst finish since finishing 11th eight seasons ago. In the following season, François Wicart joined the coaching staff. In 1961, Roger Rocher became president of the club and quickly became one of the club's chief investors. After two seasons under Wicart, Saint-Étienne were relegated after finishing 17th in the 1961–62 season. However, Wicart did lead the club to its first Coupe de France title in 1962, alongside co-manager Henri Guérin with the team defeating FC Nancy 1–0 in the final. He also led the club back to Division 1 after one season in the second division, but after the season, Wicart was replaced by Snella, who returned as manager after a successful stint in Switzerland with Servette.

In Snella's first season back, Saint-Étienne won its second league title[2][3] and, three seasons later, captured its third. Snella's third and final title with the club coincided with the arrival of Georges Bereta, Bernard Bosquier, Gérard Farison and Hervé Revelli to the team. After the season, Snella returned to Servette and former Stade de Reims manager Albert Batteux replaced him. In Batteux's first season in 1967–68, Saint-Étienne captured the double after winning the league and the Coupe de France. In the next season, Batteux won the league and, in the ensuing season, won the double again. The club's fast rise into French football led to a high-level of confidence from the club's ownership and supporters and, following two seasons without a trophy, Batteux was let go and replaced by former Saint-Étienne player Robert Herbin.

In Herbin's first season in charge, Saint-Étienne finished fourth in the league and reached the semi-finals of the Coupe de France. In the next two seasons, the club won the double, its seventh and eighth career league title and its third and fourth Coupe de France title. In 1976, Saint-Étienne became the first French club since Reims in 1959 to reach the final of the European Cup. In the match, played at Hampden Park in Scotland, Saint-Étienne faced German club Bayern Munich, who were the reigning champions and arguably the world's best team at the time. The match was hotly contested with Saint-Étienne failing to score after numerous chances by Jacques Santini, Dominique Bathenay and Osvaldo Piazza, among others. A single goal by Franz Roth eventually decided the outcome and Saint-Étienne supporters departed Scotland in tears, however, not without nicknaming the goalposts "les poteaux carrés" ("the square posts"). Saint-Étienne did earn a consolation prize by winning the league to cap off a successful season and, in the following season, the team won the Coupe de France. In 1981, Saint-Étienne, captained by Michel Platini, won its final league title to date after winning the league for the tenth time. After two more seasons in charge, Herbin departed the club for archrivals Lyon.

In 1982, a financial scandal involving a controversial slush fund led to the departure and eventual jailing of long-time president Roger Rocher. Saint-Étienne subsequently suffered a free-fall with the club suffering relegation in the 1983–84 season. The club returned to the first division in 1986 under the leadership of goalkeeper Jean Castaneda who had remained with the club, despite its financial state. Saint-Étienne kept its place in the first division for nearly a decade with the club reaching the semi-finals of the Coupe de France in 1990 and 1993 during the stint. In 1996, Saint-Étienne was relegated to the second division and returned to Division 1 in 1999. In the 2000–01 season, the club was, amazingly, supervised by five different managers and had to deal with a scandal that involved two players (Brazilian Alex Dias and Ukrainian goalkeeper Maksym Levytsky) who utilised fake Portuguese and Greek passports. Both players were suspended for four months and, at the end of a judicial inquiry, which linked some of the club's management staff to the passport forgeries, Saint-Étienne was docked seven league points and were, unsurprisingly, relegated.

Saint-Étienne played three seasons in the second division and returned to the first division, now called Ligue 1, for the 2004–05 season. The club's best finish during its current stint in the first division was a surprising fifth-place finish in the 2007–08 season, which resulted in the club qualifying for the UEFA Cup for the first time since 1982. Saint-Étienne was influenced by several youngsters within the team such as Bafétimbi Gomis, Loïc Perrin, Blaise Matuidi and Dimitri Payet. The heightened excitement by supporters was soon quelled after the club followed up its fifth-place finish by finishing 17th in the next two seasons. [4]

Having won the Coupe de la Ligue in April 2013, their first major domestic trophy for more than 30 years, Saint-Étienne qualified for the third preliminary round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League campaign. Following crowd trouble towards the end of the 2012–13 season, Saint-Étienne were handed a one-match stadium ban which would have forced the team to open their campaign behind closed doors. However, on 23 July 2013, this ban was lifted.[5] On 30 November 2014, Saint-Etienne defeated fierce rivals Olympique Lyonnais 3-0 at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard for the first time since 1994 sparking wild celebrations at the final whistle.[6]

Saint-Etienne finished sixth in the 2015/2016 Ligue 1 season and qualified for the UEFA Europa League. In the 2016/2017 season, Saint-Etienne made it to the knockout stages and played against Manchester United losing the tie 4-0 on aggregate. Saint-Etienne went on to finish eighth in the Ligue 1 table at the end of the season.[7]

The 2017/2018 Ligue 1 season started badly for Saint-Etienne and culminated in a 5-0 derby loss to bitter rivals Olympique Lyonnais. In the aftermath of the defeat, Oscar Garcia was terminated as manager and replaced by former player Julien Sable.[8]

In December 2017, Sable was replaced by Jean-Louis Gasset because he did not hold the required qualifications to coach in Ligue 1. Les Verts were fined 25,000 euros for every game played with Sable in charge.[9] Under Gasset, Saint-Etienne went 13 games unbeaten and finished 7th in the table at the end of the 2017/2018 season.[10]

In the 2018/2019 season, Saint-Etienne enjoyed a solid campaign culminating in a fourth place finish. Following the conclusion of the season, manager Jean-Louis Gasset elected to leave the club.[11]

Players

Current squad

As of 29 August, 2019.[12]

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

No.PositionPlayer
1FranceGKThéo Vermot
2FranceDFHarold Moukoudi
4FranceDFWilliam Saliba(on loan from Arsenal)
5FranceDFTimothée Kolodziejczak(on loan from Tigres)
6FranceMFYann M'Vila
7AlgeriaMFRyad Boudebouz
8FranceMFMahdi Camara
9FranceFWLoïs Diony
10TunisiaFWWahbi Khazri
11BrazilDFGabriel Silva
13PeruDFMiguel Trauco
14FranceFWFranck Honorat
16FranceGKStéphane Ruffier
17Ivory CoastMFJean-Eudes Aholou(on loan from Monaco)
18FranceFWArnaud Nordin
No.PositionPlayer
19FranceDFAlpha Sissoko
20GabonMFDenis Bouanga
21FranceFWRomain Hamouma
22FranceMFKévin Monnet-Paquet
23SpainDFSergi Palencia
24FranceDFLoïc Perrin(captain)
25SenegalMFAssane Dioussé
26FranceDFMathieu Debuchy
27SloveniaFWRobert Berić
28FranceMFZaydou Youssouf
29FranceMFYohan Cabaye
30FranceGKJessy Moulin
40SwitzerlandDFLéo Lacroix
50FranceGKStefan Bajic

Other players under contract

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

No.PositionPlayer

Out on loan

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

No.PositionPlayer
FranceGKAlexis Guendouz(on loan to Pau)
GreeceDFAlexandros Katranis(on loan to Atromitos)
FranceMFRayan Souici(on loan to Servette)
No.PositionPlayer
FranceFWLamine Ghezali(on loan to Châteauroux)
Cape VerdeFWVagner Gonçalves(on loan to Nancy)
SenegalFWMakhtar Gueye(on loan to Nancy)

Reserve squad

As of 22 November 2018[13]

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

No.PositionPlayer
FranceGKNathan Crémillieux
FranceGKEtienne Green
FranceGKKillian Le Roy
FranceDFMickaël Nadé
FranceDFLéo Pétrot
FranceDFWesley Fofana
FranceDFMathis Mezaber
FranceDFQuentin Vogt
FranceDFJordan Halaima
FranceDFMarvin Tshibuabua
FranceDFDilhan Sagun
No.PositionPlayer
FranceMFLucas Llort
FranceMFAdrien Fleury
FranceMFCyril Martin
FranceMFAlexandre Valbon
FranceMFAimen Moueffek
FranceMFBilal Benkhedim
GuineaFWAugustin Bangoura
FranceFWSamy Baghdadi
FranceFWCharles Abi
FranceFWTyrone Tormin

Records and statistics

Most appearances

NameMatches
FranceRené Domingo518
FranceRobert Herbin489
FranceChristian Lopez453
FranceGérard Farison412
FranceHervé Revelli405
FranceJean-Michel Larqué403
FranceGérard Janvion392
FranceLoïc Perrin382
FranceJean Castaneda378
10°FranceGeorges Bereta339

Top scorers

NameGoals
FranceHervé Revelli204
AlgeriaRachid Mekhloufi150
MaliSalif Keïta143
AustriaIgnace Tax119
FranceAntoine Rodriguez109
CameroonEugène N'Jo Léa101
FranceRobert Herbin99
FranceJean-Michel Larqué99
SerbiaIvan Bek93
10°FranceMichel Platini82

European record

As of 2019

CompetitionPlayedWonDrawnLostGoals ForGoals Against
UEFA Champions League41197155044
UEFA Europa League6828221811173
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup613527
Total115513238163124

Honours

Domestic

  • Ligue 1 Record

  • Ligue 2

  • Coupe de France

  • Coupe de la Ligue

Winners (1):2012–13
  • Trophée des Champions

Winners (5): 1957, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1969
  • Coupe Charles Drago

Winners (2): 1955, 1958

Europe

Management and staff

Club officials

Senior club staff
  • President: Bernard Caiazzo & Roland Romeyer

  • Vice-President: Roland Romeyer

  • General manager: Dominique Rocheteau

Coaching and medical staff
  • Head coach: Ghislain Printant

  • Assistant coach:Julien Sablé

Academy coaching staff
  • Director of Youth Academy: Bernard David

Coaching history

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