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Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club SA, normally referred to as AS Monaco ( french pronunciation : ​ [ ɑ.ɛs mɔnako ] ) or Monaco, is a professional football club based in Monaco that competes in Ligue 1, the top tier of french football. Founded in 1918, the team plays its home matches at the Stade Louis II in Fontvieille. [ 2 ] Though based in Monaco, the baseball club plays in the french football league system. Monaco is one of the most successful clubs in french football, having won eight league titles [ 3 ] and five Coupe de France trophies. [ 4 ] The club is among the best in european football, and were runners-up in the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup in 1992 [ 5 ] and the UEFA Champions League in 2004. [ 6 ] The club ‘s traditional colours are crimson and white, and the club is known as Les Rouges et Blancs ( The Red and Whites ). [ 7 ] Monaco is a member of the European Club Association. In December 2011, two-thirds of the club was sold to an investment group led by russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev. [ 8 ] With Rybolovlev ‘s fiscal back, the club cursorily returned to Ligue 1 and won the 2016–17 Ligue 1, their inaugural league style in 17 years .

condition [edit ]

Unlike respective other european microstates, Monaco has never organized a domestic league and has never sought branch membership in either UEFA or FIFA. As a consequence, AS Monaco has no domestic league to play in its family area, resulting in it being expatriated into the french league system. AS Monaco is a full member of said French league pyramid, enabling it to represent France in european competitions. There are several other expatriated football clubs in mathematical process around Europe, although AS Monaco is unique in that it represents a nation not a member of the external organizations. Although Vaduz among other Liechtenstein clubs play in the Swiss league system due to Liechtenstein not having a league, those clubs do have a domestic cup in their home area and qualify for european football that means. Two other microstates in Europe have or had teams playing abroad, Andorra and San Marino, although those clubs are offprint from existing domestic league infrastructures .

history [edit ]

early history [edit ]

AS Monaco FC was founded on 1 August 1919 as a union of numerous local clubs based in France and the principality. then, the multiple sports club of the Association Sportive de Monaco was founded on 23 August 1924. [ 9 ] AS Monaco FC was then absorbed by the latter and became the football section of the elaborate Monegasque dissipated club. [ 10 ] The club ‘s early on years were spent in the amateur regional divisions of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, rising quickly between the leagues in the 1920s. In 1933, Monaco were invited by the french Football Federation to turn professional. The Monégasques ‘ first year of second division football ended in failure, however, as they were relegated to the amateur leagues the be year. By 1948, Monaco re-acquired its master status and returned to the french second base division ; they subsequently systematically finished in its upper berth echelons, with this sustain attempt resulting in promotion to the French first division for the first gear time in 1953 .

1960–1986 : domestic successes [edit ]

Lucien Leduc guided Monaco to three league titles and two domestic cups In 1960, Monaco coach Lucien Leduc led the club to its first professional trophy, the Coupe de France, beating Saint-Étienne 4–2 in extra meter. This initial success was bettered in the follow year with the baseball club winning the french Championship for the first fourth dimension in its history, qualifying for the european Cup. Leduc subsequently led the club to its first League and Cup Double in 1963. Upon Leduc ‘s passing in 1963, Monaco endured a barren run, entrenched in the middle half of the league for the best partially of the future decade and alternating between the first and second divisions after 1963. In 1975, Jean-Louis Campora, son of former president of the united states Charles Campora, became president of the club. In his second season, he brought back Leduc, who immediately won the club promotion to the first division and won them the championship the follow year in 1978. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Leduc subsequently left the club again in 1979, to be succeeded by Lucien Muller and Gérard Banide, both of whom were unable to halt the golf club ‘s decline. The early 1980s saw a steadily pour of successes in national competitions. Monaco won a claim about every other class ; the Coupe de France in 1980 and 1985, the french Championship in 1982, was Coupe de France finalist in 1984. In the 1985–86 temper, Monaco hammered Bordeaux 9–0, one of the biggest wins in club history. [ 13 ] disappointingly for Monaco fans, the club could not translate its domestic leadership into european success. Up to this point, Monaco had never passed the first round of any european competition. Monaco lost to Dundee United ( 1981 ), CSKA Sofia doubly ( 1982 and 1984 ) and Universitatea Craiova ( 1985 ). [ 14 ]

1990s : Wenger and Tigana [edit ]

In 1986, former Ajax coach Ștefan Kovács, who succeeded Rinus Michels and honed his sum Football ideals with the dutch champions, came out of a three-year “ retirement ” to manage Monaco, but evening he could not bring them success. With the club facing a second barren while, they signed Arsène Wenger, who had so far been relatively nameless, managing Nancy without a lot success. Wenger ‘s reign saw the club enjoy one of its most successful periods, with several inspire signings, including George Weah, Glenn Hoddle, Jürgen Klinsmann, and Youri Djorkaeff. Youth team policies produced future World Cup winners Emmanuel Petit, Lilian Thuram and Thierry Henry. Under Wenger, they won the league in his beginning season in appoint ( 1988 ) and the Coupe de France in 1991, with the club systematically competing in the latter stages of the european Cup and regularly challenging for the league title. [ 15 ] The clubhouse could have had even greater achiever in this period, as it emerged in 1993 that bitter rivals Marseille had indulged in match cook and numerous improprieties, a scene that Wenger had long held. [ 15 ] In 1994, after being blocked by the Monaco board from opening discussions with german power station Bayern Munich for their vacant managerial mail after being shortlisted for the role, Wenger was released from the club, several weeks after the post had already been filled. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] After Wenger ‘s deviation, the club went on to record two far league championships ; under Jean Tigana in 1997 and under Claude Puel in 2000. however, as the ten came to an end, rumours were surfacing that the club was facing numerous fiscal difficulties. In 2003, these fiscal problems came to a head. Despite finishing second in the league, the golf club was relegated to Ligue 2 by the french Professional League for amassing a €50 million ( $ 68 million ) debt. [ 17 ] Whilst this was reduced on appeal to a ban on purchasing players, it was adequate to force President Jean-Louis Campora, who had been in charge for 28 years, to step aside. He was replaced by Pierre Svara, an administrator considered to be close up to the principality ‘s deluxe kin but with no footballing know. [ 18 ] The stick to season saw noteworthy success on the field, given the club ‘s fiscal discord. The team, coached by erstwhile french national team captain Didier Deschamps and featuring stalwarts such as Fernando Morientes, Ludovic Giuly, Jérôme Rothen and Dado Pršo, finished third in Ligue 1 and enjoyed a remarkable run to the final of the UEFA Champions League, beating real Madrid and Chelsea along the way. however, despite the on-field achiever, the 2003–04 season was the club ‘s worst fiscal class in its history. Within 12 months, Deschamps had left as coach and Svara had been replaced by Michel Pastor. [ 17 ]

delegating and takeover [edit ]

russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev bought the club in 2011 and has made it one of the biggest spenders in the football populace. With Francesco Guidolin hired to replace Deschamps, one of Pastor ‘s first tasks was to hold on to the players who had turned the club into one of the best in Europe. however, he failed to convince them to stay and their replacements were unable to replicate previous successes. Guidolin lasted only one year, before being replaced by adjunct coach Laurent Banide who, in turn, lone lasted a year, before being replaced by brazilian Ricardo Gomes. In 2008, after four years at the clubhouse featuring six coaches and alone mid-table finishes, Pastor left the clubhouse amid severe criticism of his management skills. In 2008, Jérôme de Bontin, a lead stockholder of the club since 2003, took tear of the club, promising a dispatch reorganization. Under his reign as president, the golf club brought in players such as Park Chu-young and Freddy Adu, but they did not find much success on the lurch, going through a ardent season and only managing a mid-table end. De Bontin resigned at the end of the season, replaced by banker Étienne Franzi and a raw display panel of directors. [ 19 ]

In July 2009, Ricardo Gomes was replaced by former Cannes and Rennes coach Guy Lacombe, inheriting a youthful squad featuring numerous highly lauded young team prospects, including Cédric Mongongu, Serge Gakpé, Vincent Muratori, Frédéric Nimani, Nicolas N’Koulou, Park Chu-young, Yohan Mollo and Yohann Thuram-Ulien. [ 20 ] Lacombe led Monaco to eighth place in Ligue 1 in his first season in charge, but he was ineffective to replicate this performance in his second base season and was sacked in January 2011, with Monaco in 17th set in Ligue 1. He was replaced by early bus Laurent Banide, who was unable to turn around the club ‘s fortunes ; Monaco finished the 2010–11 season in 18th, thus becoming relegated to Ligue 2. In December 2011, 66.67 % of the club was sold to the russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev ( via a trust under his daughter Ekaterina ‘s appoint ) while the club were bottom of Ligue 2. [ 8 ] Banide was sacked due to this poor people start to the 2011–12 temper, and was replaced by italian director Marco Simone. Although he lifted the club to eighth by the goal of the season, the cabaret ‘s display panel targeted promotion for the approaching season and so fired him and appointed his compatriot Claudio Ranieri, whose attacking style of football saw the clubhouse score 64 goals in the 2012–13 season. With the club only losing four times, Monaco finished the season as champions, earning promotion spinal column to Ligue 1. Using Rybolovlev ‘s funds, Monaco were one of the biggest spenders in Europe in 2013, spending approximately £140 million, including a club-record £50 million for Radamel Falcao from Atlético Madrid and £40 million for James Rodríguez from FC Porto. [ 21 ] Monaco finished in 2nd place in Ligue 1 in the 2013–14 season and Ranieri was replaced by Leonardo Jardim. The follow season, Monaco cut expenses, selling Rodriguez to Real Madrid for €75m and loaning Falcao to Manchester United. Despite the high-profile departures, Monaco finished in 3rd identify in Ligue 1 and made it to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, defeating Arsenal in the Round of 16 before exiting at the hands of Juventus. Top-scorer from the 2013–14 season Anthony Martial, who managed 12 goals in all competitions, departing for Manchester United in the summer for a tip of €60m, the highest fee paid for a adolescent in football history. [ 22 ] This, combined with the sales of Geoffrey Kondogbia, Layvin Kurzawa, Yannick Carrasco, Aymen Abdennour, Lucas Ocampos and other, saw the Monegasque club gain over €180m in the transfer window .

Ligue 1 exuberate and aftermath ( 2016–present ) [edit ]

Monaco won the Ligue 1 entitle on 17 May 2017, defeating AS Saint-Étienne 2–0. [ 23 ] Radamel Falcao and Kylian Mbappé scored 30 and 26 goals respectively to ensure a first base Ligue 1 title in 17 years. Monaco went undefeated for the final 20 games of the temper, winning 18 of those 20 games. In the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, Monaco staged a dramatic comeback in the Round of 16, losing the beginning leg 5–3 to Manchester City [ 24 ] before beating the english side 3–1 at home to win on off goals. Monaco then defeated Borussia Dortmund 6–3 on aggregate before going down 4–1 over two legs to Juventus. In the summer, Kylian Mbappé went to rivals PSG on loan, with duty to buy for a fee of €180m, [ 25 ] making it the second-highest transfer fee in history after Neymar. Teammates Bernardo Silva and Benjamin Mendy were sold to Manchester City for over €100m combined and Tiémoué Bakayoko was sold to Chelsea for €40 million. Monaco managed to finish 2nd in the 2017–18 Ligue 1, 13 points behind league winners PSG. In the summer of 2018, they besides sold Fabinho to Liverpool for €42 million. Jardim was replaced as passenger car by Thierry Henry in October 2018 after a hapless originate to the season. [ 26 ] Henry was suspended from his subcontract in January, [ 27 ] and Jardim returned days by and by. [ 28 ] Monaco finished the season in 17th, avoiding relegation playoffs by 2 points. [ 29 ] In December 2019 Jardim was fired for the second time in 14 months, [ 30 ] and erstwhile Spain coach Robert Moreno was appointed in his place. [ 31 ] In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic suspended the league on 13 March 2020, and on 28 April 2020, the league was stopped, as the french politics banned all sporting events until September. Monaco ended the season in 9th. On 18 July 2020, Robert Moreno was sacked by AS Monaco, and 1 day late, was replaced by former Bayern Munich director Niko Kovač. They finished the league in third situation with 78 points and winning 24 matches from 38 ( 63 % ) .

stadium [edit ]

Monaco played at the original Stade Louis II since its construction in 1939. In 1985, the stadium was replaced with the current iteration, built on a nearby web site consist of land reclaimed from the Mediterranean, which has become a recur feature of the stadium ‘s seaside surroundings. The stadium is named after the early Prince of Monaco Louis II and houses a total of 18,523 supporters. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] The Stade Louis II is noted for its iconic nine arches and has hosted numerous athletic events and european Cup finals. Every August from 1998 to 2012, it hosted each case of the annual UEFA Super Cup, but from 2013 forth, UEFA decided to rotate the event throughout versatile stadiums .

Players [edit ]

current police squad [edit ]

As of 6 December 2021[34]

Out on loanword [edit ]

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

Reserves [edit ]

As of 14 August 2021[35]

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

management and staff [edit ]

Senior club staff[36]

presidential history [edit ]

Coaching history [edit ]

Honours [edit ]

domestic competitions [edit ]

european [edit ]

UEFA club coefficient ranking [edit ]

As of 22 Nov 2021[39]

Records [edit ]

References [edit ]