AS Monaco FC

Association football club
not to be confused with Monaco national football team
Football club

Departments of AS Monaco

Football
Basketball
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 dwelling matches at the Stade Louis II in Fontvieille. [ 2 ] Though based in Monaco, the 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 bolshevik 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 golf club was sold to an investment group led by russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev. [ 8 ] With Rybolovlev ‘s fiscal back, the baseball club cursorily returned to Ligue 1 and won the 2016–17 Ligue 1, their first league style in 17 years .

status [edit ]

Unlike respective early european microstates, Monaco has never organized a domestic league and has never sought disjoined membership in either UEFA or FIFA. As a result, AS Monaco has no domestic league to play in its home area, resulting in it being expatriated into the french league system. AS Monaco is a wax penis of said French league pyramid, enabling it to represent France in european competitions. There are several early expatriated football clubs in operation around Europe, although AS Monaco is singular in that it represents a nation not a member of the international 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 country and qualify for european football that way. Two other microstates in Europe have or had teams playing abroad, Andorra and San Marino, although those clubs are distinguish 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 clean club. [ 10 ] The club ‘s early years were spent in the amateurish 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 master. The Monégasques ‘ first year of second division football ended in bankruptcy, however, as they were relegated to the amateur leagues the succeed year. By 1948, Monaco re-acquired its professional condition and returned to the french second part ; they subsequently systematically finished in its upper echelons, with this prolong attempt resulting in promotion to the French first base division for the beginning 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 time. This initial success was bettered in the postdate year with the club winning the french Championship for the first time 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 deviation in 1963, Monaco endured a barren campaign, entrenched in the center half of the league for the best contribution of the future ten and alternating between the first and second base divisions after 1963. In 1975, Jean-Louis Campora, son of former president of the united states Charles Campora, became chair 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 keep up year in 1978. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Leduc subsequently left the baseball club again in 1979, to be succeeded by Lucien Muller and Gérard Banide, both of whom were unable to halt the baseball club ‘s decline. The early on 1980s saw a firm stream of successes in national competitions. Monaco won a title about every other year ; 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 achiever. Up to this point, Monaco had never passed the beginning rung of any european contest. Monaco lost to Dundee United ( 1981 ), CSKA Sofia doubly ( 1982 and 1984 ) and Universitatea Craiova ( 1985 ). [ 14 ]

1990s : Wenger and Tigana [edit ]

In 1986, erstwhile Ajax director Ștefan Kovács, who succeeded Rinus Michels and honed his total Football ideals with the dutch champions, came out of a three-year “ retirement ” to manage Monaco, but even he could not bring them success. With the club facing a moment barren spell, they signed Arsène Wenger, who had so far been relatively unknown, managing Nancy without much success. Wenger ‘s reign saw the club enjoy one of its most successful periods, with respective divine 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 charge ( 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 club could have had even greater success in this period, as it emerged in 1993 that bitter rivals Marseille had indulged in meet cook and numerous improprieties, a opinion that Wenger had hanker held. [ 15 ] In 1994, after being blocked by the Monaco board from opening discussions with german power station Bayern Munich for their vacant managerial post after being shortlisted for the role, Wenger was released from the club, respective weeks after the post had already been filled. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] After Wenger ‘s departure, the golf club went on to record two further 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 gear in the league, the 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 solicitation 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 digression. He was replaced by Pierre Svara, an administrator considered to be close to the principality ‘s deluxe family but with no footballing experience. [ 18 ] The succeed temper saw noteworthy success on the field, given the club ‘s fiscal strife. The team, coached by early 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 noteworthy 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 year in its history. Within 12 months, Deschamps had left as coach and Svara had been replaced by Michel Pastor. [ 17 ]

relegation and takeover [edit ]

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

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

Monaco won the Ligue 1 championship 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 beginning Ligue 1 deed in 17 years. Monaco went undefeated for the death 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 foremost leg 5–3 to Manchester City [ 24 ] before beating the english slope 3–1 at home to win on aside 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 obligation to buy for a fee of €180m, [ 25 ] making it the second-highest transfer tip 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 coach by Thierry Henry in October 2018 after a poor people begin to the season. [ 26 ] Henry was suspended from his job in January, [ 27 ] and Jardim returned days later. [ 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 early 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 government 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 former, was replaced by early Bayern Munich director Niko Kovač. They finished the league in third position 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 locate consist of land reclaimed from the Mediterranean, which has become a recurring have of the stadium ‘s seaside surroundings. The stadium is named after the former Prince of Monaco Louis II and houses a sum 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 ahead, UEFA decided to rotate the event throughout diverse stadiums .

Players [edit ]

current police squad [edit ]

As of 31 August 2021[34]

Out on lend [edit ]

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Reserves [edit ]

As of 14 August 2021[35]

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AS Monaco FC

status [edit ]

history [edit ]

early history [edit ]

1960–1986 : domestic successes [edit ]

1990s : Wenger and Tigana [edit ]

relegation and takeover [edit ]

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

stadium [edit ]

Players [edit ]

current police squad [edit ]

Out on lend [edit ]

Reserves [edit ]

management and staff [edit ]

presidential history [edit ]

Coaching history [edit ]

Honours [edit ]

domestic competitions [edit ]

european [edit ]

UEFA club coefficient ranking [edit ]

Records [edit ]

References [edit ]