AC Avignonnais explained

Clubname:Avignon
Fullname:Avenir Club Avignonnais
Ground:Stade Léon Dulcy
Capacity:500
Chairman:Marc Maurin
Manager:Christophe Chaintreuil
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Website:http://www.ac-avignon.com

Avenir Club Avignonnais, known as AC Avignonnais or simply Avignon, is a football club based in the city of Avignon in southern France. The club notably competed in the Division 1 in the 1975–76 season.

History

The club was founded in 1931 as Association Sportive Avignonnaise and played professionally from 1942 until 1948. The club was later renamed Olympique Avignonnais in a merger with Saint-Jean and became professional again in 1965.

In 1975, the team was promoted to Division 1, after winning a playoff match against FC Rouen. However, the 1975–1976 season was disastrous, as the club finished bottom with 20 Points, 7 victories, 6 draws, 25 defeats, with 30 goals scored and 80 goals conceded. The club was relegated from Division 2 in 1976 and had to forgo its professional status in 1981 due to financial problems.

The club found itself in the fourth division in 1983–1984, but bounced back to Division 2 after successive promotions from 1989 to 1991. In 1992, the club was renamed Club Olympique Avignonnais after a merger with Sporting Club Avignonais. Relegation to the sixth division (Division d'honneur) followed in 1994. The club was renamed Avignon Foot 84 in 2003.

Managerial history

Source:[1]

1945–1948

1957–1958

1960–1965

1965 – April 1968

April 1968 – 1970

1970–1971

1971–1972

1972–1976

1976–1977

1977–1979

1979–1983

1983–1986

1986–1988

1988–1991

1993–1996

2000–2002

2003–2005

2005–

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs . 3 August 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070804060801/http://www.rsssf.com/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html . 4 August 2007 . live.