Clubname: | Avignon |
Fullname: | Avenir Club Avignonnais |
Ground: | Stade Léon Dulcy |
Capacity: | 500 |
Chairman: | Marc Maurin |
Manager: | Christophe Chaintreuil |
Pattern La1: | _black_stripes |
Pattern B1: | _blackshoulders |
Pattern Ra1: | _black_stripes |
Leftarm1: | FFFFFF |
Body1: | FFFFFF |
Rightarm1: | FFFFFF |
Shorts1: | 000000 |
Socks1: | FFFFFF |
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.
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.
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–