Amiens SC

Amiens
Full name Amiens Sporting Club
Nickname(s) Les Licornes (The Unicorns)
Founded 1901 (1901)
Ground Stade de la Licorne
Capacity 12,097
Chairman Bernard Joannin
Manager Christophe Pélissier
League Ligue 1
2017–18 Ligue 1, 13th
Website Club website

Amiens Sporting Club (French pronunciation: ​[amjɛ̃]; commonly referred to as Amiens SC or simply Amiens) is a French association football club based in the northern city of Amiens in the Hauts-de-France region. The club was formed in 1901 and play in Ligue 1, the top level of French football. The club plays its home matches at the Stade de la Licorne located within the city. The 2017-2018 Ligue 1 season was the first in the club's 116-year history. Amiens have never won a major trophy.[1][2]

History

Amiens Athlétic Club (AAC) was set up in 1901 by a group of players from the Association du Lycée d'Amiens, French schoolboy champions in 1902, 1903, and 1904. AAC crushed its very first opponents, Saint-Quentin, 13–0 a few months after its creation. In April 1902, the Comité de Picardie de l'U.S.F.S.A was established by the then-president of the AAC (Henri-Frédéric Petit). AAC dominated the early USFSA league for the first 12 seasons. In 1909, the club got a new ground, at the Henry Daussy Park, allowing an attendance of more than 1,000. In 1933, the club got its first professional section, later abandoned in 1952, before becoming professional again in 1993. Since the early days, AAC has undergone two name changes: In 1961, to Sporting Club d'Amiens, and in 1989, as Amiens Sporting Club. Amiens played in Ligue 2 between 2001–2009. The team made a return to the second tier of French football for the 2016–2017 season, after finishing 3rd in the Championnat National. Their first season back in Ligue 2 was the most successful ever, as they finished runners-up and were promoted to top-tier Ligue 1 for the first time ever. It was a dramatic promotion, too, as they would have dropped out of the promotion places but for a last-gasp winning goal in the final game against Reims.[3][4] Amiens first season in Ligue 1 ended in survival with a comfortable 13th placed finish on the table.[5]

Players

Current squad

As of 11 September 2018.[6]

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

No. Position Player
1 France GK Régis Gurtner (vice-captain)
2 France DF Prince-Désir Gouano
3 Benin DF Khaled Adénon
4 Sweden DF Emil Krafth (on loan from Bologna)
5 France MF Eddy Gnahoré (on loan from Palermo)
6 France MF Thomas Monconduit (captain)
7 Iran FW Saman Ghoddos
8 Brazil MF Paulo Henrique Ganso (on loan from Sevilla)
10 Colombia MF Stiven Mendoza
11 Colombia FW Juan Ferney Otero
12 Mali DF Bakaye Dibassy
13 France FW Quentin Cornette
14 France MF Gaoussou Traoré
15 Senegal FW Moussa Konaté
16 France GK Matthieu Dreyer
No. Position Player
17 France MF Alexis Blin (on loan from Toulouse)
19 Morocco DF Oualid El Hajjam
20 Ivory Coast MF Cheick Timité
21 Poland MF Rafał Kurzawa
24 France MF Mathieu Bodmer
25 France DF Jordan Lefort
29 Niger FW Seybou Koita
30 France GK Gauthier Banaziak
32 France FW Martin Gneba
34 South Africa MF Bongani Zungu
35 France DF Valentin Gendrey
36 Cameroon MF Jean-Claude Ngando
37 France DF Sanasi Sy
38 France MF Réda Rabeï
40 France GK Antonin Gauducheau

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
— France FW Brighton Labeau (on loan to Villefranche)
No. Position Player
— Guadeloupe FW Yannick Mamilonne (on loan to Paris FC)

Notable former players

Below are the notable former players who have represented Amiens and its predecessors in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1901. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 80 official matches for the club.

For a list of former Amiens players, see Category:Amiens SC players.

Managers

  • France Jules Limbeck (1934–35)
  • France Raymond Demey (1935–36)
  • France Louis Finot (1942–43)
  • Denmark Kaj Andrup (1945–46)
  • France Illiet (1946–47)
  • France Mony Braunstein (1947–48)
  • France André Riou (1950–51)
  • France Édouard Harduin (1958–59)
  • France Jean Mankowski (1959–60)
  • France Emilien Méresse (1960–67)
  • France Lautié (1967–68)
  • France Emilien Méresse (1968)
  • France André Grillon (1968–77)
  • France Robert Buchot (1977–79)
  • France Paul Pruvost (1979 – December 79)
  • France Robert Buchot (December 1979–80)
  • France Claude Le Roy and Paul Pruvost (1980–81)

Honours

  • Division 3
    • Champions (1): 1978
  • Division d'Honneur (Nord)
    • Champions (4): 1924, 1927, 1957, 1963
  • Division d'Honneur (Picardie)
    • Champions (2): 1920, 1921
  • USFSA League (Picardie)
    • Champions (11): 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914
  • Coupe de France
    • Runners-Up (1): 2001

References

  1. ↑ "Neymar watches on as Cavani and Pastore seal PSG victory". Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "ESPN.com Soccernet Europe: News - French Cup: Nantes close in on double". www.espnfc.com.au. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Ligue 1: Strasbourg and Amiens win promotion - Goal.com". Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Ligue 2: Strasbourg win title as Amiens promoted after 96th-minute winner". 20 May 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2018 – via www.bbc.com.
  5. ↑ "Ligue1.com - Marseille miss out". www.ligue1.com.
  6. ↑ "Effectif" (in French). amiensfootball.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
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