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AS Monaco

Full name

Association Sportive de
Monaco Football Club

Nickname(s)

Les Rouge et Blanc (the red and white)

Founded

1919

Ground

Stade Louis II,
Monaco

Capacity

18,500

Chairman

Image:Flag of France.svg Michel Pastor

Manager

Image:Flag of France.svg Laurent Banide

League

Ligue 1

2005-2006

Ligue 1, 10th

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Home colours





Away colours

The Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club is a Monegasque football club, founded in 1919. They became a professional club after 1948. Although the club is in Monaco, it has always competed in the French football structure. For this reason, it has always been regarded with a certain suspicion by a segment of the French population. It is one of the most successful clubs in French football, with seven league titles and five French Cup titles. It has also had some successful campaigns in Europe, including a run to the final of the UEFA Champions League, in 2004, but it has not won a European competition.

AS Monaco is sometimes derided for its relatively low number of spectators (10,394 average for the 2003/2004 season). However, taking into account the city's population of 30,000 and that it competes with Nice's team (350,000 inhabitants) OGC Nice 20 km nearby (with an average attendance of 11,500 in the same season), Monaco as a city has one of the highest spectator/inhabitant ratios in France.

AS Monaco's home ground is Stade Louis II, an all-seater with a capacity of 18,500 in the Fontvieille section of Monaco. The stadium, as well as the Fontvieille district, was built entirely on land reclaimed from the Mediterranean Sea. This small but glamorous looking stadium is often used to host the European Supercup at the start of the season, featuring the winner of the Champions League and the winner of the UEFA Cup.

Monaco were shock finalists in the UEFA Champions League in 2004, impressively beating the likes of Real Madrid and Chelsea along the way there, but they were defeated by FC Porto in the final, losing the match 3-0. This remains Monaco's greatest achievement so far in Europe, but in 2005 Monaco were beaten in the 3rd qualifying round stage by Real Betis. They have since continued recent good form and secured a place in the 1/16th of the UEFA Cup vs. Basel after having won the Group Stage tournament (group including Hamburg, CSKA Sofia, Slavia Prague and Viking Stavanger), after a victorious home/away fixture over Dutch side Willem II.

1 Honours
2 Current Squad
3 Notable Coaches
4 External links

[edit] Honours

Ligue 1
- Winners (7): 1961, 1963, 1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2000
- Runners-up (5): 1964, 1984, 1991, 1992, 2003
French Cup
- Winners (5): 1960, 1963, 1980, 1985, 1991
- Runners-up (4): 1974, 1984, 1989. 1992
French League Cup
- Winners (1): 2003
- Runners-up (1): 2001
UEFA Champions League
- Runners-up (1): 2004
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1992
Coppa delle Alpi
- Winners (3): 1979, 1983, 1984

[edit] Current Squad

As of March 20, 2006

No.		Position	Player
1	Image:Flag of France.svg	GK	Guillaume Warmuz
2	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Sylvain Monsoreau
3	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Manuel Dos Santos
4	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	François Modesto
5	Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg	MF	Diego Pérez
6	Image:Flag of the Czech Republic (bordered).svg	MF	Jaroslav Plašil
7	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg	MF	Lucas Bernardi
8	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	MF	Gerard López
9	Image:Flag of the Czech Republic (bordered).svg	FW	Jan Koller
10	Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	Jérémy Menez
11	Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	Sébastien Grax
13	Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	Alexandre Licata
14	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Malaury Martin
15	Image:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg	MF	Yaya Touré
16	Image:Flag of France.svg	GK	Stéphane Ruffier

No.		Position	Player
17	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Serge Gakpe
18	Image:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg	FW	Mohamed Kallon
19	Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg	FW	Gonzalo Vargas
20	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	FW	Marco Di Vaio
21	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Camel Meriem
22	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	DF	Bolívar
23	Image:Flag of Croatia.svg	MF	Jerko Leko
25	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg	DF	Leandro Damián Cufré
26	Image:Flag of Senegal.svg	DF	Massamba Lo Sambou
27	Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	Frédéric Nimani
28	Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	Nicolas Maurice-Belay
29	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Thomas Mangani
30	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	GK	Flavio Roma
31	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Olivier Veigneau
32	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Gaël Givet (captain)

[edit] Out on loan

Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	David Gigliotti (at Troyes AC)
Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Arnaud Lescure (at Sporting Toulon Var)
Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	Laurent Lanteri (at FC Metz)
Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	Alexis Allart (at CS Louhans-Cuiseaux)

[edit] Transfers In

9	Image:Flag of the Czech Republic (bordered).svg	FW	Jan Koller (from Borussia Dortmund)
23	Image:Flag of Croatia.svg	MF	Jerko Leko (from Dinamo Kyiv)
15	Image:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg	MF	Yaya Touré (from Olympiacos)
22	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	DF	Bolívar (from Internacional)
10	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Jérémy Menez (from Sochaux)
25	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg	DF	Leandro Damián Cufré (from AS Roma)

[edit] Transfers Out

Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg	FW	Javier Chevantón (to Sevilla)
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	DF	Maicon (to Inter Milan)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg	FW	Christian Vieri (to Atalanta B.C.)
Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Olivier Kapo (loan return to Juventus)
Image:Flag of Greece.svg	MF	Akis Zikos (to AEK Athens FC)