AS Monaco
Full name |
Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club SA |
- Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club SA, commonly 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 home matches at the Stade Louis II in Fontvieille.
- 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 and five Coupe de France trophies.
- The club is among the best in European football, and were runners-up in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1992 and the UEFA Champions League in 2004.
- The club's traditional colours are red and white, and the club is known as Les Rouges et Blancs (The Red and Whites).
- Monaco is a member of the European Club Association.
- In December 2011, two-thirds of the club was sold to an investment group led by Russian oligarch and billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev.
- With Rybolovlev's financial backing, the club quickly returned to Ligue 1 and won the 2016–17 Ligue 1, their first league title in 17 years.
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Nickname(s) |
Monaco (The Monégasques) |
Short name |
ASM |
Founded |
23 November 1924; 97 years ago |
Ground |
Stade Louis II |
Capacity |
16,500[1] |
Owner |
Monaco Sport Investment Ltd (66.67%) |
House of Grimaldi (33.33%) |
President |
Dmitry Rybolovlev |
Head coach |
Philippe Clement |
League |
Ligue 1 |
2021–22 |
Ligue 1, 3rd of 20 |
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