AS Saint-Étienne
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Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿etjɛn lwaʁ]), commonly known as A.S.S.E. (French pronunciation: [a.ɛs.ɛs.ø]) or simply Saint-Étienne, is a French professional football club based in Saint-Étienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The club was founded in 1933 and competes in Ligue 2, the second division of French football, although it has played in Ligue 1 for the majority of its existence. Saint-Étienne's home ground is the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.
Full name | AS Saint-Étienne | ||
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Nickname(s) | Sainté Les Verts (The Greens)[1] Les Stéphanois (The Stéphanois) | ||
Short name | A.S.S.E. | ||
Founded | 1919; 105 years ago (1919) | ||
Ground | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard | ||
Capacity | 41,965 | ||
Owner | Cesse Foot (44%) Croissance Foot (44%) Association ASSE (12%) | ||
President | Bernard Caïazzo (Supervisory Board) | ||
Head coach | Olivier Dall'Oglio | ||
League | Ligue 2 | ||
2022–23 | Ligue 2, 8th of 20 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Saint-Étienne have won ten Ligue 1 titles, six Coupe de France titles, a Coupe de la Ligue title and five Trophée des Champions. They have also won the Ligue 2 championship on three occasions. The club achieved most of its honours in the 1960s and 1970s under the leadership of managers Jean Snella, Albert Batteux, and Robert Herbin.
Saint-Étienne is known as Les Verts meaning "the Greens" due to its home colours. They have a longstanding rivalry with nearby team Olympique Lyonnais, against whom they contest the Derby Rhône-Alpes. In 2009, the club added a female section.