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{{About|the men's football team|the women's football team|Rodez AF (women)}}
{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Rodez AF
| image = Rodez AF logo.svg
| upright = 0.6
| fullname = Rodez Aveyron Football
| nickname = ''Le RAF''<br>''Les Sangs et Or'' (The Blood and Golds)
| founded = {{Start date and age|1929}}
| ground = [[Stade Paul-Lignon]],<br /> [[Rodez]]
| capacity = 5,955
| chrtitle = President
| chairman = Pierre-Olivier Murat
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = [[Didier Santini]]
| league = {{French football updater|Rodez}}
| season = {{French football updater|Rodez2}}
| position = {{French football updater|Rodez3}}
| current = 2023–24 Rodez AF season
| website = {{URL|https://rodezaveyronfootball.com}}
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'''Rodez Aveyron Football''' ({{Langx|oc|Rodés Avairon}}; commonly referred to as '''le Raf'''<ref>{{cite news |title=National. Vainqueur, le Rodez AF se rend la vie plus facile |url=http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2010/09/29/916748-national-vainqueur-le-rodez-af-se-rend-la-vie-plus-facile.html |work=La Depeche |date=29 September 2010 |access-date=19 August 2012 |language=fr |archive-date=14 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214181339/http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2010/09/29/916748-national-vainqueur-le-rodez-af-se-rend-la-vie-plus-facile.html |url-status=live }}</ref> or simply '''Rodez''') is a French [[association football]] club based in [[Rodez]]. The club was founded in 1929 and currently plays in [[Ligue 2]], the second level of [[Football in France|French football]]. The club plays its home matches at the Stade Paul Lignon located within the city. The [[Rodez AF (women)|women's squad]] was founded in 1993 and are known as the ''Rafettes''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rafettes maintenues |url=http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2012/05/07/1347163-rafettes-maintenues.html |work=La Depeche |date=5 July 2012 |access-date=19 August 2012 |language=fr |archive-date=21 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921095738/http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2012/05/07/1347163-rafettes-maintenues.html |url-status=live }}</ref> They play in the [[Division 1 Féminine]], the top division in France.

From 1988–1993, Rodez played in Ligue 2, and on 11 April 2019 secured promotion back to this level after 26 years in the lower divisions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foot-national.com/foot-26-ans-plus-tard-rodez-est-en-ligue-2-116850.html|title=26 ans plus tard, Rodez est en Ligue 2|publisher=foot-national.com|language=fr|date=11 April 2019|access-date=12 April 2019|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412081038/http://www.foot-national.com/foot-26-ans-plus-tard-rodez-est-en-ligue-2-116850.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Players==
===Current squad===
{{updated|3 February 2025.|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rodezaveyronfootball.com/national-2/effectif/ |publisher=rodezaveyronfootball.com |title=Effectif |language=fr |access-date=4 February 2019 |archive-date=16 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816151631/https://rodezaveyronfootball.com/national-2/effectif/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=team&id=3305&view=squad|title=Rodez Aveyron Football – Squad|publisher=Scoresway|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-date=25 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525195536/http://uk.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=team&id=3305&view=squad|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rodezaveyronfootball.com/ligue-2-bkt-le-point-complet-sur-leffectif-2/|title=Ligue 2 BKT : Le point complet sur l'effectif !|publisher=Rodez AF|language=fr|access-date=2 July 2022|archive-date=2 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602104622/https://rodezaveyronfootball.com/ligue-2-bkt-le-point-complet-sur-leffectif-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=FRA|pos=GK|name=[[Sébastien Cibois]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=[[Éric Vandenabeele]]}} 
{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=[[Raphaël Lipinski]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=[[Stone Mambo]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=GLP|pos=MF|name=[[Noah Cadiou]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=CHA|pos=DF|name=[[Ahmad Ngouyamsa]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=[[Mohamed Achi]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=CMR|pos=MF|name=[[Wilitty Younoussa]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=[[Timothé Nkada]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=[[Waniss Taïbi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=BEL|pos=DF|name=[[Mohamed Bouchouari]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=[[Till Cissokho]]|other=on loan from [[C.F. Estrela da Amadora|Estrela Amadora]]}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=COD|pos=GK|name=[[Lionel Mpasi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=Aurélien Pelon}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=[[Ibrahima Baldé (footballer, born 2003)|Ibrahima Baldé]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=[[Derek Mazou-Sacko]]}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=[[Joris Chougrani]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=MAR|pos=FW|name=Tawfik Bentayeb|other=on loan from [[Union de Touarga|Union Touarga]]}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=Cheick Doumbia}}
{{fs player|no=24|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=Loni Quenabio}}
{{fs player|no=25|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=Nolan Galves}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=[[Yannis Verdier]]}}
{{fs player|no=27|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=[[Alexis Trouillet]]}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=COM|pos=DF|name=[[Abdel-Hakim Abdallah|Akim Abdallah]]}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=FRA|pos=GK|name=Enzo Crombez}}
{{Fs player|no=99|nat=SEN|pos=GK|name=[[Mory Diaw]]|other=on loan from [[Clermont Foot|Clermont]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=[[Grégory Coelho]]|other=at [[FC Balagne|Balagne]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs end}}

===Notable players===
:''For a list of former Rodez players, see [[:Category:Rodez AF players]].''

==Staff==
{| class="wikitable"
|'''''Management'''''/'''''Sports'''''
|-
! style="color:yellow;background:red"|Position
! style="color:yellow;background:red"|Name
|-
| Chairman ||'''Pierre-Olivier Murat'''
|-
| General Manager ||'''[[Grégory Ursule]]'''
|-
| Head Coach || '''[[Didier Santini]]'''
|-
| rowspan="2" | Assistant Coaches || '''Jérôme Fournier'''
|-
| '''Alassane Sawadogo'''
|-
| Goalkeeper Coach || '''David Manhaval'''
|}

==Honours==
*'''[[Championnat National|Division 3]]'''
**''Runners-up'' (1): 1990
**''Winners'' (3): 1988 (Southwest group), 1990 (Central West group), [[2018–19 Championnat National|2018–19]]
*'''[[Championnat de France amateur]]'''
**''Winners'' (1): 2007 (Group C)
*'''[[Championnat de France amateur 2]]'''
**''Winners'' (1): 2004 (Group F)
*'''Division 4'''
**''Winners'' (1): 1984 (Group G)
*'''Division d'Honneur (Midi-Pyrénées)'''
**''Champions'' (3): 1956, 1969, 1982

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ligue 2}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Rodez AF| ]]
[[Category:1929 establishments in France]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1929]]
[[Category:Sport in Aveyron]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Occitania (administrative region)]]

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