Angers SCO
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Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest, commonly referred to as Angers SCO (Script error: No such module "IPA".), is a French professional football club based in Angers in Pays de la Loire in western France. The club was founded in 1919 and plays in Ligue 1, the first division of Football in France. It plays its home matches at the Stade Raymond Kopa. The club has played 31 seasons in the French top flight.
History
The team was founded in 1919, the same year the FFF was founded.[1]
During the team's history, it has bounced between the top two tiers on multiple occasions. However, it did spend time in the third tier on several occasions; the 2006–07 season was its last season in the third tier.
The first season that Angers debuted in the French second division was in 1945. During this season, Angers SCO was placed in the North group; at that time, the second division was split into two groups, the North and South. Angers finished third, being seven points short of Stade Français, which was promoted to the first division. In the 2014–15 Ligue 2 season, the team achieved promotion after a long time being in the lower division. During the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season, SCO placed ninth in the final standings. In its opening league match against Montpellier, Angers won the match 2–0.
On 28 May 2017 Angers played in the 2017 Coupe de France final against Paris Saint-Germain. Angers lost the match 1–0 courtesy of 91st minute own goal.[2] At the end of the 2017–18 Ligue 1 season, Angers finished 14th on the table and Cameroon striker Karl Toko Ekambi finished with an impressive 17 goals in the competition.[3] In the 2018–19 Ligue 1 season, Angers finished in a respectable 13th position on the table.[4]
On 8 June 2020, Angers broke their own transfer fee record by signing Paul Bernardoni from Bordeaux, in a deal worth 8 million euros.[5] On 30 April 2021 Angers, along with Paris FC, were handed a transfer ban by FIFA for violation of regulations regarding relay transfers in August 2020. The ban was effective for the summer 2021 transfer window.[6] On 27 April 2023, Angers received a two-window transfer ban from FIFA due to a dispute with Tunisian club ES Tunis over the transfer of Ilyes Chetti.[7] Angers communicated their intent to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).[8] In the 2022–23 Ligue 1 season, Angers suffered relegation with five matches to spare, returning to the second tier after eight years in the top flight.[9]
League participations
- Ligue 1: 1956–68, 1969–75, 1976–77, 1978–81, 1993–94, 2015–2023, 2024–present
- Ligue 2: 1945–56, 1968–69, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–93, 1994–96, 2000–01, 2003–05, 2007–15, 2023–24
- National: 1996–2000, 2001–03, 2005–07
- Regional League: 1931–39
- Division d'Honneur: 1919–31
- Coupe de France runners-up: 1957, 2017
Players
Current squad
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Other players under contract
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Out on loan
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Current technical staff
| Position | Name |
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| President | Template:Flagicon Romain Chabane |
| Vice President | Template:Flagicon Teddy Kefalas |
| Director of Sport | Template:Flagicon Laurent Boissier |
| Manager | Template:Flagicon Alexandre Dujeux |
| Assistant manager | Template:Flagicon Jean-Michel Badiane |
| Fitness coach | Template:Flagicon Alan Berrou |
| Physiotherapists | Template:Flagicon Antoine André Template:Flagicon Aurélien Latour |
| Goalkeeping coach | Template:Flagicon Olivier Tingry[11] |
| Club doctor | Template:Flagicon Claire de Labachelerie |
| Podologist | Template:Flagicon Arnaud Perrier |
| Osteopath | Template:Flagicon Marc Sourice |
Notable players
Below are the notable former players who have represented Angers in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1919. To appear in the section below, a player must have either played in at least 80 official matches for the club or represented his country's national team either while playing for Angers or after departing the club.
For a complete list of Angers SCO players, see Category:Angers SCO players
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- Template:Flagicon Paul Alo'o
- Template:Flagicon Vili Ameršek
- Template:Flagicon Boško Antić
- Template:Flagicon Jean-Marie Aubry
- Template:Flagicon Fahid Ben Khalfallah
- Template:Flagicon Marc Berdoll
- Template:Flagicon Stéphane Bruey
- Template:Flagicon Thierry Cygan
- Template:Flagicon Milan Damjanović
- Template:Flagicon Cédric Daury
- Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Dogliani
- Template:Flagicon Jean-Marc Guillou
- Template:Flagicon Kazimir Hnatow
- Template:Flagicon Claudiu Keserü
- Template:Flagicon Raymond Kopa
- Template:Flagicon Vladica Kovačević
- Template:Flagicon Guy Moussi
- Template:Flagicon Albert Poli
- Template:Flagicon Ulrich Ramé
- Template:Flagicon Amar Rouaï
- Template:Flagicon Emil Săndoi
- Template:Flagicon Steve Savidan
- Template:Flagicon André Strappe
- Template:Flagicon Karl Toko Ekambi
- Template:Flagicon Jean Vincent
Managers
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References
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External links
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