US Avranches

L’Union Sportive Avranches Mont Saint Michel, shortly known as US Avranches is a French football club based in Avranches, in the department of Manche, and founded in 1897. Since 2014, it plays in the Championnat National, the third-tier of French football.

The club has been chaired by Gilbert Guérin since 1990.

History

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Pierre Chayriguès, coach from 1952 to 1955

Football arrived in Avranches in the mid-19th century, due to an influx of British immigrants who brought their customs and lifestyle to the area. In 1895, Paul Lebedel and Auguste Desclos, with approval from Henri Goujon, formed the Association Sportive du Collège d'Avranches. The club had several sections of sport, which included gymnastics, fencing and shooting, but the club specialized in football. The ASCA recruited most of their players from students who attended the university and players who lived nearby. The club endured difficulties following a match against Stade Rennais Université, now Stade Rennais F.C., after the external players arrived home too late following the match. This caused a significant outrage from their parents and guardians and, eventually, the ASCA were forced to abandon signing players from outside the university. Due to this, a man named Alexandre Legrand concluded that the people outside the university should form their own club. After discussions, the club was formed in April 1897 as L’Union Sportive Avranches'. Due to his input, Legrand was inserted as the club's treasurer. The club competed mainly against local colleges in Avranches and played their first official match against AS du Collège de Vire.

Chairmen

Présidents of l'US Avranches Mont-Saint-Michel

Rang Nom Période 1 Template:Flagicon Marcel Barbé 1897–1907 2 Template:Flagicon Victor Poisnel 1907–1914 3 Template:Flagicon Armand Lebreton 1917–1940 4 Template:Flagicon Alexandre Legrand 1940–1943 5 Template:Flagicon Eugène Dodier 1943–1944 6 Template:Flagicon Henri Barbé 1944–1945 7 Template:Flagicon Docteur Gendrot 1945–1960 8 Template:Flagicon Albert Nativelle 1960–1970

Rang Nom Période 9 Template:Flagicon Claude Masson 1970–1973 10 Template:Flagicon Docteur Gendrot 1973–1975 11 Template:Flagicon Albert Nativelle 1975–1976 12 Template:Flagicon Rémi Guérin 1976–1981 13 Template:Flagicon Thierry Lecardonel 1981–1985 14 Template:Flagicon Gérard Antoine 1985–1988 15 Template:Flagicon Philippe Dupré 1988–1990 16 Template:Flagicon Gilbert Guérin Depuis 1990

Current state

The club's performance during the 20th century was mostly muted with the club often hovering in between the 7th, 6th, 5th, and 4th divisions until reaching the Championnat National during its inaugural season in 1993–94. The competition, at the time, involved two geographical areas and was mostly the top amateur clubs. The club won its first match, a 2–0 victory over AS Cherbourg, and went undefeated in their first nine matches. However, the club soon hit a slide and ended up finishing 9th. They remained in National for another three years before suffering relegation to the CFA, where they lasted only one year falling down to CFA 2 in 1998–99. After 10 years in CFA 2, the club finally returned to the CFA after their 2nd-place finish.

Team kit

The club's kit are manufactured by the English sporting goods company Umbro.

Notable coaches

Managers of l'US Avranches Mont-Saint-Michel

Rang Nom Période 1 Template:Flagicon Jean Lhermitte 1947–? 2 Template:Flagicon Pierre Chayriguès 1952–1955 3 Template:Flagicon Lucien Vallaeys 1966–1970 4 Template:Flagicon Gilles Hidrio 1970–1972 5 Template:Flagicon Luis Borgo 1972–1973 6 Template:Flagicon Adolphe Mamberta 1974–1978 7 Template:Flagicon Roland Beatrix 1978–1981 8 Template:Flagicon Pierre Leresteux 1981–1986 9 Template:Flagicon Bernard Maccio 1986–1997

Rang Nom Période 10 Template:Flagicon Bernard Maligorne 1997–1999 11 Template:Flagicon Gilles Guillot 1999–2000 12 Template:Flagicon Yann Ruel 2000–2001 13 Template:Flagicon Bernard Maccio 2001–2002 14 Template:Flagicon Richard Lecour 2002 15 Template:Flagicon Christophe Point 2002–2005 16 Template:Flagicon Jean-Noël Le Buzullier 2005–2007 17 Template:Flagicon Živko Slijepčević 2008–2010 15 Template:Flagicon Stéphane Mottin 2010–

Players

Current squad

As of 9 August 2024.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	Template:Fba/core	Pierre Bourdin
4	DF	Template:Fba/core	Baye Ablaye Mbaye
5	DF	Template:Fba/core	Mattéo Rabuel
6	MF	Template:Fba/core	Nicolas Delpech
7	DF	Template:Fba/core	Idrissa Seydi
8	MF	Template:Fba/core	Charles Boateng
9	FW	Template:Fba/core	Jean-Pierre Tiéhi
10	MF	Template:Fba/core	Zourab Sopromadze
11	FW	Template:Fba/core	Anas Lamrabette

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	Template:Fba/core	Nathan Bisson
17	DF	Template:Fba/core	Paul Terrien
19	FW	Template:Fba/core	Noa Mupemba (on loan from Laval)
21	FW	Template:Fba/core	Florian Pannafit
24	MF	Template:Fba/core	Aurélien Tertereau
25	MF	Template:Fba/core	Jessy Pi
26	DF	Template:Fba/core	Emeric Dudouit
27	DF	Template:Fba/core	Damon Bansais
30	GK	Template:Fba/core	Alexandre Marfaing