AC Ajaccio

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AC Ajaccio

Full name

Athletic Club Ajaccien

Nickname(s)

L'ours

Founded

1910

Ground

Stade François Coty
Ajaccio (Corse-du-Sud)

Capacity

12,000

Chairman

Michel Moretti

Manager

Ruud Krol

League

Ligue 2

2005-2006

Ligue 1, 18th (relegated)





Home colours





Away colours

Athletic Club Ajaccio, commonly known as AC Ajaccio is a French football team, who were founded in 1910. The club president is Michel Moretti, and the coach is Jose Pasqualetti. They play in the city of Ajaccio, Corsica, at the Stade François Coty.

1 Accolades
2 Historical information
3 Notable past players
4 Coaches
5 Current squad 2006/2007
- 5.1 Out on loan
- 5.2 Dual Nationality
6 Ligue 1 Records
7 External links

[edit] Accolades

Ligue 2 Champions: 1967, 2002
Ligue 3 Champions: 1998
Corsican champions: 1920, 1921, 1934, 1939, 1948, 1950, 1955, 1964, 1994

[edit] Historical information

Depending on sources, it is agreed that Ajaccio began playing in 1909-10. Their adopted colours are red and white stripes. Though they used to play in what was previously utilized as a sand dump, they decided to move to another, cleaner, safer stadium upon the insistence of Jean Lluis, father-in-law of club president Louis Baretti. The new stadium that was chosen held 5,000 spectators and was in use until 1969.

AC Ajaccio were elected Corsican champions on eight occasions, in 1920, 1921, 1934, 1939, 1948, 1950, 1955 and 1964, and are one of three big "island" teams, along with Gazélec Ajaccio and SC Bastia, the competition between the three being kept no secret. Spectators during the 1946 Corsican Cup final, held between A.C.A. and Sporting Bastia were handed umbrellas to shield themselves from the violence. Upon refusal of a penalty which would have been awarded to ACA, violence erupted between the fans, who used umbrellas both as cause and limitation of violence. This final was abandoned and replayed much later.

A.C.A. became a professional team in 1965 thanks to the ambitious assembly of a team by leaders of the club. They initially adopted the symbol of the polar bear, but this has since been dropped in favour of a more stylized logo.

[edit] Notable past players

For a complete list of AC Ajaccio players, see Category:AC Ajaccio players

Dominique Baratelli
Rolland Courbis
François M'Pelé
Dado Pršo
Marius Trésor

[edit] Coaches

pre-1955 Jean Pietri
1955-1957 : Félix Pironti
1957-1958 : Michel Brusseaux
1958-1959 : Jean Laune
post. 1959 - ante. 1963 : Jean-Pierre Knayer
1963-1964 : Abderamane Azzouz
1964-1965 : Ernst Stojaspal
1965-1970 : Alberto Muro
1970-1971 : Louis Hon
1971-1972 : Antoine Cuissard
1972-1973 : André Mori
1973-1974 : Louis Hon

1974-1975 : Lulu Accorsi
1975-1976 : Alain Mistre
1976-1978 : François Paoli
1978-1979 : Mohammed Azzouz
1979-1992 : unknown
1992-2001 : Baptiste Gentili
2001-2003 : Rolland Courbis
2003-2004 : Dominique Bijotat
2004 : Olivier Pantaloni
2004-Jan 2006 : Rolland Courbis
Feb 2006-May 2006 : José Pasqualetti
Jun 2006- : Ruud Krol

[edit] Current squad 2006/2007

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Frédéric Roux
4	DF	Antônio Carlos
6	MF	Rodrigo
7	MF	Romain Rocchi
8	FW	Renaud Connen
10	MF	Edson
11	MF	Mathieu Scarpelli
12	FW	Jean-Jacques Mandrichi
13	FW	Grégory Lacombe
15	DF	Fabien Laurenti
16	GK	Perica Radić
18	DF	Nenad Džodić
19	MF	Martin Kolar

No.	Position	Player
20	DF	Alexandre Dujeux
21	MF	Kamel Chafni
22	FW	Seïd Khiter
23	MF	Franklin Anzité
24	MF	Yohan M'Vila
25	DF	Xavier Collin
26	DF	Anthony Baron
27	FW	Dimitri Lesueur
30	GK	Laurent Bernardi
33	MF	Jean Baptiste Pierazzi
34	MF	Vincent Scotté
40	GK	Yann Bergougnoux

[edit] Out on loan

No.		Position	Player
17		MF	Djamel Abdoun (on loan to Manchester City)

Certain players, such as Chafni, Abdoun and Anzite have dual-nationality, but for the sake of the lists the priority is given to the chosen country of the player.