AS Monaco FC

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AS Monaco

Full name

Association Sportive de
Monaco Football Club

Nickname(s)

Les Rouge et Blanc (the red and white)

Founded

1919

Ground

Stade Louis II,
Monaco

Capacity

18,500

Chairman

Michel Pastor

Manager

Laurent Banide

League

Ligue 1

2005-2006

Ligue 1, 10th





Home colours





Away colours

The Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club is a Monegasque football club, founded in 1919. They became a professional club after 1948. Although the club is in Monaco, it has always competed in the French football structure. For this reason, it has always been regarded with a certain suspicion by a segment of the French population. It is one of the most successful clubs in French football, with seven league titles and five French Cup titles. It has also had some successful campaigns in Europe, including a run to the final of the UEFA Champions League, in 2004, but it has not won a European competition.

Monaco were shock finalists in the UEFA Champions League in 2004, impressively beating the likes of Real Madrid and Chelsea along the way there, but they were defeated by FC Porto in the final, losing the match 3-0. This remains Monaco's greatest achievement so far in Europe, but in 2005 Monaco were beaten in the 3rd qualifying round stage by Real Betis. They have since continued recent good form and secured a place in the 1/16th of the UEFA Cup vs. Basel after having won the Group Stage tournament (group including Hamburg, CSKA Sofia, Slavia Prague and Viking Stavanger), after a victorious home/away fixture over Dutch side Willem II.

1 Colors and badge
2 Stadium
3 Honours
4 European Record
5 Current Squad
6 Former coaches
7 External links

[edit] Colors and badge

At the beginning of the club, AS Monaco was characterized by its lack of identity, and changed its color every year.Colors were used just to be different from other teams.Then, the team played with a red and white striped shirt, from 1950 till 1960, the first important shirt in AS Monaco history.With this striped shirt, the team won its first title, the Coupe de France in 1960.The famous red and white diagonal shirt was designed by princess Grace Kelly herself in 1960 and would give chance immediately to the team, winning its first French championship during the 1960-1961 season.The logo first appeared for the 1968-1969 season on the shirt.

[edit] Stadium

Stade Louis II

AS Monaco's home ground is Stade Louis II, an all-seater with a capacity of 18,500 in the Fontvieille section of Monaco. The stadium, as well as the Fontvieille district, was built entirely on land reclaimed from the Mediterranean Sea. This small but glamorous looking stadium is often used to host the European Supercup at the start of the season, featuring the winner of the Champions League and the winner of the UEFA Cup.

AS Monaco is sometimes derided for its relatively low number of spectators (10,394 average for the 2003/2004 season). However, taking into account the city's population of 30,000 and that it competes with Nice's team (350,000 inhabitants) OGC Nice 20 km nearby (with an average attendance of 11,500 in the same season), Monaco as a city has one of the highest spectator/inhabitant ratios in France.

[edit] Honours

Ligue 1
- Winners (7): 1961, 1963, 1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2000
- Runners-up (5): 1964, 1984, 1991, 1992, 2003
French Cup
- Winners (5): 1960, 1963, 1980, 1985, 1991
- Runners-up (4): 1974, 1984, 1989. 1992
French League Cup
- Winners (1): 2003
- Runners-up (1): 2001
Trophée des champions
- Winners (2) 1997, 2000
Coupe Gambardella
- Winners (2): 1962, 1972
UEFA Champions League
- Runners-up (1): 2004
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1992
Coppa delle Alpi
- Winners (3): 1979, 1983, 1984

[edit] European Record

Season	Achievement	Notes
European Champions Clubs' Cup
1988-89	Quarter-finals	eliminated by Galatasaray SK 0-1 in Monaco, 1-1 in Istanbul
Champions League
1993-94	Semi-finals	eliminated by AC Milan 0-3 in Milan
1993-94	Semi-finals	eliminated by Juventus FC 1-4 in Turin, 3-2 in Monaco
2003-04	Final	defeated by FC Porto 0-3
Cup Winners' Cup
1989-90	Semi-finals	eliminated by UC Sampdoria 2-2 in Monaco, 0-2 in Genova
1991-92	Final	defeated by Werder Bremen 0-2
UEFA Cup
1996-97	Semi-finals	eliminated by FC Internazionale Milano 1-3 in Milan, 1-0 in Monaco

[edit] Current Squad

As of March 20, 2006

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Guillaume Warmuz
2	DF	Sylvain Monsoreau
3	DF	Manuel dos Santos
4	DF	François Modesto
5	MF	Diego Pérez
6	MF	Jaroslav Plašil
7	MF	Lucas Bernardi
8	MF	Gerard López
9	FW	Jan Koller
10	FW	Jérémy Menez
13	FW	Juan Pablo Pino
14	MF	Malaury Martin
15	MF	Yaya Touré
16	GK	Stéphane Ruffier

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Serge Gakpe
18	FW	Mohamed Kallon
19	FW	Gonzalo Vargas
20	FW	Frédéric Piquionne
21	MF	Camel Meriem
22	DF	Bolívar
23	MF	Jerko Leko
24	DF	Cédric Mongongu
25	DF	Leandro Cufré
26	DF	Massamba Lô Sambou
27	FW	Frédéric Nimani N'Galou
30	GK	Flavio Roma
32	DF	Gaël Givet (captain)

[edit] Out on loan

11	FW	Sébastien Grax (at FC Sochaux-Montbéliard)
13	FW	Alexandre Licata (at FC Gueugnon)
20	DF	Arnaud Lescure (at Sporting Toulon Var)
22	FW	David Gigliotti (at Troyes AC)
28	FW	Nicolas Maurice-Belay (at CS Sedan Ardennes)
29	DF	Thomas Mangani (at Stade Brestois 29)
31	DF	Olivier Veigneau (at OGC Nice)

[edit] Transfers In

9	FW	Jan Koller (from Borussia Dortmund)
23	MF	Jerko Leko (from Dinamo Kyiv)
15	MF	Yaya Touré (from Olympiacos)
22	DF	Bolívar (from Internacional)
10	MF	Jérémy Menez (from Sochaux)
2	MF	Sylvain Monsoreau (from Olympique Lyonnais)
25	DF	Leandro Damián Cufré (from AS Roma)
13	FW	Juan Pablo Pino (from Deportivo Independiente Medellin)

[edit] Transfers Out

		FW	Javier Chevantón (to Sevilla)
		DF	Maicon (to Inter Milan)
		FW	Christian Vieri (to Atalanta B.C.)
		MF	Olivier Kapo (loan return to Juventus)
		MF	Akis Zikos (to AEK Athens FC)
		DF	Sebastien Squillaci (to Olympique Lyonnais)
		FW	Marco Di Vaio (to Genoa C.F.C.)