Angers SCO

History

The team was founded in 1919, the same year the FFF was founded.

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. 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. In the 2018–19 Ligue 1 season, Angers finished in a respectable 13th position on the table.

On 8 June 2020, Angers broke their own transfer fee record by signing Paul Bernardoni from Bordeaux, in a deal worth 8 million euros. 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. 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. Angers communicated their intent to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). 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.

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

Out on loan

Other players under contract

Current technical staff

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

• Cameroon Paul Alo'o
• Slovenia Vili Ameršek
• Yugoslavia Boško Antić
• France Jean-Marie Aubry
• Tunisia Fahid Ben Khalfallah
• France Marc Berdoll
• France Stéphane Bruey
• France Thierry Cygan
• Yugoslavia Milan Damjanović
• France Cédric Daury
• France Jean-Pierre Dogliani
• France Jean-Marc Guillou
• France Kazimir Hnatow
• Romania Claudiu Keserü
• France Raymond Kopa
• Yugoslavia Vladica Kovačević
• France Guy Moussi
• Italy Albert Poli
• France Ulrich Ramé
• Algeria Amar Rouaï
• Romania Emil Săndoi
• France Steve Savidan
• France André Strappe
• Cameroon Karl Toko Ekambi
• France Jean Vincent

Managers

• France Georges Meuris (1942–47)
• FranceHungary André Simonyi (1947)
• France Camille Cottin (1948–51)
• France Jean Grégoire (1951–53)
• Czechoslovakia Karel Michlowsky (1953–56)
• AustriaFrance Walter Presch (1956–57)
• France Maurice Blondel (1957–60)
• Czechoslovakia Karel Michlowsky (1960–62)
• France Antoine Pasquini (1962–68)
• France Louis Hon (1968–69)
• France Lucien Leduc (1969–70)
• France Ladislas Nagy (1970–73)
• ArgentinaFrance César "Pancho" Gonzales (1973–74)
• Serbia Velibor Vasović (1974–76)
• France Aimé Mignot (1976–79)
• France Élie Fruchart (1979–81)
• France René Cédolin (1981)
• France Élie Fruchart (1981–83)
• France Christian Letort (1983–84)
• France Henri Atamaniuk (1984–87)
• France Pierre Garcia (1987–88)
• France Hervé Gauthier (1988–93)
• France Alain de Martigny (1993–94)
• France André Guesdon (1994–95)
• France Bruno Steck (1995)
• France André Guesdon (1995–97)
• France Jean-Marc Mezenge (1997)
• France Jean-Yves Chay (1997)
• France Jean-Marc Mezenge (1997–98)
• France Gustavo Silva (1998)
• France Christian Dupont (1998–99)
• France Denis Goavec (1999–01)
• France Stéphane Mottin (Jan 2001–02)
• France Éric Guérit (2002–03)
• France Jacky Bonnevay (2003–04)
• France Noël Tosi (Feb 2004–04)
• Switzerland Roberto Morinini (July 2004–04)
• France Noël Tosi (Aug 2004–05)
• France Stéphane Paille (July 2005 – Jan 06)
• France Jean-Pascal Beaufreton (Jan 2006)
• France Jean-Louis Garcia (June 2006–11)
• France Stéphane Moulin (2011–21)
• France Gérald Baticle (2021–22)
• France Abdel Bouhazama (2023)
• France Alexandre Dujeux (2023–present)

References

References

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