AS Saint-Étienne
Les Verts – Ten-time French champions.
Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire, abbreviated as A.S.S.E. and commonly known as Saint-Étienne, is a French professional football club based in Saint-Étienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The club was founded in 1933 and competes in Ligue 2, the second division of French football. Saint-Étienne's home ground is the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.
Quick Facts
- League titles
- 10 Ligue 1 titles
- Primary rivalry
- Olympique Lyonnais (Derby rhônalpin)
Lore & Background
Saint-Étienne have won ten Ligue 1 titles, six Coupe de France titles, a Coupe de la Ligue title and four Trophée des Champions. They have also won the Ligue 2 championship on three occasions. The club achieved most of its honours in the 1960s and 1970s under the leadership of managers Jean Snella, Albert Batteux, and Robert Herbin. In 1976, the club reached the final of the European Cup. Saint-Étienne is known as Les Verts meaning 'the Greens' due to its home colours. They have a longstanding rivalry with nearby team Olympique Lyonnais, against whom they contest the Derby rhônalpin. In 2009, the club added a female section.
Reader's Guide
AS Saint-Étienne was founded in 1933. The club turned professional in 1933 and was inserted into the second division. Saint-Étienne earned promotion to Division 1 for the 1938–39 season. The club's first honour was winning the Coupe Charles Drago in 1955. Saint-Étienne won its first domestic league title two seasons later. The club won its tenth and final league title to date in 1981. Saint-Étienne was relegated in the 1983–84 season, returned to the first division in 1986, and was relegated again in 1996. The club returned to Division 1 in 1999. After a scandal involving fake passports, Saint-Étienne was relegated again and played three seasons in the second division before returning to Ligue 1 for the 2004–05 season. Saint-Étienne won the Coupe de la Ligue in April 2013.
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