Avenir Club Avignonnais, known as AC Avignonnais or simply Avignon, is a
football
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club based in the city of
Avignon
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in southern France. The club notably competed in the
Division 1 in the
1975–76 season.
History
The club was founded in 1931 as Association Sportive Avignonnaise and played professionally from 1942 until 1948. The club was later renamed Olympique Avignonnais in a merger with Saint-Jean and became professional again in 1965.
In 1975, the team was promoted to
Division 1, after winning a playoff match against
FC Rouen
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. However, the
1975–1976 season was disastrous, as the club finished bottom with 20 Points, 7 victories, 6 draws, 25 defeats, with 30 goals scored and 80 goals conceded. The club was relegated from
Division 2 in 1976 and had to forgo its professional status in 1981 due to financial problems.
The club found itself in the fourth division in 1983–1984, but bounced back to
Division 2 after successive promotions from 1989 to 1991. In 1992, the club was renamed Club Olympique Avignonnais after a merger with Sporting Club Avignonais. Relegation to the sixth division (Division d'honneur) followed in 1994. The club was renamed Avignon Foot 84 in 2003.
Managerial history
:Source:
*Dautheribes
*Huot
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Roger Cabanis: 1945–1948
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Mokhtar Arribi: 1957–1958
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Roger Vandooren: 1960–1965
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Léon Glovacki: 1965 – April 1968
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Robert Siatka: April 1968 – 1970
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Louis Dupal: 1970–1971
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Louis Hon
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L ...
: 1971–1972
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Marc Bourrier
Marc Bourrier (21 September 1934 – 12 August 2024) was a French football midfielder who played for Montpellier, Lens, Toulon and Avignon.
Bourrier most notably won the 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship as coach with the Franc ...
: 1972–1976
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Albert Batteux: 1976–1977
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Jacques Bonnet: 1977–1979
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Yves Sicard: 1979–1983
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Robert Pintenat: 1983–1986
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André Moulon
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: 1986–1988
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René Exbrayat: 1988–1991
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Georges Korac: 1993–1996
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Charles Decorzent: 2000–2002
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Franck Lucchesi: 2003–2005
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Christophe Chaintreuil: 2005–
References
External links
Official site{{Ligue 1
Association football clubs established in 1931
Sport in Avignon
Sport in Vaucluse
1931 establishments in France
Football clubs in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Ligue 1 clubs