Association Sportive d'Aix-en-Provence is a

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club based in the city of

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence, or simply Aix, is a List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, city and Communes of France, commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. A former capital of Provence, it is the Subprefectures in France, s ...

, France.

History

The team was founded in 1941 as a merger of Football Club Aixois and Union Sportive Aixoise football clubs. Their best result was playing in

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in the 1967–68 season, where they finished bottom. Four years later they were further relegated to third level. They spent the following four decades playing in lower level amateur levels. In 2014, the club was renamed from AS Aix to Pays d'Aix FC to mark a rupture with the club's complicated past. As of the 2019–20 season, Pays d'Aix currently play in Provence Départemental 3 in the tenth tier of the French league system.

Recent Championship seasons

Managerial history

Notable players

* Joseph Alcazar * Gunnar Andersson *

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* Caju *

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* Raoul Giraudo *

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* Henri Guérin *

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* Gunnar Johansson *

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* Jean Luciano *

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Aimé Mignot Aimé Mignot (3 December 1932 – 26 March 2022) was a French footballer who played as a defender for Aix and Lyon. He coached Lyon, Angers, Alès Alès () is a Communes of France, commune and Subprefectures in France, subprefecture in t ...

* Roland Mitoraj *

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* Robert Péri * Christian Peyron * Jean Prouff * Roger Rolhion * Jean-Pierre Teisseire * André Travetto *

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References

External links

History
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pays d'Aix FC Aix-en-Provence Sport in Bouches-du-Rhône 1941 establishments in France

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Ligue 1 clubs Football clubs in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur