AS Vitré (french: Amicale Sportive de Vitré) is a French
football club based in
Vitré,
Ille-et-Vilaine
Ille-et-Vilaine (; br, Il-ha-Gwilen) is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named after the two rivers of the Ille and the Vilaine. It had a population of 1,079,498 in 2019. . It was founded in 1907. They play at the
Stade Municipal, which has a capacity of 3,500. The colours of the club are yellow and red.
For the 2022–23 season the club plays in the
Championnat National 3
The Championnat National 3, commonly referred to as simply National 3 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur 2, is a football league competition. The league serves as the fifth division of the French football league system behind ...
. They finished in the relegation places in
2020–21 Championnat National 2
The 2020–21 Championnat National 2 is the 23rd season of the fourth tier in the French football league system in its current format. This season the competition is being contested by 64 clubs split geographically across four groups of 16 teams ...
, but were reprieved to fill a vacancy for the following season. However they finished bottom of their group in the
2021–22 season.
Honours
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CFA2
The Championnat National 3, commonly referred to as simply National 3 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur 2, is a football league competition. The league serves as the fifth division of the French football league system behin ...
championship (Group G): 2005
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CFA2
The Championnat National 3, commonly referred to as simply National 3 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur 2, is a football league competition. The league serves as the fifth division of the French football league system behin ...
championship (Group H): 2013
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Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period o ...
DH championship: 1991
Players
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Alrick Kalala
Alrick Kalala (born 31 July 1989) is a French singer-songwriter of Congolese origin previously playing in AS Vitré He also developed a musical career under the artistic name Makassy.
He released his album ''Tant qu'on respire'' in 2015 and his ...
, a previous player of the club pursued a solo musical career after suffering injuries while playing for the club forcing him to leave professional sports.
Under his adopted
stage name
A stage name is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers—such as actors, comedians, singers, and musicians. Such professional aliases are adopted for a wide variety of reasons and they may be similar, or nearly identical, to an individu ...
Makassy
Alrick Kalala (born 31 July 1989) is a French singer-songwriter of Congolese origin previously playing in AS Vitré He also developed a musical career under the artistic name Makassy.
He released his album ''Tant qu'on respire'' in 2015 and hi ...
, he released "
Doucement" his first French-language hit that charted in France and Belgium.
References
External links
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Association football clubs established in 1907
1907 establishments in France
Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine
Sport in Ille-et-Vilaine
Football clubs in Brittany
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