Amicale FC (for sponsorship reasons also Digicel Amicale FC) was an association football club from Port Vila, Vanuatu. They played in the highest level in Vanuatu, the Premia Divisen and played in the continental OFC Champions League. The club has reached and lost the finals of the

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and

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, both times against

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. They were sponsored by Digicel Vanuatu and

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. In August 2019, the club disbanded due to a fine of 6,000

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in connection with the FIFA Transfer Matching System.

Honours

* Vanuatu National Soccer League: 4 ::2010, 2011,

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, 2015 *

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(Regional): 6 :: 2009–10,

, 2011–12,

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, 2013–14, 2014–15

Performance in OFC competitions

* OFC Champions League: 6 appearances ::

: ''Finalist'' :: 2011–12: Group stage ::

: Semi-final :: 2013–14: ''Finalist'' :: 2014–15: Group stage :: 2015–16: Group stage

Staff

Former players

* Sanni Issa *

Mauro Boerchio Mauro Boerchio (born 16 August 1989) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Career Vanuatu Agreeing to an offer from Vanuatuan giants Amicale in February 2015 and making his debut in the 2015 Port Vila Shield, Boerc ...

* Marco Nasali *

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* Michele-Emanuele Crazia * Marko Milivojevic * Ian Hogg * Scott Gannon *

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* Miguel Angel Magnoni * Gaspar Félix Lezcano * Carlo Polli * Osea Vakatalesau

Former Coaches

Marco Banchini Marco Banchini (born 23 September 1980) is an Italian football manager. Career Banchini started his managerial career with Vigevano. After that, he coached Amicale. In 2018, he was appointed head coach of Como 1907 in the Italian Serie C. On 1 ...

* Mauro Bertoni

Notes

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