Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest, commonly referred to as Angers SCO or simply Angers (), is a French professional football club based in

Angers Angers (, , ) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Anjou until the French Revolution. The inhabitants of both the city and the pr ...

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in western France. The club was founded in 1919 and plays in

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, the first division of

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, having achieved promotion to the league in 2015 after 21 years. It plays its home matches at the Stade Raymond Kopa. The club has played 23 seasons in the

History

The team was founded in 1919, the same year the FFF was founded. During the team's history, it has bounced between the top two tiers on multiple occasions. However, it did spend time in the third tier on several occasions; the 2006–07 season was its last season in the third tier. The first season that Angers debuted in the French second division was in 1945. During this season, Angers SCO was placed in the North group; at that time, the second division was split into two groups, the North and South. Angers finished third, being seven points short of

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, which was promoted to the first division. In the

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season, the team achieved promotion after a long time being in the lower division. During the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season, SCO placed ninth in the final standings. In its opening league match against

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, Angers won the match 2–0. On May 28, 2017, Angers played in the 2017

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final against Paris Saint-Germain. Angers lost the match 1–0 courtesy of 91st minute own goal. At the end of the 2017–18 Ligue 1 season, Angers finished 14th on the table and Cameroon striker Karl Toko Ekambi finished with an impressive 17 goals in the competition. In the

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season, Angers finished in a respectable 13th position on the table. On 8 June 2020, Angers broke their own transfer fee record by signing

Paul Bernardoni Paul Jean François Bernardoni (born 18 April 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Angers. He began his career with local teams AS Lieusaint and Linas-Montlhéry, before moving to Ligue 2 side Troyes at ...

from

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, in a deal worth 8 million euros. On 30 April 2021 Angers, along with Paris FC, were handed a transfer ban by FIFA for violation of regulations regarding relay transfers in August 2020. The ban was effective for the summer 2021 transfer window.

League participations

: 1956–68, 1969–75, 1976–77, 1978–81, 1993–94, 2015–present *

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: 1945–56, 1968–69, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–93, 1994–96, 2000–01, 2003–05, 2007–15 * National: 1996–2000, 2001–03, 2005–07 * Regional League: 1931–39 * Division d'Honneur: 1919–31 *

runners-up: 1957, 2017

Players

Current squad

Current technical staff

Notable players

Below are the notable former players who have represented Angers in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1919. To appear in the section below, a player must have either played in at least 80 official matches for the club or represented his country's national team either while playing for Angers or after departing the club. ''For a complete list of Angers SCO players, see :Angers SCO players'' *

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* Marc Berdoll *

Stéphane Bruey Stéphane Bruey (1 December 1932 – 31 August 2005) was of Polish descent and a professional Association football striker. He was part of the France squad during the 1958 World Cup tournament. Honours *1958 FIFA World Cup The 1958 FIFA W ...

* Thierry Cygan * Cédric Daury * Jean-Pierre Dogliani *

Jean-Marc Guillou Jean-Marc Guillou (born 20 December 1945) is a French football coach and former player, who played at the 1978 World Cup. Club career Guillou was born in Bouaye, Loire-Atlantique. He played for Angers SCO, OGC Nice, Neuchâtel Xamax, FC M ...

Kazimir Hnatow Kazimir (or Casimir) Hnatow (9 November 1929 – 16 December 2010) was a former French footballer and manager of Ukrainian descent. Club career Hnatow began his career at Metz in 1951, where he would spend two seasons, making fifty six appearance ...

Raymond Kopa Raymond Kopa (né Kopaszewski; 13 October 1931 – 3 March 2017) was a French professional footballer, integral to the France national team of the 1950s. At club level he was part of the legendary Real Madrid team of the 1950s, winning three Eur ...

Guy Moussi Guy Moussi (born 23 January 1985) is a French former professional footballer who last played as a defensive midfielder. He spent several years with both Angers SCO and Nottingham Forest, and short spells with Millwall and Birmingham City. He end ...

Ulrich Ramé Ulrich Jean Eugène Ramé (born 19 September 1972) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. In a professional career which spanned two decades, he played mainly for Bordeaux (14 seasons), appearing in more than ...

* Steve Savidan * André Strappe * Jean Vincent * Amar Rouaï * Paul Alo'o * Fahid Ben Khalfallah * Vili Ameršek * Boško Antić *

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Vladica Kovačević Vladimir "Vladica" Kovačević (, ; 7 January 1940 – 28 July 2016) was a Yugoslav and Serbian footballer who played as a forward. Club career Born in Ivanjica, Kovačević moved to Belgrade in 1955 and joined the youth system of Partizan. He ...

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* Emil Săndoi * Karl Toko Ekambi

Managers

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