Amiens Sporting Club (; commonly referred to as Amiens SC or simply Amiens) is a French association football club based in the northern city of Amiens in the

Hauts-de-France Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost Regions of France, region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its Prefectu ...

region. The club was formed in 1901 and play in

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

, the second division of French football. The club plays its home matches at the Stade de la Licorne located within the city. The 2017–18

Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...

season was the first in the club's 116-year history, where they finished in 13th place to secure a position in Ligue 1 for the following year. Amiens have never won a major trophy.

History

Amiens Athlétic Club (AAC) was set up in 1901 by a group of players from the Association du Lycée d'Amiens, French schoolboy champions in 1902, 1903, and 1904. AAC crushed its first opponents, Saint-Quentin, 13–0 a few months after its creation. In April 1902, the ''Comité de Picardie de l'U.S.F.S.A'' was established by the then-president of the AAC (Henri-Frédéric Petit). AAC dominated the early USFSA league for the first 12 seasons. In 1909, the club got a new ground, at the Henry Daussy Park, allowing an attendance of more than 1,000. In 1933, the club got its first professional section, later abandoned in 1952, before becoming professional again in 1993. Since the early days, AAC has undergone two name changes: In 1961, to Sporting Club d'Amiens, and in 1989, as Amiens Sporting Club. Amiens played in

between 2001 and 2009. The team made a return to the second tier of French football for the 2016–17 season, after finishing 3rd in the Championnat National. Their first season back in Ligue 2 was the most successful ever, as they finished runners-up and were promoted to top-tier Ligue 1 for the first time ever. It was a dramatic promotion, too, as they would have dropped out of the promotion places but for a last-gasp winning goal in the final game against

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. Amiens first season in Ligue 1 ended in survival with a comfortable 13th-placed finish on the table. In the 2018–19 season, Amiens finished in 15th place on the table and secured their survival after a 2–1 victory over already relegated

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. Despite this, during the 2019–20 season with just 10 games to play, the side sat in 19th position having slipped down the table after a modest start, sitting just 4 points behind 18th placed

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. The LFP suspended

and

indefinitely as a result of the

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, and on 30 April 2020, the league title was awarded to Paris Saint-Germain and thus the bottom two placed teams, Amiens and Toulouse were automatically relegated to

for the 2020–21 season.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Current technical staff

Notable former players

Below are the notable former players who have represented Amiens and its predecessors in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1901. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 80 official matches for the club. ''For a list of former Amiens players, see :Amiens SC players.'' * Fabrice Abriel *

Stéphane Adam Stéphane Lucien Adam (born 14 May 1969) is a French former professional association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Career Born in Lille, Adam was a Striker (association football), forward who play ...

* Joël Beaujouan *

Thierry Bonalair Thierry Bonalair (born 14 June 1966) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender, most notably for FC Nantes. He is chief scout for Lille OSC Lille Olympique Sporting Club (), commonly referred to as LOSC, LOSC Lill ...

Antoine Buron Antoine Buron (born October 12, 1983) is a French professional footballer currently playing for FC Dieppe. He previously played in Ligue 2 for Amiens and in Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons ...

* David De Freitas * Jean-Louis Delecroix * Emmanuel Duchemin * Thibault Giresse *

Stéphane Hernandez Stéphane Hernandez (born 24 August 1979) is a French football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football ...

Sébastien Heitzmann Sébastien Heitzmann (born 11 September 1979) is a French retired football striker who last played for Amiens SC Amiens Sporting Club (; commonly referred to as Amiens SC or simply Amiens) is a French association football club based in th ...

* Julien Lachuer *

Arnaud Lebrun Arnaud Lebrun (born 1973) is a retired French football defender. His previous clubs include Valenciennes FC, Amiens SC, Stade Laval and Chamois Niortais Chamois Niortais Football Club (often referred to as ''Les Chamois'', Chamois Niortais, ...

* Eric Luc Leclerc * Jean Mankowski * Pierre Mankowski *

Cyrille Merville Cyrille Merville (born 14 April 1982) is a French football goalkeeper. Career Merville was born in Amiens, France. He signed for then-Ligue 1 side AC Arles-Avignon in the summer of 2009 from Troyes AC. In June 2014, he signed a two-year con ...

* Olivier Pickeu *

David Vairelles David Vairelles (born 6 December 1977 in Essey-les-Nancy, France) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. Vairelles is the cousin of Tony Vairelles. His twin brother Ludovic Vairelles played in the lower French lea ...

Lakhdar Adjali Lakhdar Adjali (born July 18, 1972 in Algiers) is an Algerian manager (association football), football manager and former player who most recently was the head coach of NA Hussein Dey. Clubs * 1991–1994 NA Hussein Dey * 1994–1997 Amiens SC ...

Titi Buengo André "Titi" Buengo (born 11 February 1980) is a retired Angolan footballer who played as a striker. Early life Born in Luanda, Buengo moved to France at the age of 8. Buengo is the son of former Petro de Luanda player Haia. Club career Bu ...

Fernando Casartelli Fernando Casartelli (born 13 October 1976 in Villa Ángela) is a former Argentine footballer who last played for Brest. He retired in 2008, at the age of 31 for medical reasons. His brother Carlos Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carl ...

Joël Sami Andre-Joël Sami (born 13 November 1984) is a former professional association football, footballer who played as a centre-back. Born in France, he made five appearances for the DR Congo national football team, DR Congo national team. career Sam ...

Oscar Ewolo Oscar Ewolo (born 9 October 1978) is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent his career in France. Career Ewolo was born in Brazzaville. He signed for Brest from FC Lorient on 15 July 2009. and in July 20 ...

* Jean-Paul Abalo * Fahid Ben Khalfallah

Managers

Ferenc Kónya Ferenc Kónya (9 December 1892 – 11 March 1977), also known as ''Franz Konya'' and ''François Konya'', was a Hungarian football player and coach. Playing career Kónya played for Kispesti AC. Coaching career Kónya managed 1. FC Kaisersla ...

(1933–34) *

Jules Limbeck Jules Limbeck ( hu, Gyula Limbeck; born in Hungary, died in 1955) was a Franco- Hungarian professional football forward and manager. Career He played in various European championships in frontline positions in mid-1920, appeared in the Hungar ...

(1934–35) *

Raymond Demey Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ ( ...

(1935–36) * Louis Finot (1942–43) *

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(1945–46) * Pierre Illiet (1946–47) *

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(1947–48) *

André Riou André Riou (8 August 1918– 5 October 2005), nicknamed , was a French footballer. Riou was born in Toulouse, and played for Toulouse FC at the end of the 1930s as a striker, but was best known as a manager all over France. He was also head of ...

(1950–51) *

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(1958–59) * Jean Mankowski (1959–60) * Emilien Méresse (1960–68) * André Grillon (1968–77) *

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(1977–79) * Paul Pruvost (1979 – December 79) *

(December 1979–80) * Claude Le Roy and Paul Pruvost (1980–81) * Claude Le Roy (1981–83) *

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(1983–85) * Camille Choquier (1985–87) *

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(1987 – April 1988) * Hughes Jullien (April 1988–92) * Patrick Parizon (1992–94) *

Arnaud Dos Santos Arnaud Dos Santos (born 19 September 1945) is a French former footballer and coach. He played for US Boulogne, FC Rouen, AS Monaco FC, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Troyes AC and Lille OSC. After his playing career, he became a coach with Ligue 1 an ...

(1994 – November 1998) *

René Marsiglia René Marsiglia (17 September 1959 – 25 September 2016) was a football defender and most recently the manager of Nîmes Olympique. He was born in Aubagne, France. Marsiglia was named head coach of OGC Nice on 15 November 2011. Before that h ...

(November 1998 – February 2000) * Victor Zvunka (February 2000–00) * Denis Troch (2000–04) * Alex Dupont (2004 – March 2006) * Ludovic Batelli (March 2006–08) * Thierry Laurey (March 2008 – June 2009) *

Serge Romano Serge Romano (born 25 May 1964 in Metz) is a French retired professional football defender and coach who was most recently assistant manager of Nottingham Forest Coaching career He became Amiens SC Amiens Sporting Club (; commonly referred ...

(June 2009 – October 2009) * Ludovic Batelli (October 2009 – June 2012) *

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(July 2012 – September 2013) * Olivier Echouafni (September 2013 – 2014) *

Samuel Michel Samuel Michel (born 11 February 1971) is a French former professional football player and now manager. Michel played for a number of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 clubs during his playing career and was manager of now Championnat de France amateur side Ch ...

(June 2014– December 2014) * Christophe Pélissier (December 2014– June 2019) * Luka Elsner (July 2019– present)

Honours

* Championnat de France/Ligue 1 **''Runners-Up'' (1): 1926–27 * Coupe de France **''Runners-Up'' (1): 2000–01 * Championnat National **''Champions'' (1): 1977–78 *Division d'Honneur (Nord) **''Champions'' (4): 1924, 1927, 1957, 1963 *Division d'Honneur (Picardie) **''Champions'' (2): 1920, 1921 * USFSA League (Picardie) **''Champions'' (11): 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914 Fanion Amiens SC

References

External links

* {{Authority control Association football clubs established in 1901 1901 establishments in France Sport in Amiens Football clubs in France Football clubs in Hauts-de-France Ligue 1 clubs