Amiens SC

Football club infobox
clubname = Amiens


fullname = Amiens Sporting Club
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founded = 1901
ground = Stade de la Licorne
capacity = 12,097
chairman = Pascal Pouillet
manager = Thierry Laurey
league = Ligue 2
season = 2007-2008
position = Ligue 2, 14th
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Amiens Sporting Club (Amiens SC) is a French soccer club based in Amiens, currently playing in Ligue 2, the second highest tier of the French football league.

History

Amiens Athlétic Club 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 their very 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 1000. 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.

Current squad

"As of 26 August 2008." [ [http://www.amiensfootball.com/accueil2.php?page=&id= Effectif] ]

Notable players

See also

**Paul Nicolas
**Gérald Baticle
**Teddy Bertin
**Pierre Mankowski

Managerial history

[cite web |url=http://www.rsssf.com/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html#m |title=France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs on RSSSF | accessdate=2007-07-27]

References

External links

*fr icon [http://www.amiensfootball.com Official website]
*fr icon [http://suarez.skyblog.com Official ASC Blog]
*fr icon [http://www.ascforever.com/ ASCforever (fans & forum)]

Trophies

*Runner-up in France's Division 3: 1974, 1978, 2001
*Champion of DH Nord : 1924, 1927, 1957, 1963
*Champion of DH Picardie : 1920, 1921
*Champion of USFSA Picardie : 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914
*Finalist of the Coupe de France : 2001