AS Monaco FC

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AS Monaco

Full name

Association Sportive de
Monaco Football Club

Nickname(s)

Les Rouge et Blanc (the red and white)

Founded

1919

Ground

Stade Louis II,
Monaco
(Capacity 18,500)

Chairman

Michel Pastor

Manager

Ricardo Gomes

League

Ligue 1

2007-08

Ligue 1, 12th





Home colours





Away colours

The Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club is a Monegasque football club founded in 1919. They became a professional club after 1948. Although the club is in Monaco, it has always competed in the French football structure. It is one of the most successful clubs in French football, with seven league titles and five French Cup titles. It has also had some successful campaigns in Europe, including a run to the final of the UEFA Champions League, in 2004, but it has not won a European competition.

Monaco were shock finalists in the UEFA Champions League in 2004, impressively beating the likes of Real Madrid and Chelsea along the way there, but they were defeated by FC Porto in the final, losing the match 3-0. This remains Monaco's greatest achievement so far in Europe, but in 2005 Monaco were beaten in the 3rd qualifying round stage by Real Betis. They have since continued recent good form and secured a place in the 1/16th of the UEFA Cup vs. Basel after having won the Group Stage tournament (group including Hamburg, CSKA Sofia, Slavia Prague and Viking Stavanger), after a victorious home/away fixture over Dutch side Willem II.

1 Honours
2 European Record
3 Current squad
- 3.1 Out on loan
- 3.2 Notable players
4 Managerial history
5 External links

[edit] Honours

Ligue 1
- Winners (7): 1961, 1963, 1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2000
- Runners-up (5): 1964, 1984, 1991, 1992, 2003
French Cup
- Winners (5): 1960, 1963, 1980, 1985, 1991
- Runners-up (4): 1974, 1984, 1989. 1992(final game not played due to a tragedy in Bastia-Marseilles semi-final)
French League Cup
- Winners (1): 2003
- Runners-up (1): 2001
Trophée des champions
- Winners (2) 1997, 2000
Coupe Gambardella
- Winners (2): 1962, 1972
UEFA Champions League
- Runners-up (1): 2004
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1992
UEFA Cup
- Semi-finalists (1): 1997
Coppa delle Alpi
- Winners (3): 1979, 1983, 1984

[edit] European Record

Season	Achievement	Notes
European Champions Clubs' Cup
1988-89	Quarter-finals	eliminated by Galatasaray SK 0-1 in Monaco, 1-1 in Istanbul
Champions League
1993-94	Semi-finals	eliminated by AC Milan 0-3 in Milan
1997-98	Semi-finals	eliminated by Juventus FC 1-4 in Turin, 3-2 in Monaco
2003-04	Final	defeated by FC Porto 0-3
Cup Winners' Cup
1989-90	Semi-finals	eliminated by UC Sampdoria 2-2 in Monaco, 0-2 in Genova
1991-92	Final	defeated by Werder Bremen 0-2
UEFA Cup
1996-97	Semi-finals	eliminated by FC Internazionale Milano 1-3 in Milan, 1-0 in Monaco

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Manuel Vallaurio
2	DF	Sylvain Monsoreau
3	DF	Jérémy Berthod
4	DF	François Modesto
5	MF	Diego Pérez
6	MF	Nikola Pokrivač
7	MF	Lucas Bernardi
8	MF	Sergio Almirón (on loan from FC Juventus)
10	MF	Jérémy Menez
11	MF	Nenê
12	DF	Adriano Pereira
13	DF	Vincent Muratori
14	MF	Malaury Martin
15	DF	Fábio Santos (on loan from Sao Paulo FC)

No.	Position	Player
16	GK	Stéphane Ruffier
17	FW	Serge Gakpe
18	FW	Frédéric Piquionne
19	DF	Torben Joneleit
20	MF	Ignacio María González (on loan from FC Danubio Montevideo)
21	MF	Camel Meriem
22	DF	Bolívar
23	MF	Jerko Leko
24	MF	Cédric Mongongu
25	DF	Leandro Cufré
26	DF	Massamba Sambou
27	DF	Arnaud Lescure
28	FW	Djamel Bakar
30	GK	Flavio Roma (Captain)
	FW	Faiçal Ahjli

[edit] Out on loan

No.	Position	Player
	MF	Thomas Mangani (at AC Ajaccio)
	FW	Alexandre Licata (at SC Bastia)
	FW	Frédéric Nimani (at CS Sedan Ardennes)
	FW	Lanteri Laurent (at Legano)
19	FW	Gonzalo Vargas (at Sochaux)
20	FW	Juan Pablo Pino (at R. Charleroi S.C.)