Amiens SC

Amiens
Full name	Amiens Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	Les Licornes (the Unicorns)
Founded	1901; 120 years ago
Ground	Stade de la Licorne
Capacity	12,097
President	Bernard Joannin
Head coach	Philippe Hinschberger
League	Ligue 2
2020–21	10th
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Amiens Sporting Club (French pronunciation: [amjɛ̃]; 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 region. The club was formed in 1901 and play in Ligue 2, 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 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.^[1]^[2]

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 Ligue 2 between 2001 and 2009.

The team made a return to the second tier of French football for the 2016–2017 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 Reims.^[3]^[4] Amiens first season in Ligue 1 ended in survival with a comfortable 13th-placed finish on the table.^[5]

In the 2018/2019 season, Amiens finished in 15th place on the table and secured their survival after a 2-1 victory over already relegated EA Guingamp.^[6]

Despite this, during the 2019-2020 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 Nîmes. The LFP suspended Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 indefinitely as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, 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 Ligue 2 for the 2020–21 season.^[7]

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 5 September 2021.^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Régis Gurtner (vice-captain)
2	DF	MLI	Mamadou Fofana
4	DF	GHA	Nicholas Opoku
5	DF	SEN	Formose Mendy
6	MF	FRA	Mamadou Fofana
7	FW	FRA	Kader Bamba (on loan from Nantes)
9	FW	NGA	Tolu Arokodare (on loan from Valmiera)
10	MF	FRA	Arnaud Lusamba
11	FW	FRA	Adama Diakhaby
12	MF	GHA	Emmanuel Lomotey
13	DF	GLP	Mickaël Alphonse
14	DF	CRO	Mateo Pavlović
15	DF	BEN	Youssouf Assogba
16	GK	GLP	Yohann Thuram-Ulien
17	FW	SEN	Aliou Badji (on loan from Al Ahly)
18	DF	FRA	Harouna Sy
19	FW	COD	Chadrac Akolo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	FRA	Mathis Lachuer
23	FW	SEN	Amadou Ciss
22	MF	FRA	Iron Gomis
25	DF	POR	Rafael Fonseca
26	FW	SWE	Jack Lahne
27	FW	FRA	Mustapha Sangaré
28	MF	FRA	Gaoussou Traoré
30	GK	FRA	Matthieu Rongier
31	FW	BEN	Charbel Gomez
36	MF	FRA	Owen Gene
40	GK	FRA	Ylies Zitouni
—	DF	FRA	Matthéo Xantippe
–	MF	FRA	Jonathan Bumbu
—	MF	TOG	Matthieu Dossevi
—	MF	FRA	Eddy Gnahoré
—	MF	RSA	Bongani Zungu
—	FW	FRA	Mathis Colin

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	COD	Nathan Monzango (at Çaykur Rizespor until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	MAR	Ayman Ouhatti (at Orléans until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	FRA	Florian Bianchini (at Avranches until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	FRA	Darell Tokpa (at Red Star until 30 June 2022)

Current technical staff[]

Position	Name
Head coach	Luka Elsner
Assistant Coaches	Abder Ramdane Romain Poyet
Fitness Coaches	Léo Djaoui Simon Lucq
Physiotherapist	Bakasso Diaby Bruno Stefanczyk
Goalkeeping Coach	Nicolas Dehon
Club Doctor	Christophe Carpentier
Podologist	Nathalie Metais
Osteopath	Martin Galand

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 Category:Amiens SC players.

Managers[]

Ferenc Kónya (1933–34)
Jules Limbeck (1934–35)
(1935–36)
Louis Finot (1942–43)
(1945–46)
Illiet (1946–47)
(1947–48)
André Riou (1950–51)
(1958–59)
(1959–60)
(1960–67)
Lautié (1967–68)
(1968)
André Grillon (1968–77)
(1977–79)
(1979 – December 79)
(December 1979–80)
Claude Le Roy and (1980–81)
Claude Le Roy (1981–83)

(1983–85)
Camille Choquier (1985–87)
Joël Beaujouan (1987 – April 1988)
(April 1988–92)
Patrick Parizon (1992–94)
Arnaud Dos Santos (1994 – November 1998)
René Marsiglia (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 (June 2009 – October 2009)
Ludovic Batelli (October 2009 – June 2012)
(July 2012 – September 2013)
Olivier Echouafni (September 2013 – 2014)
Samuel Michel (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

References[]

^ "Neymar watches on as Cavani and Pastore seal PSG victory". Retrieved 10 April 2018.
^ "ESPN.com Soccernet Europe: News - French Cup: Nantes close in on double". www.espnfc.com.au. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
^ "Ligue 1: Strasbourg and Amiens win promotion - Goal.com". Retrieved 10 April 2018.
^ "Ligue 2: Strasbourg win title as Amiens promoted after 96th-minute winner". 20 May 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2018 – via www.bbc.com.
^ "Ligue1.com - Marseille miss out". www.ligue1.com.
^ "Amiens celebrate survival with victory". Ligue 1.
^ "Paris St-Germain awarded French title as season finished early". www.bbc.co.uk.
^ "Effectif" (in French). amiensfootball.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

External links[]

Official website (in French)

[1] "Neymar watches on as Cavani and Pastore seal PSG victory". Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[2] "ESPN.com Soccernet Europe: News - French Cup: Nantes close in on double". www.espnfc.com.au. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[3] "Ligue 1: Strasbourg and Amiens win promotion - Goal.com". Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[4] "Ligue 2: Strasbourg win title as Amiens promoted after 96th-minute winner". 20 May 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2018 – via www.bbc.com.

[5] "Ligue1.com - Marseille miss out". www.ligue1.com.

[6] "Amiens celebrate survival with victory". Ligue 1.

[7] "Paris St-Germain awarded French title as season finished early". www.bbc.co.uk.

[8] "Effectif" (in French). amiensfootball.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

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