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. AS Monaco FC logo Image by http://www. ... Football club names are a part of the sports culture, reflecting century-old traditions. ... Stade Louis II Stade Louis II The Stade Louis II is a stadium located in the Fontvieille district of Monaco. ... Rungnado May Day Stadium is the worlds largest football stadium. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Ricardo Raymundo Gomes, usually known as Ricardo Gomes (born on December, 13, 1964 in Rio de Janeiro) was a football central defender who played for SL Benfica, among other clubs. ... Ligue 1 (Première division or Division 1 until 2003, now called Ligue 1 Orange) is the top division of French and Monegasque football, one of two divisions making up the LFP, the other being Ligue 2. ... The 2007–08 Ligue 1 season will be the seventieth since its establishment, and is scheduled to start in August 2007. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Kit_body_whitediagonal. ... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... For other uses, see Monaco (disambiguation). ... Soccer redirects here. ... UEFA Champions League, which replaced the European Champions Cup, is a seasonal club football competition organised by UEFA since 1992 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ...

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. UEFA Champions League, which replaced the European Champions Cup, is a seasonal club football competition organised by UEFA since 1992 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ... The 2003-04 season of the European UEFA Champions League football club tournament was won by FC Porto in a comfortable final victory against AS Monaco, following up their 2003 UEFA Cup success. ... Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish sports club most widely known for its professional football team based in Madrid. ... Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are an English professional football club based in west London. ... FC Porto emblem (Larger version) Futebol Clube do Porto (short: FC Porto, FCP) is a Portuguese sports club, best known for its football section. ... The UEFA Champions League 2005-06 was the 51st edition of the European UEFA Champions League football club tournament. ... Real Betis Balompié is a Spanish football club in Seville founded in 1907. ... The UEFA Cup 2005-06 season was won by Sevilla, beating Middlesbrough in the final. ... Hamburger SV is a German football club based in Hamburg. ... CSKA Sofia redirects here. ... Slavia Praha redirects here; for the ice hockey team, see HC Slavia Praha. ... Viking F.K. is a Norwegian football club from the city of Stavanger. ... Willem II is a Dutch football club playing in Tilburg. ...

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

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European Record

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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 Juventus FC) 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

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Jérémy Berthod (born 24 April 1984 in Tassin la Demi-Lune, Rhône-Alpes) is a French and Arpitan footballer who plays defender for Olympique Lyonnais. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Bolton players in white are defending - the nearest player is trying to prevent the Fulham forward in cyan from crossing the ball. ... François Joseph Modesto (born August 19, 1978 in Bastia, France) is a French footballer with AS Monaco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uruguay. ... For the Australian Rules position, see Midfielder (Australian Rules). ... Diego Pérez (born May 18, 1980 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan soccer defensive midfielder who currently plays for AS Monaco in Ligue 1 after signing in 2004 from Peñarol. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Croatia. ... For the Australian Rules position, see Midfielder (Australian Rules). ... Nikola Pokrivač (born: 26. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... For the Australian Rules position, see Midfielder (Australian Rules). ... Lucas Ademar Bernardi (born September 27, 1977 in Rosario, Argentina) is a footballer from who currently plays for French club AS Monaco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... For the Australian Rules position, see Midfielder (Australian Rules). ... Sergio Bernardo Almirón (born November 7, 1980 in Rosario) is an Argentine football midfielder who currently plays for Juventus F.C. Son of Sergio Omar Almirón, he started his career at Newells Old Boys. ... Juventus F.C. (Latin for Youth) is one of Italys oldest and most successful football clubs, based in Turin. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For the Australian Rules position, see Midfielder (Australian Rules). ... Jérémy Menez (born May 7, 1987 in Longjumeau) is a French football player who currently plays for AS Monaco after signing in June 2006 from FC Sochaux in Ligue 1. ... 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For the Australian Rules position, see Midfielder (Australian Rules). ... Malaury Martin (born August 25, 1988) is a French footballer, currently playing for AS Monaco FC. Categories: | | | | | ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... The Bolton players in white are defending - the nearest player is trying to prevent the Fulham forward in cyan from crossing the ball. ... Fábio Santos Romeu or simply Fábio Santos (born September 16, 1985 in São Paulo) is a left-wingback player from Brazil. ... São Paulo is a very traditional Brazilian football team from São Paulo, founded on January 25, 1930, and Re-founded on December 16, 1935. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... 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Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... The Bolton players in white are defending - the nearest player is trying to prevent the Fulham forward in cyan from crossing the ball. ... Torben Joneleit (born 17 May 1987 in Monaco) is a Monegasque-born German footballer, currently playing for Hibernian on loan from AS Monaco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uruguay. ... For the Australian Rules position, see Midfielder (Australian Rules). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For the Australian Rules position, see Midfielder (Australian Rules). ... Camel Meriem (Arabic: ) is a French football player of Algerian origin who plays at AS Monaco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... The Bolton players in white are defending - the nearest player is trying to prevent the Fulham forward in cyan from crossing the ball. ... Fabian Guedes, popularly known as Bolívar, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defender. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Croatia. ... For the Australian Rules position, see Midfielder (Australian Rules). ... Jerko Leko (born April 9, 1980 in Zagreb) is a Croatian football player who currently plays for AS Monaco FC after joining on a free transfer from Dynamo Kyiv. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo. ... For the Australian Rules position, see Midfielder (Australian Rules). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... The Bolton players in white are defending - the nearest player is trying to prevent the Fulham forward in cyan from crossing the ball. ... Leandro Damián Cufré (born May 9, 1978 in La Plata) is an Argentine football (soccer) player who currently plays for French AS Monaco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Senegal. ... The Bolton players in white are defending - the nearest player is trying to prevent the Fulham forward in cyan from crossing the ball. ... 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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.)

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Notable players

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