Avignon
Full nameAvenir Club Avignonnais
Founded1931 (1931)
GroundParc des Sports
Capacity17,500
ChairmanMarc Maurin
ManagerChristophe Chaintreuil
WebsiteClub website

Avenir Club Avignonnais, known simply as Avignon, was a football club based in the city of Avignon, France. The club notably competed in the Division 1 in the 1975–76 season.

History

The club was founded in 1931 as Association Sportive Avignonnaise and played professionally from 1942 until 1948. The club was later renamed Olympique Avignonnais in a merger with Saint-Jean and became professional again in 1965.

In 1975, the team was promoted to Division 1, after winning a playoff match against FC Rouen. However, the 1975–1976 season was disastrous, as the club finished bottom with 20 Points, 7 victories, 6 draws, 25 defeats, with 30 goals scored and 80 goals conceded. The club was relegated from Division 2 in 1976 and had to forgo its professional status in 1981 due to financial problems.

The club found itself in the fourth division in 1983–1984, but bounced back to Division 2 after successive promotions from 1989 to 1991. In 1992, the club was renamed Club Olympique Avignonnais after a merger with Sporting Club Avignonais. Relegation to the sixth division (Division d'honneur) followed in 1994. The club was renamed Avignon Foot 84 in 2003.

Managerial history

Source:[1]

References

  1. ↑ "France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". Archived from the original on 4 August 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2007.
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