Amiens SC

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 2016–17 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. Amiens first season in Ligue 1 ended in survival with a comfortable 13th-placed finish on the table.

In the 2018–19 season, Amiens finished in 15th place on the table and secured their survival after a 2–1 victory over already relegated EA Guingamp.

Despite this, during the 2019–20 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.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Current technical staff

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.

• France Fabrice Abriel
• France Stéphane Adam
• France Joël Beaujouan
• France Thierry Bonalair
• France Antoine Buron
• France David De Freitas
• France Jean-Louis Delecroix
• France Emmanuel Duchemin
• France Thibault Giresse
• France Stéphane Hernandez
• France Sébastien Heitzmann
• France Julien Lachuer
• France Arnaud Lebrun
• France Eric Luc Leclerc
• France Jean Mankowski
• France Pierre Mankowski
• France Cyrille Merville
• France Olivier Pickeu
• France David Vairelles
• Algeria Lakhdar Adjali
• Angola Titi Buengo
• Argentina Fernando Casartelli
• Democratic Republic of the Congo Joël Sami
• Republic of the Congo Oscar Ewolo
• Togo Jean-Paul Abalo
• Tunisia Fahid Ben Khalfallah

Managers

• HUN Ferenc Kónya (1933–34)
• France Jules Limbeck (1934–35)
• France Raymond Demey (1935–36)
• France Louis Finot (1942–43)
• Denmark Kaj Andrup (1945–46)
• France Pierre Illiet (1946–47)
• France Mony Braunstein (1947–48)
• France André Riou (1950–51)
• France Édouard Harduin (1958–59)
• France Jean Mankowski (1959–60)
• France Emilien Méresse (1960–68)
• France André Grillon (1968–77)
• France Robert Buchot (1977–79)
• France Paul Pruvost (1979 – December 79)
• France Robert Buchot (December 1979–80)
• France Claude Le Roy and Paul Pruvost (1980–81)
• France Claude Le Roy (1981–83)
• France Gabriel Desmenez (1983–85)
• France Camille Choquier (1985–87)
• France Joël Beaujouan (1987 – April 1988)
• France Hughes Jullien (April 1988–92)
• France Patrick Parizon (1992–94)
• France Arnaud Dos Santos (1994 – November 1998)
• France René Marsiglia (November 1998 – February 2000)
• France Victor Zvunka (February 2000–00)
• France Denis Troch (2000–04)
• France Alex Dupont (2004 – March 2006)
• France Ludovic Batelli (March 2006–08)
• France Thierry Laurey (March 2008 – June 2009)
• France Serge Romano (June 2009 – October 2009)
• France Ludovic Batelli (October 2009 – June 2012)
• France Francis De Taddeo (July 2012 – September 2013)
• France Olivier Echouafni (September 2013 – 2014)
• France Samuel Michel (June 2014– December 2014)
• France Christophe Pélissier (December 2014– June 2019)
• Slovenia Luka Elsner (July 2019–September 2020)
• France Philippe Hinschberger (June 2021-April 2023)
• France Patrice Descamps (interim, April 2023-June 2023)
• Senegal Omar Daf (June 2023-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

References

1. "Ligue 1: Strasbourg and Amiens win promotion - Goal.com".
2. (20 May 2017). "Ligue 2: Strasbourg win title as Amiens promoted after 96th-minute winner". BBC Sport.
3. "Ligue1.com - Marseille miss out".
4. "Amiens celebrate survival with victory".
5. (30 April 2020). "Paris St-Germain awarded French title as season finished early".
6. "Effectif". amiensfootball.com.