A.S. Vénus

{{Short description|Tahitian football club}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = AS Vénus | image = AS Venus.svg | upright = 0.9 | alt = logo | fullname = Association Sportive Vénus | nickname = Bleus | founded = {{start date and age|1945}}<ref>[https://www.asvenus.club/a-propos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121203833/https://www.asvenus.club/a-propos |date=2018-11-21 }}, AS Venus Official Website</ref> | chairman = Michel Paille <ref>[https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=https://www.ftf.pf/cms/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/COORDONNEES-CLUBS-LIGUE-1-VINI.pdf&hl=fr], Fédération Tahitienne de Football</ref> | manager = | ground = Stade Municipal de Mahina<br/>Mahina, French Polynesia (1,000 capacity) | league = Tahiti Ligue 1 | season = 2024–25 | position = Champions

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'''AS Vénus''' is a football club from Mahina, on the Tahiti island of French Polynesia. They play in the Tahiti First Division. They play home games at Stade Municipal de Mahina.<ref>{{cite web |author=Daniel Groll |url=http://www.weltfussballarchiv.com/Vereinsprofilnew.php?ID=15849 |title=AS Vénus – Tahiti – Association Sportive Vénus – Club Profile, Club History, Club Badge, Results, Fixtures, Historical Logos, Statistics |website=Weltfussballarchiv.com |access-date=2016-06-24 |archive-date=2012-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121219072202/http://www.weltfussballarchiv.com/Vereinsprofilnew.php?ID=15849 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The club have a partnership with metropolitan giants AS Saint-Étienne.

==Honours== '''Tahiti First Division''' *'''Champions (11):''' 1953, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2018–19, 2024–25

'''Tahiti Cup''' *'''Winners (9):''' 1952, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2019, 2021, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/tahiticuphist.html |title=Tahiti – List of Cup Winners |website=Rsssf.com |date=2016-05-06 |access-date=2016-06-24}}</ref> '''Tahiti Coupe des Champions''' *'''Winners (2):''' 1995, 1999.

'''Coupe T.O.M.''' *'''Winners (5):''' 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002

'''Outremer Champions Cup''' *'''Winners:''' 1999

==Recent seasons== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Season ! League/position |- | 2012–13 | 6th in Ligue 1. Quarter-finals of Tahiti Cup. |- | 2013–14 | 4th in Ligue 1; championship semi-finals. Semi-finals of Tahiti Cup. |- | 2014–15 | 7th in Ligue 1. |- | 2015–16 | 3rd in Ligue 1. 2015-16 Tahiti Cup runners-up. |- | 2016–17 | 4th in Ligue 1 (championship stage runners-up). '''Qualified to OFC Champions League'''. 2016-17 Tahiti Cup quarter-finalists. |- | 2017–18 | 5th in Ligue 1. Group stage at OFC Champions League. 2017-18 Tahiti Cup runners-up. |- | 2018–19 | '''1st in Ligue 1. Qualified to OFC Champions League. 2018-19 Tahiti Cup champions.''' |- | 2019–20 | 2nd in Ligue 1. '''Qualified to 2021 OFC Champions League'''. Knock-out stage of 2020 OFC Champions League. Seventh round of Coupe de France. 2019-20 Tahiti Cup semi-finalists. |- | 2020–21 | 2nd in Ligue 1. '''Qualified to 2022 OFC Champions League. 2020-21 Tahiti Cup champions.''' |- | 2021–22 | 3rd in Ligue 1. Runners-up at OFC Champions League. |- |} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/tahitichamp.html|title=Tahiti - List of Champions}}</ref>

==Continental record== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+ class="nowrap" | OFC Men's Champions League results !Season !Round !colspan=2|Club !Home !Away !Aggregate |- |}

{| class="wikitable" ! Season ! Round ! Club ! Result |- | rowspan="3"|1999 |rowspan="2" |Group B | {{flagicon|Fiji}} Nadi F.C. | style="text-align:center;"| 1–1 |- | {{flagicon|Samoa}} Kiwi F.C. | style="text-align:center;"| 14–1 |- |Semifinal | {{flagicon|Australia}} South Melbourne | style="text-align:center;"| 0–3 |- |rowspan="6"|2001 |rowspan="4" |Group B | {{flagicon|American Samoa}} PanSa | style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 |- | {{flagicon|Samoa}} Titavi FC | style="text-align:center;"| 6–0 |- | {{flagicon|Cook Islands}} Tupapa Maraerenga | style="text-align:center;"| 10–1 |- | {{flagicon|Vanuatu}} Tafea | style="text-align:center;"| 0–6 |- |Semifinal | {{flagicon|Australia}} Wollongong Wolves | style="text-align:center;"| 2–4 |- |3rd Place | {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Napier City Rovers | style="text-align:center;"| 2–3 |- |rowspan="3"|2018 |rowspan="3" |Group C | {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Auckland City FC | style="text-align:center;"| 0–7 |- | {{flagicon|Fiji}} Lautoka F.C. | style="text-align:center;"| 1–2 |- | {{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}} Madang FC | style="text-align:center;"| 2–1 |- |rowspan="3"|2020 |rowspan="3" |Group C | {{flagicon|Samoa}} Lupe o le Soaga | style="text-align:center;"| 6–0 |- | {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Auckland City FC | style="text-align:center;"| 0–1 |- | {{flagicon|Fiji}} Ba | style="text-align:center;"| 4–2 |- | rowspan="5" |2022 |rowspan="3" |Group A | {{flagicon|Solomon Islands}} Central Coast | style="text-align:center;"| 3–0 |- | {{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}} Lae City | style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 |- | {{flagicon|Vanuatu}} ABM Galaxy | style="text-align:center;"| 0–1 |- |Semifinal | {{flagicon|New Caledonia}} Hienghène Sport | style="text-align:center;"| 4–0 |- |Final | {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Auckland City FC | style="text-align:center;"| 0–3 |}

==Current squad== ''As of 4 August 2022. Squad for the 2022 OFC Champions League''

{{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=TAH|name=Teave Teamotuaitau|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=TAH|name=Tevaitini Teumere|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=TAH|name=Kévin Barbe|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=TAH|name=Jean-Claude Paraue|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=TAH|name=Manuarii Shan|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=TAH|name=Pothin Poma|pos=MF|natvar=football}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=TAH|name=Tauhiti Keck|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=TAH|name=Teaonui Tehau|pos=FW|other=captain}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=TAH|name=Roonui Tehau|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=TAH|name=Ariimona Greseque|pos=DF}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=TAH|name=Jason Malakai|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=TAH|name=Teivarii Kaiha|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=TAH|name=Anapa Debruyne|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=TAH|name=Terai Bremond|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=TAH|name=Mana Teniau|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=IDN|name=Indra Suarjana|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=TAH|name=Mauri Heitaa|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=TAH|name=Rainui Tze-Yu|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=TAH|name=Heiarii Tavanae|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=29|nat=TAH|name=Yann Pennequin-Le Bras|pos=MF}} {{Fs end}}

==Historic goalscorer== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- |colspan=6 |'''Teaonui Tehau''' |- !Detail !Tahiti League !Tahiti Cup !Trophée des Champions !OFC Champions League !Total |- !Goals |355 |51 |3 |10 |'''419''' |- !Hat-tricks |37 |10 |0 |2 |'''49''' |- !Scorer |6 |3 |1 |1 |'''11''' |}

==See also== *Tahiti United FC

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{official website|https://www.asvenus.club/}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Venus AS}} Category:Football clubs in Tahiti Category:Football clubs in French Polynesia Category:Association football clubs established in 1945 Category:1940s establishments in French Polynesia Category:1945 establishments in Oceania Category:1945 establishments in the French colonial empire