{{Short description|Association football club in Angers, France}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Use British English|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Angers | image = Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest logo.svg | upright = 0.8 | fullname = Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest | nickname = ''Le SCO''<br />''Les Scoïstes''<br />''Les Noirs et Blancs'' (The Black and Whites) | short name = SCO | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1919}} | stadium = Stade Raymond Kopa | capacity = 18,752 | owner = Chabane Family | chairman = Romain Chabane | chrtitle = President | manager = Alexandre Dujeux | mgrtitle = Head coach | league = {{French football updater|Angers}} | season = {{French football updater|Angers2}} | position = {{French football updater|Angers3}} | website = {{Official URL}} | pattern_la1 = _angers2526h | pattern_b1 = _angers2526h | pattern_ra1 = _angers2526h | pattern_sh1 = _nikeleague3b | pattern_so1 = _monterrey1213t1 | leftarm1 = 000000 | body1 = 000000 | rightarm1 = 000000 | shorts1 = 000000 | socks1 = 000000 | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = _angers2526a | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_sh2 = _nikeleague3wb | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = FFFFFF | body2 = FFFFFF | rightarm2 = FFFFFF | shorts2 = FFFFFF | socks2 = FFFFFF | pattern_la3 = | pattern_b3 = _angers2526t | pattern_ra3 = | pattern_sh3 = _nikeleague3b | pattern_so3 = _monterrey1213t1 | leftarm3 = DAAD31 | body3 = DAAD31 | rightarm3 = DAAD31 | shorts3 = 000000 | socks3 = 000000 | current = 2025–26 Angers SCO season }}
'''Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest''', commonly referred to as '''Angers SCO''' ({{IPA|fr|ɑ̃ʒe}}), is a French professional football club based in Angers in Pays de la Loire in western France. The club was founded in 1919 and plays in Ligue 1, the first division of Football in France. It plays its home matches at the Stade Raymond Kopa. The club has played 31 seasons in the French top flight. right|thumb|250px|Angers SCO home stadium Stade Raymond Kopa.
== History == The team was founded in 1919, the same year the FFF was founded.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Angers SCO – Site Officiel – Venez découvrir son actualité, sa boutique sa billetterie, son équipe, sa saison ses vidéos et photos et sa communauté|url = http://www.angers-sco.fr/club/histoire|website = www.angers-sco.fr|access-date = 2016-01-26|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160206151958/http://angers-sco.fr/club/histoire|archive-date = 6 February 2016|df = dmy-all}}</ref>
During the team's history, it has bounced between the top two tiers on multiple occasions. However, it did spend time in the third tier on several occasions; the 2006–07 season was its last season in the third tier.
The first season that Angers debuted in the French second division was in 1945. During this season, Angers SCO was placed in the North group; at that time, the second division was split into two groups, the North and South. Angers finished third, being seven points short of Stade Français, which was promoted to the first division. In the 2014–15 Ligue 2 season, the team achieved promotion after a long time being in the lower division. During the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season, SCO placed ninth in the final standings. In its opening league match against Montpellier, Angers won the match 2–0.
On 28 May 2017 Angers played in the 2017 Coupe de France final against Paris Saint-Germain. Angers lost the match 1–0 courtesy of 91st minute own goal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2712110-psg-defeat-angers-1-0-with-own-goal-in-91st-minute-of-2017-coupe-de-france-final|title=PSG Defeat Angers 1-0 with Own Goal in 91st Minute of 2017 Coupe De France Final|first=Tom|last=Sunderland|website=Bleacher Report |access-date=5 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017044214/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2712110-psg-defeat-angers-1-0-with-own-goal-in-91st-minute-of-2017-coupe-de-france-final|archive-date=17 October 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> At the end of the 2017–18 Ligue 1 season, Angers finished 14th on the table and Cameroon striker Karl Toko Ekambi finished with an impressive 17 goals in the competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/season-review-not-only-neymar-the-unsung-heroes.htm |title=Ligue1.com – SEASON REVIEW: Not only Neymar! The unsung heroes... |website=www.ligue1.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524083204/http://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/season-review-not-only-neymar-the-unsung-heroes.htm |archive-date=2018-05-24}}</ref> In the 2018–19 Ligue 1 season, Angers finished in a respectable 13th position on the table.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/angers-pre-season-game-confirmed/|title=Angers pre-season game confirmed|website=Arsenal}}</ref>
On 8 June 2020, Angers broke their own transfer fee record by signing Paul Bernardoni from Bordeaux, in a deal worth 8 million euros.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official {{!}} Angers buy Paul Bernardoni from Bordeaux for a record €8m|url=https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2020/official-angers-buy-paul-bernardoni-from-bordeaux-for-a-record-e8m/|access-date=8 June 2020|website=Get French Football News|date=8 June 2020 }}</ref> On 30 April 2021 Angers, along with Paris FC, were handed a transfer ban by FIFA for violation of regulations regarding relay transfers in August 2020. The ban was effective for the summer 2021 transfer window.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foot-national.com/foot-angers-et-le-paris-fc-condamnes-par-la-fifa-153893.html|title=Angers et le Paris FC condamnés par la FIFA !|publisher=foot-national.com|language=fr|date=30 April 2021}}</ref> On 27 April 2023, Angers received a two-window transfer ban from FIFA due to a dispute with Tunisian club ES Tunis over the transfer of Ilyes Chetti.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-27 |title=Angers handed transfer ban by FIFA – Get French Football News |url=https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2023/angers-handed-transfer-ban-by-fifa/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |language=en-US}}</ref> Angers communicated their intent to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-27 |title=Communiqué officiel suite à la décision de la Chambre de Résolution des Litiges de la FIFA – Angers SCO |url=https://www.angers-sco.fr/communique-officiel-suite-a-la-decision-de-la-chambre-de-resolution-des-litiges-de-la-fifa/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=www.angers-sco.fr |language=fr}}</ref> In the 2022–23 Ligue 1 season, Angers suffered relegation with five matches to spare, returning to the second tier after eight years in the top flight.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 April 2023 |title=Battu par Rennes, Angers est officiellement relégué en Ligue 2 |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Battu-par-rennes-angers-est-officiellement-relegue-en-ligue-2/1394212 |access-date=1 May 2023 |website=<nowiki>[L'Équipe]]</nowiki> |language=Fr}}</ref>
==League participations== thumb|Historical league performance chart of Angers SCO * Ligue 1: 1956–68, 1969–75, 1976–77, 1978–81, 1993–94, 2015–2023, 2024–present * Ligue 2: 1945–56, 1968–69, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–93, 1994–96, 2000–01, 2003–05, 2007–15, 2023–24 * National: 1996–2000, 2001–03, 2005–07 * Regional League: 1931–39 * Division d'Honneur: 1919–31 * Coupe de France runners-up: 1957, 2017
== Players ==
=== Current squad === {{updated|2 February 2026}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Effectif de l'équipe pro d'Angers SCO |url=https://www.angers-sco.fr/equipe-pro/effectif |publisher=Angers SCO |language=fr |access-date=14 July 2018}}</ref>
{{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no= 2|nat=HAI|name=Carlens Arcus|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no= 3|nat=GAB|name=Jacques Ekomié|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no= 4|nat=MLI|name=Ousmane Camara|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no= 5|nat=FRA|name=Marius Courcoul|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no= 6|nat=FRA|name=Louis Mouton|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no= 7|nat=MAR|name=Amine Sbaï|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no= 8|nat=NED|name=Branco van den Boomen|pos=MF|other={{small|on loan from Ajax}}}} {{Fs player|no= 9|pos=FW|nat=CTA|name=Goduine Koyalipou|other={{small|on loan from Lens}}}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=BFA|name=Hervé Koffi|pos=GK|other={{small|on loan from Lens}}}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=MAR|name=Yassin Belkhdim|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=FRA|name=Pierrick Capelle|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=CGO|name=Melvin Zinga|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=FRA|name=Marius Louër|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=MTN|name=Jordan Lefort|pos=DF}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=MLI|name=Dan Sinaté|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=FRA|name=Emmanuel Biumla|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=CIV|name=Abdoulaye Bamba|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=FRA|name=Florent Hanin|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=FRA|name=Lilian Raolisoa|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=CMR|name=Harouna Djibirin|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=34|nat=FRA|name=Amine Moussaoui|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=35|nat=FRA|name=Prosper Peter|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=36|nat=FRA|name=Lanroy Machine|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=37|nat=FRA|name=Lionel Ngangué|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=38|nat=FRA|name=Ilann Garin|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=40|nat=MLI|name=Oumar Pona|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=41|nat=MAR|name=Jibril El Baraka|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=93|nat=ALG|name=Haris Belkebla|pos=MF|other=captain}} {{Fs end}}
=== Out on loan === {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=GUI|name=Sidiki Cherif|pos=FW|other={{small|at Fenerbahçe until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ALG|name=Yacine Gaya|pos=DF|other={{small|at Quevilly-Rouen until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=GAB|name=Jim Allevinah|pos=MF|other={{small|at Kasımpaşa until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs end}}
=== Other players under contract === {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=FRA|name=Noah Nadje|pos=FW}} {{Fs end}}
==Current technical staff== {| class="wikitable" width=40% style="text-align:left;font-size:100%;" |- !Position !Name |- |President |{{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Chabane |- |Vice President |{{flagicon|FRA}} Teddy Kefalas |- |Director of Sport |{{flagicon|FRA}} Laurent Boissier |- |Manager |{{flagicon|FRA}} Alexandre Dujeux |- |Assistant manager |{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Michel Badiane |- |Fitness coach |{{flagicon|FRA}} Alan Berrou |- |Physiotherapists |{{flagicon|FRA}} Antoine André <br /> {{flagicon|FRA}} Aurélien Latour |- |Goalkeeping coach |{{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Tingry<ref>{{Cite web|title=Angers Sco. Olivier Tingry dans le staff, Xavier Dudoit s'en va|date=6 June 2021 |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/football/angers-sco/angers-sco-olivier-tingry-dans-le-staff-xavier-dudoit-s-en-va-ba2a1dda-c6a1-11eb-aa54-e57c5f60c98c}}</ref> |- |Club doctor |{{flagicon|FRA}} Claire de Labachelerie |- |Podologist |{{flagicon|FRA}} Arnaud Perrier |- |Osteopath |{{flagicon|FRA}} Marc Sourice |- |}
=== Notable players === Below are the notable former players who have represented Angers in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1919. To appear in the section below, a player must have either played in at least 80 official matches for the club or represented his country's national team either while playing for Angers or after departing the club.
''For a complete list of Angers SCO players, see :Category:Angers SCO players'' {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *{{flagicon|Cameroon}} Paul Alo'o *{{flagicon|Slovenia}} Vili Ameršek *{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Boško Antić *{{flagicon|France}} Jean-Marie Aubry *{{flagicon|Tunisia}} Fahid Ben Khalfallah *{{flagicon|France}} Marc Berdoll *{{flagicon|France}} Stéphane Bruey *{{flagicon|France}} Thierry Cygan *{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Milan Damjanović *{{flagicon|France}} Cédric Daury *{{flagicon|France}} Jean-Pierre Dogliani *{{flagicon|France}} Jean-Marc Guillou *{{flagicon|France}} Kazimir Hnatow *{{flagicon|Romania}} Claudiu Keserü *{{flagicon|France}} Raymond Kopa *{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Vladica Kovačević *{{flagicon|France}} Guy Moussi *{{flagicon|Italy}} Albert Poli *{{flagicon|France}} Ulrich Ramé *{{flagicon|Algeria}} Amar Rouaï *{{flagicon|Romania}} Emil Săndoi *{{flagicon|France}} Steve Savidan *{{flagicon|France}} André Strappe *{{flagicon|Cameroon}} Karl Toko Ekambi *{{flagicon|France}} Jean Vincent {{div col end}}
== Managers == {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *{{flagicon|France}} Georges Meuris (1942–47) *{{flagicon|France}}{{flagicon|Hungary}} André Simonyi (1947) *{{flagicon|France}} Camille Cottin (1948–51) *{{flagicon|France}} Jean Grégoire (1951–53) *{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Karel Michlowsky (1953–56) *{{flagicon|Austria}}{{flagicon|France}} Walter Presch (1956–57) *{{flagicon|France}} Maurice Blondel (1957–60) *{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Karel Michlowsky (1960–62) *{{flagicon|France}} Antoine Pasquini (1962–68) *{{flagicon|France}} Louis Hon (1968–69) *{{flagicon|France}} Lucien Leduc (1969–70) *{{flagicon|France}} Ladislas Nagy (1970–73) *{{flagicon|Argentina}}{{flagicon|France}} César "Pancho" Gonzales (1973–74) *{{flagicon|Serbia}} Velibor Vasović (1974–76) *{{flagicon|France}} Aimé Mignot (1976–79) *{{flagicon|France}} Élie Fruchart (1979–81) *{{flagicon|France}} René Cédolin (1981) *{{flagicon|France}} Élie Fruchart (1981–83) *{{flagicon|France}} Christian Letort (1983–84) *{{flagicon|France}} Henri Atamaniuk (1984–87) *{{flagicon|France}} Pierre Garcia (1987–88) *{{flagicon|France}} Hervé Gauthier (1988–93) *{{flagicon|France}} Alain de Martigny (1993–94) *{{flagicon|France}} André Guesdon (1994–95) *{{flagicon|France}} Bruno Steck (1995) *{{flagicon|France}} André Guesdon (1995–97) *{{flagicon|France}} Jean-Marc Mezenge (1997) *{{flagicon|France}} Jean-Yves Chay (1997) *{{flagicon|France}} Jean-Marc Mezenge (1997–98) *{{flagicon|France}} Gustavo Silva (1998) *{{flagicon|France}} Christian Dupont (1998–99) *{{flagicon|France}} Denis Goavec (1999–01) *{{flagicon|France}} Stéphane Mottin (Jan 2001–02) *{{flagicon|France}} Éric Guérit (2002–03) *{{flagicon|France}} Jacky Bonnevay (2003–04) *{{flagicon|France}} Noël Tosi (Feb 2004–04) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Roberto Morinini (July 2004–04) *{{flagicon|France}} Noël Tosi (Aug 2004–05) *{{flagicon|France}} Stéphane Paille (July 2005 – Jan 06) *{{flagicon|France}} Jean-Pascal Beaufreton (Jan 2006) *{{flagicon|France}} Jean-Louis Garcia (June 2006–11) *{{flagicon|France}} Stéphane Moulin (2011–21) *{{flagicon|France}} Gérald Baticle (2021–22) *{{flagicon|France}} Abdel Bouhazama (2023) *{{flagicon|France}} Alexandre Dujeux (2023–present) }}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website}} {{In lang|fr}} * [https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/64162 Angers SCO] at UEFA * {{Commons category-inline}}
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