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'''Amiens Sporting Club''' ({{IPA|fr|amjɛ̃}}; commonly referred to as '''Amiens SC''' or simply '''Amiens''') is a French association football club based in the northern city of Amiens in the Hauts-de-France region. The club was formed in 1901 and play in Ligue 2, the second division of French football. The club plays its home matches at the Stade de la Licorne located within the city. The 2017–18 Ligue 1 season was the first in the club's 116-year history, where they finished in 13th place.
== 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-au/news/strasbourg-amiens-promoted-ligue-1-finale/e1sa45mfsqqj1e1atfw2dz9qi|title=Ligue 1: Strasbourg and Amiens win promotion - Goal.com|access-date=10 April 2018|archive-date=13 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613234439/http://www.goal.com/en-au/news/strasbourg-amiens-promoted-ligue-1-finale/e1sa45mfsqqj1e1atfw2dz9qi|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39973807|title=Ligue 2: Strasbourg win title as Amiens promoted after 96th-minute winner|work=BBC Sport |date=20 May 2017|access-date=10 April 2018|archive-date=18 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618214731/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39973807|url-status=live}}</ref> Amiens first season in Ligue 1 ended in survival with a comfortable 13th-placed finish in the table.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/marseille-miss-out.htm|title=Ligue1.com - Marseille miss out|website=www.ligue1.com|access-date=2018-05-22|archive-date=2018-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523011216/http://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/marseille-miss-out.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/amiens-celebrate-survival-with-victory.htm/|title=Amiens celebrate survival with victory|website=Ligue 1|access-date=2019-05-29|archive-date=2019-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525111216/https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/amiens-celebrate-survival-with-victory.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52484926|title=Paris St-Germain awarded French title as season finished early|website=www.bbc.co.uk|date=30 April 2020 |access-date=2020-05-01|archive-date=2020-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616035525/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52484926|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Players ==
=== Current squad === {{updated|12 February 2026}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Effectif |url=http://www.amiensfootball.com/effectif |publisher=amiensfootball.com |access-date=3 August 2017 |language=fr |archive-date=26 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426030145/http://www.ostersundsfk.se/a-laget/ |url-status=live }}</ref> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no= 6|nat=FRA|name=Thomas Monconduit|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no= 7|nat=FRA|name=Ilyes Hamache|pos=FW|other={{small|on loan from Schalke 04}}}} {{Fs player|no= 8|nat=FRA|name=Victor Lobry|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no= 9|nat=SVN|name=Jan Mlakar|pos=FW|other={{small|on loan from Pisa}}}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=MAR|name=Nordine Kandil|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=GAB|name=Teddy Averlant|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=FRA|name=Antoine Leautey |pos=FW|other={{small|on loan from Reims}}}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=ANG|name=Joseph Nduquidi|pos=DF|other={{small|on loan from Metz}}}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=FRA|name=Alexis Sauvage|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=COD|name=Messy Manitu|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=FRA|name=Yanis Rafii|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=FRA|name=Kylian Kaïboué|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=GLP|name=Jérôme Roussillon|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=ENG|name=Arvin Appiah|pos=FW|other={{small|on loan from Almería}}}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=COM|name=Rayan Lutin|pos=MF}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=SEN|name=Aboubacar Lô|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=29|nat=SEN|name=Ibou Sané|pos=FW|other={{small|on loan from Metz}}}} {{Fs player|no=34|nat=FRA|name=Siaka Bakayoko|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=35|nat=FRA|name=Louis Moussier|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=39|nat=MAR|name=Amine Chabane|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=40|nat=FRA|name=Paul Bernardoni|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=42|nat=FRA|name=Carraro Injai|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=44|nat=FRA|name=Coleen Louis|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=45|nat=CIV|name=Ibrahim Fofana|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=58|nat=SEN|name=Mactar Tine|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=59|nat=FRA|name=Nathan Talbot|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=80|nat=FRA|name=Skelly Alvero|pos=MF|other={{small|on loan from Werder Bremen}}}} {{Fs player|no=88|nat=FRA|name=Yoan Koré|pos=DF|other={{small|on loan from Paris FC}}}} {{Fs player|no=90|nat=FRA|name=Samuel Ntamack|pos=FW|other={{small|on loan from Huesca}}}} {{Fs end}}
===Out on loan=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no= |nat=BEN|name=Ange Chibozo|pos=FW|other={{small|at Unionistas until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs end}}
===Current technical staff=== {| class="wikitable" width=40% style="text-align:left;font-size:100%;" |- !Position !Name |- |Manager |{{flagicon|SEN}} Omar Daf |- |Assistant Managers |{{flagicon|FRA}} Mickaël Debève <br> {{flagicon|FRA}} Julien Ielsch |- |Goalkeeping coach |{{flagicon|FRA}} Brice Morin |- |Fitness coach |{{flagicon|FRA}} Antoine Helterlin |- |Youth coach |{{flagicon|SEN}} Modou Sougou |- |Club doctor |{{flagicon|FRA}} Christophe Carpentier <br> {{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre-Alexis Bouvier |- |}
=== 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.'' {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *{{flagicon|France}} Fabrice Abriel *{{flagicon|France}} Stéphane Adam *{{flagicon|France}} Joël Beaujouan *{{flagicon|France}} Thierry Bonalair *{{flagicon|France}} Antoine Buron *{{flagicon|France}} David De Freitas *{{flagicon|France}} Jean-Louis Delecroix *{{flagicon|France}} Emmanuel Duchemin *{{flagicon|France}} Thibault Giresse *{{flagicon|France}} Stéphane Hernandez *{{flagicon|France}} Sébastien Heitzmann *{{flagicon|France}} Julien Lachuer *{{flagicon|France}} Arnaud Lebrun *{{flagicon|France}} Eric Luc Leclerc *{{flagicon|France}} Jean Mankowski *{{flagicon|France}} Pierre Mankowski *{{flagicon|France}} Cyrille Merville *{{flagicon|France}} Olivier Pickeu *{{flagicon|France}} David Vairelles *{{flagicon|Algeria}} Lakhdar Adjali *{{flagicon|Angola}} Titi Buengo *{{flagicon|Argentina}} Fernando Casartelli *{{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} Joël Sami *{{flagicon|Republic of the Congo}} Oscar Ewolo *{{flagicon|Togo}} Jean-Paul Abalo *{{flagicon|Tunisia}} Fahid Ben Khalfallah {{div col end}}
== Managers == {{div col|colwidth=28em}} *{{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Ferenc Kónya (1933–34) *{{flagicon|France}} Jules Limbeck (1934–35) *{{flagicon|France}} Raymond Demey (1935–36) *{{flagicon|France}} Louis Finot (1942–43) *{{flagicon|Denmark}} Kaj Andrup (1945–46) *{{flagicon|France}} Pierre Illiet (1946–47) *{{flagicon|France}} Mony Braunstein (1947–48) *{{flagicon|France}} André Riou (1950–51) *{{flagicon|France}} Édouard Harduin (1958–59) *{{flagicon|France}} Jean Mankowski (1959–60) *{{flagicon|France}} Emilien Méresse (1960–68) *{{flagicon|France}} André Grillon (1968–77) *{{flagicon|France}} Robert Buchot (1977–79) *{{flagicon|France}} Paul Pruvost (1979 – December 79) *{{flagicon|France}} Robert Buchot (December 1979–80) *{{flagicon|France}} Claude Le Roy and Paul Pruvost (1980–81) *{{flagicon|France}} Claude Le Roy (1981–83) *{{flagicon|France}} Gabriel Desmenez (1983–85) *{{flagicon|France}} Camille Choquier (1985–87) *{{flagicon|France}} Joël Beaujouan (1987 – April 1988) *{{flagicon|France}} Hughes Jullien (April 1988–92) *{{flagicon|France}} Patrick Parizon (1992–94) *{{flagicon|France}} Arnaud Dos Santos (1994 – November 1998) *{{flagicon|France}} René Marsiglia (November 1998 – February 2000) *{{flagicon|France}} Victor Zvunka (February 2000–00) *{{flagicon|France}} Denis Troch (2000–04) *{{flagicon|France}} Alex Dupont (2004 – March 2006) *{{flagicon|France}} Ludovic Batelli (March 2006–08) *{{flagicon|France}} Thierry Laurey (March 2008 – June 2009) *{{flagicon|France}} Serge Romano (June 2009 – October 2009) *{{flagicon|France}} Ludovic Batelli (October 2009 – June 2012) *{{flagicon|France}} Francis De Taddeo (July 2012 – September 2013) *{{flagicon|France}} Olivier Echouafni (September 2013 – 2014) *{{flagicon|France}} Samuel Michel (June 2014– December 2014) *{{flagicon|France}} Christophe Pélissier (December 2014– June 2019) *{{flagicon|Slovenia}} Luka Elsner (July 2019–September 2020) *{{flagicon|France}} Philippe Hinschberger (June 2021-April 2023) *{{flagicon|France}} Patrice Descamps (interim, April 2023-June 2023) *{{flagicon|Senegal}} Omar Daf (June 2023-present) {{div col end}}
== Honours== thumb|Historical league performance chart of Amiens SC *'''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
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== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} *{{Official website}} {{in lang|fr}}
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