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Full name Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club SA
  • Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club SA, commonly referred to as AS Monaco (French pronunciation: ​[ɑ.ɛs mɔnako]) or Monaco, is a professional football club based in Monaco that competes in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football.
  • Founded in 1918, the team plays its home matches at the Stade Louis II in Fontvieille.
  • Though based in Monaco, the club plays in the French football league system.
  • Monaco is one of the most successful clubs in French football, having won eight league titles and five Coupe de France trophies.
  • The club is among the best in European football, and were runners-up in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1992 and the UEFA Champions League in 2004.
  • The club's traditional colours are red and white, and the club is known as Les Rouges et Blancs (The Red and Whites).
  • Monaco is a member of the European Club Association.
  • In December 2011, two-thirds of the club was sold to an investment group led by Russian oligarch and billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev.
  • With Rybolovlev's financial backing, the club quickly returned to Ligue 1 and won the 2016–17 Ligue 1, their first league title in 17 years.
Nickname(s) Monaco (The Monégasques)
Short name ASM
Founded 23 November 1924; 97 years ago
Ground Stade Louis II
Capacity 16,500[1]
Owner Monaco Sport Investment Ltd (66.67%)
House of Grimaldi (33.33%)
President Dmitry Rybolovlev
Head coach Philippe Clement
League Ligue 1
2021–22 Ligue 1, 3rd of 20