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This article is about the women's football team. For the men's football club, see AS Saint-Étienne.
Football club
AS Saint-Étienne
Full name
Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire Féminin
Nickname(s)
Les Vertes (The Greens) Les Amazones (The Amazones)
Founded
1977; 47 years ago (1977), as RC Saint-Étienne 2009; 15 years ago (2009) as AS Saint-Étienne
Ophélie Brevet playing for Saint-Étienne in the 2012–13 season
Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿etjɛn lwaʁ]), commonly known as ASSE (French pronunciation: [a.ɛs.ɛs.ø]) or simply Saint-Étienne, is a professional football club based in Saint-Étienne in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. The club is the women's side of the French football club of the same name, and was founded in 1977 under the name Racing Club de Saint-Étienne. The current name was adopted following the 2008–09 season as the club RC Saint-Étienne merged with their men's side.
Saint-Étienne plays its home matches at the Stade Salif-Keita in Saint-Étienne which has a capacity of 1,000 spectators. They are coached by Laurent Mortel.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Laurent Mortel
