Angers SCO

Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest, commonly referred to as Angers SCO (French pronunciation: [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.

Angers

Full name	Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest
Nickname(s)	Le SCO Les Scoïstes Les Noirs et Blancs (The Black and Whites)
Founded	1919; 106 years ago (1919)
Ground	Stade Raymond Kopa
Capacity	18,752
Owner	Chabane Family
President	Romain Chabane
Manager	Alexandre Dujeux
League	Ligue 1
2024–25	Ligue 1,
Website	angers-sco.fr
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

The team was founded in 1919, the same year the FFF was founded.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3] In the 2018–19 Ligue 1 season, Angers finished in a respectable 13th position on the table.^[4]

On 8 June 2020, Angers broke their own transfer fee record by signing Paul Bernardoni from Bordeaux, in a deal worth 8 million euros.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.^[7] Angers communicated their intent to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).^[8] 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.^[9]

League participations

• 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

As of 1 March 2025^[10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  HAI Carlens Arcus 3 DF  GAB Jacques Ekomié 5 DF  FRA Marius Courcoul 6 MF  CIV Jean-Eudes Aholou 7 FW  SEN Ibrahima Niane 10 MF  ALG Himad Abdelli (vice-captain) 11 FW  FRA Sidiki Cherif 12 MF  FRA Zinédine Ould Khaled 14 MF  MAR Yassin Belkhdim 15 MF  FRA Pierrick Capelle (captain) 16 GK  CGO Melvin Zinga 17 FW  FRA Justin Kalumba 18 MF  GAB Jim Allevinah 19 FW  FRA Esteban Lepaul

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  ALG Zinedine Ferhat 21 DF  FRA Jordan Lefort 22 DF  BEN Cédric Hountondji 23 FW  FRA Adrien Hunou 24 DF  FRA Emmanuel Biumla 25 DF  CIV Abdoulaye Bamba 26 DF  FRA Florent Hanin 27 DF  FRA Lilian Raolisoa 28 FW  ALG Farid El Melali 30 GK  CIV Yahia Fofana 40 GK  FRA Oumar Pona 93 MF  ALG Haris Belkebla 99 FW  SEN Bamba Dieng (on loan from Lorient)

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 DF  FRA Ousmane Camara

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  BIH Halid Šabanović

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  FRA Loïs Diony (at Bandırmaspor until 30 June 2025)

Current technical staff

Position	Name
President	Romain Chabane
Vice President	Teddy Kefalas
Director of Sport	Laurent Boissier
Manager	Alexandre Dujeux
Assistant manager	Jean-Michel Badiane
Fitness coach	Alan Berrou
Physiotherapists	Antoine André Aurélien Latour
Goalkeeping coach	Olivier Tingry[11]
Club doctor	Claire de Labachelerie
Podologist	Arnaud Perrier
Osteopath	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

• Paul Alo'o
• Vili Ameršek
• Boško Antić
• Jean-Marie Aubry
• Fahid Ben Khalfallah
• Marc Berdoll
• Stéphane Bruey
• Thierry Cygan
• Milan Damjanović
• Cédric Daury
• Jean-Pierre Dogliani
• Jean-Marc Guillou
• Kazimir Hnatow
• Claudiu Keserü
• Raymond Kopa
• Vladica Kovačević
• Guy Moussi
• Albert Poli
• Ulrich Ramé
• Amar Rouaï
• Emil Săndoi
• Steve Savidan
• André Strappe
• Karl Toko Ekambi
• Jean Vincent

Managers

• Georges Meuris (1942–47)
• André Simonyi (1947)
• Camille Cottin (1948–51)
• Jean Grégoire (1951–53)
• Karel Michlowsky (1953–56)
• Walter Presch (1956–57)
• Maurice Blondel (1957–60)
• Karel Michlowsky (1960–62)
• Antoine Pasquini (1962–68)
• Louis Hon (1968–69)
• Lucien Leduc (1969–70)
• Ladislas Nagy (1970–73)
• César "Pancho" Gonzales (1973–74)
• Velibor Vasović (1974–76)
• Aimé Mignot (1976–79)
• Élie Fruchart (1979–81)
• René Cédolin (1981)
• Élie Fruchart (1981–83)
• Christian Letort (1983–84)
• Henri Atamaniuk (1984–87)
• Pierre Garcia (1987–88)
• Hervé Gauthier (1988–93)
• Alain de Martigny (1993–94)
• André Guesdon (1994–95)
• Bruno Steck (1995)
• André Guesdon (1995–97)
• Jean-Marc Mezenge (1997)
• Jean-Yves Chay (1997)
• Jean-Marc Mezenge (1997–98)
• Gustavo Silva (1998)
• Christian Dupont (1998–99)
• Denis Goavec (1999–01)
• Stéphane Mottin (Jan 2001–02)
• Éric Guérit (2002–03)
• Jacky Bonnevay (2003–04)
• Noël Tosi (Feb 2004–04)
• Roberto Morinini (July 2004–04)
• Noël Tosi (Aug 2004–05)
• Stéphane Paille (July 2005 – Jan 06)
• Jean-Pascal Beaufreton (Jan 2006)
• Jean-Louis Garcia (June 2006–11)
• Stéphane Moulin (2011–21)
• Gérald Baticle (2021–22)
• Abdel Bouhazama (2023)
• Alexandre Dujeux (2023–present)

Sponsors

Some official sponsors of Angers SCO football club:

Open energie

The Paris-based energy company was announced as an Official Partner of the club in May 2021 on a three-year deal.^[12] Since the start of the 2021–22 season, Open Energie serves as the back-of-shirt sponsor for Angers' matchday shirts, right below the kit number.^[13][14]

Atoll

Atoll is a shopping mall located in Beaucouzé, near the commune of Angers. It also serves as an Official Partner to Angers SCO. Since November 2020, Atoll houses an official club store on a permanent basis.^[15]

Système U

The Rungis-headquartered French retailers' cooperative is a long-time sponsor of the club. Currently, it serves as one of their Official partners, with its logo appearing on the front of Angers' matchday shorts.^[16]

In May 2021, a U convenience store was opened in the Les Hauts de Saint-Aubin district of Angers.

Kappa

The Turin-headquartered Italian sportswear brand has been the technical partner of the club since 2013, supplying them with matchday kits, training and non-playing staff's uniforms and off-pitch lifestyle ranges.

In April 2019, the two parties renewed their partnership in a four-year agreement.^[17]