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.

AS Saint-Étienne

Full name	Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire Féminin
Nickname(s)	Les Vertes (The Greens)
Founded	1977; 45 years ago (1977), as RC Saint-Étienne 2009; 13 years ago (2009) as AS Saint-Étienne
Ground	Stade Léon Nautin, Saint-Étienne
Capacity	1,000
President	Stéphane Tessier
Manager	Hervé Didier
League	Division 2 Féminine (Group B)
2021–22	Division 1 Féminine 12th (Relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Saint-Étienne plays its home matches at the Stade Léon Nautin in Saint-Étienne which has a capacity of 1,000 spectators. They are coached by Hervé Didier.

Players

Current squad

As of 4 October 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NGA Yewande Balogun 4 DF  FRA Chloé Tapia 5 MF  USA Abby Carchio 6 MF  FRA Élise Legrout 8 MF  NGA Joy Bokiri 9 FW  FRA Laury Jésus 10 FW  USA Peyton DePriest 11 MF  NGA Regina Otu 12 MF  FRA Adeline Coquard 13 MF  FRA Faustine Bataillard 15 DF  FRA Ninon Blanchard

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  FRA Maryne Gignoux-Soulier 17 FW  UKR Tetyana Romanenko 18 FW  FRA Cindy Caputo 19 DF  FRA Anaëlle Anglais 21 DF  FRA Florine Belin 22 FW  SKN Phoenetia Browne 23 MF  FRA Chloé Marty — DF  CAN Kristen Sakaki — FW  NGA Esther Okoronkwo — MF  FRA Gwaldys Debbache

Former notable players

• Karima Benameur
• Delphine Blanc
• Camille Catala
• Laura Gandonou
• Méline Gérard
• Kheira Hamraoui
• Jessica Houara
• Michèle Madeleine Ngono Mani
• Anne-Marie Bănuță
• Anne-Laure Perrot
• Fanny Tenret
• Sabrina Viguier

Honours

Domestic

• Coupe de France
  • Winners (1): 2011,
  • Runner-up (1) 2013,

References

External links

• Official website (in French)