AC Arles
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Key facts
- Full name
- Athlétic Club Arlésien
- Nickname
- Les Lions (The Lions)
- Founded
- 1913 ; 113 years ago ( 1913 )
- Ground
- Stade Fernand-Fournier
- Capacity
- 2,500
- Head coach
- Michel Estevan
- League
- Régional 1 Méditerranée
- 2022 23
- Unknown
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Athlétic Club arlésien
- Official website
- www.arlesavignon.net
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- nickname
- Les Lions
- Commons category
- AC Arles
- inception
- 1912-12-19
- native label
- Athlétic Club arlésien
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Athlétic Club Arlésien ( French pronunciation: [aʁl-aviɲɔ̃]; commonly referred to as Arlésien or simply Arles) is a French association football club originally based in Arles. The club was founded in 1912 as a result of a merger and was formerly known as Athlétic Club Arles, but in 2010, moved to the nearby commune of Avignon and adopted the name of AC Arles-Avignon. Athlétic Club Arlésien last played at a professional capacity in the Championnat de France Amateur, the fourth division in French football; it previously gained four promotions in five seasons to reach Ligue 1 in 2010. They were later relegated after one season.
When the club was named Arles-Avignon, they played their home matches at the Parc des Sports in nearby Avignon. The team was managed by former football player Franck Dumas and captained by defender Sébastien Cantini, who joined the club in 2012 after a five-year stint in Italy. In France, it was commonplace to describe Arles-Avignon as an overachieving club primarily due to succeeding despite limited resources. Arles-Avignon's highest honour was winning its group in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth level of French football, in 2007. Regionally, the club has won the Division Honneur Sud-Est Ouest three times, and its reserve team are the current defending champions of the Méditerranée Division Honneur Régionale.