Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire (), commonly known as ASSE () or simply Saint-Étienne, is a professional

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Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the t ...

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (ARA; ; frp, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes; oc, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups; it, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi) is a region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Au ...

, 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

which has a capacity of 1,000 spectators. They are coached by Hervé Didier.

Players

Current squad

Former notable players

Karima Benameur Karima Benameur Taieb (born 13 April 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper and the France national team. Club career Benameur Taieb played for Toulouse FC and Rodez AF before joining Paris Saint-Germain F.C. in 20 ...

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Camille Catala Camille Catala (born 6 May 1991 in Montpellier) is a French footballer. Catala plays as a striker and has been active with the France women's national football team on the youth circuit. In 2010, she played on the under-19 team that won the 201 ...

* Laura Gandonou * Méline Gérard *

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* Michèle Madeleine Ngono Mani * Anne-Marie Bănuță * Anne-Laure Perrot *

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Honours

Domestic

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** Winners (1): 2011, ** Runner-up (1) 2013,

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint-Etienne (Ladies)

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