Pays d'Aix Football Club, also known as Aix FC is a French association football club based in the city of

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

. The team was founded in 1941 as a merger of Football Club Aixois and Union Sportive Aixoise football clubs. Their best result was playing in

French Division 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...

in the 1967–68 season, where they finished bottom. Four years later they were further relegated to third level. They spent the following four decades playing in lower level amateur levels. In 2014, the club was renamed from AS Aix to Pays d'Aix FC to mark a rupture with the club's complicated past. As of the 2019–20 season, Pays d'Aix currently play in Provence Départemental 3 in the tenth tier of the French league system.

Recent Championship seasons

Managerial history

Notable players

* Joseph Alcazar * Gunnar Andersson *

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* Ivan Bek *

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* Rubén Bravo * Caju *

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* Cyril Granon * Henri Guérin *

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* Gunnar Johansson * Jean-Louis Leonetti *

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* Sébastien Maté *

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* Éric Mura * Rachid Natouri * Kurt Nielsen * Robert Péri *

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* Jean Prouff * Roger Rolhion * Jean-Pierre Teisseire *

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Ligue 1 clubs Football clubs in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur