Association Sportive Beauvais Oise (; commonly referred to as AS Beauvais, ASBO, or simply Beauvais) is a French

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club based in Beauvais. The club was formed in 1945 as a result of a merger and currently play in the

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, the fourth level of

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. Beauvais plays its home matches at the Stade Pierre Brisson located within the city.

History

AS Beauvais Oise was founded in 1945 under the name ''AS Beauvais-Marissel'' as a result of a merger between local clubs ''Véloce Club Beauvaisien'', ''Union Sportive de Voisinlieu'' and ''GS Marissel''. The club began its history as an amateur club, but achieved professional status in 1986, changing its name to the simpler AS Beauvais. From 1986–2003, Beauvais played mostly in the

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of French football. In 1989 the name of the club was changed to AS Beauvais Oise. In 2004 the club was relegated from the

Championnat National The Championnat de France National ( en, French National Championship), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, ...

and gave up its professional status.

Players

Current squad

Notable former players

''For a list of former Beauvais players, see :AS Beauvais Oise players.''

Honours

**''Champions'' (1): 2000 * Championnat de France Amateur **''Champions'' (1): 2006 *Division d'Honneur (Picardie) **''Champions'' (6): 1968, 1970, 1974 *Division d'Honneur (Nord-Est) **''Champions'' (3): 1956, 1960, 1966 *Coupe de Picardie **''Champions'' (1): 2008 *Coupe de l'Oise **''Champions'' (15): 1955, 1959, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1992, 1993

References

External links

Official Website
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