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

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club based in

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...

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, 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 Laurent Mortel.

Players

Current squad

Former notable players

* Karima Benameur * Delphine Blanc * Camille Catala * Laura Gandonou *

Méline Gérard Méline Orlane Christine Gérard (born 30 May 1990) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During her career, Gérard won three league titles, three league cups and two Champions Leagues. Career Lyon On 23 June ...

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* Jessica Houara * Michèle Madeleine Ngono Mani * Anne-Marie Bănuță * Anne-Laure Perrot * Fanny Tenret * Sabrina Viguier

Current staff

Honours

Domestic

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** Winners (1):

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** ''Runner-up (1)'': 2013

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint-Etienne (Ladies)

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