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The Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club is a Monegasque football club, founded in 1924. They became a professional club after 1948. Although the club is in Monaco, it has always competed in the French football structure. For this reason, it has always been regarded with a certain suspicion by a segment of the French population. Some, like current Olympique Marseille president, have hinted that Monaco should not be allowed to use its income-tax exemption as it gives it an unfair advantage. This would roughly equal to adding 1/3 extra to A.S. Monaco's budget.AS Monaco is also recurrently derided for its relatively low number of spectators (10,394 average for the season 2003/2004). However, taking into account the city's population of 30,000 and that it competes with Nice's team (300,000 inhabitants) OGC Nice 10 km nearby, Monaco as a city has one of the highest spectators/inhabitants in France.
AS Monaco's home ground is Stade Louis II , an all-seater with a capacity of 18,500 in the Fontvieille section of Monaco. The stadium, as well as the Fontvieille district, was built entirely on land reclaimed from the Mediterranean Sea.
Monaco were finalists in the UEFA Champions League in 2004, but were defeated by FC Porto.
1 Notable Players
- Fabien Barthez
- David TrézéguetDavid Trezeguet was born in 15 October, 1977) in Rouen, France. Son of Argentinean football player Jorge Trezeguet, who played in france when David was born, grew up and played he's first professional match in Argentina. He played in the following clubs:
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- Javier SaviolaJavier Pedro Saviola (born December 11, 1981 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine football player. He made his debut for Argentine side River Plate at the age of 16, and went on to be a prolific goalscorer and develop a reputation as a phenomenal p
- Lilian ThuramLilian Thuram ( January 1 1972 ) is a French football player. He was named by Pele as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. Born on the West Indian island of Guadeloupe, Thuram's soccer career began with Monaco of the French First
2 External link
- Official club website (in FrenchFrench le francais la langue francaise is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered only by Spanish and Portuguese. French is the 11th most spoken language in the world, spoken by about 77 million people (called Francophones) as a mother to)
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