Nancy

Association Sportive Nancy Lorraine (French pronunciation: ​[asɔsjɑsjɔ̃ spɔʁtiv nɑ̃si lɔʁɛn]), commonly known as AS Nancy-Lorraine, or simply Nancy, is a French association football club founded in 1910 in Nancy, Grand Est and located in Tomblaine, in the inner suburbs of Nancy. Nancy currently plays in Ligue 2.

The club was founded in 1910 by Maurice de Vienne under the name of Union sportive Frontiere, then was later renamed Association sportive Lorraine in 1928. In 1967, following the collapse of FC Nancy, the club created a professional section and as such changed its name to become Association Sportive Nancy Lorraine. This date of 1967, appearing on AS Nancy Lorraine's logo, is sometimes misinterpreted as the founding year of the club, actually being the year of transition to professional status.

The club currently plays at the stade Marcel-Picot, a 20,000 seats capacity stadium located in the town of Tomblaine, where its head office is also located. The infrastructures of the training center are located within the forest of Haye business park, in Bois-de-Haye.

The club has won 7 titles until this day: the Coupe de France (1978), the Coupe de la Ligue (2006) and five Ligue 2 champion title (1975, 1990, 1998, 2005 and 2016). The club also has three participations in European competitions to its credit: one participation in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1979 and two participations in the UEFA Europa League in 2007 and 2008.

In December 2020, Chien Lee, PMG, Partners Path Capital and Krishen Sud acquired AS Nancy Lorraine and Chien Lee became the chairman of the board, replacing Jacques Rousselot who had been in charge since 1995 and Gauthier Ganaye became the CEO of AS Nancy, The first team is currently managed by Daniel Stendel.

ASNL is renowned as a club with a good training center. One of the club's most notable players is Michel Platini, the former president of UEFA. Platini began his career at the club in 1972, playing eight seasons with Nancy. He scored the only goal

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