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| Full name | Avenir Club Avignonnais | |
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| Founded | 1931; 93 years ago (1931) | |
| Ground | Parc des Sports | |
| Capacity | 17,500 | |
| Chairman | Marc Maurin | |
| Manager | Christophe Chaintreuil | |
| Website | Club website | |
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Avenir Club Avignonnais, known as AC Avignonnais or simply Avignon, was a football club based in the city of Avignon in southern France. The club notably competed in the Division 1 in the 1975–76 season.
The club was founded in 1931 as Association Sportive Avignonnaise and played professionally from 1942 until 1948. The club was later renamed Olympique Avignonnais in a merger with Saint-Jean and became professional again in 1965.
In 1975, the team was promoted to Division 1, after winning a playoff match against FC Rouen. However, the 1975–1976 season was disastrous, as the club finished bottom with 20 Points, 7 victories, 6 draws, 25 defeats, with 30 goals scored and 80 goals conceded. The club was relegated from Division 2 in 1976 and had to forgo its professional status in 1981 due to financial problems.
The club found itself in the fourth division in 1983–1984, but bounced back to Division 2 after successive promotions from 1989 to 1991. In 1992, the club was renamed Club Olympique Avignonnais after a merger with Sporting Club Avignonais. Relegation to the sixth division (Division d'honneur) followed in 1994. The club was renamed Avignon Foot 84 in 2003.
