AS Béziers Hérault (football)

The Association Sportive de Béziers Hérault (abbreviated AS Béziers ) is a rugby union club based in the French town of Béziers in the Hérault. He plays in the second highest league French Pro D2. The home games are played at the Stade de la Méditerranée. The club won the French league title eleven times so far. A certain importance had formerly also the football department.

History

The club was founded in 1911 when the Sporting Club Biterrois and the Midi Athletic Club merged and it was the Association Sportive Biterroise ( ASB). After a few years Rugby was by far the most important department. 1919 also went Midi Sportif and Jeunesse Sportive Biterroise on the club. The first significant success message in 1950 was reaching the Cup final, but it was only in the 1960s Béziers rose to become the leading teams in the country.

1960 reached Béziers first time the finals of the French Championship and won in 1961 for the first time the championship. For more finals followed in 1962 and 1964. Added to this was in 1964 also winning the prestigious Challenge Yves du Manoir. In the 1970s, no team was nearly as strong as the ASB ( six league titles, twice Challenge Yves du Manoir ). The dominance of the ASB was so overwhelming that, in general of Grand Béziers was talk.

The winning streak continued in the first half of the 1980s, with another four league titles. After winning the overall eleventh championship in 1984 but slipped from Beziers to midfield and could never build on the successes since then. 1994 rose from Béziers to the second division, but managed in the following year its chances of promotion. The same thing happened again in 1999 or 2000. Starting in 2005, played Béziers again in the second division. 2009 He then rose to a further stage in the amateur league Fédérale 1 from, which is the lowest point in the club's history. 2011, the AS Béziers French amateur champion and rose again in the Pro D2. The association binned in the 2011/12 season only number 15, but escaped relegation again, since the CS Bourgoin- Jallieu received no professional license and was zwangsrelegiert.

Achievements

  • Champion: 1961, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984
  • Cup finalist: 1960, 1962, 1964, 1976
  • Winner Challenge Yves du Manoir: 1964, 1972, 1977
  • Finalist Challenge Yves du Manoir: 1961, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1981
  • Winner Coupe de France: 1986
  • Finalist Coupe de France: 1950
  • Master Pro D2: 2000
  • Master Fédérale 1: 2011

Championship finals by AS Béziers

Well-known former players

  • Didier Camberabero
  • Alain Carminati
  • Pierre Danos
  • Richard DOURTHE
  • Irakli Machkhaneli (Georgia)
  • Andrew Mehrtens (New Zealand)
  • Costică Mersoiu (Romania )
  • Pierre Moureu
  • Yannick Nyanga
  • Michel Palmié
  • Gonzalo Quesada (Argentina )
  • Lucien Rogé
  • Jean Sébédio
  • Dimitri Szarzewski
  • Armand Vaquerin

Football Division

The football department was formed in October 1911 initially as an independent association with the name Stade Béziers sport. 1918 after a merger from Stade Olympien Biterrois. After four more clubs joined in 1935, was renamed to Entente Sportive Biterroise. The club dissolved in 1939, and the football players were henceforth a division of ASB (then AS Biterroise ). The League team played in the Stade des Sauclières. From 1945 to 1969 she was one of uninterrupted operation the professional leagues, including one season (1957 /58) in the top division. At the beginning of the 1990s, the football department was disbanded, but some time later and set up occurs after a new merger of the Department with other clubs (2007 ) as the Avenir Sportif Beziers. 2009 and 2010 is their first team went up twice in a row and plays 2013/14 in the fourth division.

League membership and achievements

Professional status had possessed the football players 1933/34, 1945-1969, 1970-1972 and 1973-1987. First class (Division 1 since 2002 Ligue 1) they only played in 1957/58 (18th place in the table ), but beyond 40 years in the Division 2 The only significant achievement was reaching the quarter- finals of the Coupe de France in 1962.

Major players in the past

Rugby Pro D2 FC Lourdes US Dax Lyon Section Paloise RC Toulonnais Stade Chaban-Delmas Bordeaux CA Brive RC Narbonne USA Perpignan ASM Clermont Auvergne Stade Toulousain 1957–58 French Division 1 Championnat de France Amateur SC Albi Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne Union Sportive Bressane US Colomiers Lyon OU Stade Montois Atlantique Stade Rochelais
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