AS Vitré

French football club

Football club

AS Vitré

Full name

Amicale Sportive de Vitré

Founded

1907

Ground

Stade Municipal

Capacity

3,500

Chairman

Guy Guyard

Manager

Laurent Hervé

League

National 3 Group E

2022-23

National 3 Group K, 3rd

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

AS Vitré (French: Amicale Sportive de Vitré) is a French football club based in Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine. It was founded in 1907. They play at the Stade Municipal, which has a capacity of 3,500. The colours of the club are yellow and red.

For the 2022–23 season the club plays in the Championnat National 3. They finished in the relegation places in 2020–21 Championnat National 2, but were reprieved to fill a vacancy for the following season.^[1] However they finished bottom of their group in the 2021–22 season.^[2]

Honours

CFA2 championship (Group G): 2005
CFA2 championship (Group H): 2013
Brittany DH championship: 1991

Players

Alrick Kalala, a previous player of the club pursued a solo musical career after suffering injuries while playing for the club forcing him to leave professional sports.^[3] Under his adopted stage name Makassy, he released "Doucement" his first French-language hit that charted in France and Belgium.

References

^ "National 2. Vitré accepte d'être repêché, Lille refuse, Montpellier réfléchit" (in French). footamateur.fr. 14 July 2021.
^ "National 2. Six clubs relégués à l'issue de l'avant-dernière journée" (in French). footamateur.fr. 22 May 2022.
^ "Le Journal de Vitré: Makassy, l'ancien footballeur devenu chanteur". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-07-12.