Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club (French pronunciation: [a.sɔ.sja.sjɔ̃ spɔrtɪv də mɔnaˈkɔ]; commonly referred to as AS Monaco or simply Monaco) is a Monégasque football club based in Fontvieille, a district in the Principality of Monaco. The club was founded in 1924 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football. The team plays its home matches at the Stade Louis II located within Fontvieille. Monaco is managed by Laurent Banide and captained by French international goalkeeper Stéphane Ruffier.
Though based in Monaco, the club is regarded as a French club, as the club plays in the French football league system, and because the principality of Monaco is not a member of UEFA. Monaco are one of the most successful clubs in the country having won seven league titles and five Coupe de France trophies. The club has also regularly competed in European football having been runners-up in both the UEFA Cup Winner's Cup and UEFA Champions League in 1992 and 2004, respectively.
Monaco enjoyed numerous successes in the 1970s and late 1980s during the managerial tenures of Lucien Leduc and Arsène Wenger, during which the club was amongst the leading lights of European football. Monaco's traditional colours are red and white, and the club is affectionately known as Les Rouge et Blanc (English: The Red and White). Monaco is also a member of the European Club Association.
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