AS Béziers

AS Béziers
Full name	Association Sportive ; de Béziers Hérault
Founded	1911
Stadion	Stade de la Méditerranée
Places	22,555
president	Cédric Bistué
Trainer	Manuel Edmonds ; Christophe Hamacek
Homepage	www.asbh.net
league	Pro D2
2018/19	8th place
home	Away

The Association Sportive de Béziers Hérault ( AS Béziers for short ) is a rugby union club from the French city of Béziers in the Hérault department . He plays in the second highest French league Pro D2 . The home games are played in the Stade de la Méditerranée . The club has won the French championship eleven times. The soccer department also had a certain importance in the past .

history

The club was founded in 1911 when the Sporting Club Biterrois and the Midi Athletic Club merged to form the Association Sportive Biterroise (ASB). After just a few years, rugby was by far the most important department. In 1919 Midi Sportif and Jeunesse Sportive Biterroise were also merged into the club. The first significant success story was reaching the cup final in 1950, but it was not until the 1960s that Béziers rose to become one of the leading teams in the country.

In 1960, Béziers reached the final of the French championship for the first time and won the championship title for the first time in 1961. Further finals followed in 1962 and 1964. In 1964, he also won the prestigious Challenge Yves du Manoir . In the 1970s, no team was nearly as strong as the ASB (six championship titles, two Challenge Yves du Manoir). The dominance of the ASB was so overwhelming that there was general talk of Grand Béziers .

The winning streak continued in the first half of the 1980s, with four more championship titles. After winning the eleventh championship in 1984, however, Béziers slipped into midfield and has never been able to build on the successes since. In 1994, Béziers was relegated to the second division, but managed to get promoted again the following year. The same happened again in 1999 and 2000. From 2005, Béziers played again in the second division. He then rose in 2009 by a further step in the amateur league Fédérale 1 , which is the absolute low point in the club's history. In 2011 AS Béziers became French amateur champions and rose again to the Pro D2. The club only ranked 15th in the 2011/12 season, but escaped relegation again because CS Bourgoin-Jallieu did not receive a professional license and was forcibly relegated.

successes

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

AS Béziers championship finals

date	master	2nd finalist	Result	place	spectator
May 22, 1960	Lourdes FC	AS Béziers	14:11	Municipal Stadium , Toulouse	37,200
May 28, 1961	AS Béziers	US Dax	6: 3	Stade Gerland , Lyon	35,000
May 27, 1962	SU Agen	AS Béziers	14:11	Municipal Stadium, Toulouse	37,705
May 24, 1964	Section Paloise	AS Béziers	14: 0	Municipal Stadium, Toulouse	27,797
May 16, 1971	AS Béziers	RC Toulon	15: 9 a.d.	Parc Lescure , Bordeaux	27,737
May 21, 1972	AS Béziers	CA Brive	9-0	Stade Gerland, Lyon	31,161
May 12, 1974	AS Béziers	RC Narbonne	16:14	Parc des Princes , Paris	40,609
May 18, 1975	AS Béziers	CA Brive	13:12	Parc des Princes, Paris	39,991
May 23, 1976	SU Agen	AS Béziers	13:10 a.d.	Parc des Princes, Paris	40,300
May 29, 1977	AS Béziers	USA Perpignan	12: 4	Parc des Princes, Paris	41,821
May 28, 1978	AS Béziers	AS Montferrandaise	31: 9	Parc des Princes, Paris	42.004
May 25, 1980	AS Béziers	Stade Toulousain	10: 6	Parc des Princes, Paris	43,350
May 23, 1981	AS Béziers	Stade Bagnérais	22:13	Parc des Princes, Paris	44.106
May 28, 1983	AS Béziers	RRC Nice	14: 6	Parc des Princes, Paris	43,100
May 26, 1984	AS Béziers	SU Agen	21:21 a.d.	Parc des Princes, Paris	44,076

↑ Béziers won 3-1 on goal.

Well-known former players

Football department

The football department was created in October 1911, initially as an independent club called Stade Béziers Sport . In 1918, after a merger, it became the Stade Olympien Biterrois . After four more clubs joined in 1935, it was renamed Entente Sportive Biterroise . The club disbanded in 1939 and from then on the footballers formed a department of ASB (at that time still AS Biterroise ). The league team played in the Stade des Sauclières . From 1945 to 1969 she belonged continuously to the professional league operation, including one season ( 1957/58 ) in the top division . In 1990 the soccer department was dissolved. In 2007, Avenir Sportif Béziers was merged into a new club in the city that deliberately chose the same initials (ASB) as the Association Sportive.

League affiliation and achievements

The footballers had professional status in 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 that 40 years in Division 2 . The only significant success was reaching the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France in 1962.

Known players in the past

literature

Thierry Berthou / Collectif: Dictionnaire historique des clubs de football français. Pages de Foot, Créteil 1999 - Volume 1 (A-Mo) ISBN 2-913146-01-5 , Volume 2 (Mu-W) ISBN 2-913146-02-3

Web links

[1] Béziers won 3-1 on goal.