L’Union Sportive Avranches Mont Saint Michel (), known as US Avranches is a French football club based in Avranches, in the department of Manche, and founded in 1897. Since the 2024–25 season, it plays in the Championnat National 1, the fourth tier of French football. On December 19, 2025, US Avranches stunned Ligue 1 team Brest in the 2025-26 Coupe de France round of 64, winning on penalty kicks, 1–1 (5–4).
The club has been chaired by Gilbert Guérin since 1990.
History
Football arrived in Avranches in the mid-19th century, due to an influx of British immigrants who brought their customs and lifestyle to the area. In 1895, Paul Lebedel and Auguste Desclos, with approval from Henri Goujon, formed the Association Sportive du Collège d'Avranches. The club had several sections of sport, which included gymnastics, fencing and shooting, but the club specialized in football. The ASCA recruited most of their players from students who attended the university and players who lived nearby. The club endured difficulties following a match against Stade Rennais Université, now Stade Rennais F.C., after the external players arrived home too late following the match. This caused a significant outrage from their parents and guardians and, eventually, the ASCA were forced to abandon signing players from outside the university. Due to this, a man named Alexandre Legrand concluded that the people outside the university should form their own club. After discussions, the club was formed in April 1897 as L’Union Sportive Avranches'''. Due to his input, Legrand was inserted as the club's treasurer. The club competed mainly against local colleges in Avranches and played their first official match against AS du Collège de Vire''.la Préhistoire (1897–1907)
Chairmen +Présidents of l'US Avranches Mont-Saint-MichelRangNomPériode1 Marcel Barbé 1897–19072 Victor Poisnel 1907–19143 Armand Lebreton 1917–19404 Alexandre Legrand 1940–19435 Eugène Dodier 1943–19446 Henri Barbé 1944–19457 Docteur Gendrot 1945–19608 Albert Nativelle 1960–1970RangNomPériode9 Claude Masson 1970–197310 Docteur Gendrot 1973–197511 Albert Nativelle 1975–197612 Rémi Guérin 1976–198113 Thierry Lecardonel 1981–198514 Gérard Antoine 1985–198815 Philippe Dupré 1988–199016 Gilbert Guérin Depuis 1990
Current state The club's performance during the 20th century was mostly muted with the club often hovering in between the 7th, 6th, 5th, and 4th divisions until reaching the Championnat National during its inaugural season in 1993–94. The competition, at the time, involved two geographical areas and was mostly the top amateur clubs. The club won its first match, a 2–0 victory over AS Cherbourg, and went undefeated in their first nine matches. However, the club soon hit a slide and ended up finishing 9th. They remained in National for another three years before suffering relegation to the CFA, where they lasted only one year falling down to CFA 2 in 1998–99. After 10 years in CFA 2, the club finally returned to the CFA after their 2nd-place finish.
Since 2024, US Avranches plays in the Championnat National 2, the fourth tier of French football.
Team kit The club's kit are manufactured by the English sporting goods company Umbro.
Stadium
The clubs stadium was renamed after former player and French international René Fenouillière in the 1930's in memorial to him losing his life in the first world war.
Notable coaches +Managers of l'US Avranches Mont-Saint-MichelRangNomPériode1 Jean Lhermitte 1947–?2 Pierre Chayriguès 1952–19553 Lucien Vallaeys 1966–19704 Gilles Hidrio 1970–19725 Luis Borgo 1972–19736 Adolphe Mamberta 1974–19787 Roland Beatrix 1978–19818 Pierre Leresteux 1981–19869 Bernard Maccio 1986–1997RangNomPériode10 Bernard Maligorne 1997–199911 Gilles Guillot 1999–200012 Yann Ruel 2000–200113 Bernard Maccio 2001–200214 Richard Lecour 200215 Christophe Point 2002–200516 Jean-Noël Le Buzullier 2005–200717 Živko Slijepčević 2008–201015 Stéphane Mottin 2010–
Players Current squad
Notable players Noé Lebreton (youth)
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