Angers SCO relishes its return to Ligue 1

17,000 fans of the Angers SCO club (Maine-et-Loire) invaded the lawn of the Raymond Kopa stadium to celebrate the express rise to the highest level of French football, Friday May 17. The deliverance, after a final meeting against Dunkirk (North), where the Northerners gave Angevin supporters chills. Thanks to this draw, 0-0, and the defeat of the Greens in Normandy, Pierrick Capelle and his gang took the path to paradise.

“The story of a group that knew how to stick together”sums up the team captain. “2024 was very complicated. There were many who turned their backs on us, but we always responded, we got up when there were small blows, and today, here it is, we’re in Ligue 1.”, adds Loïs Diony. This accession is above all the success of the players, capable of bouncing back after a terrible failure last year, and that of a coach, Alexandre Dujeux, bereaved by the loss of his wife at the end of 2023. “It’s also thanks to the group that I stayed standing”he confided.