Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire (French pronunciation:[sɛ̃t‿etjɛnlwaʁ]), commonly known as ASSE (French pronunciation:[a.ɛs.ɛs.ø]) or simply Saint-Étienne, is a professional football club based in Saint-Étienne in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. The club is the women's side of the French football club of the same name, and was founded in 1977 under the name Racing Club de Saint-Étienne. The current name was adopted following the 2008–09 season as the club RC Saint-Étienne merged with their men's side.[1]
Saint-Étienne plays its home matches at the Stade Salif-Keita in Saint-Étienne which has a capacity of 1,000 spectators. They are coached by Laurent Mortel.