AJ Auxerre
The club, whose history dates back to 1905 and which is simply called AJA among fans, was founded by a certain Abbé Deschamps under the name of Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise. The stadium, which can seat up to 18 541 spectators, is also named after him. AJ Auxerre won the top French competition in 1996, and the second league in the 1979/1980 season. It has also won the national cup four times (1994, 1996, 2003 and 2005) and dominated the Intertoto Cup in Europe twice (1997 and 2006).
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AC Arles-Avignon
The French football club is nicknamed Les Lions. Their club colours are blue and yellow. The home jerseys are predominantly dark blue with yellow details. Outdoors, they play in a pink and white combination. At home they are at the Parc des Sports stadium, which has a capacity of 17,518 spectators. After moving to this new stadium in 2010, the club also changed its name from the original AC Arles, after the city of its foundation, to its current name with the nickname Avignon, in keeping with the location of the new stadium. The club was founded in 1912.
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