ASM Clermont Auvergne
Association Sportive Montferrandaise Clermont Auvergne (pronounced [klɛʁmɔ̃ ovɛʁɲ]) is a French professional rugby union club from Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes that currently competes in Top 14, the top level of the French league system. Clermont are two times French champions in 2009-10 and 2016-17. The rugby section is a part of a multi-sport club called AS Montferrand (also known as ASM Omnisports), which was founded in 1911 and adopted that name in 1919. Although the rugby section changed its name to the current ASM Clermont Auvergne in 2004, it is still frequently referred to as Montferrand both within and outside France.
| Full name | Association Sportive Montferrandaise Clermont Auvergne | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Montferrand Les Jaunards (The Yellow Guys) Les Jaune et Bleu (The Yellow and Blues) La Yellow Army | ||
| Founded | 1911 | ||
| Location | Clermont-Ferrand, France | ||
| Ground(s) | Stade Marcel-Michelin (Capacity: 19,372) | ||
| Chairman | Michelin | ||
| President | Jean-Claude Pats | ||
| Coach(es) | Christophe Urios | ||
| Captain(s) | Arthur Iturria | ||
| Most appearances | Éric Nicol (437) | ||
| Top scorer | Gérald Merceron (2,704) | ||
| Most tries | Aurélien Rougerie (134) | ||
| League(s) | Top 14 | ||
| 2022–23 | 10th | ||
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The team play at the 19,022-seat Stade Marcel-Michelin, also known by its nickname, The Bib Park. Clermont wear yellow and blue, the colours of the French tyre manufacturer Michelin, taken from the colours of Montferrand when the firm was created there in 1889.
The city is where Marcel Michelin, the son of the founder of the French tyre manufacturer, decided to implement the first factory but also the stadium after the creation of ASM for its workers before World War I. L'ASM, as they are also called, have reached the French Championship final thirteen times, losing on each occasion until their eleventh trip in 2010, when they won the championship in their 100th year as a club.