We all know who AS Monaco are: They’re the money-boys along with PSG in France who loaned Radamel Falcao to Manchester United for £6 million this summer. But what are their origins?

In ten years it will be AS Monaco’s centenary year, yes they are only 90 years old. AS Monaco were founded on the 23rd of August 1924, this was after a unification of numerous clubs, both in France and the principality itself. In the clubs early years, it was considered an amateur club, rising between the various amateur leagues.

In 1933, the principality club turned professional and joined the French Football Federation. In their first pro year in the french second-tier, they were disappointing and were relegated. They made it back to the second division of french football by 1948, stayed there and continued to grow, as a result making it to the French Football 1st Division for the first time in 1953.

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