AS Vénus is a football club from Mahina, on the Tahiti island of French Polynesia. They play in the Tahiti First Division. They play home games at Stade Municipal de Mahina.[3] The club have a partnership with metropolitan giants AS Saint-Étienne.
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| Full name | Association Sportive Vénus | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Bleus | ||
| Founded | 1945[1] | ||
| Ground | Stade Municipal de Mahina Mahina, French Polynesia (1,000 capacity) | ||
| Chairman | Michel Paille [2] | ||
| League | Tahiti Ligue 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | 3rd | ||
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Honours edit
- Champions (10): 1953, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2018–19
- Winners (9): 1952, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2019, 2021, 2022.[4]
- Winners (2): 1995, 1999.
- Winners (5): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002
- Winners: 1999
Recent seasons edit
| Season | League/position |
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| 2012–13 | 6th in Ligue 1. Quarter-finals of Tahiti Cup. |
| 2013–14 | 4th in Ligue 1; championship semi-finals. Semi-finals of Tahiti Cup. |
| 2014–15 | 7th in Ligue 1. |
| 2015–16 | 3rd in Ligue 1. 2015-16 Tahiti Cup runners-up. |
| 2016–17 | 4th in Ligue 1 (championship stage runners-up). Qualified to OFC Champions League. 2016-17 Tahiti Cup quarter-finalists. |
| 2017–18 | 5th in Ligue 1. Group stage at OFC Champions League. 2017-18 Tahiti Cup runners-up. |
| 2018–19 | 1st in Ligue 1. Qualified to OFC Champions League. 2018-19 Tahiti Cup champions. |
| 2019–20 | 2nd in Ligue 1. Qualified to 2021 OFC Champions League. Knock-out stage of 2020 OFC Champions League. Seventh round of Coupe de France. 2019-20 Tahiti Cup semi-finalists. |
| 2020–21 | 2nd in Ligue 1. Qualified to 2022 OFC Champions League. 2020-21 Tahiti Cup champions. |
| 2021–22 | 3rd in Ligue 1. Runners-up at OFC Champions League. |
Continental record edit
| Season | Round | Club | Result |
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| 1999 | Group B |  Nadi F.C.
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1–1 |
 Kiwi F.C.
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14–1 | ||
| Semifinal |  South Melbourne
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0–3 | |
| 2001 | Group B |  PanSa
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2–0 |
| Titavi FC
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6–0 | ||
 Tupapa Maraerenga
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10–1 | ||
 Tafea
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0–6 | ||
| Semifinal | Wollongong Wolves
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2–4 | |
| 3rd Place |  Napier City Rovers
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2–3 | |
| 2018 | Group C | Auckland City FC
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0–7 |
| Lautoka F.C.
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1–2 | ||
 Madang FC
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2–1 | ||
| 2020 | Group C | Lupe o le Soaga
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6–0 |
| Auckland City FC
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0–1 | ||
| Ba
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4–2 | ||
| 2022 | Group A |  Central Coast
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3–0 |
| Lae City
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1–0 | ||
| ABM Galaxy
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0–1 | ||
| Semifinal |  Hienghène Sport
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4–0 | |
| Final | Auckland City FC
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0–3 |
Current squad edit
As of 4 August 2022. Squad for the 2022 OFC Champions League
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Historic goalscorer edit
| Teaonui Tehau | |||||
| Detail | Tahiti League | Tahiti Cup | Trophée des Champions | OFC Champions League | Total |
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| Goals | 324 | 44 | 2 | 10 | 380 |
| Hat-tricks | 37 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 48 |
| Scorer | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
References edit
- ^ [1] Archived 2018-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, AS Venus Official Website
- ^ [2], Fédération Tahitienne de Football
- ^ Daniel Groll. "AS Vénus – Tahiti – Association Sportive Vénus – Club Profile, Club History, Club Badge, Results, Fixtures, Historical Logos, Statistics". Weltfussballarchiv.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
- ^ "Tahiti – List of Cup Winners". Rsssf.com. 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
- ^ "Tahiti - List of Champions".
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