In the bars, in the stands… We only talk about them, almost to the point of locally eclipsing their Marseille neighbor. In the space of one season, Aubagne Football Club (AFC) has managed to attract all eyes. And yet, who would have bet on the Aubagnais at the start of the championship? They who had just concluded a 2022-2023 season on the verge of relegation by finishing the year in an inglorious 11th place.
But a few months later, when the end of the 2023-2024 season approaches, the Aubagnais are first in a group that they will have dominated almost the entire year. And while Mohamed Sadani’s players have this evening a first opportunity to secure the promotion to the National (3rd division) – if their runner-up from Le Puy loses or concedes a draw the same evening – this year’s retrospective proves to be out of date. -standard in many ways. “We have good players but I don’t think we have the best squadanalyzes today Emmanuel Hernandez, general secretary of the AFC. But what makes us strong is that we have a group of friends ready to do everything for others: Aubagne FC is a collective story.“.
Ultra motivated
A cohesion which also owes a lot to the consolidation of a group of ultra-motivated people. Since March 2023, the collective has been omnipresent at home with between 30 and 50 Aubagnais ready to shout. Even on the move, the 12th player is often present like on Saturday April 20 in Puy-en-Velay, the big poster at the end of the season against the second in the ranking. “Before, there were sometimes around ten supporters, today there is a real atmosphere in the stands to support the club“, confides Jean-Claude, head of the Ultras.
