AS Strasbourg

AS Strasbourg
Full nameAssociation Sportive de Strasbourg
Nickname(s)SAS
Founded
  • 19 May 1890 (1890-05-19)
    (as Fussball Klub Straßburg)
  • 24 December 1898 (1898-12-24)
    (as Fussball Verein Straßburg)
  • 1920 (1920)
    (as Association Sportive de Strasbourg)
GroundStade Tivoli (de la Rotonde)
Capacity400
LeagueLigue Alsace/Bas-Rhin

Association Sportive de Strasbourg is a French football club from the city of Strasbourg in the Alsace region of France. It was formed in 1920 by the merging of two different club, which FV Straßburg, a German club founded in 1890 when the city was part of the German Empire, and Strasbourger FC Donar, founded in 1899. The team has played in both French and German football league system, as the political fortunes of the region have changed.