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AS Vénus
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Full nameAssociation Sportive Vénus
Nickname(s)Bleus
Founded1945; 79 years ago (1945) [1]
GroundStade Municipal de Mahina
Mahina, French Polynesia (1,000 capacity)
ChairmanMichel Paille [2]
League Tahiti Ligue 1
2021–223rd

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.

Honours

Tahiti First Division

  • Champions (10): 1953, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2018–19

Tahiti Cup

  • Winners (9): 1952, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2019, 2021, 2022. [4]

Tahiti Coupe des Champions

  • Winners (2): 1995, 1999.

Coupe T.O.M.

  • Winners (5): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002

Outremer Champions Cup

  • Winners: 1999

Recent seasons

Season League/position
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.

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Continental record

Season Round Club Result
1999 Group B Fiji Nadi F.C. 1–1
Samoa Kiwi F.C. 14–1
Semifinal Australia South Melbourne 0–3
2001 Group B American Samoa PanSa 2–0
Samoa Titavi FC 6–0
Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga 10–1
Vanuatu Tafea 0–6
Semifinal Australia Wollongong Wolves 2–4
3rd Place New Zealand Napier City Rovers 2–3
2018 Group C New Zealand Auckland City FC 0–7
Fiji Lautoka F.C. 1–2
Papua New Guinea Madang FC 2–1
2020 Group C Samoa Lupe o le Soaga 6–0
New Zealand Auckland City FC 0–1
Fiji Ba 4–2
2022 Group A Solomon Islands Central Coast 3–0
Papua New Guinea Lae City 1–0
Vanuatu ABM Galaxy 0–1
Semifinal New Caledonia Hienghène Sport 4–0
Final New Zealand Auckland City FC 0–3

Current squad

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK French Polynesia  TAH Teave Teamotuaitau
2 DF French Polynesia  TAH Tevaitini Teumere
3 DF French Polynesia  TAH Kévin Barbe
4 DF French Polynesia  TAH Jean-Claude Paraue
6 FW French Polynesia  TAH Manuarii Shan
8 MF New Caledonia  NCL Pothin Poma
9 FW French Polynesia  TAH Tauhiti Keck
10 FW French Polynesia  TAH Teaonui Tehau ( captain)
11 FW French Polynesia  TAH Roonui Tehau
13 DF French Polynesia  TAH Ariimona Greseque
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF French Polynesia  TAH Jason Malakai
15 MF French Polynesia  TAH Teivarii Kaiha
16 GK French Polynesia  TAH Anapa Debruyne
17 MF French Polynesia  TAH Terai Bremond
20 MF French Polynesia  TAH Mana Teniau
22 GK Indonesia  IDN Indra Suarjana
23 DF French Polynesia  TAH Mauri Heitaa
26 FW French Polynesia  TAH Rainui Tze-Yu
27 FW French Polynesia  TAH Heiarii Tavanae
29 MF French Polynesia  TAH Yann Pennequin-Le Bras

Historic goalscorer

Teaonui Tehau
Detail Tahiti League Tahiti Cup Trophée des Champions OFC Champions League Total
Goals 328 45 2 10 385
Hat-tricks 37 9 0 2 48
Scorer 6 3 1 1 11

References

  1. ^ [1] Archived 2018-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, AS Venus Official Website
  2. ^ [2], Fédération Tahitienne de Football
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Tahiti – List of Cup Winners". Rsssf.com. 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  5. ^ "Tahiti - List of Champions".

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