2012–13 season of AS Monaco FC

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The 2012-2013 season of AS Monaco is the eleventh season of the club in the French League 2 Championship, the second consecutive season in the second French division. This season is particularly important in the history of AS Monaco, since the club wins the first title of French Champion of Ligue 2 in its history and is therefore logically assured to return to the elite of French football in the next season.

Claudio Ranieri, 61-year-old coach, replaces Marco Simone at the head of the Monegasque that season. It sets as its main objective the rise in League 1. To encourage him in his mission, the leaders did not hesitate to strengthen the group by signing eight players during the summer truce, including Argentinean Lucas Ocampos. The young player, bought for 11 million euros, is the most expensive transfer in the history of the second French division. The club also strengthened during the interseason, with the recruitments of Mounir Obbadi, Carl Medjani and Emmanuel Rivière all from the elite.

The champion title follows a very encouraging second part of the season in the last exercise. Glued in the relegation zone, the acquisition of the Russian Dmitry Rybolovlev allows the princely club to straighten the bar to finally maintain itself and finish at the . Ranking also back matches.

AS Monaco will be on the podium throughout the season, which had not happened since 1991-1992 (the Asemist team was then in Division 1), giving first place eleven times. He took the latter during the season to keep her from letting go until the final day of the championship and getting the title of champion. At the same time, the club made mixed runs in the cup, eliminated in the eighth finals of the league cup by ESTAC Troyes, and spent only one lap in the Coupe de France, eliminated by the modest team of Bourg-Péronnas at home from .

Pre-season

Club objective
After a retention in Ligue 2 in the last season, marked by the purchase of the club by the Russian Dmitry Rybolovlev, the AS Monaco announces via its official website the departure of Marco Simone and his staff. Filips Dhondt, managing director of the club, promises the e2eed signature of a more experienced coach to expand the reputation of the ASM.

Euro Ukrainian-Polish
The 2012-2013 season starts after the 2012 Euro football season, which takes place in Ukraine and Poland from the 1st to the 1st. The French football team, led by coach Laurent Blanc, has participated in this event for the sixth time in a row since the 1992 edition.

The breeder revealed the list of blues on May 29. Not surprisingly, there is no Monegasque in it.

On the other hand, other international ASM players have the opportunity to participate in this competition, including the Greek back left Giorgos Tzavellas. In two games of his selection, he cannot prevent