AJ Auxerre
The club, whose history dates back to 1905 and which is simply called AJA among fans, was founded by a certain Abbé Deschamps under the name of Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise. The stadium, which can seat up to 18 541 spectators, is also named after him. AJ Auxerre won the top French competition in 1996, and the second league in the 1979/1980 season. It has also won the national cup four times (1994, 1996, 2003 and 2005) and dominated the Intertoto Cup in Europe twice (1997 and 2006).
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EA Guingamp
The club's name is also commonly abbreviated to EAG or simply Guingamp, with its full name being En Avant de Guingamp. The club colours are red and black, which can be found on both the jerseys and the emblem. They are at home at the Stade de Roudourou, which has a capacity of 19,033 seats. Roughly 2.5 times the population of the municipality where the club is based, which is quite unusual.
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