Angers SCO will celebrate a historic feat in Ligue 1 on Sunday when they host Stade de Reims at Stade Raymond Kopa.
This weekend, Les Noirs et Blancs will become the 26th French club to play 300 Ligue 1 fixtures in the 21st century.
The club that produced the first-ever French Ballon d’Or winner, Raymond Kopa, are currently competing in their ninth top-flight campaign this century.
Over that span, Angers have suffered 136 defeats in this competition while winning just 82 Ligue 1 encounters in that time, which leaves the Pays de la Loire club with a win percentage of 27% in the French top flight.
Their highest finish in the 2000s was ninth place in 2015-16. Their 136 Ligue 1 defeats are among the most for French sides in the competition this century.
Of all French clubs that have played at least 300 Ligue 1 fixtures in the 2000s, only FC Metz (155), ESTAC Troyes (151) and AC Ajaccio (144) have lost more top-flight fixtures than Angers.
In their previous top-flight campaign, Angers picked up 28 losses, the most that any side has ever accumulated in Ligue 1 over a 38-match campaign. After five matchdays, in their return to Ligue 1, Alexandre Dujeux’s men are bottom of the table with three defeats.
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