Association Sportive de Saint-étienne Loire commonly known as AS Saint-étienne, ASSE, or simply Saint-étienne is a French association football club based in Saint-étienne. The club was founded in 1919 and plays in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Saint-étienne plays its home matches at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. The team is managed by Jean-Louis Gasset and captained by Lo?c Perrin, who started his career at the club in 1996.Saint-étienne is known as Les Verts meaning the Greens due to its home colours.Saint-étienne have won a record ten Ligue 1 titles, as well as six Coupe de France titles, a Coupe de la Ligue title and five Trophée des Champions. Saint-étienne has also won the Ligue 2 championship on three occasions. The club achieved most of its honours in the 1960s and 1970s when the club was led by managers Jean Snella, Albert Batteux, and Robert Herbin.