However, as the decade came to an end, rumours were surfacing that the club was facing numerous financial difficulties. However, despite the on-field success, the 2003—04 season was the club's worst financial year in its history. Leduc subsequently left the club again in 1979, to be succeeded by and , both of whom were unable to halt the club's decline. Whilst this was reduced on appeal to a ban on purchasing players, it was enough to force President Jean-Louis Campora, who had been in charge for 28 years, to step aside. Under his reign as president, the club brought in players such as and , so they did not find much success on the pitch, going through a torrid season and only managing a mid-table finish.
Upon Leduc's departure in 1963, Monaco endured a barren run, entrenched in the middle half of the league for the best part of the next decade and alternating between the first and second divisions after 1963. In December 2011, two-thirds of the club was sold to an investment group led by Russian billionaire. Archived from on 19 November 2010. Monaco then defeated 6—3 on aggregate before going down 4—1 over two legs to. Using Rybolovlev's funds, Monaco were one of the biggest spenders in Europe in 2013, spending roughly £140 million, including a club-record £50 million for from and £40 million for from. Monaco won a title almost every other year; the in 1980 and 1985, the in 1982, was finalist in 1984.
Archived from on 17 November 2008. Early in the season, Monaco defeated and to qualify for the group stages of the. Monaco finished in 2nd place in Ligue 1 in the and Ranieri was replaced by. In his second season, he brought back Leduc, who immediately won the club promotion to the first division and won them the championship the following year in 1978. The team, coached by former French national team captain and featuring stalwarts such as , , and , finished third in Ligue 1 and enjoyed a remarkable run to the final of the , beating and along the way.
The stadium is named after the former and houses a total of 18,500 supporters. The club could have had even greater success in this period, as it emerged in 1993 that bitter rivals had indulged in match fixing and numerous improprieties, a view that Wenger had long held. He was officially suspended in 24 January 2019, with briefly assuming the role of interim coach. However, Henry's efforts proved worthless, being unable to improve the League's standings and having Monaco eliminated from both the Champions League and the. The following season saw remarkable success on the field, given the club's financial strife.
This initial success was bettered in the following year with the club winning the for the first time in its history, qualifying for the. However, he failed to convince them to stay and their replacements were unable to replicate previous successes. Banide was sacked due to this poor start to the , and was replaced by Italian manager. Monaco played at the original since its construction in 1939. Up to this point, Monaco had never passed the first round of any European competition. Then, the multiple sports club of the Association Sportive de Monaco was founded on the 23rd August 1924. De Bontin resigned at the end of the season, replaced by banker Étienne Franzi and a new board of directors.
Although among other clubs play in the due to Liechtenstein not having a league, those clubs do have a domestic cup in their home country and qualify for European football that way. Monaco went undefeated for the last 20 games of the season, winning 18 of those 20 games. Les Monegasques started off the season poorly, with a 4—0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the. Although he lifted the club to eighth by the end of the season, the club's board targeted promotion for the upcoming season and so fired him and appointed his compatriot , whose attacking style of football saw the club score 64 goals in the. Wenger's reign saw the club enjoy one of its most successful periods, with several inspired signings, including , , , and.
. Guidolin lasted only one year, before being replaced by assistant coach who, in turn, only lasted a year, before being replaced by Brazilian. Every August from 1998 to 2012, it hosted each instance of the annual , but from 2013 onward, decided to rotate the event throughout various stadiums. Then came a string of losses, including 1—2 against and 0—3 to in the. In 2003, these financial problems came to a head. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under. In 1985, the stadium was replaced with the current , built on a nearby site consisting of land reclaimed from the Mediterranean, which has become a recurring feature of the stadium's seaside surroundings.
The club's traditional colours are red and white, and the club is known as Les Rouges et Blancs The Red and Whites. Two other in Europe have teams playing abroad, and although those clubs are separate from existing domestic league infrastructures. In July 2009, Ricardo Gomes was replaced by former and coach , inheriting a youthful squad featuring numerous highly lauded youth team prospects, including , , , , , Park Chu-young, and. The Monégasques' first year of ended in failure, however, as they were relegated to the amateur leagues the following year. In 1933, Monaco were invited by the to turn professional.
Within 12 months, Deschamps had left as coach and Svara had been replaced by Michel Pastor. Position Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 on loan from 7 8 on loan from 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 No. Position Player — Hugo Hagege — Yanis Henin — — — — Abdoulaye Koté — Yannis Ngakoutou — Boris Popović — Amilcar Silva — — No. The early 1980s saw a steady stream of successes in national competitions. After Wenger's departure, the club went on to record two further league championships; under in and under in. In 1975, Jean-Louis Campora, son of former president Charles Campora, became chairman of the club. In 2008, , a leading shareholder of the club since 2003, took charge of the club, promising a complete shake-up.
In the 1985—86 season, Monaco hammered 9—0, one of the biggest wins in club history. With hired to replace Deschamps, one of Pastor's first tasks was to hold on to the players who had turned the club into one of the best in Europe. With Rybolovlev's financial backing, the club quickly returned to Ligue 1 and won the , their first league title in 17 years. Monaco lost to 1981 , twice 1982 and 1984 and 1985. Monaco finished the season in 17th, avoiding relegation playoffs by 2 points. Monaco is a member of the. By 1948, Monaco re-acquired its professional status and returned to the French second division; they subsequently consistently finished in its upper echelons, with this sustained effort resulting in promotion to the French for the first time in 1953.