Violette A.C.

Violette
Full name Violette Athletic Club
Ground Stade Sylvio Cator
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
(Capacity: 10,500)
League Ligue Haïtienne
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Violette Athletic Club is a Haitian football club, one of the nation's most successful. The club is located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and plays in the Stade Sylvio Cator. Violette A.C. won the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1984. Unfortunately the club has been relegated to second division after the 2010–11 Ligue Haïtienne season.

The club has produced many talented Haitian footballers, including Alexandre Boucicaut and Sebastien Vorbe. Violette Athletic Club is regarded as one of Haiti's most prestigious football club. In the past the club was associated with the mulatoes in oposition to Racing Club Haïtien, in the past identified with the blacks.

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Achievements

1939, 1957, 1968, 1983, 1995, 1999
1939, 1951
1984

Performance in CONCACAF competitions

2000 - First Round - Group B - 2nd place - 6 pts (stage 1 of 2)
2002 - Second Round - Group A - 2nd place - 4 pts (stage 2 of 2)
1969 - First Round - Lost against Somerset Cricket 6 - 1 on aggregate (stage 1 of 3)
1975 - First Round (Caribbean) - Withdrew against SV Transvaal (stage ? of ?)
1977 - Third Round (Caribbean) - Lost against SV Robinhood 1 - 0 on aggregate (stage 3 of 5)
1984 - CONCACAF Winner
1985 - unknown results
1994 - First Round (Caribbean) - Lost against CRKSV Jong Colombia 2 - 1 on aggregate (stage 2 of 7)

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
GK Rosario Lauture
GK Peterson Occenat
DF Pierre Sala
DF Mackorel Sampeur
No. Position Player
DF David Sancius
FW Alexandre Boucicaut
FW Johnny Descolines

Famous players