The club, which was founded in the year 1973 in the capital of the western French region Maine et Loire (only 1h30 by express train TGV from Paris Montparnasse rail station), play in the Pro A, the highest French league, for 9 years now and may look back on successful years. In the last 4 years, the club achieved 2nd place three times, 2005/2006, 2006/2007 and 2008/09.
Previous season the team finished behind another Champions League participant - G.V. Hennebont. In the 2008/2009 they finished the competition in European Champions Legue in group stages. French club were placed on position number three in group B behind the Charleroi and Ochsenhausen. They won only one match against San Sebastian.
In season 2009/10 they again was in the same group with Ochsenhausen and San Sebastian and new opponent was 2008 champion Niederosterreich. Angers surprisingly beat Austrians (3:2) but after that defeated only Spaniards (both times) and finished on third place.
In 2008 Angers Vaillante T.T. won the ETTU Cup, beating Fenerbahce two times in the final with 3:0.
President Gerard SARAZIN expected more from club in previous season, especially in French League (Angers finished on fifth place after dramatically last round) but he announced same goal in new season (2010/11) - quarter final in ECL- even club didn’t succeed it yet in its history. KEINATH and WOSIK left the club, GIONIS and T. MONTEIRO are continuing and new faces are "Juanito" HE Zhi Wen (48 year-old) and Michael MARTINEZ.
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