Cannes

AS Cannes are one of French football's most storied academy clubs, a red and white striped institution from the Cote d'Azur whose greatest contribution to the game has been the extraordinary talent produced by their youth system. Founded in 1902 by English sportsman Herbert Lowe, Cannes won the Coupe de France in 1932 and were one of the founding members of the French first division. But the club's true legacy is written in the careers of those who passed through Cannes as teenagers, including Zinedine Zidane, Patrick Vieira, and Gael Clichy, making it one of the most important academies in European football history.

Founded on 4 August 1902, AS Cannes are based in Cannes on the French Riviera. The club currently competes in the Championnat National 2, the fourth tier of French football, following years of financial difficulty. The Friedkin Group took ownership in 2023. Key honours include 1 Coupe de France (1932) and a founding-member place in French professional football.

AS Cannes' red and white stripes have been the club's visual identity since 1905, when a merger with Club Sportif de Cannes established the colour scheme that has defined them ever since. The earlier kits were blue and black. The stripes worn during the early 1990s by a teenage Zinedine Zidane are the most historically significant in the club's archive, representing the moment before one of the greatest players ever to pull on a shirt left the Riviera for Bordeaux. Knowing a young Zidane wore red and white in Cannes gives those modest shirts a remarkable place in the history of the game.