Violette Athletic Club is a Haitian football club, one of the nation's most successful. The club is located in Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....

, Haiti

Haiti

Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

, and plays in the Stade Sylvio Cator

Stade Sylvio Cator

Stade Sylvio Cator is a multi-purpose stadium in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It is currently used mostly for association football matches, and is turfed with artificial turf. The stadium bears the name of Haitian Olympic medalist Sylvio Cator. With a capacity of 30,000, the structure is undergoing...

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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

2010–11 Ligue Haïtienne season

The 2010–11 Ligue Haïtienne season was the 47th season of top-tier football in Haiti. It began on 30 July 2010 and ended on 30 January 2011. The league is split into two tournaments—the Série de Ouverture and the Série de Cloture—each with identical formats and each contested by the same 16...

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The club has produced many talented Haitian footballers, including Alexandre Boucicaut

Alexandre Boucicaut

Alexandre Boucicaut is a Haitian football player.-Club career:Boucicaut played 47 games from 2000-2004 for Violette Athletic Club for the Haitian First Division, scoring 22 goals during his four years with the popular Haitian side...

 and Sebastien Vorbe

Sebastien Vorbe

Sebastien Vorbe is a Haitian soccer player and the nephew of popular Haitian soccer player Philippe Vorbe.Vorbe played college soccer at Florida International University in 1997 and 1998, where he registered 9 goals and 13 assists in 37 games...

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Achievements

• Haitian League: 6

1939, 1957, 1968, 1983, 1995, 1999

• Coupe d'Haïti
  Coupe d'Haïti
  The Coupe d'Haïti is the premier elimination tournament of the Haitian football league.-Coupe d'Haiti:*1932 : Union des Sociétés Artibonitiennes*1937/38 : AS Capoise *1939 : Violette AC...
  
  : 2

1939, 1951

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1

1984

Performance in CONCACAF competitions

• CFU Club Championship
  CFU Club Championship
  The CFU Club Championship or CFU Club Champions' Cup is the annual international football competition held amongst association football clubs from the Caribbean Islands for clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union...
  
  : 2 appearances

2000

CFU Club Championship 2000

The 2000 Caribbean Football Union Club Championship was an international club football competition held in the Caribbean to determine the region's qualifiers to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.The winners Joe Public F.C...

 - First Round - Group B - 2nd place - 6 pts (stage 1 of 2)

2002

CFU Club Championship 2002

The 2002 Caribbean Football Union Club Championship was an international club football competition held in the Caribbean to determine the region's qualifiers to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup....

 - Second Round - Group A - 2nd place - 4 pts (stage 2 of 2)

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup (6 appearances)

1969

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1969

The 1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 5th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region , the CONCACAF Champions' Cup...

 - First Round - Lost against  Bermuda Somerset Cricket 6 - 1 on aggregate (stage 1 of 3)

1975

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1975

The 1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 11th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region , the CONCACAF Champions' Cup...

 - First Round (Caribbean) - Withdrew against  Suriname SV Transvaal

SV Transvaal

Sport Vereniging Transvaal is a Surinamese association football club, which currently play in Surinam's first division. They play their home games in Paramaribo at Andre Kamperveen Stadion....

 (stage ? of ?)

1977

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1977

The 1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 13th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region , the CONCACAF Champions' Cup...

 - Third Round (Caribbean) - Lost against  Suriname SV Robinhood

SV Robinhood

Sporting Vereniging Robinhood is a Surinamese football club based in Paramaribo that competes in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse, the highest level of football in Suriname. Founded on 6 February 1945, Robinhood is the most successful club in Surinamese football, having won a record 23 league titles, and...

 1 - 0 on aggregate (stage 3 of 5)

1984

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1984

The 1984 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 20th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region , the CONCACAF Champions' Cup...

 - CONCACAF Winner

1985

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1985

The 1985 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 21st edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region , the CONCACAF Champions' Cup...

 - unknown results

1994

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1994

The 1994 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 30th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region , the CONCACAF Champions' Cup...

 - First Round (Caribbean) - Lost against  Netherlands Antilles CRKSV Jong Colombia

CRKSV Jong Colombia

CRKSV Jong Colombia is a Curaçao football club playing in the Curaçao League. It was founded on July 23, 1951. -Overview:The side topped the league in 1998, 2000 and 2001 as well as finishing second in the 2005-2006 season behind SV Centro Social Deportivo Barber. The club is based in the town of...

 2 - 1 on aggregate (stage 2 of 7)

Current squad

Famous players

Alexandre Boucicaut

Alexandre Boucicaut

Alexandre Boucicaut is a Haitian football player.-Club career:Boucicaut played 47 games from 2000-2004 for Violette Athletic Club for the Haitian First Division, scoring 22 goals during his four years with the popular Haitian side...

 (2000-2004), (2007-) Jean-Joseph Mathelier Sebastien Vorbe

Sebastien Vorbe

Sebastien Vorbe is a Haitian soccer player and the nephew of popular Haitian soccer player Philippe Vorbe.Vorbe played college soccer at Florida International University in 1997 and 1998, where he registered 9 goals and 13 assists in 37 games...

 (1995-1996), (1999-2000), (2001-) Philippe Vorbe

Philippe Vorbe

Philippe Vorbe was considered as the country's ultimate midfielder who played for the Haiti national football team in the 1974 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He is the one who assisted Emmanuel Sanon with the pass that resulted in the famous goal that put an end to Italian goalkeeper Dino Zoff's save...

 Guy Saint-Vil

Guy Saint-Vil

Guy Saint-Vil is a Haitian football forward who played for Haiti in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He also played for R.C. Haïtien.-External links:*...

 Wilfrid Montilas (1996-1999) Jean-Roland Dartiguenave Webens Princime Pierre Sala (2001-) Patrick Tardieu (2000-2001) Johnny Descolines

Johnny Descolines

Johnny Descolines is a Haitian professional footballer who currently plays for Violette AC.-Club career:Descolines played for Violette and Roulado in the Haitian League before moving abroad to play for Salvadoran league side A.D. Isidro Metapán...

 Wilner Piquant

Wilner Piquant

Wilner Piquant was a Haitian international footballer with Haitian club Violette A.C. and was part of the Haitian Squad at the World Cup in Germany in 1974. He played as a goalkeeper.-External links:*...