Ligue 1: Optician Alain Afflelou to sponsor AS Monaco in 2014-15

The optician Alain Afflelou will become a sponsor of AS Monaco (Ligue 1) in 2014-15, the club announced on 06/05/2014. The club was guided by the marketing rights management agency Sportifve.

The brand will be present on the back of the club's shirts for the last three games of the 2014 season: at home against Guingamp (36^th matchday, 07/05/2014), in Bordeaux (38^th matchday, 17/05/2014), and in Valenciennes (37^th matchday, 10/05/2014). The Alain Afflelou logo will then be visible on the breast pocket of the shirt of AS Monaco in 2014-15, and present at all club facilities as well as on the LED screen at the Stade Louis II (18,500 seats).

Alain Afflelou was previously a sponsor of AS Monaco from 1986 to 1988.

• Alain Afflelou was the president of Girondins de Bordeaux from 1991 to 1996, then US Créteil from 1997 to 2001.
• Macron will not extend its contract with AS Monaco (Ligue 1), which expires at the end of the 2013-14 championship.
  • Nike is expected to be replaced in 2014-15.