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Sources do not agree as to the date of the club's creation. According to the version presented by the current club, it was born in 1950 from the merger of five local patronages. However, when it was created, the Stade Brestois took over the structures and the place of Armoricaine de Brest, founded in 1903, of which it would therefore be the direct heir.

Armoricaine de Brest (1903–1950)

The sports section of Saint Louis patronage was created in 1903 by taking the name of Armoricaine de Brest and adopting a motto: "Pen Huel" ("Heads up" in Breton). Before the First World War, 500 young people and 400 children attended the various patronage activities: military preparation, shooting, football, athletics, men's gymnastics, theatre, choir, brass band, and study circles. The war thinned the ranks of the Armoricans, but activities quickly resumed. In 1922, Father Cozanet had a stadium built at Petit Paris, on the current Stade Francis-Le Blé site, a grandstand still bearing the Armorican motto (the Pen Huel stand) as its name. The stadium was inaugurated on 9 February 1923 during a meeting between the Armoricaine and the Stade Français. French internationals Alexis Thépot, Robert Coat and Jean Guéguen emerged from the Armorican ranks between the wars. The patronage of the Armorican contested the 16th finals of the Coupe de France in 1921 and 1927, the 32nd finals in 1923, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1931 and 1935. In 1926, the Armoricaine took away the title of champion of France…

As of 29 August, 2024

Ligue 2 Champions: 1980–81 Coupe de France Quarter-finalist: (2) 1982–83, 2014–15 Coupe Gambardella Winner: 1990 Division d'Honneur (Bretagne) Champions: (4) 1966, 1972, 1977, 2005 Cup of Brittany Winner: 1969 Championnat de France des patronages (catholic football league) Winner: 1923