Claude Puel
The team was last managed by Claude Puel and captained by Loïc Perrin, who started his career at the club in 1996. Saint-Étienne is known as "Les Verts" meaning "the Greens" due to its home colours. The club's primary rivals are Olympique Lyonnais, based in nearby Lyon, with whom they contest the "Derby Rhône-Alpes". In 2009, the club added a female section.