In our unique sovereign state, a bold new player has emerged to give extra vitality to a sport: Monaco United Women’s Football Club. Led by former star striker Marco Simone, emerging is a meticulously crafted vision with women’s football at its very core.
A Legend with a Fresh Cause
Marco Simone’s energy committed to this Monaco venture is not a nostalgic reverie, but a purposeful reinvention. The former AC Milan icon, whose career also touched AS Monaco and PSG, now carries a different legacy: founding and coaching a club whose mission is to champion women’s football from the ground up.
Teaming up with Racing City Group, this partnership brings global vision, financial backing, and an infrastructure-first attitude to the project.
Launching with Purpose and Momentum
The club begins its journey in the French fifth division, not as a consolation prize but as a strategic starting point. Simone believes it’s a launchpad … “in a few years we can be in a professional league.”
The academy operates out of Stade Didier Deschamps in Cap‑d’Ail, symbolically adjacent to Stade Louis II, highlighting the club’s deep roots in Monaco’s football tradition.
Pre-Season: From Arles to Milan – A Tale of Two Friendlies
Before the competitive season even began, Monaco United Women delivered two founding matches that set the tone:
Versus Arles-Avignon, just ten days into training, the team dismantled its opposition with a 5–1 win. A landmark moment arrived when Marina Makanza, once capped 15 times by France, scored the club’s very first goal via a penalty. A perfect blend of ambition and execution.
On a trip to Milan, facing the AC Milan U19s, one of Europe’s elite youth squads, Monaco United held their own in the first half. Though ultimately losing 5–1, the experience was invaluable: a real-time measure of the gap between aspiration and reality, and the fire needed to bridge it.
Simone was clear in his assessment in so many words : “After only ten training sessions… I saw real consistency… sequences of play in perfect alignment with the fundamentals I want to pass on, especially this forward-thinking, attacking style.”
A Derby Written in History
Mark your calendars: Sunday, September 14th, 2025, at 3:00 pm, will see a first-of-its-kind showdown in Monaco’s football history, a women’s derby between Monaco United and AS Monaco Women’s (ASMFF second team ). The stakes transcend sport, it’s a cultural inflection point, evidence of the growth of women’s football in the Principality.
But before that, on September 7th, Monaco United embarks on their inaugural official match, a French Cup ( “French Cup Round 1” ) fixture against FC Carros, a baptism by fire in competitive football.
Simone captured the moment’s significance…”Some events will remain in history forever, and this first derby will be one of them…”
Backing from Within: Marzocco’s Meaningful Sponsorship
The club has won a key ally in Groupe Marzocco, its official sponsor for the 2025/26 season. For Marzocco, supporting Monaco United is not just a branding exercise, it’s about embodying values: equality, empowerment, and tangible support for women.
Echoing the spirit of the words of Claudio Marzocco …”Becoming the sponsor of this new women’s team in Monaco is a way to truly stand by them… Women’s football is still too often underestimated.”
Why This Story Goes Beyond Football
Monaco United’s rise isn’t about trophies, yet. It’s about designing a future where women’s football is central. It’s sculpting an ecosystem that marries elite athletics with social progress. A former champion returning not for glory, but to build a legacy.
Monaco may be small, but its ambitions now stretch across Europe and beyond . Football’s future is being rewritten here, one goal, one derby, one player at a time. Wouldn’t you want to be part of that?
