FC Lorient

Lorient

Full name	Football Club Lorient-Bretagne Sud
Nickname(s)	Les Merlus
Founded	1926
Ground	Stade du Moustoir (Capacity: 18 890)
Chairman	Loïc Fery
Manager	Christian Gourcuff
League	Ligue 1
2009–10	Ligue 1, 7th
Home colours Away colours

Football Club Lorient Bretagne Sud (French pronunciation: [lɔˈryɑ̃ bʁətaɲ syd]; commonly referred to as simply Lorient) is a French football club based in Lorient. The club was founded in 1926 and made its first appearance in Ligue 1, the first division of French football, in the 1998–99 season. Lorient is managed by Christian Gourcuff. Gourcuff formerly played for the club from 1982–1986 and is in his third stint as manager of the club.

History

Lorient were formed as an amateur club on 2 April 1926 and known as Football Club Lorientais.^[1] They first played in the regional third division, but progressed to join the Division d'Honneur in 1929.

The club turned professional in 1995, although the club has had two earlier periods as a professional club, between 1967–1977 and 1988–1991.

The club won the French Cup in 2002 and were finalists in the Coupe de la Ligue the same year. In the 2005–06 season, the club finished third in Ligue 2, earning promotion to Ligue 1.

Lorient finished 14th in the division in 2006–07, 10th in 2007–08 and 10th in 2008–09 and 7th in the 2009-10 season.

Honours

• Winners of the Coupe de France : 2002
• Finalist of the Coupe de la Ligue : 2002
• Finalist of the Trophée des Champions : 2002
• Participation in the UEFA Cup : 2002–2003
• Champion of the National League (3rd level) : 1995
• Runners-up Division 2 : 1998, 2001
• Runners-up Division 4 : 1984
• Champions Division 3 (West) : 1985, 1987, 1989, 1992
• Champions Division d'Honneur (West) : 1932, 1936, 1957, 1983
• Winners Coupe de l'Ouest : 1960, 1970 (reserve team), 1982

Players

Current squad

As of 30 August 2010'^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Lionel Cappone 2 DF Franco Sosa 3 DF Lamine Kone 4 MF Alaixys Romao 5 DF Bruno Ecuele Manga 6 MF Grégory Bourillon 7 MF Arnold Mvuemba 8 MF Yann Jouffre 9 FW Kevin Gameiro 10 MF Olivier Monterrubio 11 MF Sigamary Diarra 12 FW James Fanchone 13 FW Sebastián Dubarbier 14 DF Arnaud Le Lan 15 DF Jérémy Morel

No. Position Player 16 GK Fabien Audard 17 DF Maxime Baca 18 MF Morgan Amalfitano 19 MF Francis Coquelin (on loan from Arsenal) 23 MF Mathias Autret 24 MF Antoine Buron 26 MF Rémi Mulumba 27 FW Lynel Kitambala 29 FW Fabien Robert 35 GK Alban Joinel —- MF Florian Martin —- DF Guillaume Gégousse —- FW Gaëtan Courtet — FW Kévin Monnet-Paquet (on loan from Lens)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 22 MF Maxime Barthelme (on loan at Paris until the end of the 2010–11 Championnat National season) 25 MF Jonas Sakuwaha (on loan at Le Havre until the end of the 2010–11 Ligue 2 season) 28 DF Gabriel Peñalba (on loan at Estudiantes until the end of the 2010–11 Argentine Primera División season)

Notable former players

For a complete list of FC Lorient players with a Wikipedia article, see here.

Managerial history

^[3][4]

References

External links

• Official website
• FC Lorient LFP club profile

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