FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

Sochaux

Full name	Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard
Nickname(s)	Les Lionceaux
Founded	1928
Ground	Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard (Capacity: 20,025[1][2])
Chairman	Alexandre Lacombe
Manager	Francis Gillot
League	Ligue 1
2009–10	Ligue 1, 16th
Home colours Away colours

Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard (French pronunciation: [soʃo-mɔ̃bɛlød]; commonly referred to as simply Sochaux) is a French football club based in the commune of Montbéliard. The club was founded in 1928 and currently plays in the top tier of French football, Ligue 1, having finished 16th in the 2009–10 campaign.

Sochaux is one of the founding members of the first division of French football and, along with Marseille, Rennes, and Nice, is the only club to have played in the inaugural 1932–33 season and still be playing in the first division as of today. The club has won the Ligue 1 championships twice, both coming in the 1930s, and has lifted the Coupe de France two times, the most recent being in 2007. Sochaux's colors are black, gold, and navy blue and the first-team is coached by Francis Gillot.

History

The club was founded in 1928 as a works team for the Peugeot motor car factory in the village of Sochaux. The following year, Sochaux's management sought to attract talented players from around Europe to become France's first professional football club. The club saw much success in its early years, with Sochaux capturing the Division 1 title in 1935 and 1938. The club also finished runners-up in the 1937 season but were able to end the season on a high winning Sochaux's first Coupe de France in 1937.

In the post-war era, the FCSM saw its stature in French football steadily diminish from a league heavyweight to a middle-of-the-table performer relying more on its excellent youth development program than on the substantial budgets of yore. Although rarely relegated to the second division, Sochaux did not hoist a major trophy until 2004's Coupe de la Ligue.

The current renaissance of les Lionceaux ("the lion cubs") has seen the club finish in the top half of the Ligue 1 table three years running and compete in the UEFA Cup, as well as acquire the French Cup in 2007. It is recognized as one of the very best sources of young talent in France, with players like Benoît Pedretti and Pierre-Alain Frau finding their way to top clubs and the French national team.

Honours

• Ligue 1
  • Champion: 1935, 1938
• Coupe de France
  • Winner: 1937, 2007
• Coupe de la Ligue
  • Winner: 1953, 1963, 1964, 2004
• Ligue 2
  • Champion: 1947, 2001
• Coupe Gambardella
  • Winner: 1983, 2007

Players

Current squad

As of July 24, 2010^[1] 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 Pierrick Cros 2 DF Frédéric Duplus 4 DF Boukary Dramé 6 MF Kévin Anin 7 MF Geoffrey Tulasne 8 MF Carlão 9 FW Charlie Davies 10 MF Ryad Boudebouz 11 MF Nicolas Maurice-Belay 12 FW Ideye Brown 13 DF Jérémie Bréchet 14 MF Marvin Martin 15 FW Modibo Maiga 16 GK Teddy Richert (captain) 17 DF Maxime Josse

No. Position Player 18 FW Cédric Bakambu 19 DF Jacques Faty 20 FW Édouard Butin 21 MF Vincent Nogueira 22 DF Yassin Mikari 23 MF David Sauget 24 DF Damien Perquis 25 FW Václav Svěrkoš 26 FW Serdar Gürler 27 MF Loïc Poujol 28 FW Rafaël Dias 29 MF Mathieu Peybernes 30 GK Matthieu Dreyer — MF Badara Sène

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 3 MF Ivan Stevanović (on loan at FK Partizan until the end of the 2010–11 Serbian SuperLiga season) — FW Sloan Privat (on loan at Clermont until the end of the 2010–11 Ligue 2 season)

Reserves squad

Sochaux's B team plays in the Championnat de France amateur, Group B.

As of November 2009 (includes main squad players who played more for the B team than the main squad).

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 FW Serdar Gürler MF Loïc Poujol GK Pierrick Cros GK Matthieu Dreyer GK Amine Lecomte DF Yann Boe Kane DF Carlão DF Boukary Dramé DF Frédéric Duplus DF Manassé Enza-Yamissi DF Chérif Faty DF Clément Giraud DF Maxime Josse

No. Position Player DF Mathieu Peybernes DF Wilson Souprayen MF Plaisir Bahamboula MF Rafaël Dias MF Cheik Kourouma MF Yven Moyo MF Geoffrey Tulasne MF Martial Riff MF Jérémy Vilmain FW Cédric Bakambu FW Édouard Butin FW Joan Chabal FW Sloan Privat

Managerial history

Manager Years Maurice Bailly 1928–29 Victor Gibson 1929–34 Maurice Bailly 1934 Conrad Ross 1934–36 André Abegglen 1936 Conrad Ross 1936–39 Paul Wartel 1939–44 Étienne Mattler 1944–46 Paul Wartel 1946–52 Gaby Dormois 1952–57 Paul Wartel 1957–60 Ludwig Dupal 1960–62 Roger Hug 1962–66 Georges Vuillaume 1966–67 Dobroslav Krstić 1967–69 Paul Barret 1969–77 Jean Fauvergue 1977–81

Manager Years Pierre Mosca 1981–84 Silvester Takač 1984–85 Jean Fauvergue 1985–87 Paul Barret 1987 Silvester Takač 1987–94 Jacques Santini 1994–95 Didier Notheaux 1995–96 Faruk Hadžibegić 1996–98 Philippe Anziani 1998–99 Jean Fernandez 1999–02 Guy Lacombe 2002–05 Dominique Bijotat 2005–06 Alain Perrin 2006–07 Frédéric Hantz 2007 Jean-Luc Ruty (caretaker) 2007 Francis Gillot 2008–

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References

External links

• (French) Official website