Montpellier HSC

Montpellier

Full name	Montpellier Hérault Sport Club
Founded	1919
Ground	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier (Capacity: 32,900)
Chairman	Louis Nicollin
Manager	Rene Girard
League	Ligue 1
2009–10	Ligue 1, 5th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Montpellier HSC headquarters

Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃pɛˈlyeɪ eɪˈroʊ]; commonly referred to as simply Montpellier) is a French football club based in the city of Montpellier. The club is owned by Louis Nicollin and regained promotion to Ligue 1 after beating Strasbourg 2–1 at the Stade de la Mosson on 29 May 2009. Montpellier finished the 2009–10 season in 5th place, thus achieving the qualification to the 2010–11 Europa League. In 2001, the club added a female section to the football club.

Honours

• Champion of Ligue 2 : 1946, 1961, 1987.
• Runner-up of Ligue 2 : 1952, 1981, 2009.
• Champion DH Sud-Est : 1928, 1932, 1976.
• Winner of the Coupe de France : 1929 (as SO Montpellier), 1990.
• Winner of the Coupe de la Ligue : 1992.
• Coupe de France Finalist : 1931, 1994.
• Winner of the Intertoto Cup : 1999.

European Cups History

UEFA Cup/Europa League:

Season	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1988-89	1		Benfica	0-3	1-3	1-6
1996-97	1		Sporting Lisbon	1-1	0-1	1-2
1999-00	1		Red Star Belgrade	2-2	1-0	3-2
	2		Deportivo La Coruña	0-2	1-3	1-5
2010-11	Q3		ETO Győr	0-1	1-0	1-1 (3-4 on PKs )

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:

Season	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1990-91	1		PSV Eindhoven	1-0	0-0	1-0
	2		FC Steaua Bucureşti	5-0	3-0	8-0
	1/4		Manchester City	0-2	1-1	1-3

Timeline

• 1919: founded as Stade Olympique de Montpellier (SO Montpellier).
• 1919: merged with "la Vie au Grand Air"
• 1927: renamed as Sports Olympiques Montpellierains
• 1932: became professional.
• 1937: took again its original name of Stade Olympique de Montpellier
• 1969: pro section abandoned.
• 1970: The club takes over "le Sport-Club" and renamed Montpellier-Littoral Sport Club.
• 1974: Club merges with AS Paillade and is renamed Montpellier La Paillade Sport Club. (arrival of Louis Nicollin in November 1974)
• 1978: becomes professional.
• 1989: Club renamed Montpellier-Hérault Sport Club.
• 2009: regained promotion to Ligue 1

Players

Current squad

As of 12 July 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 Laurent Pionnier 2 DF Garry Bocaly 3 DF Mapou Yanga-M'Biwa 4 DF Nenad Džodić (captain) 5 DF Emir Spahić 6 MF Joris Marveaux 7 MF Grégory Lacombe 8 MF Guillaume Legras 10 FW Lilian Compan 11 FW Hasan Kabze 12 FW Geoffrey Dernis 13 MF Marco Estrada 14 MF Romain Pitau 15 DF Mickaël Nelson

No. Position Player 16 GK Geoffrey Jourdren 17 FW Olivier Giroud 18 FW Karim Aït-Fana 19 FW Souleymane Camara 21 DF Abdel El Kaoutari 22 DF Benjamin Stambouli 23 MF Jamel Saihi 24 FW Bangali-Fodé Koita 25 DF Xavier Collin 27 DF Cyril Jeunechamp 28 MF Jonas Martin 29 MF Younès Belhanda 30 GK Jonathan Ligali 40 GK Anthony Scribe

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 9 FW Rémy Cabella (on loan at Arles-Avignon until the end of the 2010–11 Ligue 1 season)

Reserves squad

As of 12 July 2010. 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 8 FW Guillaume Legras 15 DF Mickaël Nelson 30 GK Jonathan Ligali 31 DF Teddy Mézague 32 MF Adrien Coulomb 40 GK Anthony Scribe DF Antoine Jouan

No. Position Player MF Florent André MF Mourad Benhamida MF Ischam Berrached MF Jonas Martin FW Aurélien Ginestet FW Dimitri Sarasar FW Téji Savanier

Notable players

For full list, see Category:Montpellier HSC players

Managerial history

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References

External links

• Official website