FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

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Sochaux

Full name	Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard
Nickname(s)	Les Lionceaux
Founded	1928
Ground	Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard (Capacity: 20,005)
Chairman	Jean-Claude Plessis
Manager	Francis Gillot
League	Ligue 1
2008-09	L1, 14th
Home colours Away colours

FC Sochaux is a French football team which plays in the town of Montbéliard.

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 soccer club.

Results soon followed as Sochaux captured the 1935 and 1938 league championships.

In the post-war era, the FCSM saw its stature in French soccer 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.

Contents 1 Honours 2 Players 2.1 Current squad 3 Famous players 4 Managerial history 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Honours

• Ligue 1
  • Champion: 1935, 1938
  • Runner-up: 1937, 1953, 1980
• Ligue 2
  • Champion: 1947, 2001
  • Runner-up: 1964,1988
• Coupe de France
  • Winner: 1937, 2007
  • Finalist: 1959, 1967, 1988
• Coupe de la Ligue
  • Winner: 2004
  • Finalist: 2003
• Coupe Gambardella
  • Winner: 1983, 2007
  • Finalist: 1975

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

As of July 9, 2009^[1]

No. Position Player 1 GK Pierrick Cros 2 MF Vincent Nogueira 3 DF Ivan Stevanovic 5 DF Jacques Faty 6 MF Lionel Mathis 7 MF Geoffrey Tulasne 8 MF Carlão 11 FW Sloan Privat 12 FW Kandia Traoré 13 DF Jérémie Bréchet 14 DF Bojan Jokič 16 GK Teddy Richert 18 MF Stéphane Dalmat (captain) 19 MF Badara Séne

No. Position Player 20 FW Édouard Butin 21 DF Frédéric Duplus 22 DF Yassin Mikari 24 DF Damien Perquis 25 FW Václav Svěrkoš 26 FW Robin Previtali 27 MF Loic Poujol 28 MF Nicolas Maurice-Belay 30 GK Matthieu Dreyer -- DF Maxime Josse -- MF Marvin Martin -- MF Ryad Boudebouz -- FW Charlie Davies

[edit] Famous players

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For a complete list of former FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, see Category:FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players

France Philippe Anziani Joël Bats Bernard Bosquier Pierre-Alain Frau Bernard Genghini Lucien Laurent Jean-Jacques Marcel André Maschinot Stéphane Paille Benoït Pedretti Claude Quittet Patrick Revelli Albert Rust Franck Sauzée Franck Silvestre Gérard Soler Yannick Stopyra Maryan Wisniewski

Foreign players Africans Karim Ziani Abdel Djaadaoui Wilson Oruma Souleymane Diawara El-Hadji Diouf Ibrahim Tall Santos Europeans János Szabó Henk Vos André Abegglen Dobroslav Krstić Vojislav Melić Mehmed Baždarević Faruk Hadžibegić Laslo Sélès Zvonko Ivezić Mevlüt Erdinç

South Americans Miguel Angel Lauri Ilan

[edit] Managerial history

Maurice Bailly 1928-1929 Victor Gibson 1929-1934 Maurice Bailly 1934 Conrad Ross 1934-1936 André Abegglen 1936 Conrad Ross 1936-1939 Paul Wartel 1939-1944 Étienne Mattler 1944-1946 Paul Wartel 1946-1952 Gaby Dormois 1952-1957 Paul Wartel 1957-1960 Ludvic Dupal 1960-1962 Roger Hug 1962-1966 Georges Vuillaume 1966-1967 Dobroslav Krstić 1967-1969 Paul Barret 1969-1977 Jean Fauvergue 1977-1981

Pierre Mosca 1981-1984 Silvester Takač 1984-1985 Jean Fauvergue 1985-1987 Paul Barret 1987 Silvester Takač 1987-1994 Jacques Santini 1994-1995 Didier Notheaux 1995-1996 Faruk Hadžibegić 1996-1998 Philippe Anziani 1998-1999 Jean Fernandez 1999-2002 Guy Lacombe 2002-2005 Dominique Bijotat 2005-2006 Alain Perrin 2006-2007 Frédéric Hantz 2007 Jean-Luc Ruty 2007 (caretaker) Francis Gillot 2008-

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[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (French) Official website

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