Montpellier HSC

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Montpellier

Full name	Montpellier Hérault Sport Club
Founded	1974
Ground	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier (Capacity: 32,900)
Chairman	Louis Nicollin
Manager	Rene Girard
League	Ligue 1
2008-09	Ligue 2, 2nd (promoted)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Montpellier Hérault Sport Club is a French football club, based in Montpellier currently playing in Ligue 1. MHSC is owned by Louis Nicollin. The team regained promotion to Ligue 1 after beating RC Strasbourg 2-1 at the Stade de la Mosson on 29th May 2009.

Contents 1 Honours 2 Timeline 3 Current squad 4 Famous players 5 Managerial history 6 References 7 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Laurent Pionnier 3 DF Mapou Yanga M'Biwa 4 DF Nenad Džodić 5 DF Emir Spahić 6 MF Joris Marveaux 7 MF Grégory Lacombe 8 MF Philippe Delaye 9 FW Lilian Compan 10 MF Abdelnasser Ouadah 11 FW Victor Montaño 12 MF Geoffrey Dernis 13 DF Mickaël Nelson

No. Position Player 14 DF Mourad Benhamida 16 GK Geoffrey Jourdren 17 MF Romain Pitau 18 FW Karim Aït-Fana 20 MF Tino Costa 21 DF Abdel El Kaoutari 22 DF Julio Colombo 23 MF Jamel Saihi 25 MF Xavier Collin 27 MF Cyril Jeunechamp 30 GK Johann Carrasso MF Nicolas Sahnoun

[edit] Famous players

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For a complete list of Montpellier HSC players, see Category:Montpellier HSC players

France Didier Agathe William Ayache Pascal Baills Bruno Bellone Laurent Blanc Eric Cantona Mohamed Chakouri Fleury Di Nallo Fabrice Divert Pascal Fugier Vincent Guérin Jean-François Larios Patrice Loko Bruno Martini Toifilou Maoulida Michel Mézy Gérald Passi Reynald Pedros Laurent Robert Jean-Christophe Rouvière Albert Rust Jacques Santini Christian Sarramagna Franck Sauzée Franck Silvestre Jean-Marc Valadier Daniel Xuereb Manuel Dos Santos

Argentina Gino Padula Algeria Kader Ferhaoui Ahmed Reda Madouni Malek Aït-Alia Armenia Michel Der Zakarian Bosnia and Herzegovina Emir Spahić Brazil Júlio César Cameroon Marcel Mahouvé Valery Mezague Roger Milla Bill Tchato Colombia Carlos Valderrama Croatia Aljoša Asanović Guinea Fodé Mansare Hungary Sándor Zombori András Törőcsik Ivory Coast Ibrahima Bakayoko Mama Ouattara Morocco Mehdi Taouil

Netherlands Wilbert Suvrijn Poland Jacek Ziober Romania Joseph Kaucsar Senegal Aliou Cissé Souleymane Camara Sweden Per Kaufeldt Togo Robert Malm

[edit] Managerial history

Joseph Azema 1938-1939 Georges Kramer 1946-1948 Georges Winckelmans 1948-1950 Istvan Zavadsky 1950-1951 Joszef Pepi Humpal 1951-1952 Luis Cazorro 1952-1953 Julien Darui 1953-1954 Marcel Tomazover 1954-1956 Istvan Zavadsky 1956-1958 Hervé Mirouze 1958-1963 Louis Favre 1963-1968 Roger Rolhion 1968-1969 Marian Borowski 1969-1970 Hervé Mirouze 1970-1974 André Cristol 1974-1976 Louis Favre 1976 Robert Nouzaret 1976-1980

Kader Firoud and Jacques Bonnet 1980-January 1982 Jacques Bonnet January 1982-1983 Robert Nouzaret 1983-1985 Michel Mézy 1985-1987 Pierre Mosca 1987-1989 Aimé Jacquet 1989-February 1990 Michel Mézy February 1990-1990 Henryk Kasperczak 1990-1992 Gérard Gili and Jean-Louis Gasset 1992-November 1994 Michel Mézy November 1994-1998 Jean-Louis Gasset 1998-November 1999 Michel Mézy November 1999-November 2002 Gérard Bernardet November 2002-February 2004 Robert Nouzaret February-September 2004 Jean-François Domergue November 2004-April 2007 Rolland Courbis April 2007-June 2009 Rene Girard June 2009-

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[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website

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