Valenciennes FC

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Valenciennes

Full name	Valenciennes Football Club
Nickname(s)	Les Athéniens (in the past)
Founded	1913
Ground	Stade Nungesser (Capacity: 16 500)
Chairman	Francis Decourrière
Manager	Philippe Montanier
League	Ligue 1
2008-09	L1, 12th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The Valenciennes Football Club (known as "Valenciennes FC" or as "USVA", the acronym of a previous name) is a French football club from the town of Valenciennes in the Nord department. The club was founded in 1913. In the 2005-06 season, it competed in Ligue 2 (Division 2), with Francis Decourrière as general manager and Antoine Kombouaré as head coach. In 2006, they returned to the top flight after more than a decade's exile and maintained their Ligue 1 status at the end of this season.

Contents 1 Trophies 2 Chronology 2.1 The beginnings of the Valenciennes club 2.2 Timeline 3 Current squad 4 Great players of the past 4.1 International success of its players 5 Managerial history 6 Trivia 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Trophies

• Champions Division 2 : 1971/72, 2005/06.
• Champions Division 3: 2004/05.
• Runners-up Division 2 : 1934/35, 1936/37, 1961/62, 1974/75, 1991/92.
• Division 4 Champions: 1997/98.
• French Cup: Finalists: 1950/51.

[edit] Chronology

[edit] The beginnings of the Valenciennes club

Valenciennes FC was founded in 1913 by a group of young men, notably Mssrs Colson, Joly and Bouly. With the Great War in progress, the club made little impact at first. However, in 1916 another group of sportsmen made contact with the directors of the club with a view to creating the "Union Sportive Valenciennes-Anzin" (Valenciennes-Anzin Sports Union, known by its French initials USVA) under which name they then participated in the Escaut Département championships. Under the leadership of their president, M. Lélithouard, USVA attained professional status in 1933.

[edit] Timeline

• 1913: Foundation of Valenciennes Football Club (FCV).
• 1916: The club is renamed Union Sportive Valenciennes-Anzin (USVA), and retains this name until 1996.
• 1933: Creation of a professional section.
• 1993: Valenciennes and Marseille are involved in a match fixing scandal. Marseille chairman Bernard Tapie is believed to have bribed Valenciennes players to ensure a Marseille win so that the club could have more time to prepare for the UEFA Champions League final. Both clubs suffer a forced relegation as a result of this incident.
• 1994: Valenciennes relegated to Division 3.
• 1996: End of the professional section.
• 1996: The club is renamed as "Valenciennes Football Club" .
• 2005: Professional section refounded .
• 2005: Valenciennes promoted to Ligue 2
• 2006: Valenciennes promoted to Ligue 1

[edit] Current squad

As of June 11, 2009^[1]

No. Position Player 1 GK Nicolas Penneteau (vice-captain) 2 DF David Ducourtioux 3 DF Jacques Abardonado 5 DF Rafael Schmitz (captain) 6 DF Milan Biševac 7 FW Johan Audel 8 MF Gael Danic 9 FW Filip Šebo 10 MF Djamel Belmadi 11 MF Jeovânio 13 DF Mody Traoré 14 FW Luigi Pieroni

No. Position Player 15 DF Siaka Tiéné 17 MF Carlos Sánchez 18 MF Fahid Ben Khalfallah 20 DF Dame Traoré 22 MF Jonathan Lacourt 23 MF José Saez 25 DF Rudy Mater 28 FW Grégory Pujol 30 GK Jean-Louis Leca MF Renaud Cohade MF Nam Tae-Hee

[edit] Great players of the past

For a complete list of Valenciennes FC players, see Category:Valenciennes FC players

Joseph Bonnel Goran Bošković Jorge Burruchaga Bernard Chiarelli Thadée Cisowski Dominique Dropsy Eugène Ekéké Armand Fouillen

Jacques Glassmann Włodzimierz Lubański Bolec Kocik Terje Kojedal Kálmán Kovács Ignace Kowalczyk Hocine Lachaab Daniel Leclercq

Yves Mangione Serge Masnaghetti Roger Milla Daniel Moreira Ivica Osim Jean-Pierre Papin

Louis Provelli David Regis Ismaël Pobanonga Didier Six Živko Slijepčević David Sommeil Jean-Pierre Tempet Pascal Zaremba

[edit] International success of its players

• Jorge Burruchaga, World Cup 1986 with Argentina
• Didier Six, last Valenciennes team member to date to play for France.
• David Regis, having acquired (by marriage) American citizenship, participated in the `1998 World Cup representing the USA.
• Thomas Dossevi, from Togo, played for Togo in the 2006 World Cup.

[edit] Managerial history

Tison 1948-1951 Parmentier 1951 H Perus 1951 Demeillez 1951-1953 Lemaître 1953 Robert Domergue 1953-1966 G Robert 1966-1970 Louis Provelli 1970 Robert Domergue 1970-1972 Jean-Pierre Destrumelle 1972-1979 Erwin Wilczek 1979-1982 Léon Desmenez 1983-1986

Daniel Leclercq 1986-1987 Victor Zvunka 1987-1988 Georges Peyroche 1988-1991 Francis Smerecki 1991-1992 Boro Primorac 1992-1993 Bruno Metsu 1993-1994 Robert Dewilder 1994-1996 Ludovic Batelli 1996-2000 Didier Ollé-Nicole 2000-2003 Daniel Leclercq 2003-2005 Antoine Kombouaré 2005-2009 Philippe Montanier 2009-

[edit] Trivia

• Attendance record: 21,268 spectators (14 March 1955, Sedan)
• Home office: 43 bis Avenue de Reims, 59300 Valenciennes
• In the Video Game FIFA 06, Valenciennes are 1 of 2 one-star rated teams in the game.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (French) Official FCV web site

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