Valenciennes FC

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Valenciennes

Full name

Valenciennes Football Club

Nickname(s)

Les Athéniens (in the past)

Founded

1915

Ground

Stade Nungesser

Capacity

11 300

Chairman

Jean-Louis Borloo

Manager

Antoine Kombouaré

League

Ligue 1

2005-06

Ligue 2, 1st





Home colours





Away colours

The Valenciennes Football Club (known as "Valenciennes FC" or as "USVA", the acronym of a previous name) is a French football club (team) founded in 1915. In the 2005-06 season, it competed in Ligue 2 (Division 2), with Francis Decourrière as general manager and Antoine Kombouaré as head coach. They return to the top flight after more than a decade's exile.

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

[edit] Trophies

Champions Division 2 : 1972, 2006.
Champions Division 3: 2005.
Runners-up Division 2 : 1935, 1937, 1962, 1975, 1992.
Division 4 Champions: 1998.
French Cup: Finalists: 1951.

[edit] Chronology

[edit] The beginnings of the Valenciennes club

Valenciennes FC was founded in 1915 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

1915: 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.
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 January 25, 2006

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Nicolas Penneteau
2	DF	Ludovic Liron
3	DF	Guillaume Rippert
4	DF	Maxence Flachez
5	MF	Khaled Kharroubi
7	MF	Freddy Bourgeois
8	MF	Geoffrey Doumeng
9	FW	Steve Savidan
10	FW	Laurent Dufresne
11	FW	Sébastian Heitzmann
12	DF	Eric Chelle
13	DF	Mody Traoré

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Thomas Dossevi
15	FW	Florin Bratu
16	GK	Willy Grondin
17	MF	Patrick Paauwe
18	MF	Sebastian Roudet
19	MF	Yacine Bezzaz
20	MF	Rudy Haddad
23	MF	José Saez
25	DF	Rudy Mater
26	DF	Orlando Silvestri
29	FW	Eric Hassli
30	GK	Stéphane Coque

[edit] Great players of the past

Wilfried Gohel
Hocine Lachaab
Yves Mangione
David Regis
Daniel Leclercq
Philippe Gaillot
Michel Pageaud
Cédric Rémy
Arnaud Mercier
Eugène Ekéké
Roger Milla
Jacques Glassmann
Kader Lachaab
Jean-Pierre Papin
Didier Six
Arnaud Duncker
Arnaud Lebrun
Jorge Burruchaga
Arnold Oosterver
Goran Boskovic

[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.