Stade Rennais FC

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Stade Rennais

Full name

Stade Rennais
Football Club

Nickname(s)

Les Rouges et Noirs
(red and blacks)

Founded

1901

Ground

Route de Lorient,
Rennes

Capacity

31,127

Chairman

Frédéric de Saint Sernin

Manager

Pierre Dréossi

League

Ligue 1

2005-2006

Ligue 1, 7th





Home colours





Away colours

Stade Rennais Football Club is a French football club from the city of Rennes, currently playing in their 47th season in Ligue 1 (the top French division). Founded in 1901 as Stade Rennais Université Club they assumed their current name in 1971. In the 2004–2005 Ligue 1 campaign, Rennes managed to finish in a commendable fourth place in the final standings, their best ever position, securing them automatic qualifition for the group stages of the UEFA Cup. In the 2005–2006 season, following a very close race for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup qualifications in France, they finished a disappointing seventh place in Ligue 1.

1 Honours
2 Management Staff
3 Current squad
- 3.1 Out on loan
- 3.2 2006-2007 Transfers
  - 3.2.1 In
  - 3.2.2 Out
4 Famous past players
5 Former coaches
6 External links

[edit] Honours

[edit] French Cup

Winner: 1965, 1971
Finalists : 1922, 1935
Semi-finalists : 1919, 1959, 1967, 1970, 1986, 2003 , 2006
Quarter-finalists : 1918, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1934, 1952, 1989, 2000, 2004

[edit] Coupe Gambardella

Winner: 1973, 2003

link title

[edit] Presence in Europe

Competitions: 3 competitions (Cup Winners' Cup twice and UEFA Cup once (2005)) - as of September 2006.

Cup Winners' Cup:

Matches played: 4
Matches won: 0
Matches drawn: 2
Matches lost: 2
Goals scoreed: 1
Goals against: 4
Goal difference: -3

UEFA Cup:

Matches played: 6
Matches won: 1
Matches drawn: 1
Matches lost: 4
Goals scoreed: 4
Goals against: 11
Goal difference: -7

On September 15, 2005, they played their first UEFA Cup match, resulting in a 3-1 home win against CA Osasuna. Rennes then lost all 4 games during the group phase (0-2 vs. Stuttgart, 0-1 vs. Doneskt, 2-0 at Steaua Bucarest, 5-1 at PAOK Salonique).

[edit] Other

Champions of Ligue 2 : 1956, 1983
Finalists of the Intertoto Cup : 1999
Champions of France Interfédéral : 1916
Champions of DH : 1923
Winners of the Coupe Odorico : 1920
Winners of the Coupe des Alliés : 1916, 1917
Champions of Brittany : 1904
Champions of Brittany and Normandy : 1909
Winner of the Interfédérale de l'Ouest cup : 1919
Champion of the West : 1920
Champion of Haute-Bretagne : 1921
Winner of the Coupe de Rennes : 1916

[edit] Management Staff

Manager: Pierre Dréossi
Assistant Manager: Philippe Redon and Michel Sorlin
Youth Coach: Laurent Huard
Goalkeeping Coach: Christophe Lollichon
Fitness Coach: Christian Schmidt

[edit] Current squad

As of September 29, 2006

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Christophe Revault
3	DF	Erik Edman
4	DF	Guillaume Borne
5	DF	Jacques Faty
6	DF	Grégory Bourillon
7	FW	John Utaka
10	FW	Daniel Moreira
11	FW	Olivier Thomert
12	MF	Romain Danzé
13	DF	Amadou Coulibaly
14	MF	Bruno Cheyrou
15	DF	Mario Melchiot

No.	Position	Player
16	GK	Cheick N'Diaye
17	MF	Stéphane M'Bia
19	FW	Jimmy Briand
20	FW	Jirès Kembo Ekoko
21	FW	Julian Esteban
22	MF	Etienne Didot
24	MF	Olivier Sorlin
25	DF	John Mensah
26	MF	Sylvain Marveaux
27	DF	Cyril Jeunechamp (vice captain)
29	FW	Moussa Sow
30	GK	Simon Pouplin