FC Istres

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Istres

Full name

Football Club Istres Ouest Provence

Founded

1920

Ground

Stade Parsemain
(Capacity 17,000)

Chairman

Bertrand Benoît

Manager

Frédéric Arpinon

League

Championnat National

2006-2007

Championnat national, 11th





Home colours





Away colours

FC Istres Ouest Provence is a French football team, playing in the town of Istres. They currently play in Championnat National, the third tier of French football. The club's honors include winning the Coupe de Provence in 1933,1982,1987 and 1989 and the DH Méditerranée in 1982 and 1990.

[edit] History

FC Istres was founded in 1920 by Édouard Guizonnier as SS Istréenne. In 1969, SS Istréenne was merged into the more general sports club Istres Sports, who chose to keep Istréenne's distinctive purple and black colors. In 1977 the club made young entrepreneur Michel Aviet the club's president and ex-Yugoslav goalkeeper Georges Korac the club's manager. During the Aviet-Korac years, the club advanced from France's lower regional divisions all the way up to Ligue 2. In 2004, the club reached Ligue 1 but finished last and was relegated to Ligue 2 the following year.

[edit] Current squad 2007/2008

As off February 15, 2008

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Julien Vanni
2	DF	Richard Suriano
3	DF	Christophe Dumolin
4	DF	Nordine Assami
5	MF	Jonathan Bru
6	FW	Matthieu Bochu
7	FW	Stéphane N'Guema
8	MF	Fabien Valeri
9	FW	Franck Olivier Kasso
10	MF	Johan Gallon
11	MF	Anthony Sichi
12	FW	Olivier Giroud
13	DF	Marko Filipović
14	DF	Mamadou Doumbia
15	DF	Khaled Kehiha

No.	Position	Player
16	GK	Laurent Weber
17	FW	Walid Mesloub
18	DF	Grégory Sofikitis
19	MF	Lahoucine Kharbouch
20	DF	David Canet
21	MF	Romain Ciaravino
22	FW	Jérémy Mikart
23	MF	Tommy Untereiner
24	MF	Issam Rahmouri
25	DF	Julian Palmieri
26	DF	Thibaut Scotto Di Porfirio
27	FW	Simon Feindouno (on loan from RC Lens)
28	DF	Léonard Mendy
30	GK	Anthony Ringler