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Le Mans UC72 is a French football club, based in Le Mans. It was founded in 1985, having gone under its full name of Le Mans Union Club 72 since their foundation in 1902. Rudi Garcia, former coach of Dijon SCO, succeeds Frédéric Hantz, as manager of the MUC 72. The club gained its first historical promotion to Ligue 1 for the 2003-04 season, but was quickly relegated. However, they fought back and in 2005 won another promotion. Since then they have no problems with retaining their top flight place. After finishing 11th and 12th in 2006 and 2007, respectively, they finished 9th in 2008, the best result in club history. They play their home games in Stade Omnisports Léon Bollée.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Historical information
US Le Mans Sports Club were founded in 1889, but it wasn't until 1902 that a football club existed within it. In 1910, Le Mans qualified for the Championnat de la France in 1910 but are heavily overturned by Saint-Servan. Gaining a huge reputation up to World War I, they plunged into obscurity by World War II before joining the league in 1942.
Le Mans UC72 exist thanks to a merge between USM and SOM on June 12, 1985. It was at this time that their coach, Christian Gourcuff, joined as coach.
Le Mans UC72 is currently a team in full ascent in the french Ligue 1
[edit] Current Squad
As of May 20, 2008.
[edit] Transfers 2008-2009
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Out:
[edit] Notable former players
For a complete list of Le Mans Union Club 72 players, see Category:Le Mans UC72 players
- France
- Albania
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- Brazil
- Cameroon
- Croatia
- Guinea
- Ivory Coast
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- Japan
- Norway
- Romania
- South Africa
- Switzerland
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[edit] Coaches
- 1945-1946 : Braustein
- 1946-1948 : ?
- 1948-1951 : Émile Rummelhardt
- 1951-1952 : Choulet
- 1952-1953 : ?
- 1953-1957 : Camille Libar
- 1957-1964 : André Grillon
- 1964-1976 : René Dereuddre
- 1976-1979 : Alain Laurier
- 1979-1981 : Michel Rodriguez
- 1981-1985 : Guttierez
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- 1985-1986 : Bernard Deferrez
- June 1986-January 1989 : Christian Gourcuff
- January 1989-January 1994 : Christian Létard
- January 1994-May 1997 : Thierry Froger
- June 1997-November 1997 : Slavo Muslin
- November 1997-November 2000 : Marc Westerloppe
- November 2000-December 2000 : Alain Pascalou
- December 2000-February 2004 : Thierry Goudet
- February 2004-December 2004 : Daniel Jeandupeux
- December 2004-2007 : Frédéric Hantz
- 2007- : Rudi Garcia
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[edit] External links
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