Grenoble Foot 38

Grenoble

Full name	Grenoble Foot 38
Nickname(s)	GF38
Founded	1892/1997
Ground	Stade des Alpes, Grenoble (Capacity: 20,068)
Chairman	Masami Ochiai
Manager	Mehmed Baždarević
League	Ligue 2
2009–10	L1, 20th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Grenoble Foot 38 is a French football club from the city of Grenoble which competes in the second level of the French football league system. They wear white and blue.

History

The club was founded in 1892 as Football Club de Grenoble. In 1997, a merger of Olympique Grenoble Isère and Norcap Olympique led to the Grenoble Foot 38 incarnation. Olympique Grenoble Isère played in Ligue 1 in the 1960–61 and 1962–63 seasons.

It was acquired in 2004 by the Japanese enterprise Index which soon built it a new stadium, Stade des Alpes, that registered an initial capacity of 20,000, and which was opened on February 2008, after which it achieved promotion to Ligue 1 in the 2008–09 season.^[1] However, after losing their first eleven games of the season, Grenoble were eventually relegated despite a handful of impressive wins (most notably 4–0 against Paris Saint Germain).

Name changes

• Football Club de Grenoble 1892 (1892–1977)
• Football Club Association Sportive de Grenoble (1977–1984)
• Football Club de Grenoble Dauphiné (1984–1990)
• Football Club de Grenoble Isère (1990–1992)
• Football Club de Grenoble Jojo Isère (1992–1993)
• Olympique Grenoble Isère (1993–1997)
• Grenoble Foot 38 (1997-...)

Current squad

As of February 10, 2010^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Jody Viviani 2 MF Laurent Courtois 3 DF Sandy Paillot 5 MF Atila Turan 7 MF Nicolas Dieuze 8 MF Saphir Taïder 9 FW Josip Tadić 10 FW Yoric Ravet 11 FW Yohann Lasimant 13 DF Abdel Lamanje 16 GK Brice Maubleu 17 DF Jackson Mendy

No. Position Player 18 MF Pascal Johansen 19 MF Jimmy Juan 20 MF Hamadi Ayari 21 DF François Marque 23 FW Helton Dos Reis 24 MF Jonathan Tinhan 25 DF Hugo Cianci 27 MF Mehdi Bourabia 28 FW Danijel Ljuboja 29 DF Jimmy Mainfroi 32 DF Jacques Abardonado

Reserve squad

Grenoble's B team plays in the Championnat de France amateur, Group B.

As of November 2009.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Brice Maubleu DF Hugo Cianci DF Abdel Lamanje DF Giovanni Oliveri DF Zoran Rendulić DF Romain Villard MF Mehdi Bourabia MF Adrien Brusetti MF Jimmy Juan

No. Position Player MF Laurent Macquet MF Francis Dady Ngoye MF Jonathan Tinhan MF Atila Turan FW Thernand Bakouboula FW Marc Montiel MF Romain Provenzano

Famous players

See also:Category:Grenoble Foot 38 players

French

Foreigners

Managers

• Jules Dewaquez (1945–46)
• R. Lacoste (1953–54)
• G. Dupraz (1957–58)
• A. Fornetti (1958–63)
• Albert Batteux (1963–67)
• R. Abad (1967–70)
• René Gardien (1970–71)
• J. Donnard (1971–72)
• R. Garcin (1972–75)
• Jean Deloffre (1975–78)
• R. Belloni (1978–80)
• Michel Lafranceschina (1980–81)
• Jean Djorkaeff (1981–83)
• Claude Le Roy (1983–85)
• Robert Buigues (1985–86)
• Christian Dalger (1986–89)
• Patrick Parizon (1989–90)
• Noël Tosi (1990–91)
• Bernard Simondi (1991–93)
• B. David (1993–94)
• C. Letard (1994–95)
• É. Geraldes (1995–96)
• Bernard Simondi (1996–97)
• A. Michel (1997–01)
• M. Westerloppe (2001–03)
• A. Michel (2002–04)
• Thierry Goudet (2004–06)
• Yvon Pouliquen (2006–07)
• Mehmed Bazdarevic (2007–...)

References

External links

• Official website (French)
• Unofficial Site