Grenoble Foot 38

This article is about the football team of Grenoble. For the rugby team, see FC Grenoble.

GF38

Full name

Grenoble Foot 38

Nickname(s)

GF38

Founded

1892

Ground

Stade des Alpes,
Grenoble

Capacity

20,068

Manager

Olivier Saragaglia

League

CFA

2012–13

CFA Group B, 3rd

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Grenoble Foot 38, commonly referred to as simply Grenoble, is a French association football club based in Grenoble, a city situated at the foot of the French Alps. The original incarnation of the club was founded in 1892 and, in 1997, was formed into the club that exists today as a result of a merger. Grenoble currently plays in CFA, the fourth level of French football, after having gone into bankruptcy and relegation to the fifth level of French football in 2011.

Grenoble plays its home matches at the Stade des Alpes, a recently built complex based in the heart of the city. The team is managed by Olivier Saragaglia. Grenoble 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 was able to use 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–present)

Players

Current squad

As of 3 December 2014.^[2]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Brice Maubleu
2	DF	Farès Hachi
3	DF	Sélim Bengriba
4	DF	Jimmy Giraudon
5	DF	Henrique
6	MF	Frédéric Thomas
7	MF	Hamadi Ayari
8	MF	Steven Pinto-Borges
9	FW	Nassim Akrour
10	MF	Hugo Cianci
11	MF	Christophe Joufreau
12	GK	Paul Cattier

No.	Position	Player
13	DF	Aziz Tafer
14	DF	Redouane Settaout
15	MF	Biagui Kamissoko
17	MF	Samir Diri
18	FW	Vahagn Militosyan
19	FW	Mourad Nasrallah
20	GK	Nathan Monti
21	MF	Fabien Tchenkoua
22	MF	Mounir Hamzaoui
23	MF	Azzedine Medoukali
24	FW	Dramane Koné

Notable players

Below are the notable former players who have represented Grenoble and its predecessors in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1997. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 80 official matches for the club.

For a complete list of Grenoble Foot 38 players, see Category:Grenoble Foot 38 players