LB Châteauroux

La Berrichonne

Full name

La Berrichonne de Châteauroux

Nickname(s)

La Berri

Founded

1883

Ground

Stade Gaston Petit,
Châteauroux

Capacity

17,000

Chairman

Patrick Le Seyec

Manager

Cédric Daury

League

Ligue 2

2013–14

18th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

La Berrichonne de Châteauroux (French pronunciation: [lɑ beʁiʃɔn də ʃatoʁu]; commonly referred to as La Berrichonne or simply Châteauroux) is a French association football club based in Châteauroux. The football team is a part of a sports club that consists of several other sports and was founded in 1883. The team currently plays in Ligue 2, the second division of French football, having finished 16th in the 2009–10 campaign. The club has played only one season in Ligue 1; the 1997–98 season.

In 2004, Châteauroux reached the final of the 2003–04 Coupe de France. The team was defeated 1–0 by Paris Saint-Germain, but still qualified for the following season's UEFA Cup because Paris Saint-Germain finished second in the first division. Châteauroux lost in the first round to Belgian club Club Brugge.

Châteauroux plays its home fixtures at the 17,173 capacity Stade Gaston Petit in front of crowds averaging between 6,000–7,000. Visitors are directed to one end of the Credit Agricole stand. The team strip is a deep red and blue with a vertical striped shirt and blue shorts. The club president was Michel Denisot and is currently Patrick Le Seyec, while the Manager is Didier Tholot. Châteauroux's kit partner is Nike.

Players

Current squad

As of 27 February, 2015.^[1]

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	Landry Bonnefoi
2	DF	Dénys Bain
4	MF	Jérôme Leroy
5	DF	Fabien Boyer (on loan from Angers)
6	MF	Emeric Dudouit
7	DF	Loïc Nestor
8	FW	Grégory Thil (on loan from Dijon)
9	FW	Arnold Garita
10	MF	Damien Plessis
11	FW	Terence Makengo
13	MF	Hassane Kamara
14	FW	Anthony Derouard
15	DF	Erwan Quintin

No.	Position	Player
16	GK	Louis Souchaud
17	FW	Nasser Chamed
18	MF	Sébastien Roudet
19	MF	Hamza Sakhi
20	MF	Flavien Tait
21	MF	Distel Zola
22	MF	Bocundji Ca
23	DF	Johann Obiang
24	MF	Maxime Darrieux
25	DF	Laurent Bonnart
26	DF	Cédric Hountondji (on loan from Rennes)
28	FW	Ulrich N'nomo
30	GK	Jonathan Millieras

Out on loan

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

No.		Position	Player

Notable players

See Category:LB Châteauroux players

Managers

André Roder (1938–39)^[2]
Roger Cabanis (1943–46)
Gérard Woczniak (1946–52)
Charles Carville (1952–53)
Antonin Tichy (1953–54)
Jo Rabstejneck (?-?)
François Maestroni (?-?)
Albert Dubreucq (September 1957–58)
Maurice Lafont (1962–63)
Henri Burda (1963–65)
Léon Deladerrière (1965–67)
Robert Vicot (1967–70)
André Strappe (1970–71)
Gérard Woczniak and Ferrandis (1971–73)
Lucien Troupel (1973–80)
Hervé Revelli (1980–83)
Anton Nieroba (1983–85)
Philippe Leroux (1985 – February 1986)
Karim Ibrahim (February 1986-1986
Philippe Besset (1986–87)
Lionel Sachy (1987–88)
Alec Hrnic (1988–89)
Jacky Lemée (1989)
Andrzej Szarmach (1989–91)
Joachim Marx (1991 – October 1992)
Victor Zvunka (October 1992–98)
Florian Fontaine ( June 1998 – May 2005)
Didier Ollé-Nicole (2005 – March 2006)
Cédric Daury (March 2006–08)
Frédéric Zago (March 2007, Caretaker)
Christian Sarramagna (2008)
Dominique Bijotat (2008–09)
Jean-Pierre Papin (2009–10)
Didier Tholot (2010–13)
Jean-Louis Garcia (2013–14)
Pascal Gastien (2014–15)
Cédric Daury (2015–)

References

↑ Groupe Professionnel
↑ "France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". Retrieved 1 August 2007.

External links

(French) Official website

Ligue 2 teams

2014–15 clubs	AC Ajaccio Gazélec Ajaccio Angers Arles-Avignon Auxerre Brest Châteauroux Clermont Créteil Dijon Laval Le Havre Nancy Nîmes Niort Orléans Sochaux Tours Troyes Valenciennes

Former teams	Abbeville Aix-en-Provence Alès Amiens Ancenis Angoulême Annecy Antibes Avignon CA Bastia SC Bastia Beauvais Besançon Béziers Blénod Blois Boulogne Bourges Bordeaux Caen Calais Cambrai Cannes Charleville Chaumont Cherbourg Club Français Colmar Creil Douai Dunkerque Épinal Évian Fives Fontainebleau Forbach Grenoble Gueugnon Guingamp Hazebrouck Hyères Istres La Roche-sur-Yon Le Mans Lens Le Puy Foot Libourne-Saint-Seurin Lille Olympique Lillois Limoges Foot Lorient Louhans-Cuiseaux Lucé Lyon Lyon OU Mantes Marignane Marseille Martigues Metz Monaco Montceau-les-Mines Montluçon Montmorillon Montpellier Mulhouse FC Nancy Nantes Nice Nœux-les-Mines Paris Paris-Charenton Paris Saint-Germain Racing Paris Red Star Paris Perpignan Poitevin Quevilly Quimper Rodez Reims Rennes Excelsior Roubaix Racing Roubaix Roubaix-Tourcoing Rouen Saint-Brieuc Saint-Dié Saint-Étienne Sedan Sète Stade Français Strasbourg Thionville Thonon-Chablais Toulon Toulouse Toulouse (1937) Troyes AF Troyes ASTS Valence Vannes Villefranche Wasquehal

Division 2 / Ligue 2 seasons

Division 2 (1933–2002)	1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

Ligue 2 (2002–present)	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

List of French second division champions

Championnat de France amateur 2 — Group G · 2013–14 clubs

Angers (res.) Chartres Châteauroux (res.) Châtellerault Cholet Fleury-Mérogis La Roche Le Poiré sur Vie (res.) Poitiers Sainte-Geneviève Saumur St-Pryve St-Hilaire Thouars Tours (res.)