Le Havre AC

Havre AC

Full name

Havre Athletic Club

Nickname(s)

Le club doyen, Les Ciel et Marine

Founded

1872

Ground

Stade Océane,
Le Havre

Capacity

25,178

Chairman

Jean-Pierre Louvel

Manager

Thierry Goudet

League

Ligue 2

2013–14

12th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

HAC in Tournoi de paques 1913

Havre Athletic Club (French pronunciation: [lə avʁ]; commonly referred as Le Havre or simply as Havre) is a French association football club based in Le Havre, Haute-Normandie. The club was founded originally as an athletics and rugby club in 1872, thus making it the oldest association football and rugby club registered in France.^[1] Le Havre currently plays in Ligue 2, the second level of French football and since 2012 plays its home matches at the Stade Océane.

Le Havre made its football debut in France's first-ever championship in 1899 and, on its debut, became the first French club outside of Paris to win the league. The club, subsequently, won the league the following season in 1900. Le Havre has yet to win the current first division of French football, Ligue 1, but has participated in the league 24 times; its last stint being during the 2008–09 season. The club's highest honour to date was winning the Coupe de France in 1959. Le Havre is managed by Thierry Goudet and captained by midfielder Julien François.

History

It was in 1872 that a group of British residents formed Le Havre Athletique.^[2] which played a hybrid form of football, a cross between rugby and association football, called "combination". Le Havre can therefore be said to be the origin of rugby union in France.

Association football began being played on a regular basis in 1894, so technically AS Strasbourg could be considered the first French football team being established in 1890, however, they were a German team at the time. Le Havre currently play in Ligue 2 of the French league and their home stadium is Stade Océane.

In 1899, Le Havre became the first club from outside Paris to become French football champions. At the time the championship was organised by the USFSA. After being awarded a win over Iris Club Lillois in the semi-final by walkover, they were awarded the title after also receiving a walkover in the final against Club Français.^[3] They would also win the following year, with the final being a "re-match" of the forfeited 1899 final.

The club is famous for its notable youth investment program which develops and nurtures young talent, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show enough promise. A vast amount of good young talent has gone on to make an impact at international level including Ibrahim Ba, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Lassana Diarra and Vikash Dhorasoo.

The club was on the receiving end of some high-profile illegal transfers, by which Charles N'Zogbia, Matthias Lepiller and Paul Pogba were signed by other clubs, allegedly without the proper compensation being paid. The first two were arbitrated by FIFA, who ordered Newcastle United and ACF Fiorentina to pay training compensation.

Le Havre is known as 'les ciel et marine' in France, which translates as 'the sky and navy blues'. These colours were chosen by the club's English founders as they were those of their alma maters, the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

Players

Current squad

As of 28 February, 2015.^[4]

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	Régis Gurtner
2	DF	Jordan Ikoko (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain)
3	MF	Modeste M'bami
5	DF	Zargo Touré
6	MF	Romain Saïss
7	MF	Jean-Pascal Fontaine
8	FW	Mickaël Le Bihan
10	FW	Geoffrey Malfleury
11	MF	Ludovic Gamboa
12	FW	Joseph Mendes
14	MF	Harisson Manzala

No.	Position	Player
15	DF	Jérôme Mombris
16	GK	Abdoulaye Diallo (on loan from Rennes)
17	MF	Alexandre Bonnet
18	DF	Steven Fortés
20	DF	Issam Chebake
22	MF	Victor Lekhal
23	DF	Maxime Le Marchand
24	FW	Akeem Agbetu
26	MF	Sébastien Flochon
30	GK	Stefan Milosavljevic
40	GK	Pierre-Alexandre Bois

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

Reserve squad

Head Coach: Johann Louvel^[5]

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Yohan Blind
		GK	Dan Delauney
		DF	Paul Bougrat
		DF	Jérémy Balmy
		DF	Lenny Houelche
		DF	Kévin Mendy
		DF	Benoît Perre
		DF	Jordan Smith
		DF	Demba Sow
		MF	Sandro Agape
		MF	Elton Boketsu
		MF	Oumar Camara

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Yacine Chatar
		MF	Mansour Diallo
		MF	Marvin Dubourg
		MF	Gussouma Fofana
		MF	Morgan Gereto
		MF	Landry Koukoui
		MF	Rénald Metelus
		MF	Héry Randriantsara
		MF	Drissa Traoré
		FW	Jordan Cuvier
		FW	Abdoul Diawara
		FW	Adam Nkusu
		FW	Jordan Vercleyen

Honours

former logo

Ligue 2
- Winners (5) : 1938, 1959, 1985, 1991, 2008
- Runners-up (1) : 1950
Coupe de France
- Winners (1) : 1959
- Runners-up (1) : 1920
USFSA Championnat
- Winners (3) : 1899, 1900, 1919
Challenge international du Nord
- Winners (1) : 1900
Coupe Nationale
- Winners (2) : 1918, 1919
Normandy Division d'Honneur
- Winners (13) : 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1926
Challenge des Champions
- Winners (1) : 1959

Managerial history

George Kimpton (1921–26)^[6]
Mac Burgess (1934–35)
George McLachlan (1935–36)
Josef "Pépi" Schneider (1936–39)
George Kimpton (1945–46)
Jean Cornelli (1946–47)
Roger Magnin (1948–49)
Jules Bigot (1950–52)
Elek Schwartz (1952–53)
René Bihel (1953–54)
Edmond Delfour (1954–55)
Roger Magnin (1955–56)
Théo Bisson (1956–57)
Lucien Jasseron (1957–62)
Eduardo Di Loreto (1962–63)
Arie Devroedt (1963–64)
Christian Villenave (1964–66)
Max Schirschin (1970–71)
Corlani (1971–72)
Fredo Garel (1972–73)
Léonce Lavagne (1973–74)
Edmond Baraffe (1974–76)
Léonce Lavagne (1976–82)
Yves Herbet (1982–83)
Didier Notheaux (1983–88)
Pierre Mankowski (1988–93)
Guy David (1993–96)
René Exbrayat (1996–97)
Denis Troch (1997 – October 98)
Joël Beaujouan (October 1998–99)
Francis Smerecki (1999–00)
Joël Beaujouan (2000)
Thierry Uvenard, Philippe Sence and Bruno Baronchelli (December 2000)
Jean-François Domergue (December 2000–04)
Philippe Hinschberger (2004 – April 2005)
Thierry Uvenard (April 2005–07)
Jean-Marc Nobilo (2007–08)
Frédéric Hantz (2008–09)
Cédric Daury (2009 – Nov 2012)
Christophe Revault (November 2012 – December 2012)
Erick Mombaerts (Dec 2012 – Dec 2014)
Thierry Goudet (Dec 2014 – )

References

↑ http://www.lemonde.fr/sports/article/2009/05/15/avec-louvel-le-havre-est-devenu-un-club-de-ligue-2-selon-les-supporters_1193671_3242.html
↑ "Historical Rugby Milestones – 1870s". The Daily Telegraph. UK. Retrieved 14 May 2006.
↑ www.rsssf.com
↑ Current squad
↑ Equipe CFA Saison 2011-2012
↑ "France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs on RSSSF". Retrieved 23 July 2007.

External links

Official site (French)

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