US Orléans

US Orléans Loiret Football

Full name

Union Sportive Orléans Loiret Football

Founded

1976

Ground

Stade de la Source,
Orléans

Capacity

8,000

Manager

Olivier Frapolli

League

Ligue 2

2013-14

Championnat National, 1st

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Union Sportive Orléans Loiret Football (pronounced: [juːnjən spɔrtɪv ɔʁleɑ̃]; commonly referred to as US Orléans or simply Orléans) is a French association football club based in Orléans. The club was founded in 1976 and currently play in the Ligue 2, the second division of French football, having achieved promotion from the Championnat National in the 2013–14 season. Orléans plays its home matches at the Stade de la Source located within the city. The team is managed by Olivier Frapolli and captained by defender Julien Delonglée.

History

The club was originally called Arago Sport Orléanais and founded as the football section of a general sports club in the city. In 1976, the club adopted its current name and turned professional in 1980. The club is based at the modern 5,000 capacity all-seated Stade de la Source. The club's record attendance was 11,680 against AS Monaco in 1989 and its colours are red and yellow.

Players

Current squad

As of 28 February, 2015.

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	Thomas Renault
2	DF	Ousmane Sidibe
3	DF	Grégory Tomas
5	DF	Kévin Afougou
6	DF	Benoit Darcy
7	MF	Loïc Puyo
8	MF	Jean-Paul Mendy
9	FW	Loris Arnaud
10	FW	Loïc Landre
11	FW	Wilfried Louisy-Daniel
12	FW	Bachibou Koita
13	DF	Antoine Ponroy
14	MF	Rémi Elissalde
15	DF	Benjaloud Youssouf
16	GK	Arnaud Balijon

No.	Position	Player
17	FW	Luigi Glombard
18	FW	Robert Maah
19	DF	Bruce Abdoulaye
20	MF	Matthieu Ligoule
21	MF	Guillaume Loriot
22	DF	Gauthier Pinaud
23	MF	Julien Delonglée (captain)
24	FW	Samir Benmeziane
25	DF	Maxime Brillault
26	FW	Tafsir Chérif (on loan from Monaco)
27	FW	Fabrice Seidou
30	GK	Sébastien Mpeck-Makendi
32	DF	Chérif Quenum
34	FW	Pierre-Ange Omombe

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
—		FW	Pape Sarr (at Le Poiré-sur-Vie)

Notable players

Below are the notable former players who have represented Orléans in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1976. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 80 official matches for the club or have represented their respective national team during their stint at the club or after the player's departure.

For a complete list of Orléans players, see Category:US Orléans players

Honours

Championnat National
- Winners (1): 2014
Championnat de France amateur
- Winners (1): 2010 (Group D)
Coupe de France
- Runners-Up (1): 1980

External links

Official site (French)

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