Stade Lavallois

Full name

Stade Lavallois Mayenne
Football Club

Nickname(s)

Les Tangos

Founded

17 July 1902

Ground

Stade Francis Le Basser
Laval

Capacity

18,739

Chairman

Philippe Jan

Manager

Denis Zanko

League

Ligue 2

2014–15

Ligue 2, 8th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Stade Lavallois Mayenne Football Club (French pronunciation: [stɑd lavalwa majɛn]), also referred to as Stade Laval or simply Laval, is a French association football club based in Laval in western France. The club was formed on 17 July 1902 and currently play in Ligue 2, the second level of French football. Laval plays its home matches at the Stade Francis Le Basser located in the city and is managed by Denis Zanko, the former Le Mans manager. The captain of the team is midfielder Anthony Gonçalves.

History

The club was founded in 1902 after Joseph Germain, a passionate supporter of the sport of football. Émile Sinoir was installed as the club's first president. At that time, players were supplied with red tops and black shorts and matches were played at Senelle, a district of Laval. Laval's first official match was against nearby Rennes. In 1903, the club participated in the Breton championship, for the first time, and the red and black strip was disposed for a green and white combination. In 1918, the kit colour was changed again, to a bright orange strip. In 1930, the club began playing at the Stade Jean Yvinec, named in honour of a former player who died at the age of 26. By 1931, Laval had risen to the Division d'Honneur, the sixth level of French football. The club continued to rotate between the amateur leagues before finally winning the Division d'Honneur in 1964, which propelled the club to the Championnat de France amateur, France's highest division of amateur football.

The following season, Laval surprisingly won the league in its debut season. With the club heightening its ambitions, new aspirations came about and Laval named former club player and Breton Michel Le Milinaire manager. He was assisted by Henri Bisson. Together, the two made Laval into one of the best clubs in France. In 1976, Laval reached the top division of French football, thus becoming a professional team for the first time in the club's history. Despite being classed as outsiders, the club managed to stay in the top-flight division, even qualifying for the UEFA Cup in 1983 after finishing a commendable fifth in the league. In Laval's first season in Europe, it knocked Dynamo Kiev out of the competition, before being knocked out by FK Austria Wien. This would prove to be the club's only European experience. In 1989, the club was relegated to the second division, after 13 years in the elite division. In 2005, Laval became a SASP (Société Anonyme Sportive Professionnelle), roughly equivalent to going on the stock exchange. In the 2005–06 season, the club was relegated to the Championnat National. Laval remained in the third division for two seasons before managing promotion back to Ligue 2 after the 2008–09 season.

Current squad

As of 15 August 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	Maxime Hautbois
2	DF	Kévin Perrot
6	MF	Anthony Gonçalves (captain)
7	FW	Rachid Alioui (on loan from Guingamp)
8	DF	Adrien Monfray
9	MF	Romain Habran (on loan from Paris St-Germain)
10	MF	César Zeoula
11	MF	Chris Malonga
12	DF	Kévin Afougou
15	MF	Hugo Boumous
16	GK	Lionel Cappone
17	FW	Julien Viale

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Hassane Alla
19	FW	Alassane N'Diaye
20	DF	Nordi Mukiele
21	DF	Malik Couturier
22	MF	Valentin Launay
23	MF	Gabriel Etinof
24	MF	Modibo Dembélé
25	DF	Erwan Quintin
26	DF	Fouad Chafik
27	DF	Djibril Konaté
28	FW	Duckens Nazon
30	GK	Guillaume Lesec

Notable players

Below are the notable former players who have represented Laval in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1902. 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 Stade Laval players, see Category:Stade Lavallois players.

Managers

André Sorel (1954–58)^[2]
Robert Heuillard (1958–63)
Jean Barré (1963–68)
Michel Le Millinaire (1968 – October 1992)
Bernard Maligorne (October 1992–95)
Denis Troch (January 1995–97)
Hervé Gauthier (1997–2001)
Victor Zvunka (2001–03)
Francis Smerecki (2003–January 2004)
Alex Dupont (January 2004–June 2004)
Denis Troch (2004–07)
Philippe Hinschberger (2007–14)
Denis Zanko (2014–)

Honours

Coupe de la Ligue

Champions (2): 1982, 1984

Championnat de France Amateurs

Runners-up (1): 1965

Division d'Honneur (West):

Champions (1): 1964

Coupe Gambardella

Champions (1): 1984

References

↑ "Effectif Professionnel 2015/2016" (in French). stade-lavallois.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
↑ France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs

External links (in French)

(French) Official club site

Ligue 2 teams

2015–16 clubs	Ajaccio Auxerre Bourg-en-Bresse Brest Clermont Créteil Dijon Évian Laval Le Havre Lens Metz Nancy Nîmes Niort Paris Red Star Sochaux Tours Valenciennes

Former teams	Abbeville Aix-en-Provence Gazélec Ajaccio Alès Amiens Ancenis Angers Angoulême Annecy Antibes Arles-Avignon Avignon CA Bastia SC Bastia Beauvais Besançon Béziers Blénod Blois Boulogne Bourges Bordeaux Caen Calais Cambrai Cannes Charleville Châteauroux Châtellerault Chaumont Cherbourg Cholet Club Français Colmar Corbeil-Essonnes Creil Douai Dunkerque Épinal Évreux Fives Fontainebleau Forbach Grenoble GSC Marseille Gueugnon Guingamp Haguenau Hazebrouck Hyères Istres La Ciotat La Roche-sur-Yon La Rochelle Le Mans Le Puy Foot Le Touquet Libourne-Saint-Seurin Lille Olympique Lillois Limoges Foot Lorient Louhans-Cuiseaux Lucé Lyon Lyon OU Malakoff Mantes Marignane Marseille Martigues Melun Merlebach Monaco Montceau-les-Mines Montélimar Montluçon Montmorillon Montpellier Mouzon Mulhouse FC Nancy Nantes Nice Nivers Nœux-les-Mines Orléans Paris-Charenton Paris-Joinville Paris-Neuilly Paris Saint-Germain Racing Paris Perpignan Poissy Poitiers Quevilly Quimper Rodez Reims Rennes Excelsior Roubaix Racing Roubaix Roubaix-Tourcoing Rouen Saint-Brieuc Saint-Dié Saint-Dizier Saint-Étienne Saint-Quentin Saint-Seurin Sedan Sète Stade Français Strasbourg Tavaux Thionville Thonon-Chablais Toulon Toulouse Toulouse (1937) Troyes Troyes AF Troyes ASTS Valence Vannes Vauban Strasbourg Villefranche Viry-Châtillon Vittel 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 2015–16

List of French second division champions

Championnat de France amateur 2 — Group H · 2015–16 Clubs

AC Ajaccio (res.) Beauvais ASPTT Caen SM Caen (res.) Douais Évreux Gonfreville Le Havre (res.) Oissel Paris FC (res.) Ste-Geneviève St-Ouen-l'Aumône Sénart-Moissy UJAM Paris

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