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

Christian Duraincie

Manager

Thierry Goudet

League

Championnat National

2016–17

Ligue 2, 20th (relegated)

Website

Club website

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 the Championnat National, the third level of French football. Laval plays its home matches at the Stade Francis Le Basser located in the city and is managed by Marco Simone, the former Tours manager.

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 Kyiv out of the competition, before being knocked out by 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.

Honours

Championnat de France Amateurs:

Runners-up (1): 1965

Division d'Honneur (West):

Champions (1): 1964

Coupe Gambardella:

Champions (1): 1984

Current squad

As of 12 July 2017.^[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
3	DF	Sharly Mabussi
4	DF	Aaron Appindangoyé
5	DF	Bira Dembélé
7	FW	Yven Moyo
10	MF	César Zeoula
19	MF	Yvan Neyou
20	DF	Christopher Glombard

No.	Position	Player
25	DF	Erwan Quintin
27	DF	Houboulang Mendes
—	MF	Gabriel Etinof
—	FW	Pape Macou Sarr
—	MF	Sacha Petshi
—	MF	César Zeoula
—	MF	Charly Pereira Lage
—	MF	Olivier Ebuya

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

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

Antoine Raab (1949–50)
André Sorel (1954–58)^[2]
Robert Heuillard (1958–63)
Jean Barré (1963–68)
Michel Le Millinaire (1968–Oct 92)
Bernard Maligorne (Oct 1992–95)
Denis Troch (Jan 1995–97)
Hervé Gauthier (1997–2001)
Victor Zvunka (2001–03)
Francis Smerecki (2003–Jan 04)
Alex Dupont (Jan 2004–June 04)
Denis Troch (2004–07)
Philippe Hinschberger (2007–14)
Denis Zanko (2014–2016)
Marco Simone (2016–)

References

↑ "Effectif Professionnel 2016/2017" (in French). stade-lavallois.com. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
↑ France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs

External links (in French)

(in French) Official club site

Ligue 2 teams

2017–18 clubs

Former teams

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 2016–17 2017–18
List of French second division champions

Championnat National
2017–18 clubs	Avranches SC Bastia Béziers Boulogne Chambly Cholet Concarneau Créteil Dunkerque Grenoble Laval L'Entente SSG Les Herbiers Lyon-Duchère Marseille Consolat Pau Red Star Rodez
Former clubs	AC Ajaccio Gazélec Ajaccio Alès Alfortville Amiens Angers Angoulême Arles CA Bastia Bayonne Beaucaire Beauvais Belfort Besançon Bourg-Péronnas Bourges Brest Calais Cannes Carquefou Cassis Carnoux Charleville Châteauroux Châtellerault Cherbourg Clermont Colmar Colomiers Dijon Épinal Evian TG Évry Fréjus Saint-Raphaël Gap Gueugnon Guingamp Hyères Istres La Roche-sur-Yon Le Poiré-sur-Vie Libourne St-Seurin Louhans-Cuiseaux Luçon Lusitanos Luzenac Martigues Metz Moulins Mulhouse Nîmes Niort Noisy-le-Sec Orléans Pacy Paris FC Plabennec Stade Poitevin Quevilly Quevilly-Rouen Raon-l'Étape RC France Reims Romorantin Rouen Roye Saint-Denis Saint-Leu Saint-Priest Sedan Sète Strasbourg Thouars Toulon Toulouse Tours Trélissac Troyes Uzès Valence Valenciennes Vannes Villemomble Viry-Châtillon Wasquehal Yzeure
Seasons	1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 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 2016–17 2017–18

Championnat National 3 — Group Pays de la Loire · 2017–18 clubs
Nantes (res) Châteaubriant Angers (res) Vertou Laval (res) Sablé La Roche Changé Les Herbiers (res) La Flèche Poiré-sur-Vie Challans La Suze Mulsanne-Teloché

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