Voltigeurs de Châteaubriant

Châteaubriant
Full name Voltigeurs de Châteaubriant
Founded 1907
Ground Stade de la Ville en Bois,
Châteaubriant[1]
Ground Capacity 3,000
President Joseph Viol[2]
Head coach Stéphane Mottin
League National 3 Group Pays de la Loire
2016–17 CFA Group A, 16th (relegated)

Voltigeurs de Châteaubriant is a French association football club based in the commune of Châteaubriant, Loire-Atlantique. As of the 2017–18 season the men's team competes in the National 3, the fifth tier of French football. The club plays their home matches at the Stade de la Ville en Bois, which has a capacity of 3,000.[3]

History

Voltigeurs de Châteaubriant was founded in 1907, and the football section appeared around 1920. Originally the club also had gymnastics and tennis sections, but these are no longer active.[4]

The football team has played in regional leagues for the vast majority of its existence, with varying levels of success. Châteaubriant won the Division d'Honneur (DH) Ouest in 1958 but declined promotion to the next tier, allowing Stade Brestois 29 to be promoted in their place.[4] This was to be their only league title until 1991, when the club won the DH Atlantique, thereby gaining promotion to Division 4, the equivalent of the current CFA. In 1993, as part of the restructuring of the French league system, the club was moved to the newly formed National 3, the fifth tier of the pyramid. Relegation back to the regional divisions followed in 1997.[5]

The 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons saw Châteaubriant achieve successive promotions, winning the DH Atlantique and then the CFA2 Group A, to return to the fourth level of French football for the first time in over 20 years.[4][5]

Current squad

As of 2 March 2017.[3][6][7]

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

No. Position Player
France GK Grégory Douard
France GK Pascal Gicquel
France GK Valentin Prévost
France DF François-Xavier Bioret
France DF Adrien Bomme
France DF Aurélien Faucheux
France DF François Gaudiche
France DF Olivier Guéguen
France DF Cédric Juge
France DF Mamadou Mendy
France DF David Vespuce
France MF Loïc Binet
France MF Brandon Blehiri
France MF Théo Bloudeau
No. Position Player
France MF Jules Dafniet
France MF Mourad El Mimoune
France MF Alann Hamon
Guadeloupe MF Dimitri Milon
France MF Pierre Nunge
France MF Anthony Pieri
Morocco FW Jawad Boukabous
France FW Gahi Doguié
France FW Samuel Gaigeard
France FW Ismaël Goztepe
Ivory Coast FW Jean-Jaures Kréyé
France FW Glenn Le Gall
Benin FW Abou Maiga
France FW David Vernet

Honours

As of 2 March 2017.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Terrains - Voltigeurs de Châteaubriant". FFF.fr. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Staff - Voltigeurs de Châteaubriant". FFF.fr. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 "France - Voltigeurs de Châteaubriant". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "1907-2017 : 110 ans d'histoire des Voltigeurs Châteaubriant". voltigeurs.fr. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 "Châteaubriant". footballenfrance.fr. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Championnat de France Amateur - l'Effectif 2016–2017". voltigeurs.fr. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Football - club: Châteaubriant". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
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