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Le Havre Athletic Club

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Founded

1872

Ground

Stade Jules Deschaseaux
(Capacity 16 454)

Chairman

Jean-Pierre Louvel

Manager

Jean Marc Nobilo

League

Ligue 1

2007-08

Ligue 2, 1st (Champions)





Home colours

Le Havre Athletic Club Football Association or Havre Athletic Club, is a French football club based in Le Havre, founded in 1872 making it the oldest football and rugby club registered in France. The following are the Association football events of the year 1872 throughout the world Stade Jules Deschaseaux, is a multi-use Stadium in Le Havre, France. The following is a list of Association football stadia. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the Current Teams (2008-2009 Ligue 1 teams in European competitions The original European Cup of 1955-56 featured Real Madrid against Stade Le Havre is a city in the northwest region of France situated on the right bank of the mouth of the Seine River as it outlets into the Bay of the Seine Football began being played on a regular basis in 1894, so technically FC Mulhouse could be considered the first French football team being established in 1893 (however, they were a German team at the time). The following are the Association football events of the year 1894 throughout the world FC Mulhouse is a French football club based in Mulhouse, Alsace. Le Havre currently play in Ligue 2 of the French league and their home stadium is Stade Jules Deschaseaux. Ligue 2 is the second division of French football. It is one of two divisions making up the LFP, the other being Ligue 1, which is France's top Stade Jules Deschaseaux, is a multi-use Stadium in Le Havre, France.

The club is famous for its notable youth investment program which develops and nurtures young (often local) talent, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show enough promise. Youth system is a Sporting terminology used to refer to a youth investment program within a particular team or league which develops and nurtures young (often local talent 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. Ibrahim "Ibou" Ba (born November 12, 1973 in Dakar, Senegal) is a retired French professional football player Jean-Alain Boumsong (born December 14, 1979, in Douala, Cameroon) is a professional football defender who currently plays for Lassana Diarra (born March 10, 1985 in Paris, France) is a French footballer of Malian descent who plays for Vikash Dhorasoo ( Telugu:వికాష్ దొరసూ (born October 10, 1973 in Harfleur) is a former French professional

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.

1 Current squad 2007/2008
- 1.1 Players out on loan
2 Honours
- 2.1 Other honours
3 Trivia
4 Notable former players
5 Managerial history
6 References
7 External links

Current squad 2007/2008

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Christophe Revault
2	DF	Maxime Baca
3	DF	Nicolas Gillet
4	MF	Valery Mezague (on loan from Sochaux)
5	DF	Jérémy Henin
6	MF	Jamel Ait-Ben-Idir
7	FW	Amadou Alassane
9	FW	Guillaume Hoarau
11	MF	Benjamin Laurant
12	FW	Ande Dona Ndoh
14	MF	Abdellah Kharbouchi
15	MF	Mahamadou Cisse
16	GK	Johnny Placide
17	FW	Nikola Nikezić
18	MF	Kévin Anin

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19	MF	Olivier Davidas
20	MF	Antoine Devaux
21	DF	Damien Tixier
22	MF	Jean-Michel Lesage
23	DF	Kevin Franqueville
24	MF	Hassane Alla
25	DF	Abasse Ba
27	MF	Fabrice Fernandes
28	DF	Adama Soumaré
30	GK	Olivier Blondel
33	MF	Selim Bouadla
34	DF	Benjamin Police
35	MF	Mohamed Youssouf
36	DF	Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik
	GK	Mike Vanhamel

Players out on loan

No. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Damien Tixier (born June 23, 1980 in Nîmes) is a French football defender of Portuguese descent currently playing for For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Jean-Michel Lesage (born May 1 1977 in Bourg-la-Reine) is a French Soccer player currently playing for Le Havre in In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Fabrice Fernandes (born October 29, 1979 in Aubervilliers) is a French footballer who played for several British clubs most particularly In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Selim Bouadla (born August 26, 1988 in Seine-Saint-Denis, France) is a French - Algerian football player who is currently In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports	Position	Player
8	MF	David Martot (to Brighton)
20	MF	Antoine Devaux (to Gueugnon)
14	MF	Abdellah Kharbouchi (to Gueugnon)
29	FW	Cheick Oumar Dabo (to Tours)

Honours

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French Champion USFSA - Champion de France de football USFSA
- Winners (3): 1899, 1900, 1919
French Division 2
- Winners (5): 1938, 1959, 1985, 1991, 2008
Coupe de France (French Cup)
- Winners (1): 1959

Other honours

Challenge international du Nord : 1900
Coupe Nationale : 1918, 1919
Vice-Champion de France D2 : 1950. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. David Martot (born February 1 1981 in Fécamp) is a French professional Footballer, currently playing for French Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club are an English football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. FC Gueugnon are a French football club from Gueugnon, Saône-et-Loire, currently (2008/9 playing in Championnat National. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. FC Gueugnon are a French football club from Gueugnon, Saône-et-Loire, currently (2008/9 playing in Championnat National. Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Cheick Oumar Dabo (born January 12, 1981 in Bamako) is a Malian football player Tours Football Club (aka Tours FC is a French football club based in Tours. Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques. The USFSA is a former French sporting federation Ligue 2 is the second division of French football. It is one of two divisions making up the LFP, the other being Ligue 1, which is France's top This is about the football competition for the rugby see Coupe de France (rugby. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Champion USFSA Normandie : 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1919.
Champion DH Normandie : 1920, 1921, 1923, 1926.
Finalist Coupe de France : 1920. This is about the football competition for the rugby see Coupe de France (rugby.
Challenge des Champions : 1959.

Trivia

In 1899, Le Havre won the USFSA (Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques) football championship, after winning both of its fixtures (a semifinal against Iris Club Lillois from the north, and the final against Club Français from Paris) by walkover [1]. They would defend the title the next year in more conventional fashion, beating Union Sportive Tourquennoise from Tourcoing 4-0 in their semifinal, and then Club Français 1-0 in the final. Tourcoing is a city and commune in the Nord department and Nord-Pas de Calais region of France.

Notable former players

Managerial history

George Kimpton 1921-1926
Mac Burgess 1934-1935
Laghlan 1935-1936
Josef "Pépi" Schneider 1936-1939
George Kimpton 1945-1946
Jean Cornelli 1946-1947
Roger Magnin 1948-1949
Jules Bigot 1950-1952
Elek Schwartz 1952-1953
René Bihel 1953-1954
Edmond Delfour 1954-1955
Roger Magnin 1955-1956
Théo Bisson 1956-1957
Lucien Jasseron 1957-1962
Eduardo Di Loreto 1962-1963
Arie Devroedt 1963-1964
Christian Villenave 1964-1966
Max Schirschin 1970-1971
Corlani 1971-1972

Fredo Garel 1972-1973
Léonce Lavagne 1973-1974
Edmond Baraffe 1974-1976
Léonce Lavagne 1976-1982
Yves Herbet 1982-1983
Didier Notheaux 1983-1988
Pierre Mankowski 1988-1993
Guy David 1993-1996
René Exbrayat 1996-1997
Denis Troch 1997-October 1998
Joël Beaujouan October 1998-1999
Francis Smerecki 1999-2000
Joël Beaujouan 2000
Thierry Uvenard, Philippe Sence and Bruno Baronchelli December 2000
Jean-François Domergue December 2000-2004
Philippe Hinschberger 2004-April 2005
Thierry Uvenard April 2005-2007
Jean-Marc Nobilo 2007-

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References

^ France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs on RSSSF. Ibrahim "Ibou" Ba (born November 12, 1973 in Dakar, Senegal) is a retired French professional football player Jean-Alain Boumsong (born December 14, 1979, in Douala, Cameroon) is a professional football defender who currently plays for Pascal Chimbonda (born 21 February, 1979 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe) is a French defender who plays for Sunderland Alou Diarra (born July 15, 1981 in Villepinte) is a French footballer of Malian descent Vikash Dhorasoo ( Telugu:వికాష్ దొరసూ (born October 10, 1973 in Harfleur) is a former French professional Lassana Diarra (born March 10, 1985 in Paris, France) is a French footballer of Malian descent who plays for Didier Digard (born 12 July 1986 in Gisors) is a French football Midfielder for Middlesbrough in the English Xavier Gravelaine (born October 5, 1968 in Tours) is a French football manager and former football player who played for many clubs Guillaume Beuzelin (born 14 April 1979 in Le Havre, Haute-Normandie) is a French professional footballer currently playing Michel Hidalgo (born 22 March 1933 in Leffrinckoucke in Nord, France) was a French football player and manager of France. Anthony Le Tallec (born October 3 1984 in Hennebont, Brittany) is a French footballer who plays as a forward Charles N'Zogbia (born May 28, 1986 in Harfleur) is a French footballer of Congolese parentage currently playing for the Christophe Revault (born March 22, 1972 in Paris, France) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper Florent Sinama-Pongolle (born October 20 1984 in Saint-Pierre Réunion) is a French football player who plays as a Striker Jean-Christophe Thouvenel (born October 1, 1958 in Colmar) is a French former professional Football (soccer player Ricky Hill is a former English footballer coach and manager He was born in Paddington on 5 March 1959. Christopher Mark Kiwomya (born 2 December 1969 in Huddersfield) is a former professional footballer of Ugandan background Graham Rix (b October 23, 1957) is an English former football player and coach. Marinos Ouzounidis (Μαρίνος Ουζουνίδης (born October 10, 1968) is a Greek football manager and former Soccer Milinko Pantić (born September 5, 1966 in Loznica, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Serbian footballer John Frederick Byrne (born 1 February 1961 in Manchester, England) is an English -born Irish former international footballer Frank Anthony Stapleton (born July 10, 1956 in Dublin) is a Irish former football player and manager. Jules Bigot ( October 22 1915 &ndash October 24 2007) was a French football player Alexander "Elek" Schwartz ( 23 October 1908 &ndash 2 October 2000) was coach of the Dutch national football team. René Bihel (born 2 September, 1916 in Montivilliers) is a French former professional Football (soccer player Edmond Delfour ( November 1, 1907 – 19 December, 1990) was a french Football (soccer player in midfielder role and manager Lucien Jasseron (born 29 December, 1913 in Oran, died 15 November, 1999) was a French footballer. Edmond Baraffe (born 19 October, 1942) is a French former football striker and manager Yves Herbet (born August 17, 1945) is a former French footballer now Manager born in Villiers-Cotterêts, who played as Didier Notheaux (born 4 February, 1948 in Deville-lès-Rouen, France) is a football coach currently managing Burkina Faso Pierre Mankowski (born 5 November, 1951) is a French former football striker who became a coach Francis Smerecki (born July 29 1949) is a French football player and manager Bruno Baronchelli (born January 13, 1957 in Tours) is a French retired professional football striker. Jean-François Domergue (born June 23, 1957) is a French former football defender, now manager of Montpellier HSC. Philippe Hinschberger (born 19 November 1959 in Algrange) is a retired French football player who played with FC Metz Retrieved on 2007-07-23. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France.

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