FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

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FC Sochaux

Full name

Football Club
Sochaux-Montbéliard

Nickname(s)

Les Lionceaux

Founded

1928

Ground

Stade Auguste Bonal,
Montbéliard

Capacity

20,005

Chairman

Jean-Claude Plessis

Manager

Alain Perrin

League

Ligue 1

2005-2006

Ligue 1, 15th





Home colours





Away colours

FC Sochaux is a French football team, playing in the town of Montbéliard.

The club was founded in 1928 as a works team for the Peugeot motor car factory. The following year, Sochaux's management sought to attract talented players from around Europe to become France's first professional soccer club.

Results soon followed as Sochaux captured the 1935 and 1938 league championships.

In the post-war era, the FCSM saw its stature in French soccer steadily diminish from a league heavyweight to a middle-of-the-table performer relying more on its excellent youth development program than on the substantial budgets of yore. Although rarely relegated to the second division, Sochaux would not hoist a major trophy until 2004's Coupe de la Ligue.

The current renaissance of les lionceaux ("the lion cubs") has seen the club finish in the top half of the Ligue 1 table three years running and compete in the UEFA Cup. It is recognized as one of the very best sources of young talent in France, with players like Benoit Pedretti and Pierre-Alain Frau finding their way to top clubs and the French national team.

1 2006/07 Squad
- 1.1 Famous players
2 Managerial history
3 Honours
4 See also
5 External link

[edit] 2006/07 Squad

As of August 30, 2006[1] & [2]

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Jérémy Gavanon
2	DF	Rabiu Afolabi
3	DF	Duško Tošić
4	FW	Sébastien Grax
5	MF	Jérôme Leroy
6	DF	Lionel Potillon
7	MF	Romain Pitau
8	MF	Karim Ziani
9	FW	Moumouni Dagano
10	MF	Valéry Mezague
11	MF	Philippe Brunel
12	MF	Michaël Isabey (captain)
13	DF	Jérémie Bréchet
14	MF	Johann Lonfat

No.	Position	Player
15	FW	Álvaro Santos
16	GK	Teddy Richert
17	FW	Julien Quercia
18	MF	Guirane N'Daw
19	MF	Badara Séne
20	MF	Toufik Zerara
21	FW	Anthony Le Tallec (on loan from Liverpool)
23	DF	Hakim El Bounadi
24	FW	Valter Birsa
25	DF	Fousseni Diawara
26	FW	Mevlut Erding
27	DF	Omar Daf
28	DF	Stéphane Pichot
30	GK	Jérémy Deichelbohrer

[edit] Famous players

For a complete list of former FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, see Category:FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players

France

Foreign players

Africans

Europeans

Mehmed Baždarević
Faruk Hadzibegic
Janos Szabo
Henk Vos
André Abegglen
Dobroslav Krstic
Vojislav Melic
Laslo Sélès
Zvonko Ivezic

Others

Ilan Araujo Dall'Igna

[edit] Managerial history

Maurice Bailly 1928-1929
Victor Gibson 1929-1934
Maurice Bailly 1934
Conrad Ross 1934-1936
André Abegglen 1936
Conrad Ross 1936-1939
Paul Wartel 1939-1944
Étienne Mattler 1944-1946
Paul Wartel 1946-1952
Gaby Dormois 1952-1957
Paul Wartel 1957-1960
Ludvic Dupal 1960-1962
Roger Hug 1962-1966
Georges Vuillaume 1966-1967
Dobroslav Krstic 1967-1969

Paul Barret 1969-1977
Jean Fauvergue 1977-1981
Pierre Mosca 1981-1984
Sylvester Takac 1984-1985
Jean Fauvergue 1985-1987
Paul Barret 1987
Sylvester Takac 1987-1994
Jacques Santini 1994-1995
Didier Notheaux 1995-1996
Faruk Hadžibegić 1996-1998
Philippe Anziani 1998-1999
Jean Fernandez 1999-2002
Guy Lacombe 2002-2005
Dominique Bijotat 2005-2006
Alain Perrin Since 2006-

[edit] Honours

Ligue 1
- Winners (2): 1935, 1938
- Runners-up (3): 1937, 1953, 1980
Ligue 2
- Winners (2): 1947, 2001
French Cup
- Winners (1): 1937
- Runners-up (3): 1959, 1967, 1968
French League Cup
- Winners (1): 2004
- Runners-up (1): 2003