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Stade de Reims-Champagne is a French association football team from Reims currently playing in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. Stade Reims was the outstanding team of France in the 1950s and early 1960 and reached the final of the European Cup twice in that era.
Stade Reims play in the Stade Auguste Delaune, which has a capacity of c. 10,000 and hosted a match of the FIFA World Cup 1938.
The players Raymond Kopa and Just Fontaine are the most notable players from their halcyon days when the team guided by coach Albert Batteux faced Real Madrid twice in finals of the European Champions' Cup. Michel Hidalgo, also a player in this side, became later a European Football Championship winning coach of the French national team.
Club president is currently Jean-Pierre Caillot, and manager is Thierry Froger.
[edit] Current squad 2006/2007
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 1 |
 |
GK |
Johan Liébus |
| 3 |
|
DF |
Marc Giraudon |
| 4 |
|
DF |
Philippe Burle |
| 5 |
|
DF |
Ludovic Jeannel |
| 6 |
|
MF |
Carl Tourenne |
| 7 |
 |
MF |
Siaka Tiéné |
| 9 |
|
FW |
Cédric Fauré |
| 11 |
|
MF |
Nicolas Bonnal |
| 13 |
|
MF |
Lucas Deaux |
| 14 |
|
FW |
Jean-Cédric Maspimby |
| 15 |
|
DF |
Olivier Fontenette |
| 16 |
|
GK |
Clement Rigaud |
| 17 |
 |
MF |
Jon Lundblad |
| 18 |
|
MF |
Julien Féret |
|
|
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 19 |
|
DF |
Alexandre Barbier |
| 20 |
|
DF |
Habib Baldé |
| 21 |
|
DF |
Miguel Comminges |
| 22 |
 |
FW |
Shiva-Star N'Zigou |
| 23 |
|
MF |
Julien Ielsch |
| 24 |
 |
DF |
Serkan Yanik |
| 25 |
|
MF |
Sylvain Didot |
| 26 |
|
FW |
Kévin Barralon |
| 27 |
 |
DF |
Basil Yehoume |
| 28 |
|
FW |
Tagro Baléguhé |
| 29 |
|
FW |
Najib Farssane |
| 30 |
|
GK |
Olivier Tingry |
| 33 |
|
MF |
Stéphane Marseille |
|
[edit] Honours
Major successes
Major Runner-Ups
- Runners up French Championship: 1947, 1954, 1963
- Finalists of the Coupe de France : 1977
- Finalists of the Coupe Latine : 1955
- Winners of the Trophée des champions: 1955, 1958, 1960
Minor Titles
- Champions of France D2 : 1966
- Champions of France D3 : 2004
- Champions of France Amateurs : 1935
- Champions of DH Nord-Est : 1935
- Champions of DH Champagne : 1994
[edit] Former greats
[edit] External references
