Le Mans FC

Le Mans
Full name	Le Mans Football Club
Nickname(s)	MUC 72
Founded	1903/1985
Ground	MMArena, ; Le Mans
Capacity	25,000
Chairman	Henri Legarda
Manager	Régis Beunardeau
League	Ligue 2
2011–12	17th
Website	http://www.lemansfc.fr/
Home colours	Away colours

Le Mans Football Club (French pronunciation: [ləmɑ̃]; commonly referred to as Le MUC or simply Le Mans) is a French association football club based in Le Mans. The club was founded in 1985 as a result of a merger under the name Le Mans Union Club 72. In 2010, Le Mans changed its name to Le Mans FC to coincide with the re-modeling of the club, which includes moving into a new stadium, MMArena, which opened in January 2011.^[1] The club currently plays in Ligue 2, the second level of French football having suffered relegation from Ligue 1 following the 2009–10 season. The team's managerial position is held by Denis Zanko and the first-team is captained by midfielder Frédéric Thomas.

History

Le Mans Sports Club were founded in 1900, but it wasn't until 1908 that a football club existed within it. In 1910, Le Mans qualified for the Championnat de la France in 1910, but were heavily overturned by Saint-Servan. Gaining a huge reputation up to World War I, le Mans plunged into obscurity by World War II before joining the a war league in 1942.

The football section of Union Sportive du Mans was founded in 1903. The club that exists today came as a result of a merger between Union Sportive du Mans and Le Mans Sports Club that occurred on 12 June 1985. Upon its foundation, former football player Bernard Deferrez was installed as manager. Le Mans spent the majority of its infancy in Ligue 2. In the 2003–04 season, the club achieved promotion to Ligue 1 for the first time, but were immediately relegated. Le Mans returned to the first division for the 2004–05 season and successfully remained in the league for the next four seasons. The club suffered relegated back to Ligue 2 in the 2009–10 season. Midway through the campaign, on 2 December 2009, Le Mans announced that it was changing its name from Le Mans Union Club 72 to Le Mans FC.

Players

Current squad

As of 2 April, 2013^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Quentin Beunardeau
3	MF	GUI	Guy-Michel Landel
4	DF	FRA	Abdelhakim Omrani
6	DF	BEN	Khaled Adénon
7	FW	CTA	Hilaire Momi
8	MF	FRA	Frédéric Thomas (captain)
9	FW	FRA	Anthony Derouard
10	FW	GUI	Idrissa Sylla
11	MF	FRA	Massiré Kanté
13	MF	BFA	Fadil Sido
14	MF	CMR	Patrick Ekeng Ekeng
15	DF	FRA	Joffrey Cuffaut
16	GK	FRA	Jérémie Janot


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	HAI	Kervens Belfort
18	MF	FRA	Olivier Thomert
19	DF	CTA	Fernander Kassaï
20	FW	FRA	Fousseyni Cissé
21	DF	FRA	Mory Koné
22	FW	HAI	Jean-Eudes Maurice
23	MF	CIV	Zito
24	DF	FRA	Jason Buaillon
25	MF	FRA	Morgan Sanson
26	FW	FRA	Joseph Mendes
28	DF	FRA	Amara Baby
29	MF	CHN	Zhang Jiaqi
30	GK	GEO	Giorgi Makaridze

Reserve squad

Le Mans' B team plays in the Championnat de France amateur Group D.

As of 31 July, 2012^[3]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	FRA	Alexis Trouve
33	GK	FRA	Vincent Viot
—	DF	FRA	Elipold Boudzoumou
—	DF	FRA	Charly Burneau
—	DF	FRA	Ryan Diafat
—	DF	FRA	Bailo Diallo
—	DF	FRA	Billal Djeddou
—	DF	BFA	Moussa Doumbia
—	DF	FRA	Moussa Konate
—	DF	FRA	Valentin Tacheau
—	DF	FRA	Olivier Vasseur
—	MF	FRA	Loïc Baal


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Redouan Boulgroune
—	MF	FRA	Clément Buisson
—	MF	GUI	Guy Michel Landel
—	MF	FRA	Karl Madianga
—	MF	FRA	Jonathan Mexique
—	MF	NIG	Amadou Tidjani Moutari
—	MF	FRA	Anthony Tshimpi
—	FW	BRA	Fernando Henrique
—	FW	HAI	Jean-Francois James
—	FW	FRA	Santy Ngom
—	FW	FRA	Samuel Vanitou

Notable players

Below are the notable former players who have represented Le Mans and its predecessors in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1985. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 100 official matches for the club.

For a complete list of Le Mans players, see Category:Le Mans FC players

Managers

Mony Braustein (1945–46)
? (1946–47)
Émile Rummelhardt (1947–51)
Gaston Choulet (1951–52)
Gabriel Corsaletti (1952–53)
Camille Libar (1953–57)
André Grillon (1957–64)
René Dereuddre (1964–76)
Alain Laurier (1976–79)
Michel Rodriguez (1979–81)
André Guttierez (1981–85)
Bernard Deferrez (1985–86)
Christian Gourcuff (June 86 – January 89)
Christian Létard (January 1989 – January 94)

Thierry Froger (January 1994 – May 97)
Slavo Muslin (June 1997 – November 97)
Marc Westerloppe (November 1997 – November 2000)
Alain Pascalou (November 2000 – December 2000)
Thierry Goudet (December 2000 – February 2004)
Daniel Jeandupeux (February 2004 – December 2004)
Frédéric Hantz (December 2004–07)
Rudi Garcia (2007–08)
Yves Bertucci (2008–09)
Daniel Jeandupeux (2009)
Arnaud Cormier (2009)
Paulo Duarte (2009)
Arnaud Cormier (2009–2011)
Denis Zanko (2011-)

Honours

Division d'Honneur Quest
- Winners (2): 1961, 1965
Coupe Gambardella
- Winners (1): 2004

References

External links

Official Website (in French)

[1] Le MUC 72 devient LEMANS FC

[2] Groupe Pro

[3] Groupe CFA

[1]

[2]

[3]

v t e 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 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
List of French second division champions