football club
Dijon Football Côte d’Or ( french pronunciation : [ diʒɔ̃ futbol kot dɔʁ ] ; literally “ Dijon Football Gold Coast ” ), normally referred to as Dijon FCO or plainly as Dijon, is a french football club based in Dijon. The club was founded in 1998 as a result of a amalgamation between two local clubs in the city, and competed in Ligue 2 after suffering relegation from Ligue 1 in the 2011–12 season. The cabaret earned promotion spinal column to Ligue 1 at the conclusion of the 2015–16 season, ahead again being relegated in 2020–21. The cabaret ’ second president is Olivier Delcourt. Dijon plays its home matches at the Stade Gaston Gérard.
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history [edit ]
The history of football in Dijon began in 1903 with the establish of Cercle Laïque Dijonnais ( Dijon Secular Club ). The club ‘s football section was set up in 1913. During World War II Cercle Laïque Dijonnais was renamed Cercle Sportif Dijon ( Dijon Sports Club ) and merged with FC Dijon. The new club, called Cercle Sportif Laïque Dijonnais ( Dijon Secular Sports Club ), joined Burgundy ‘s regional Division Honneur at its universe in 1945. In spring 1960, the golf club won the Burgundy backing for the first base time. After a spell in the lead floor amateur league from 1962, the club was coached by Pierre Danzelle and was able to field a stronger team, as shown by its winning the CFA Centre class in 1965. Refusing repeated proposals by the footballing authorities for the golf club to turn professional, Dijon ‘s directors brought about the separation of the team. The golf club was relegated to the Division d’Honneur in 1967. The club won promotion to Division 3 in 1974 with the avail of Philippe Piat. In the late 1970s, meanwhile, respective small clubs merged to form Dijon FC. This new clubhouse became the rivals of Cercle Sportif Laïque Dijonnais in the Burgundian capital. During the 1980s Cercle was owned by Jean Claude Dubouil. For the first clock time in its history, the club played in Division 2 between 1987 and 1991. Despite some estimable results, however, the baseball club declined both financially and in terms of performance. interim, the city ‘s irregular club, Dijon FC, coached by Daniel Joseph, was promoted to the CFA, the same part as Cercle .
Formation ( 1998–2005 ) [edit ]
In 1998, the two leading clubs of the city, the Cercle Sportif Laïque Dijonnais and Dijon FC decided to merge to give Dijon a stronger clubhouse, which was named Dijon Football Côte-d’Or ( DFCO ). During its first season in CFA, DFCO ‘s coach was Noël Tosi. The club missed out on promotion in the last meet of the season. Noël Tosi was dismissed, and replaced by his deputy, Daniel Joseph. The follow season, promotion was won in a match against Calais RUFC, again on the last day of the temper. The same year DFCO beat Alès to win the french Amateur title, the club ‘s first trophy. The following two seasons in National were unmanageable for the club. During the 2000–01 season, the club narrowly scat relegation. Following the deviation of Daniel Joseph, his deputy Mario Relmy took over and again the team managed to avoid relegation. In 2002, Rudi Garcia arrived at Dijon, which turned professional in 2004. In his first temper as coach, Garcia took Dijon briefly to the top of the National league before they last finished 4th, three points away from promotion. In 2004 Dijon achieved a memorable run in the Coupe de France, beating Saint-Étienne ( L2 ), Lens ( L1 ), Reims ( L2 ) and Amiens ( L2 ) before losing to Châteauroux ( L2 ) in the semi-final. In the same year DFCO was promoted to Ligue 2 .
Ligue 2 ( 2005–2011 ) [edit ]
promotion to Ligue 2 allowed the club to be separated into two entities : master and amateur. Despite limited resources and hapless infrastructure, DFCO achieved an impressive fourth identify in its foremost season in Ligue 2. The clubhouse besides achieved the exploit of beating Bordeaux in the 16th round of the Coupe de la Ligue. At the end of the 2005–06 season, the club finished fifth. The club ‘s aim was forwarding to Ligue 1. During the 2006–07 season, Dijon narrowly missed respective opportunities to reach the dais, but finally finished 8th. June 2007 marked the end of an era as Rudi Garcia left to manage Le Mans. The modern coach, Serge Romano, led the clubhouse to a top-three position during the season for the first clock time in the clubhouse ‘s history, but after the club fell devour the table Serge Romano was sacked in December 2007. He was replaced by Faruk Hadžibegić in January 2008 after Frederic Bompard briefly took charge as caretaker. The modern coach then saved the club from relegation thanks to a draw on the last day of the temper off to AC Ajaccio. The same class, the club reached the quarter finals of the Coupe de France for the first time, but lost to Amiens on 15 April 2008. The 2008–09 season was marked by the arrival of the french international Eric Carrière, angstrom well as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on loan from A.C. Milan. Despite their contribution, DFCO remained stuck in the lower one-half of the postpone, although they put themselves beyond relegation in April. In the Coupe de France Dijon lost against the Ligue 1 team Grenoble on penalties after a 1–1 draw. Following a dispute during the summer break in 2009 between President Bernard Gnecchi and the bus at the time, Faruk Hadžibegić, Gnecchi chose to appoint Patrice Carteron as the modern coach. After a first season ended in mid-table, DFCO was promoted to Ligue 1 at the end of the 2010–11 season for the first time in its history, thanks to finishing third gear in Ligue 2 .
Ligue 1 ( 2011–2012 ) [edit ]
Dijon played in Ligue 1 for the first fourth dimension in its history during the 2011–12 season. On 7 August 2011, the Burgundy golf club played its first top-flight match against Rennes at dwelling, scoring its beginning finish and recording its first kill ( 1–5 ). The follow Saturday, DFCO lost to Toulouse 2–0. The cabaret ‘s first victory in Ligue 1 came at home on 20 August against Lorient ( 2–0 ). The club won a moment match in Annecy against Evian Thonon-Gaillard ( 0–1 ), but then lost against Lyon at base in the following match ( 1–2 ). Dijon was 16th in the table at the winter break, and recorded a series of good results subsequently, drawing with the future champions Montpellier ( 1–1 ), and beating Marseille ( 2–1 ) on 17 March 2012, but internal conflicts and inadequate performances by leading players such as Benjamin Corgnet, Abdallah Boudabous, and ex- Chelsea actor Gaël Kakuta weighed heavy at the end of the temper. After a succeed against SM Caen ( 2–0 ) on 25 March 2012, Dijon failed to win another match, losing six and drawing three. On 20 May 2012, on the last day of the season, Dijon lost heavily to Rennes ( 5–0 ) and were formally relegated to Ligue 2, accompanied by their local rivals, Auxerre. Conceding 63 goals in 38 games, Dijon had the worst defense in Ligue 1 during their first season in the top flight. Following the relegation, clubhouse president of the united states Bernard Gnecchi resigned and coach Patrice Carteron left the club .
return to Ligue 2 ( 2012–2016 ) [edit ]
The modern president of the united states was Olivier Delcourt, while Olivier Dall’Oglio took over as bus. During the first season back in Ligue 2, the club finished 7th. On 22 April 2016, Dijon won promotion rear to Ligue 1 finishing second gear on the table. [ 1 ]
Ligue 1 ( 2016–2021 ) [edit ]
In Dijon ‘s first season back in Ligue 1, they managed to survive relegation and finish 16th. [ 2 ] In the 2017–18 Ligue 1 season, Dijon finished 11th, improving their clubhouse record of 16th, which they set concluding temper. The 2017–18 campaign, which was alone the club ‘s third-ever top-flight season, saw them end on 48 points, 11 more than they managed last year. [ 3 ]
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In the 2018–19 Ligue 1 temper, Dijon finished in 18th place on the postpone and were required to play a two legged play off against Ligue 2 side RC Lens. After a 1–1 draw in the first leg, Dijon would win the second peg and the tie 3–1 after two goalkeeping blunders by Lens keeper Jérémy Vachoux cost his side a chance of promotion to Ligue 1 and ensured Dijon ‘s survival. [ 4 ] With four games left to play, Dijon were relegated back to Ligue 2 in the 2020–21 Ligue 1 temper, following a 5–1 defeat to Stade Rennais on 25 April 2021. [ 5 ]
Records [edit ]
- Matches played: Stéphane Mangione (283 matches)
- Number of goals: Julio Tavares (80 goals) (still in the team)
- Matches against: Rudi Garcia (204 matches)
- Biggest purchase: Brice Jovial (€2M for Le Havre Athletic Club )
- Biggest Sale: Loïs Diony (€10M to AS Saint Etienne, including bonuses)
- The oldest player in a match: Stéphane Grégoire (39 years, 3 months and 23 days at Dijon and Strasbourg (3–1, Ligue 2) 25 May 2007)
- Youngest player in a match: Patrick M’Pondo (17 years, 2 months and 17 days at Brest-Dijon (0–1 National) 27 October 2001)
- Most goals in one game: 12 (US Mahault Baie-Dijon FCO :1–12 Coupe de France 1998–1999)
- Most goals conceded in a match: 8 ( Paris Saint German -Dijon FCO :8–0 Ligue 1 2017–2018)
- Victory with the biggest difference: 11 (US Mahault Baie-Dijon FCO :1–12 Coupe de France 1998–1999)
- Defeat with the biggest difference: -8 (Paris Saint German -Dijon FCO :8–0 Ligue 1 2017–2018)
current squad [edit ]
First team [edit ]
- As of 4 December 2021[6]
bill : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
Out on loanword [edit ]
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Coaching history [edit ]
Logo history [edit ]
The owl, associated with an architectural detail at the Church of Notre-Dame of Dijon, is a symbol of the city. The club ‘s foremost logo featured Dijon ‘s Guillaume Gate ( Place Darcy ) with an owl in the foreground. In the 2006 version the owl was shown in wax trajectory, while the Guillaume Gate gave way to a complain crimson background, in cable with the team ‘s new home kit. The owl is shown opening its wings to represent V for victory. Between the wings appears “ 1998 ”, the date of the club ‘s basis in its modern shape, and at the crown ‘DFCO ‘ and ‘Dijon Football Côte d’Or ‘. The current logo is an update translation of 2006 ‘s, with the words ‘Dijon Football Côte d’Or ‘ having disappeared, leaving only ‘DFCO ‘ and ‘1998 ‘ written in white on the loss background .