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Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard ( french pronunciation : ​ [ soʃo mɔ̃beljaʁ ] ; normally referred to as FCSM or merely Sochaux ) is a french association football club based in the city of Montbéliard. The cabaret was founded in 1928 and presently plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of french football, after having finished 18th and being relegated from Ligue 1 in the 2013–14 season. Sochaux plays its home matches at the Stade Auguste Bonal, located within the city. Sochaux was founded by Jean-Pierre Peugeot, a outstanding member of the Peugeot family, and is one of the founding members of the first division of french football. The club has won both Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France twice and have besides won the Coupe de la Ligue. Sochaux ‘s last respect came in 2007 when the club, under the guidance of Alain Perrin, defeated favourites Marseille 5–4 on penalties in the 2007 Coupe de France Final. Sochaux ‘s colours are amber and dark blue blue.

Sochaux is known for its youth academy, which has regularly finished in the top ten rankings of young person academies in France ( fourth in 2010 ). [ 1 ] The most successful team in the academy is the under-19 team, which has won the Coupe Gambardella doubly, in 1973 and 2007. In 2010, Sochaux finished runner-up to Metz in the 2010 edition of the rival. The academy has produced respective luminary talents, such as Yannick Stopyra, El-Hadji Diouf, Jérémy Ménez, Bernard Genghini and Benoît Pedretti, among others. The golf club were a regular in the clear flight, until relegation in 2014. Sochaux has since competed in Ligue 2

history [edit ]

Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard was founded in 1928 under the name Football Club Sochaux by Jean-Pierre Peugeot, a director of Peugeot, a french car manufacture caller. [ citation needed ] Peugeot sought to create a football club for the leisure meter of the company ‘s workers. He installed Louis Maillard-Salin as the club ‘s first president, and made Maurice Bailly the club ‘s first coach. [ citation needed ] Bailly was besides a extremity of the team. Sochaux played its inaugural match on 2 September 1928 against the reserve team of local club AS Montbéliard. The club was inserted into the lowest level of league football in the Franche-Comté region and played its first league match three weeks late winning 12–1. [ citation needed ]
Peugeot was among the first gear to advocate for the professionalization of french football and, in 1929, went arsenic far as to admit to paying his players, which was strictly forbidden during this time. [ citation needed ] The subsequent recruitment of several french internationals and players from overseas led to Sochaux gaining a stranglehold on the region well disposing of local anesthetic rivals AS Montbéliard and AS Valentigney. In June 1930, Montbéliard decided to merge with Sochaux to form the club that exists today. The following calendar month, the National Council of the french Football Federation voted 128–20 in support of professionalism in french football. With Peugeot being a solid advocate for professionalism, Sochaux were among the first clubs to adopt the new codified and, subsequently, became master. [ citation needed ] In the league ‘s inaugural address season, Sochaux finished 3rd in its group. [ citation needed ] The club ‘s concluding stead was later moved to 2nd after Antibes, the champions of the group, was disqualified from the league for suspect bribery. [ citation needed ] In the 1934–35 temper, Sochaux captured its first league title finishing one compass point ahead of Strasbourg. [ citation needed ] Led by Uruguayan coach Conrad Ross, deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as captain Étienne Mattler, known as Le Lion de Belfort, and strikers Roger Courtois and Bernard Williams, Sochaux dominated the league losing entirely four times. [ citation needed ] Two seasons late, the lapp team, with the addition of goalkeeper Laurent Di Lorto and the Swiss duet of André Abegglen and Maxime Lehmann, Sochaux won its first Coupe de France title. The golf club faced league rivals Strasbourg in the final and defeated the Alsatians 2–1 courtesy of goals from Williams and the Argentine Miguel Angel Lauri. Ross finished his career at Sochaux by winning another league claim in 1938. [ citation needed ] After the 1938–39 season, Ross and several players departed the golf club to play and manage overseas due to the onset of World War II. The non-deserters were, subsequently, called into action to fight with the french Army, which ultimately caused the club to limit its aspiring ambitions. [ citation needed ] During war-time, in an attempt to survive financially, Sochaux formed an interim fusion with local rivals AS Valentigney. The club, known as FC Sochaux-Valentigney, participated in the war-time championships from 1942–1944. Following the decision of the war, Sochaux dissolved the amalgamation, turn professional again, and returned to its original name. The club, however, failed to get back to its shape prior to the war and, subsequently, made the decisiveness to forgo entering offer wars for players, which was becoming the norm and, alternatively, focus on keeping the team ‘s budget flush. As a leave, in the first gear season after the war, Sochaux suffered delegating after finishing in last topographic point with lone 15 points. Sochaux spent merely one season in the moment division and returned to Division 1 for the 1947–48 season. The club spent the following 13 seasons playing in Division 1 with its best coating coming during the 1952–53 season when the golf club finished runner-up to champions Stade Reims. In the same temper, Sochaux won its first gear honor since 1938 after winning the Coupe Charles Drago. In 1959, the golf club returned to the Coupe de France final, however, the consequence was not in Sochaux ‘s party favor, with the club losing 3-0 to Le Havre in a replay after a 2–2 guide. [ citation needed ] In the early 1960s, despite playing in Division 2, Sochaux won the Coupe Drago in back-to-back seasons. [ citation needed ] The club made its return to Division 1 in 1964, and remained in the league for over 20 years, regularly finishing in the peak ten before falling down to Division 2 in the 1987–88 season. During Sochaux ‘s 24-year run in the inaugural division, the cabaret played in european competitions four times. [ citation needed ] In the 1980–81 season, Sochaux surprised many by reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup. In the round, the club was defeated by Dutch club AZ 4–3 on aggregate. The baseball club ‘s successful maneuver during this scrimp was predominantly due to the universe of the club ‘s academy in 1974, which paid immediate dividends. Player such as Bernard Genghini, Yannick Stopyra, Joël Bats and Philippe Anziani were among the inaugural graduates who were implemental in Sochaux ‘s domestic achiever. [ citation needed ]
Sochaux supporters celebrating winning the Coupe de France in 2007. After hovering between the first gear division and the moment division in the 1990s, Sochaux returned to the first division, immediately called Ligue 1, at the start of the new millennium. [ citation needed ] The clubhouse surprised many by finishing in the top ten in its first three seasons back. besides included in that three-year run was an appearance in the Coupe de la Ligue final and, in the ensuing year, a league cup entitle. [ citation needed ] In the 2003 final, Sochaux, led by director Guy Lacombe and academy graduates Pierre-Alain Frau, Jérémy Mathieu, and Benoît Pedretti, were defeated 4–1 by Monaco. [ citation needed ] In the following temper, a more experience Sochaux returned to the final, where the club faced Nantes. Sochaux defeated Nantes 5–4 on penalties to win its first gear major entitle since winning the Coupe Drago 40 years previously. It did not take the club another 40 years to claim its future championship as Sochaux were surprise winners of the Coupe de France in the 2006–07 season after defeating Marseille on penalties. [ citation needed ] Marseille were heavy favourites heading into match, chiefly ascribable to its 4–2 convulse of Sochaux equitable 12 days ahead. however, Sochaux, led by Alain Perrin, stunned the nation and claimed its foremost Coupe de France claim since 1937. [ citation needed ] In July 2015, Peugeot sold the team to Hong Kong company Ledus. In 2018 it was announced that spanish club Alaves ( whose owners had a venture in Ledus ) was starting a partnership with Sochaux ; [ 2 ] however the agreement lasted only a few months, ending abruptly in December of the like year. [ 3 ] With Omar Daf as coach, FCSM win the last game of season against grenoble Foot 38 and save his Ligue 2 space. Club finish 16th in Ligue 2 but is demoted to National by the DNCG ( National Directorate of Management Control ), for not having presented poise accounts. taiwanese very estate group Nenking, who unofficially take the reins of the club, following the economic problems encountered by Tech Pro, inject money into the coffers to save him from relegation. Nenking besides appoint Samuel Laurent to the position of general director. [ 4 ] On April 2020, the Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard SASP ( Société Anonyme Sportive Professionnelle ) formally became the property of the Nenking Group. “ This sale to the group whose founding president is Mr. Zhong Naixiong comes in accord with the agreements previously made with Ledus ” [ 5 ] and Frankie Yau become President .

stadium [edit ]

capture to the Stade Bonal Sochaux plays its base matches at the Stade Auguste Bonal in Montbéliard. The stadium was constructed in 1931 and opened on 11 November of that same year. The facility was previously known as Stade de la Forge. [ citation needed ] In July 1945, the club changed the stadium ‘s name to its current version. [ citation needed ] It is named after Auguste Bonal, the former sports conductor of the club, who after refusing to co-operate with the Germans during World War II, was murdered. [ citation needed ] The Stade Auguste Bonal has undergo renovations twice : in 1973 and 1997. In 1997, the majority of the stadium was completely overhauled, and practically a modern stadium was built. [ citation needed ] The stadium hush hosted matches during the renovation period, but with a limited capacity. The renovation cost ₣114 million, and took closely three years to complete. [ citation needed ] The Nouveau Bonal was formally inaugurated on 22 July 2000 in a Trophée des champions match between FC Nantes and AS Monaco. The stadium ‘s stream capability is 20,005. [ citation needed ]

Players [edit ]

current squad [edit ]

As of 19 September 2021.[6]

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Out on loan [edit ]

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Reserve squad [edit ]

As of 26 September 2020[7]

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luminary former players [edit ]

Below are the noteworthy former players who have represented Sochaux in league and international competition since the club ‘s foundation in 1928. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 200 official matches for the club. For a complete list of Sochaux players, see Category:FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players

Honours [edit ]

domestic [edit ]

Ligue 1
Ligue 2
Coupe de France
Coupe de la Ligue
Trophée des Champions
Coupe Gambardella

  • Champions: 1983, 2007, 2015
  • Runners-up: 1975, 2010

early [edit ]

  • Coupe Charles Drago
    • Champions (3): 1953, 1963, 1964
  • Coupe Peugeot
    • Champions (1): 1931
  • Coupe Mohamed V
    • Champions (1): 1989
  • Joan Gamper Trophy
    • Runners-up (1): 1989

management and staff [edit ]

Senior club staff
  • President: Frédéric Dong Bo[8]
Coaching staff[9]

managerial history [edit ]

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]

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