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Stade Rennais Football Club ( french pronunciation : ​ [ stad ʁɛnɛ ] ), normally referred to as Stade Rennais FC, Stade Rennais, Rennes, or plainly SRFC, is a french professional football club based in Rennes, Brittany. They compete in Ligue 1, the clear tier of french football, and play their home matches at the Roazhon Park. The team ‘s president of the united states is Nicolas Holveck, and its owner is Artémis, the holding ship’s company of businessman François Pinault.

Rennes was founded in 1901 under the mention Stade Rennais and is one of the founding members of the first division of french football. Alongside Nantes, Rennes is one of the peak football clubs in the area and the two are among the independent clubs that contest the Derby Breton. The cabaret ‘s best finish up in the league has been third, accomplishing this feat after the temper was ended prematurely in 2019–20. Rennes has won three Coupe de France titles in 1965, 1971 and 2019. After winning the Coupe de France in 1971, Rennes changed its name to its current version. Rennes ‘ home colours are crimson shirts with black shorts and socks. They have a long-standing competition with boyfriend Breton clubhouse Nantes, with whom they contest the Derby Breton. Rennes is known for its young academy, known in English as the Henri Guérin Training Centre, which was formed in 2000. The french Football Federation ( FFF ) recognised Rennes as having the best youth academy in the nation in 2010. [ 3 ] The cornerstone of the academy is the under-19 team, which has won the Coupe Gambardella three times in 1973, 2003 and 2008. The academy has produced several noteworthy talents, such as Ousmane Dembélé, Yacine Brahimi, Eduardo Camavinga, Yoann Gourcuff, Yann M’Vila, Moussa Sow, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Sylvain Wiltord and Jimmy Briand .

history [edit ]

Stade Rennais in 1904. Stade Rennais Football Club was founded on 10 March 1901 by a group of former students living in Brittany. Football had quickly become widely circulated in nearby regions and it was soon brought to Brittany. The club ‘s first match was played two weeks later against FC Rennais, which Stade lost 6–0. In 1902, Stade Rennais joined the USFSA federation and, subsequently, became a establish member of the Ligue de Bretagne de football, a newly created regional league founded by the confederation. In the second league season, the baseball club won the competition after defeating the inaugural address league winners FC Rennais 4–0 in the concluding. On 4 May 1904, Stade Rennais merged with its rivals FC Rennais to form Stade Rennais Université Club, with the primary objective being to overcome the holocene domination of the Ligue de Bretagne by US Saint-Malo, then known as US Saint-Servan, which fielded largely british players. [ 4 ] The newfangled golf club adopted the tinge of Rennais, which consisted of a bolshevik and black combination with total darkness vertical stripes on the shirt. After three years of Saint-Malo dominating the league, Rennes finally eclipsed the clubhouse in 1908 under the leadership of Welsh director Arthur Griffith. In the play along temper, Rennes won the league again, but in 1910 Rennes was ineffective to win a third, as Saint-Malo won the league by two points. The champions subsequently went on an impressive political campaign in which it won the league for the future four seasons over. After World War I, Rennes began focusing its efforts on winning the recently created Coupe de France. Strengthened by the arrivals of internationals Bernard Lenoble, Maurice Gastiger, Ernest Molles and captain François Hugues after the war, in the rival ‘s fourthly crusade, Rennes reached the concluding. In the match, the club faced two-time defending champions Red Star Olympique, which was led by attacker Paul Nicolas, defender Lucien Gamblin and goalkeeper Pierre Chayriguès. Red Star opened the grade in the fourth minute and the meet was concluded following a recently goal from Raymond Sentubéry. [ 5 ] After the disorganization of the USFSA in 1913, Rennes joined the Ligue de l’Ouest. In 1929, Rennes departed the league after disagreeing with the increased number of games the league sought to implement in the new season. The departure led to Rennes becoming a “ free agentive role “, and the club played numerous friendly matches to compensate for the loss of league matches .
The presidency of Isidore Odorico marked the history of the club during the 1920–1930s. In July 1930, the National Council of the french Football Federation ( FFF ) voted 128–20 in support of professionalism in french football. Under the leadership of club president of the united states Isidore Odorico, Rennes was among the first clubs to adopt the new legislative act and, subsequently, became professional and became founding members of the modern league. In the league ‘s inaugural season, Rennes finished mid-table in its group. Two years later, in 1935, the clubhouse reached the final of the Coupe de France for the moment time. Rennes, however, lost to Marseille 3–0 after failing to overcome three first-half goals. The club ‘s attack was besides limited in the pit ascribable to being deprived of its top two attackers, Walter Kaiser and Walter Vollweiler, who were both injured. Rennes spent four more years in the beginning division before suffering relegation to Division 2 in the 1936–37 temper. Rennes played in Division 2 before professionalism was abolished ascribable to World War II. After the war, Rennes returned to Division 1. Led by the Austrian-born Frenchman Franz Pleyer, Rennes achieved its best coating in the league after finishing fourth in the 1948–49 campaign. Despite the domestic revival under Pleyer, the club struggled to maintain the consistency and, in the 1950s, rotated between the beginning division and the second division under the watch of the Spaniard Salvador Artigas and Henri Guérin, who acted in a player-coach character. Under the leadership of new president of the united states Louis Girard, Rennes underwent a major upheaval, which included renovations to the stadium. Girard sought to make Rennes competitive nationally and the first aim was achieved when the club earned forwarding back to Division 1 in 1958. After finishing in the bottom-half of the table for six-straight seasons, Rennes, now managed by erstwhile club player Jean Prouff, finished in one-fourth place in the 1964–65 temper. In the like temper, the club earned its first gear major honor after winning the Coupe de France. Rennes, led by players such as Daniel Rodighiéro, Georges Lamia and Jean-Claude Lavaud defeated UA Sedan-Torcy 3–1 in the replay of the final examination. The first leg of the match ended 2–2, which resulted in a replay. After the cup success, Rennes played in european rival for the first clock time in the 1965–66 season. The club, however, lost to czech cabaret Dukla Prague in the first round .
In the ensuing years, Rennes struggled in league play but performed well in the Coupe de France, reaching the semi-finals on two occasions in 1967 and 1970. In 1971, Rennes captured its second Coupe de France title after defeating Lyon 1–0 with the entirely goal coming from a penalty conversion by André Guy. On 23 May 1972, Rennes formally changed its list to its current kind. After another temper in charge, Prouff departed Rennes and the clubhouse entered free-fall. From 1972 to 1994, Rennes was supervised by 11 different managers and, during the years, systematically hovered between Division 1 and Division 2. In 1978, the cabaret was on the verge of bankruptcy and, as a result, was decree by a court to sell its biggest earners and enter a policy of austerity. In the 1980s, the city ‘s municipality gained a majority bet on in the cabaret. In 1994, Rennes returned to Division 1 and entered a menstruation of stability chiefly due to the use of the club ‘s youth academy. rather of entering wish wars for players, Rennes groomed its youngsters and inserted them onto the elder team when coaches felt they were quick. This strategy proved successful with players such as Sylvain Wiltord, Jocelyn Gourvennec and Ulrich Le Pen. In 1998, the club was sold by the municipality to retail baron François Pinault. Pinault invested a substantial measure of fund into the club and sought to increase Rennes ‘ production of youth talent by constructing a coach centre, which was completed in 2000. Pinault besides paid for a completed re-construction of the stadium and besides invested in the remove market, recruiting several players from South America, most notably Lucas Severino, whom Rennes paid a record €21 million for. The results were immediate in the ten from 2000 to 2010, with Rennes appearing in UEFA-sanctioned european competitions in five of the ten seasons. In youth production, the baseball club produced several youth talents such as Yann M’Vila, Yacine Brahimi, Jimmy Briand and Abdoulaye Diallo, among others. In league competition, Rennes tied its best coating ever in the league by finishing fourth in 2004–05. Two seasons later, the club accomplished this feat again. In 2009, Rennes reached the Coupe de France concluding for the fourth fourth dimension in its history. In the final, Rennes faced Breton rival Guingamp and was the heavy favorite. Despite taking the lead in the second half, however, Rennes was defeated 2–1 after Guingamp scored two goals in a ten-minute cross. In 2014, Rennes made the Coupe de France final and once again their opposition was Guingamp. In a tense final, Rennes lost the match to their ferocious rivals 2–0. [ 6 ] In the 2017–2018 Ligue 1 season, Rennes had one of their best campaigns in late memory finishing 5th and qualifying for the UEFA Europa League. [ 7 ] In 2019, Rennes claimed its third Coupe de France win on 27 April. In the final, Rennes played Paris St Germain. The french Cup winners for the last four years were heavy favourites to beat Rennes having already been crowned Ligue 1 champions for the 2018–19 season on 21 April. [ 8 ] Rennes rallied back from two goals down to beat Paris St Germain 6–5 on penalties. [ 9 ] In 2019–20 temper, Rennes finished one-third in Ligue 1 and qualified for 2020–21 UEFA Champions League for the first base time in their history. [ 10 ]

stadium [edit ]

Hermine symbols outside the Roazhon Park Thesymbols outside the Roazhon Park Rennes has played on the farming where the clubhouse ‘s stadium, the Roazhon Park, situates itself since 1912. The Roazhon Park, then named Stade de Route de Lorient, which is its address, was constructed in 1912. The facility was inaugurated on 15 September 1912 in a match between Rennes and SA du Lycée de Rennes. The Stade de la Route de Lorient was officially inaugurated a calendar month late when Rennes took on Racing Club de France in presence of 3,000 spectators. The Roazhon Park is owned by the city of Rennes and has undergo renovations three times, in 1955, 1983 and 1999. In 1983, the club renovated the stadium in an attempt to resemble the Olympiastadion in Munich. After about four years of renovation, the modern stadium was unveiled on 7 March 1987. In 1999, the new renovations, which were designed by architect Bruno Gaudin, cost €37.3 million and took four years to complete. The stadium ‘s inauguration was celebrated twice : in a equal between France and Bosnia and Herzegovina in August 2004, and another football match contest by Rennes and Metz two months subsequently. The current capacity of the stadium is 29,778. [ 2 ]

train center [edit ]

The entrance to the École Technique Privée Odorico, a section of the Stade Rennais youth academy The Centre d’entraînement Henri-Guérin ( Henri-Guérin Training Center ), colloquially known as La Piverdière, was inaugurated in June 2000. Named for early club player and director Henri Guérin, La Piverdière is located on the outskirts of Rennes equitable southwest of Roazhon Park. The center hosts the senior team ‘s coach sessions, vitamin a well as the club ‘s reserve and youth teams. In 2007, La Piverdière became the dwelling of the golf club ‘s administrative and commercial enterprise headquarters. Since its origin, La Piverdière has become reputed for its consistent production of young endowment, bringing through players that have become family names at the external degree. In that time, the golf club ‘s youth organization has made up most of the club ‘s first team. current first-team players Eduardo Camavinga and Joris Gnagnon were graduates of the academy. Rennes has been awarded the respect of having the best youth academy in France. Rennes has won the Coupe Gambardella, the under-19 national youth rival, three times, in 1973, 2003 and 2008. In 2003, the team that won was anchored by Yoann Gourcuff and Marveaux. Gourcuff went on to win both the UNFP Player of the class and French Player of the class awards and established himself as a french external. Marveaux graduated from the academy after the Gambardella wallow and went on to appear in over 100 matches for Rennes. He had his best temper in the 2009–10 season, appearing in 38 matches and scoring 12 goals. In 2008, the team that won the competition was composed of Brahimi, M’Vila, Souprayen, Yohann Lasimant, Quentin Rouger, Kévin Théophile-Catherine, and Damien Le Tallec. Six of the seven players made appearances with the first-team. Le Tallec moved to german clubhouse Borussia Dortmund before he could make an appearance .

Supporters [edit ]

Roazhon Celtic Kop at the Roazhon Park. Flares of theat the Roazhon Park.

Rennes have respective athletic supporter groups associated with the club, ranging from groups of elder supporters to ultras. The oldest, most structured and frequented is Allez Rennes. The group was founded in 1962 and together with Les Socios, founded in 1992, is the largest group of traditional supporters. The section of the stadium popularly called Tribune Mordelles is occupied by the Roazhon Celtic Kop ( RCK ). Although the group was founded in 1991, its roots date second to 1987 when a group of supporters known as Ultras Roazhon was formed. The RCK was formed by three new supporters who decided to establish the Mordelles stand as the true hot descry of the stadium. [ 11 ] The group marks its presence not merely through continuous sing and the use of flares, but besides through numerous tifos and choreographic celebrations. The Breton identity is regularly displayed and the consumption of Celtic symbols is patronize. [ 12 ] A particular feat of the RCK is that the group is creditworthy for having made the largest Gwenn-ha-du in history measuring 270 square metres. It was displayed at the Mordelles stand during the 1994–95 season. [ 13 ]
The RCK giving court to the deceased early player Jean Prouff in 2008. The RCK functions as an categoric supporters ‘ group present at all matches, including those at european level, and gathers supporters chiefly of the ultra -mentality, but besides holds on to its values describe by the group as Amitié, Respect et Fête ( Friendship, Respect and Party ). The Kop keeps an open attitude towards those supporters of Rennes who partake them. [ 14 ] The group has taken a impregnable position against “ football commercial enterprise ”, the suppression of the ultra -movement [ 15 ] and racism. Although the group is not formally political, it regularly manifests anti-fascism. The RCK is a member of the RSRA ( Réseau Supporter de Résistance Antiraciste ), [ 17 ] a french network of football supporter groups against racism, and involved in Fare, a european network of football garter groups against racism and discrimination. [ 18 ] Another major patron group of the club is the section Roazhon Pariz. It is a section of the RCK that is situated in Paris. The group supports the team at important away matches, such as those against Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain. [ 19 ] The RCK makes no try to hide its chaotic and gay appearance. In 2003, a second group of ultras, the Breizh Stourmer ( “ Breton Warriors ” ) was formed through a interrupt with the RCK. The group was created around the idea of a little, solid kernel of supporters and chose to situate themselves on the diametric side of the RCK. The Breizh Stourmer has been accused by elements of the RCK for certain members holding extreme-right views. fierce clashes between radical members of the two groups have occurred. The main equal of the RCK has, however, not been the Breizh Stourmer, but for many years, the Brigade Loire, a supporters ‘ group of Rennes ‘ rival club Nantes. The Breizh Stourmer has since dissolved. In 2008, a new group of supporters, the Unvez Kelt ( UK ) ( “ Celtic Unity ” ), was founded. The group was initially refused by the baseball club as an official group, however, with the help of Les Socios, it was finally accepted. [ 20 ] Failing to establish itself and after respective problems, among them a displace that destroyed its premises in November 2010, [ 21 ] clashes with the National Police [ 22 ] and incidents resulting in several of its members becoming arrested during an away match at Auxerre in 2012, the Unvez Kelt decided to dissolve in 2012. [ 24 ]

Players [edit ]

current team [edit ]

As of 25 September 2021.[25]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Out on loanword [edit ]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

retire numbers [edit ]

No. Player Nationality Position Rennes debut Last match
29[26]   Right back 4 November 2006 7 January 2018

noteworthy players [edit ]

Below are the noteworthy early and stream players who have represented Rennes in league and international competition since the club ‘s initiation in 1901. For a complete list of former Stade Rennais F.C. players with a Wikipedia article, see here.

management and coaching [edit ]

Club officials[27]
  • President: Jacques Delanoë (interim)
  • Sports Coordinator: Sylvain Armand
Coaching
  • Head coach: Bruno Génésio
  • Assistant coaches: Jean-Marc Kuentz and Mathieu Le Scornet
  • Assistant coach (goalkeeper): Olivier Sorin
  • Youth academy director: Denis Arnaud

Coaching history [edit ]

Coaches since 1906 and later to the accession to professional status in 1932, with the exception of 1939–1941, where the Stade Rennais reverted to amateur status, and 1942–1944, where no coach was appointed by the board, and 1945 where the club didn’t compete in any competition. [ 28 ]

Honours [edit ]

domestic [edit ]

Europe [edit ]

U19 [edit ]

  • Coupe Gambardella
    • Champions (3): 1973, 2003, 2008

References [edit ]

Notes
Bibliography
  • Grant, Jarvie (1999). Sport in the Making of Celtic Cultures (Sport and Nation). Leicester University. ISBN 0-7185-0129-2.
  • Keltz, Benjamin (2012). Supporters du Stade rennais: 100 ans de passion Route de Lorient (in French). Saint-Thonan: Les Éditions du coin de la rue. ISBN 9782954252100.

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