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AS Nancy-Lorraine is a French football club, based in Nancy, The team was founded in 1967 as a successor of the defunct FC Nancy, which collapsed in 1965. They were promoted to Ligue 1 for the 2005-06 season. Michel Platini played for the club between 1973 and 1979. They play their home games at Stade Marcel Picot. In the 2005-06 season, AS Nancy Lorraine won the Coupe de la Ligue, thus qualifying for the UEFA Cup.
[edit] History[edit] Platini EraAuthor of the winning goal against OGC Nice in the Coupe de France final at the Parc des Princes in 1978, Michel Platini, was the son of Italian immigrants, Anna and Aldo Platini. He joined AS Nancy-Lorraine after being rejected by FC Metz. It was Nancy that appeared for the first time as the famous club where players taking free kicks shot directly on goal with the prodigy Platini becoming an expert at these and a midfield enforcer. Under the guidance of Platini the team became one of the fastet in France. The following year, in 1978-79, was the first participation in European competition for AS Nancy-Lorraine as they were eliminated from the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in the quarterfinals by Servette Geneva after beating Danish Superliga powerhouse Frem Copenhagen. Michel Platini was injured for much of that season, but he was able to take part in the latter stages of AS Nancy's first European campaign. The early 1980s saw AS Nancy Lorraine moved to become part of the top half of the championship table in Ligue 1. These successes at AS Nancy helped the player to distinguish himself as one of the world's best talents. He proved this even more with his spectacular performances at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, when France was eliminated in the semi-final by West Germany. After this Platini left Nancy for the greener pastures of Saint-Etienne and then later that of Serie A and Torino giants Juventus. [edit] 1986-PresentAfter the descent to Ligue 2 at the end of the season 1986-1987, AS Nancy-Lorraine went into a prolonged and difficult period. The only ray of sunshine on the Stade Marcel Picot was the dedication held for Michel Platini held on May 23, 1988 to the end of the career of the most famous footballer in AS Nancy history. That evening, on the Stade Picot, 3 great players in the history of world football Pele, Diego Maradona and Michel Platini met for the first time. AS Nancy-Lorraine was unable to maintain sustained success in Ligue 1 until the early 2000s. The team has stayed in Ligue 1 since the 2004-2005 season where the team won the Ligue 2 championship for the fourth time. The following year, thanks to the work of Uruguayan coach Pablo Correa and a solid group of young players developed from the AS Nancy youth system, the club was able to life the Coupe de la Ligue title for the first time in its history, beating OGC Nice 2 goals to 1 inside the Stade de France. Over 60,000 were present as Nancy played at the Stade de France. AS Nancy fans came in droves as 11 special trains joined the Gare de l'Est while more than 300 buses and thousands of cars from Nancy converged on Saint-Denis. The win in the cup lead to AS Nancy entering the UEFA Cup, with the club eventually making it to the Round of 32 before losing to Shakhtar Donetsk. The first half of the 2007-08 Ligue 1 season for AS Nancy was their best ever start to a season in the top division with 35 points after 19 games and sitting in 2nd spot. On November 4 2007 in a match against Girondins de Bordeaux, the celebrated its 40th anniversary with a special event involving many former club members including former club officials, presidents, coaches and players. After a good second half to the season, AS Nancy sat in 3rd place during 2007-08 Ligue 1 season 60 points on matchday 37. This would help the club to obtain a place in Europe, and were in position to obtain a spot in the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League. They gained this spot by being one point higher than Olympique Marseille on 59 points. However the club failed to qualify for Champions League during the final day after a defeat at home to Rennes 2-3 while at the same time Marseille faced RC Strasbourg at the Stade Velodrome and won 4-3. The team still managed to retain the best defense, tied with OGC Nice, of Ligue 1 and equal to the previous record achieved in 1976-1977 where AS Nancy had finished 4th. [edit] UEFA CupThe draw for the UEFA cup saw AS Nancy-Lorraine handed a tough trip to Germany to face Schalke 04 in the first round. Having lost the first leg 1-0, Nancy pulled off a shock 3-1 victory in the second leg to progress. In the group stage, Nancy drew Wisła Kraków, Blackburn Rovers, Basel, and Feyenoord. In Nancy's first match, they beat Wisła 2-1 at home. Next up were Basel away in Switzerland, where Nancy managed a 2-2 draw. On 30 November 2006 Feyenoord faced AS Nancy Lorraine in France, which is at driving distance from Rotterdam. Only 1200 tickets were awarded to Feyenoord fans.[1] Much more than that amount travelled to Nancy and tried to get tickets at the Stade Marcel Picot.[1] Later, during the match inside the stadium SCF and FIIIR members broke a wall of glass between two stands and provoked French fans.[1] The match was suspended for 30 minutes in the 80th minute after the police used tear gas to drive the SCF/FIIIR members back into their own stand.[1] The match was eventually finished, 30 minutes after it was suspended.[1] It was said many of the SCF/FIIIR members were having Dutch stadium bans and should not have been allowed to buy tickets in Nancy.[2] Members of SCF and FIIIR identify themselves with their tattoos[3] Due to this violence, Feyenoord was knocked out of the UEFA Cup for the remaining of the season.Nancy won with a comfortable 3-0 win that would set up a match that would decide who topped the group in England against Blackburn. Although Nancy dominated most of the match, a late Lucas Neill goal meant that they would have to settle for second place. In the Round of 32, the club drew Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk. After a 1-1 draw in Ukraine, their prospect looked good, but they were defeated 1-0 at home in the second leg, losing the lie 2-1 on aggregate. Nancy once again competed in the UEFA Cup during the 2008-09 season after they managed a finish of 4th during the Ligue 1 campaign of 2007-08. They were drawn to play Motherwell from the Scottish Premier League for the first round. The home tie was played on the 18th of September, with Nancy winning 1:0. The away game was played on the 2nd of October at Fir Park in Motherwell, with Nancy winning 2:0. A 3:0 win on aggregate. Nancy went out at the group stage of the competition finishing with 4 points. They were in a group with CSKA Moscow, Deportivo la Coruna, Lech Poznań and Feyenoord with the first three making the Round of 32. [edit] Current squad
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[edit] Notable former playersFor a complete list of AS Nancy Lorraine players, see AS Nancy Lorraine players [edit] Managers
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