Clermont Foot

Full name	Clermont Foot Auvergne
Founded	1911/1990
Ground	Stade Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand (Capacity: 10,363)
Chairman	Claude Michy
Manager	/ Michel Der Zakarian
League	Ligue 2
2008-09	L2, 12th
Home colours Away colours

Clermont Foot is based in the city of Clermont-Ferrand (in the région of Auvergne). It is a football club, which plays in the French Ligue 2, at the two-sided Stade Gabriel Montpied. The stadium has a capacity of 10,363. The club is presided by Claude Michy and trained by Michel Der Zakarian.

[edit] Honours

• National: 2002, 2007

[edit] Club history

The club started in 1911 under the name Stade Clermontois. Despite little league success in the early days, they reached the semi-finals of the Coupe de France during the 1945-46 season. Their professional status was repealed after the 46-47 season due to financial difficulties. The club became professional again in 1966. 1984 saw an expansion, with Stade-Clermontois and AS Montferrand merging to form Clermont-Ferrand Football Club (CFC). The club was placed in the third division.

The club was later renamed Clermont Foot Auvergne, having to start again in the Division Honneur. After 13 years, Clermont Foot got promoted multiple times, from the Division Honneur up to Ligue 2 in 1993. During these 13 years of success, the club had numerous successes in the Coupe de France. One notable cup run was in 1997, when the Auvergne club eliminated three professional sides, Martigues, Lorient and then Paris Saint-Germain, before succumbing to Nice.

More recently, the club won the Championnat National in 2007, being promoted to Ligue 2 again, from which they had been relegated in 2006.

[edit] Current squad

As of November 2009^[1]

No. Position Player 1 GK Mickaël Fabre 3 DF Bruce Abdoulaye 4 DF Mehdi Benatia 5 DF Ahmed Madouni 6 MF Eugène Ekobo 8 MF Steven Pinto-Borges 9 FW Mustapha Yatabaré 10 MF Martin Douillard 11 FW Samuel Darchy 12 FW Nicolas Haquin 13 DF Cédric Bockhorni 15 DF Sébastien Mazeyrat

No. Position Player 16 GK Pierre Bouysse 17 DF Jérôme Cellier 18 MF Franck Chaussidière 20 DF Jacques Salze 21 MF Michaël Murcy 22 FW Romain Armand (on loan from Montpellier) 25 MF Rachid Hamdani 27 MF Carlo Vecchione (on loan from Juventus) 28 MF Yacine Brahimi (on loan from Rennes) 30 GK Romain Lambay DF Damien Robin FW Chafik Najih

[edit] Former players

• Clément Pinault † (2008~2009)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• http://www.clermontfoot.com/

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