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Lorient
Full name	Football Club Lorient-Bretagne Sud
Nickname(s)	Les Merlus
Founded	1926
Ground	Stade du Moustoir; (Capacity: 16 669)
Chairman	Loïc Fery
Manager	Christian Gourcuff
League	Ligue 1
2008-09	L1, 10th
Home colours	Away colours

FC Lorient Bretagne Sud is a French football club based in Lorient, Brittany. In 2005-06, it played in Ligue 2. It returned to the top flight for the 2006-07 season. ^[1]

[edit] History

Lorient were formed as an amateur club on 2 April 1926 and known as Football Club Lorientais. ^[2] They first played in the regional third division, but progressed to join the Division d'Honneur in 1929.

The club turned professional in 1995, although the club has had two earlier periods as a professional club, between 1967-1977 and 1988-1991.

The club won the French Cup in 2002 and were finalists in the Coupe de la Ligue the same year. In the 2005-06 season, the club finished third in Ligue 2, earning promotion to Ligue 1.

[edit] Honours

Winners of the Coupe de France : 2002
Finalist of the Coupe de la Ligue : 2002
Finalist of the Trophée des Champions : 2002
Participation in the UEFA Cup : 2002-2003
Champion of the National League (3rd level) : 1995
Runners-up Division 2 : 1998, 2001
Runners-up Division 4 : 1984
Champions Division 3 (West) : 1985, 1987, 1989, 1992
Champions Division d'Honneur (West) : 1932, 1936, 1957, 1983
Winners Coupe de l'Ouest : 1960, 1970 (reserve team), 1982

[edit] Current squad

As of 9 September 2009 '^[3]

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Lionel Cappone
2	DF	Franco Sosa
4	DF	Laurent Koscielny
5	DF	Benjamin Genton
6	MF	Gabriel Peñalba
7	MF	Arnold Mvuemba
8	MF	Yann Jouffre
9	FW	Kevin Gameiro
10	MF	Olivier Monterrubio
11	MF	Sigamary Diarra
12	FW	James Fanchone
14	DF	Arnaud Le Lan
15	DF	Jérémy Morel
16	GK	Fabien Audard

No.	Position	Player
17	DF	Maxime Baca
18	MF	Morgan Amalfitano
19	FW	Marama Vahirua
20	MF	Rafik Bouderbal
21	DF	Namaie Mendy
22	MF	Maxime Barthelme
23	DF	Yazid Mansouri
24	MF	Antoine Buron
25	MF	Jonas Sakuwaha
27	FW	Yaya Diané
28	MF	Pierre Ducasse (on loan from Bordeaux)
29	DF	Sylvain Marchal (captain)
30	GK	Alban Joinel
33	MF	Cheik Doukouré