Bordeaux

Full name	Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux
Nickname(s)	FCGB[1] les Girondins[2] Le club au scapulaire[3] Les marine et blanc[4]
Founded	1881
Ground	Stade Chaban Delmas, Bordeaux (Capacity: 34,327)
Chairman	Jean-Louis Triaud
Manager	Laurent Blanc
League	Ligue 1
2008-09	Ligue 1, 1st
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux (commonly known simply as Bordeaux) is a French football team based in the city of Bordeaux.

The club was founded in 1881 as an multi-sports club. The Girondins won the French league in 1950, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1999 and are the current champions having finished top in 2009. The club plays home games in the Stade Chaban Delmas, re-named after the former mayor of Bordeaux, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, having previously been known as the Parc Lescure. The club has a good record of European qualification.

Their biggest European moment came when they reached the UEFA Cup final in 1996. After qualifying for the Intertoto Cup, the Girondins won that competition to gain a place in the UEFA Cup. They reached the final after victories over Vardar Skopje, Rotor Volgograd, Real Betis, a heroic quarter-final win over Milan, and a semi-final win over Slavia Prague. In the UEFA Cup final, Bayern Munich prevented Bordeaux winning their first major European trophy, defeating them 5-1 on aggregate.

The club has been wholly owned by the French television group M6 since 2001.

Contents 1 Historical overview 1.1 Important dates 2 Honours 2.1 National honours 2.2 International honours 3 Players 3.1 Current squad 3.2 Out on loan 3.3 Reserve squad 3.4 Notable players 4 Coaches 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Historical overview

The club was established as an all-round sports club under the name Girondins de Bordeaux on either 1 February 1882 or 1 October 1881, according the different sources. It was not until 1910 when, under pressure from Raymond Brard, football became the over-riding sporting interest. The first official Premier football match took place in 1919. Le Girondins turned professional in 1937, after rival clubs Sporting Club de la Bastidenne and Club Deportivo Espagnol de Bordeaux had come and gone, as well as their successor club, FC Hispano-Bastidenne.

Bordeaux captured their first Coupe de France in 1941, beating SC Fives 2-0. It would be 45 years before they would reclaim the title, after six failed attempts. In 1949/50 Bordeaux became champions of Ligue 1 just a year after winning Ligue 2, with André Gérard instrumental in their quest for the title. Bordeaux's defence became known as the "impenetrable fortress" with de Harder, Kargu and Libar all key figures

Over time, Bordeaux's form declined. Thirteen weeks into the 1979-80 season, they sacked their manager and within nine months brought in Raymond Goethals, renowned for his successful tactics with Anderlecht. However, he lasted only a year, being replaced by Aimé Jacquet.

During the eighties, Bordeaux won three Ligues, two Coupes de France, and qualified several consecutive years for European competition. A comparative slide over the next ten years followed, until Bordeaux were relegated to the second division for financial reasons in the early nineties. The rebirth, however, was immediate after their flowing football not only secured immediate promotion back to Ligue 1, but meant that not so many years later, Bordeaux were a regular in European qualification which remains so to this day.

On 3 November 2009, Bordeaux qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League knockout phase for the first time when they defeated Bayern Munich away on Matchday 4 of the group stage.

[edit] Important dates

• 1881–82 - Les Girondins founded.
• 1910 - Football section created. This lasted one season and was then abandoned.
• 1919 - A football section is recreated and les Girondins absorb the teams from l'Argus Sport and Bordeaux FC.
• 1937 - Les Girondins turn professional.
• 1941 - First final victory - la Coupe de France.
• 1945 - First season in Division 1.
• 1950 - First French champions title.
• 1964 - First European participation (eliminated in the first round after a defeat to Borussia Dortmund).
• 1984 - First European Champion Clubs' Cup participation, eliminated in the semi-finals by Juventus (2–3 over two legs).
• 1987 - First double Champions Cup.
• 1996 - First European final, defeated by Bayern Munich 1-5 over two legs.
• 1999 - Wins French championship (Ligue 1).
• 2009 - Wins French championship (Ligue 1).

[edit] Honours

[edit] National honours

• Ligue 1 Championship 6:

1949–50, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1998–99, 2008–09.

• Ligue 2 Championship 1:

1991–92.

• Coupe de France 3:

1941, 1986, 1987.

• Coupe de la Ligue 3:

2002, 2007, 2009

• Trophée des champions 3:

1986, 2008, 2009

[edit] International honours

• Coppa delle Alpi

1980

• UEFA Intertoto Cup 1:

1995

• UEFA Cup

Runners-up (1): 1995-96

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

As of 13 december 2009

No. Position Player 1 GK Cédric Carrasso 2 DF Michaël Ciani 3 DF Carlos Henrique 4 MF Alou Diarra (captain) 5 MF Fernando Menegazzo 6 DF Franck Jurietti 7 MF Yoan Gouffran 8 MF Yoann Gourcuff 9 FW Fernando Cavenaghi 10 FW Jussiê 11 FW David Bellion 12 MF Paul Lasne 13 DF Diego Placente 16 GK Ulrich Ramé

No. Position Player 17 MF Wendel 18 MF Jaroslav Plašil 20 FW Henri Saivet 21 DF Mathieu Chalmé 22 MF Grégory Sertić 24 MF Abdou Traoré 25 DF Ludovic Sané 27 DF Marc Planus 28 DF Benoît Trémoulinas 29 FW Marouane Chamakh 30 GK Abdoulaye Keita 33 DF Christopher Glombard 40 GK Fabien Farnolle

[edit] Out on loan

No. Position Player 15 MF Wilfried Moimbé (at Athletic Club Ajaccien) 15 DF Matthieu Saunier (at Rodez) 16 GK Kévin Olimpa (at SCO Angers) 26 FW Cheick Diabaté (at Nancy) 28 MF Floyd Ayité (at Nancy) 28 MF Pierre Ducasse (at Lorient)[5] 40 GK Parfait Mandanda (at Beauvais)

[edit] Reserve squad

Bordeaux's B team plays in the Championnat de France amateur, Group C.

As of November 2009.

No. Position Player GK Fabien Farnolle GK Florian Pigeyre DF Johan Blonbou DF Alexandre Dulom DF Christopher Glombard DF Floréal Nivert DF Maxime Poundje DF Ludovic Sané DF Salif Sané MF Rémi Elissalde MF Guillaume Insou MF Grzegorz Krychowiak

No. Position Player MF Paul Lasne MF Grégory Sertić MF Abdou Traoré FW Alexandre Martin Cantero FW Sacha Clémence FW Anthony Gaillard FW Papé Gueye FW Thomas Poussevin FW Henri Saivet FW Michel Sanchez FW Elhadji Malick Seck

[edit] Notable players

For a complete FC Girondins de Bordeaux players list, see here

France William Ayache Ibrahim Ba Patrick Battiston Philippe Bergeroo Eric Cantona Didier Deschamps Vikash Dhorasoo Raymond Domenech Dominique Dropsy Christophe Dugarry Jean-Marc Ferreri Jean Gallice René Girard Alain Giresse Bernard Lacombe Lilian Laslandes Bixente Lizarazu Johan Micoud Stéphane Paille Jean-Pierre Papin Ulrich Ramé Alain Roche Gérard Soler Jean-Christophe Thouvenel Jean Tigana Marius Trésor Philippe Vercruysse Sylvain Wiltord Zinédine Zidane Yoann Gourcuff Gabriel Obertan

Argentina Héctor de Bourgoing Fernando Cavenaghi Algeria Ali Benarbia Belgium Gilbert Bodart Enzo Scifo Marc Wilmots Patrick Vervoort Brazil Eduardo Costa Deivid Denílson Fernando Ricardinho Sávio Marcio Santos Wendel Cameroon Joseph-Antoine Bell Colombia Edixon Perea Valencia Côte d'Ivoire Cyril Domoraud Czech Republic Vladimír Šmicer Denmark Jesper Olsen Morocco Brahim Zehhar Marouane Chamakh

Germany Klaus Allofs Manfred Kaltz Dieter Müller Uwe Reinders Greece Michalis Kapsis Iceland Arnór Guðjohnsen Montenegro Niša Saveljić Netherlands Wim Kieft Stanley Menzo Kiki Musampa Richard Witschge Paraguay Leongino Unzaim Portugal Marco Caneira Fernando Chalana Pauleta Russia Alexey Smertin Spain Salvador Artigas Iván Pérez Muñoz Víctor Torres Mestre Albert Celades Albert Riera

[edit] Coaches

Elie Baup was the coach of the Bordeaux during five years, from 1998 to 2003. Former Bordeaux midfielder Michel Pavon became head coach in October 24, 2003. Because of health problems, he stood back and continued his career as scout on June 2005. Brazilian Ricardo became the new coach, until Laurent Blanc took over in 2007.

Benito Díaz, 1937–1942 Santiago Urtizberea, 1942–1943 Eugen Stern, 1943 Oscar Saggiero, 1943–1945 Maurice Bunyan, 1945–1947 André Gérard, 1947–1957 Santiago Urtizberea, 1957 Camille Libar, 1957–1960 Salvador Artigas, 1960–1967 Jean-Pierre Bakrim, 1967–1970 Pierre Danzelle, 1970 André Gérard, 1970–1972 Pierre Phelipon, 1972–1974 André Menaut, 1974–1976 Christian Montes, 1976–1978 Luis Carniglia, 1978–1979 Raymond Goethals, 1979–1980 Aimé Jacquet, 1980–1989

Didier Couécou, 1989 Raymond Goethals, 1989–1990 Gernot Rohr, 1990 Gérard Gili, 1990–1991 Gernot Rohr, 1991–1992 Rolland Courbis, 1992–1994 Toni, 1994–1995 Eric Guérit, 1995 Slavo Muslin, 1995–1996 Gernot Rohr, 1996 Rolland Courbis, 1996–1997 Guy Stéphan, 1997 Elie Baup, 1998–2003 Michel Pavon, 2003–2005 Ricardo Gomes, 2005–2007 Laurent Blanc, 2007–present

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: FC Girondins de Bordeaux

• (French) Official website
• (French) chezlesgirondins.com : Actu et brèves de comptoir sur les Girondins de Bordeaux
• (English) Bordeaux formations at football-lineups.com
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