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Le Mans
Full name	Le Mans Union Club 72
Nickname(s)	MUC 72
Founded	1903/1985
Ground	Stade Léon-Bollée,; Le Mans; (Capacity: 17,500)
Chairman	Henri Legarda
Manager	Arnaud Cormier
League	Ligue 1
2008-09	L1, 16th
Home colours	Away colours

Le Mans Union Club 72 is a French football club, based in Le Mans. It was founded in 1985, as a result of a merger between Union Sportive du Mans (USM) and Stade Olympique du Maine (SOM). Beginning 1 July 2010, the club will be renamed Le Mans Football Club and will have a brand new logo.^[1]

[edit] History

The football section of Union Sportive du Mans was founded in 1903.

Yves Bertucci succeeds Rudi Garcia, as manager of the MUC 72 in June 2008. The club gained its first historical promotion to Ligue 1 for the 2003-04 season, but was quickly relegated. However, they fought back and in 2005 won another promotion. Since then they have no problems with retaining their top flight place. After finishing 11th and 12th in 2006 and 2007, respectively, they finished 9th in 2008, the best result in club history. They play their home games in Stade Omnisports Léon Bollée.

[edit] Honours

Ligue 2
- Runners-up (2): 2003, 2005
Champions DH Quest
- Winners (2): 1961, 1965
Coupe Gambardella
- Winners (1): 2004
French Cup
- Semifinalists: 1998
French League Cup
- Semifinalists: 2006, 2007, 2008

[edit] Historical information

Le Mans Sports Club were founded in 1900, but it wasn't until 1908 that a football club existed within it. In 1910, Le Mans qualified for the Championnat de la France in 1910 but are heavily overturned by Saint-Servan. Gaining a huge reputation up to World War I, they plunged into obscurity by World War II before joining the league in 1942.

Le Mans UC72 exist thanks to a merge between USM and SOM on June 12, 1985. It was at this time that their coach, Christian Gourcuff, joined as a scout.

On December 2nd, 2009, the club announced that they were changing their name from Le Mans Union Club 72 to LEMANS FC.^[2]

[edit] Current squad

As of September 9, 2009^[3]

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Didier Ovono
2	DF	Géder
3	DF	Saber Ben Frej
5	DF	Grégory Cerdan
7	MF	Fredrik Strømstad
8	MF	Frédéric Thomas (captain)
9	FW	Modibo Maiga
10	FW	Anthony Le Tallec
11	MF	Marcelo Estigarribia
13	DF	Cyriaque Louvion
14	MF	Mathieu Dossevi
15	MF	Alphousseyni Keita
16	GK	Rodolphe Roche
17	MF	Badara Sène (on loan from Sochaux)
18	DF	Samuel Bouhours

No.	Position	Player
19	MF	Mamadou Wague
21	MF	Guillaume Loriot
22	FW	Thorstein Helstad
23	DF	João Paulo Andrade
24	DF	Ludovic Baal
25	FW	Roland Lamah
26	MF	Hérold Goulon
28	DF	Sébastien Corchia
29	DF	Ibrahima Camara
30	GK	Giorgi Makaridze
33	FW	Fousseyni Cissé
35	FW	Idrissa Sylla
36	FW	Patrick Ekeng-Ekeng
37	DF	Dominique Essome Bayi
	MF	Valentin Nkwelle

[edit] Reserves team

Le Mans' B team plays in the Championnat de France amateur Group C.

As of November 2009.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Benoît Blancheton
		GK	Giorgi Makaridze
		GK	Stelio Marcelin
		DF	Ali Vanomo Bamba
		DF	Dominique Essome Bayi
		DF	Samuel Bouhours
		DF	Ibrahima Camara
		DF	Pierre Gibaud
		DF	Geoffrey Grego
		DF	Amiran Sanaia
		DF	Mekeme Tamla Ladji
		DF	Boris Tshimpi
		DF	Mamadou Wague

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Billal Djeddou
		MF	Oualid El Hajam
		MF	Massiré Kanté
		MF	Guy-Michel Landel
		MF	Valentin Nkwelle
		MF	Marcos Paulo
		MF	Saidou Sow
		MF	Idrissa Sylla
		FW	Moussa Bangoura
		FW	Fousseyni Cissé
		FW	Anthony Derouard
		FW	Patrick Ekeng-Ekeng
		FW	Pouaillon
		DF	Sekou Ouattara

[edit] Out on loan

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Thibault Ferrand (at Stade Reims)
2	DF	Khaled Adenon (at SC Bastia)
4	DF	Paulo André (on loan to Corinthians)
--	FW	Vakhtang Panthskhava (on loan to Metalist Kharkiv)
--	MF	Brahim El Bahri (on loan to FC Istres)
--	FW	Abdou Dieye (on loan to Rodez AF)