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	Paulo Duarte
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).

Contents 1 History 2 Honours 3 Historical information 4 Current squad 5 Out on loan 6 Notable former players 7 Coaches 8 References 9 External links

[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.

[edit] Current squad

As of September 9, 2009^[1]

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 Georgi Makaridze 33 FW Fousseyni Cissé 34 FW Patrick Ekeng-Ekeng 35 FW Idrissa Sylla 36 MF Valentin Nkwelle 37 DF Dominique Essome Bayi

[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)

[edit] Notable former players

For a complete list of Le Mans Union Club 72 players, see Category:Le Mans UC72 players

France José Arribas Laurent Bonnart Jean Calvé Mathieu Coutadeur James Fanchone Yannick Fischer Christian Gourcuff Fabrice Pancrate Yohann Pelé Stéphane Samson Francis Smerecki Olivier Thomas Olivier Thomert Hassan Yebda

Albania Rudi Vata Benin Stephane Sessegnon Brazil Grafite Túlio de Melo Cameroon Jacques Songo'o Congo Chiguy Lucau Croatia Zvonimir Deranja

Gabon Daniel Cousin Guinea Ismaël Bangoura Mohammed Sylla Ivory Coast Georges Ba Gervinho Dagui Bakari Didier Drogba Romaric Japan Daisuke Matsui

Montenegro Marko Basa Norway Dan Eggen Romania Sergiu Radu South Africa Thabang Molefe Switzerland Davide Chiumiento Alexandre Comisetti

[edit] Coaches

1945-1946 : Braustein 1946-1948 : ? 1948-1951 : Émile Rummelhardt 1951-1952 : Choulet 1952-1953 : ? 1953-1957 : Camille Libar 1957-1964 : André Grillon 1964-1976 : René Dereuddre 1976-1979 : Alain Laurier 1979-1981 : Michel Rodriguez 1981-1985 : Guttierez 1985-1986 : Bernard Deferrez June 1986-January 1989 : Christian Gourcuff

January 1989-January 1994 : Christian Létard January 1994-May 1997 : Thierry Froger June 1997-November 1997 : Slavo Muslin November 1997-November 2000 : Marc Westerloppe November 2000-December 2000 : Alain Pascalou December 2000-February 2004 : Thierry Goudet February 2004-December 2004 : Daniel Jeandupeux December 2004-2007 : Frédéric Hantz 2007-2008 : Rudi Garcia 2008-2009: Yves Bertucci 2009: Daniel Jeandupeux 2009: Arnaud Cormier 2009- Paulo Duarte

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Website (in French)

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