AS NANCY

'AS Nancy-Lorraine' is a French football club, based in Nancy. The team was founded in 1967 as a successor of the defunct FC Nancy, which collapsed in 1965.
It was promoted to Ligue 1 for the 2005-06 season. Michel Platini played for the club between 1973 and 1979. They play their home games at Stade Marcel Picot. In the 2005-06 season, AS Nancy won the Coupe de la Ligue, thus qualifying for the UEFA Cup.

Contents

UEFA Cup

Current Squad

Players out on loan

Transfers 2007-2008

Honours

Notable former players

Managers

References

See also

External links

UEFA Cup

The draw for the UEFA cup saw AS Nancy handed a tough trip to Germany to face Schalke 04 in the first round. Having lost the first leg 1-0, Nancy pulled off a shock 3-1 victory in the second leg to progress.
In the group stage, Nancy drew Wisła Kraków, Blackburn Rovers, FC Basel 1893, and Feyenoord Rotterdam. In Nancy's first match, they beat Wisła 2-1 at home. Next up were Basel away in Switzerland, where Nancy managed a 2-2 draw. On 30 November 2006 Feyenoord faced AS Nancy in France, which is at driving distance from Rotterdam. Only 1200 tickets were awarded to Feyenoord fans.^[1] Much more than that amount travelled to Nancy and tried to get tickets at the Stade Marcel Picot.¹ Later, during the match inside the stadium SCF and FIIIR members broke a wall of glass between two stands and provoked French fans.¹ The match was suspended for 30 minutes in the 80th minute after the police used tear gas to drive the SCF/FIIIR members back into their own stand.¹ The match was eventually finished, 30 minutes after it was suspended.¹ It was said many of the SCF/FIIIR members were having Dutch stadium bans and should not have been allowed to buy tickets in Nancy.^[2] Members of SCF and FIIIR identify themselves with their tattoos^[3] Due to this violence, Feyenoord was knocked out of the UEFA Cup for the remaining of the season.Nancy won with a comfortable 3-0 win that would set up a match that would decide who topped the group in England against Blackburn. Although Nancy dominated most of the match, a late Lucas Neill goal meant that they would have to settle for second place. In the Round of 32, the club drew Ukranian side Shakhtar Donetsk. After a 1-1 draw in Ukraine, their prospect looked good, but they were defeated 1-0 at home in the second leg, losing the lie 2-1 on aggregate.

Current Squad

Players in 'bold' have international caps.

Players out on loan

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Transfers 2007-2008

'In:'
'Out:'

Honours

★ 'Ligue 2'

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★ 'Winners (4):' 1975, 1990, 1998, 2005

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★ 'Runners-up (1):' 1970

★ 'French Cup'

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★ 'Winners (1):' 1978

★ 'French League Cup'

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★ 'Winners (1):' 2006

Notable former players

For a complete list of AS Nancy players, see

ARGENTINA ★ Raul Castronovo ★ Eduardo FloresFRANCE ★ Roger Lemerre ★ Éric Di Meco ★ Philippe Jeannol ★ Bruno Martini ★ Jean-Michel Moutier ★ Michel Platini ★ Eric Rabesandratana ★ Olivier Rouyer ★ Tony Vairelles

HUNGARY ★ Antal NagyIRELAND ★ Tony CascarinoIVORY COAST ★ Laurent PokouMOROCCO ★ Mustapha HadjiNIGERIA ★ Wilson Oruma

PORTUGAL ★ Manuel da CostaTUNISIA ★ Ali BoumnijelURUGUAY ★ Carlos Curbelo ★ Ruben UmpierrezUSSR ★ Aleksandr Zavarov

Managers

★ René Pleimelding (1967-1970) ★ Antoine Redin (1970-1979) ★ Georges Huart (1979-1982) ★ Hervé Collot (1982-1984) ★ Arsène Wenger (1984-1987) ★ Robert Dewilder (1987-1990) ★ Aimé Jacquet (1990-1991) ★ Marcel Husson (June-October 1991) ★ Olivier Rouyer (October 1991-1994) ★ László Bölöni (1994-2000) ★ Francis Smerecki (2000-2002) ★ Moussa Bezaz (June-November 2002) ★ Pablo Correa (November 2002-)

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References

1. Ongeregeldheden in Nancy, nu.nl
2. Stadionverboden
3. Feyenoord SCF, qontour.nl
4. AS Nancy coaches on RSSSF

See also

★ FC Nancy

External links

★ Official website

★ Supporter website : Nancyfoot

★ Official messageboard

★ ASNL Story

★ Nancy Lorraine formations at football-lineups.com