LE HAVRE AC

'Le Havre Athletic Club Football Association' or 'Havre Athletic Club', is a French football club based in Le Havre, founded in 1872 making it the oldest soccer and rugby club registered in France. Football began being played on a regular basis in 1894, so technically FC Mulhouse could be considered the first French football team being established in 1893 (however, they were a German team at the time). Le Havre currently play in Ligue 2 of the French league and their home stadium is Stade Jules Deschaseaux.
The club is famous for its notable youth investment program which develops and nurtures young (often local) talent, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show enough promise. A vast amount of good young talent has gone on to make an impact at international level including Ibrahim Ba, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Lassana Diarra and Vikash Dhorasoo.

Contents

Current squad 2007/2008

Players out on loan

Honours

Other honours

Trivia

Notable former players

Managerial history

External links

Current squad 2007/2008

Players out on loan

Honours

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★ 'Winners (3): ' 1899, 1900, 1919

★ 'French Division 2'

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★ 'Winners (4): ' 1938, 1959, 1985, 1991

★ 'Coupe de France (French Cup)'

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★ 'Winners (1): ' 1959

Other honours

★ Challenge international du Nord : 1900

★ Coupe Nationale : 1918, 1919

★ Vice-Champion de France D2 : 1950.

★ Champion USFSA Normandie : 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1919.

★ Champion DH Normandie : 1920, 1921, 1923, 1926.

★ Finalist Coupe de France : 1920.

★ Challenge des Champions : 1959.

Trivia

In 1899, Le Havre won the (Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques) football championship, after winning both of its fixtures (a semifinal against Iris Club Lillois from the north, and the final against Club Français from Paris) by walkover [1]. They would defend the title the next year in more conventional fashion, beating Union Sportive Tourquennoise from Tourcoing 4-0 in their semifinal, and then Club Français 1-0 in the final.

Notable former players

See also:

★ Ibrahim Ba ★ Jean-Alain Boumsong ★ Pascal Chimbonda ★ Alou Diarra ★ Vikash Dhorasoo ★ Lassana Diarra ★ Didier Digard ★ Xavier Gravelaine

★ Michel Hidalgo ★ Anthony Le Tallec ★ Charles N'Zogbia ★ Marinos Ouzounidis ★ Milinko Pantić ★ Christophe Revault ★ Florent Sinama-Pongolle ★ Jean-Christophe Thouvenel

Managerial history

★ George Kimpton 1921-1926 ★ Mac Burgess 1934-1935 ★ Laghlan 1935-1936 ★ Josef "Pépi" Schneider 1936-1939 ★ George Kimpton 1945-1946 ★ Jean Cornelli 1946-1947 ★ Roger Magnin 1948-1949 ★ Jules Bigot 1950-1952 ★ Elek Schwartz 1952-1953 ★ René Bihel 1953-1954 ★ Edmond Delfour 1954-1955 ★ Roger Magnin 1955-1956 ★ Théo Bisson 1956-1957 ★ Lucien Jasseron 1957-1962 ★ Eduardo Di Loreto 1962-1963 ★ Arie Devroedt 1963-1964 ★ Christian Villenave 1964-1966 ★ Max Schirschin 1970-1971 ★ Corlani 1971-1972

★ Fredo Garel 1972-1973 ★ Léonce Lavagne 1973-1974 ★ Edmond Baraffe 1974-1976 ★ Léonce Lavagne 1976-1982 ★ Yves Herbet 1982-1983 ★ Didier Notheaux 1983-1988 ★ Pierre Mankowski 1988-1993 ★ Guy David 1993-1996 ★ René Exbrayat 1996-1997 ★ Denis Troch 1997-October 1998 ★ Joël Beaujouan October 1998-1999 ★ Francis Smerecki 1999-2000 ★ Joël Beaujouan 2000 ★ Thierry Uvenard, Philippe Sence and Bruno Baronchelli December 2000 ★ Jean-François Domergue December 2000-2004 ★ Philippe Hinschberger 2004-April 2005 ★ Thierry Uvenard April 2005-2007 ★ Jean-Marc Nobilo 2007-

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External links

★ Official site

★ Official supporter's site

★ Unofficial site