AS Cherbourg
The Association Sportive de Cherbourg Football is a French football club from Cherbourg-en-Cotentin , a port city in Normandy .
history
It was founded in 1906 as Stella de Cherbourg . The club carried this name until 1945; then it was called after a merger of eleven local clubs AS Cherbourg-Stella and in 1960 it took its current name. The club colors are blue and white; the league team plays at the Stade Maurice Postaire , which has a capacity of 7,000 seats.
The club's president is Gérard Gohel; the first team is currently coached by Jean-Marie Huriez. (As of August 2011)
League affiliation
Cherbourg has professional status from 1960 to 1967 when the club bought FC Sète's place in the professional camp in 1960 . The club has never played first-class ( Division 1 , renamed Ligue 1 since 2002 ); for the 2013/14 season he was relegated back to the fourth division .
successes
- French champion : so far none
- French cup winner : so far none
Known players past and present
literature
- Thierry Berthou / Collectif: Dictionnaire historique des clubs de football français. Pages de Foot, Créteil 1999 - Volume 1 (A-Mo) ISBN 2-913146-01-5 , Volume 2 (Mu-W) ISBN 2-913146-02-3