CNFE Clairefontaine
CNFE Clairefontaine is a former French women's football club from Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines .
history
CNFE Clairefontaine was special in that it was not a sports club in the usual sense. Rather, since its founding in 1998, he only had young, particularly talented players from all over the national territory in his ranks, who at the Center National de Formation et d'Entraînement (CNFE) - the "National Education and Training Center" operated by the French national association FFF , France's “cadre forge” for young footballers - should be trained to become the elite of women's football. After completing their training, the players, who for the most part had already played in the various French age-group selection teams for girls, usually returned to their home club.
When the top division for women, the Championnat National 1 A , under the new name Division 1 Féminine, underwent a structural change in the 2002/03 season , which for the first time also provided for the possibility of paying players through contracts (contrat fédéral) , the first women from Clairefontaine included as the third climber in this league, although they had not previously participated in the league. The victim of this decision was one of the three group winners of the second division with FCF Monteux . The FFF under its President Claude Simonet , who did not judge and treat women's football in a fundamentally different way than that of men, hoped that this measure would provide an additional practical training aspect in that the young players had to compete with the best female footballers in the country . This decision was also made in a situation in which the French women's national team was preparing for the first time with good prospects to qualify for a World Cup finals.
The women of CNFE Clairefontaine played in blue and white; She played her home games in the Stade Pierre-Pibarot on the grounds of the training center. As of 2007, the facility no longer had its own league team, but instead the trainees competed on game weekends for the club from which they had come to Clairefontaine.
League affiliation and achievements
CNFE Clairefontaine belonged to the top division for five years and placed in the twelve-team league four times in fifth and once in sixth place. In contrast, the CNFE was not allowed to participate in the national cup competition during this time. After the 2006/07 season , the French federation ended the sporty experiment with these junior women. The background for this decision was also the pressure from several second division clubs, which this team blocked a place in Division 1.
Even if the CNFEC has never won a national title and was only in existence for a short time, it has been 13th in the "Eternal Table" of the top French league since 1992.
Well-known players and coaches
In the French line-up for the 2002 U-19 World Cup , nine of the 18 nominated players belonged to the CNFE Clairefontaine, the majority of whom had already made it to the U-19 European Championship final in the same year . When France's A-Juniors became European champions in 2003 , eleven of the 18 French women came from CNFE. Many of these and later-born CNFE players also became senior internationals as a result ; In 2005, three of them, Sarah Bouhaddi , Louisa Nécib and Élodie Thomis , took part in the European Women's Championship at the age of 18 .
Other outstanding players in the blue and white dress were Camille Abily , Karima Benameur , Laure Boulleau , Élise Bussaglia , Anne-Laure Casseleux , Nora Coton-Pelagie , Nonna Debonne , Sabrina Delannoy , Marie-Laure Delie , Ludivine Diguelman , Sandrine Dusang , Laura Georges , Kheira Hamraoui , Amandine Henry , Marie-Claude Herlem , Jessica Houara , Laure Lepailleur , Émilie L'Huillier , Julie Machart , Ophélie Meilleroux , Claire Morel , Caroline Pizzala , Véronique Pons and Julie Soyer .
During their training in Clairefontaine, the young women were looked after by the entire coaching staff of the facility, which included Bruno Bini , the then U-19 national coach; in league operations, however, there was a main trainer responsible for CNFE. This was Gérard Prêcheur until summer 2004 , followed by Philippe Guilloteau (2004 to February 2006), Angélique Roujas (February to November 2006) and Philippe Bretaud (November 2006 to 2007).
Notes and evidence
- ↑ In the 2001/02 season, for example, of Clairefontaines 27 female footballers, four were already A, six U-21, eleven U-18 and six U-16 national players; see Laurence Prudhomme-Poncet: Histoire du football féminin au XXe siècle. L'Harmattan, Paris 2003, ISBN 2-7475-4730-2 , p. 245.
- ↑ Laurence Prudhomme-Poncet: Histoire du football féminin au XXe siècle. L'Harmattan, Paris 2003, ISBN 2-7475-4730-2 , p. 278
- ^ Pascal Grégoire-Boutreau: Au bonheur des filles. Cahiers intempestifs, Saint-Étienne 2003, ISBN 2-911698-25-8 , p. 219
- ↑ Clairefontaines complete player roster for 2002/03 , 2003/04 , 2004/05 , 2005/06 and 2006/07 can be found at footofeminin.fr