Excelsior AC Roubaix
The Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix (EAC for short) was a French football club from Roubaix , a town in the French department of the North , right on the border with Belgium .
It was founded in 1928 through the merger of FC Roubaix and Excelsior Club Tourcoing ( Tourcoing is directly adjacent to Roubaix). He played under the name EAC 1928-1945 and 1970-1977. The club colors were black and white; the league team played in the Stade Amédée-Prouvost , newly built in 1927 , from around 1980 in the famous cycling stadium ( Parc des Sports ) of Roubaix, and the last few years in the Stade Dubrule-Verriest .
history
Rapid ascent ...
Excelsior enjoyed the support of two companies from the coal mining area from the start , so that talented and well-known players, especially from abroad, found their way to Roubaix and the "upstart" became a serious opponent for the "top dog" Racing Club Roubaix be let. Only the EAC was included in the top professional league ( Division 1 ) introduced in 1932 , and in the same season the young club immediately made it into the French Cup final . The final opponent was ... RC Roubaix, who had only narrowly failed in the final last year. Half of Roubaix went to Paris to watch this local derby; In the end, Excelsior was 3-1 ahead and finally took over football dominance in the city. This lasted until the German occupation of France; In the D1, however, no trees were torn up and they never ended up further ahead than in 5th place.
... and an abrupt end
After the country's liberation, questions other than sporting competition were on the political agenda. That is why the club leaders of Excelsior AC, Racing Club Roubaix , US Tourcoing and US Roubaix decided to concentrate their footballing forces and together formed the major club Club Olympique Roubaix-Tourcoing (CORT) in 1945 , which surprisingly became French champions in 1947. After its dissolution (1970), Excelsior was rebuilt. Another merger (1977) led to the name change to Roubaix Football ; this club was promoted to the 2nd division (D2) again in 1983 - but only for one season. In 1990 it came to a merger with Stade Roubaisien , in which meanwhile the also re-established pre-war rival RC Roubaix had risen under the name Stade Club Olympique de Roubaix (SCOR). At the turn of 1995/ 1996 , this association was liquidated, the current season in the 3. Liga could not even finish more. The economic decline of the industrial region ran almost parallel to the sporting descent of two national cup surprises (Excelsior AC, Racing) and a championship club (CORT).
League affiliation
Excelsior AC Roubaix had professional status from 1932 to 1945; first class ( Division 1 , renamed Ligue 1 since 2002 ) played the club 1932-1940, 1942/43 and 1944/45.
successes
- French champions : Nothing, the best placement was table rank 5 (1933/34)
- French cup winner : 1933
Well-known players (1930–1945)
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French internationals The number of internationals for EAC Roubaix and the period of these international appearances are shown in brackets
- Célestin Delmer (5, 1933–1934) previously played 6 internationals for another club
- Marcel Desrousseaux (2, 1935-1937)
- Jean Gautheroux (1, 1936)
- Henri Hiltl (1, 1944) (previously 1 international match each for another club and for Austria; see below)
- Marcel Langiller (17, 1930-1933, scored 5 goals, including at the 1930 World Cup ) before 7, then 6 more international matches for two other clubs
- Noël Liétaer (7, 1933-1934)
- Jean Sécember (1, 1935)
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Foreign national players
- from Scotland: David Bartlett , John Donoghue , John Baker Muir and Alexander McLennan
- from Austria: Heinrich Hiltl , Adolf Vogl , Robert Pavlicek
- from Belgium: Gaston Plovie
- from Hungary: Jenő Kalmár
- from Yugoslavia: Ivan Petrak
- the Argentinean-born Helenio Herrera (later also French)
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