FC Martigues
FC Martigues | |||
Basic data | |||
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Surname | Football Club de Martigues | ||
Seat | Martigues , France | ||
founding | 1921 | ||
Colours | Red gold | ||
president | Vincent Caserta | ||
Website | www.fcmartigues-actu.net | ||
First soccer team | |||
Head coach | Franck Priou | ||
Venue | Stade Francis-Turcan | ||
Places | 11,500 | ||
league | CFA (Group C) | ||
2013/14 | 7th place ( CFA (Group C) ) | ||
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The Football Club de Martigues is a French football club from Martigues , a small industrial town in the Bouches-du-Rhône department .
history
The association was founded in 1921; Between 1964 and 1973, after a merger of all local sports clubs, it was called Martigues Sport and then took on its old name again. In the 1980s in particular , the FCM was regarded as a kind of "branch" of Olympique Marseille , whose youth and youth players were able to win match practice in the neighboring Martigues.
The club colors are red and gold (French sang et or ); the league team plays in the Stade Francis-Turcan , which has a capacity of 11,500 seats. The club is led by Vincent Caserta, the current coach (since May 2014) is Franck Priou, who also worked here from 2010-2011. (As of December 2014)
League affiliation
Since the 1970s Martigues had a professional statute; in the top French division ( Division 1 , called Ligue 1 since 2002 ), the club was represented from 1993 to 1996. In 2003 he was relegated to the fourth class CFA , the highest amateur league, in which he also competes in 2014/15.
Logo history
successes
- French champions : Nothing, the best placement so far was table rank 11 (1994/95)
- French cup winner : so far none
Well-known former players and coaches
- Ali Benarbia
- Eric Cantona
- Rod Fanni
- André-Pierre Gignac (only as a youth)
- Foued Kadir (only as a youth)
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