FC Martigues

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FC Martigues
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Basic data
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) )
home
Away

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

  • 1990s

  • Date unknown

  • current

successes

Well-known former players and coaches

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

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