FC Nancy
The Football Club de Nancy was a French football club from Nancy , the capital of the Meurthe department , which in 1871 was merged with a small piece of the original Moselle department into the Meurthe-et-Moselle department , in the Grand Est region .
It was founded in 1901 under the name Stade Universitaire Lorrain ; from 1935 until its dissolution in June 1965 it was then called FC Nancy - apart from a brief phase as Stade Lorrain (1943/44).
The club colors of FC Nancy were red and white; the league team played from 1922 in the Stade du Parc des Sports du Pont d'Essey (sometimes called Stade de l'Université ), which was renamed Stade Marcel-Picot around 1960 and in which AS Nancy now plays its home games.
history
Before and in the first years after the First World War , Stade Universitaire Lorrain mainly recruited its players from the student body and hardly made any sporting headlines in football. That changed after the new construction of the club's own stadium, which the long-time chairman Marcel Picot successfully enforced against all odds. In 1935 the football department, which was then renamed FC Nancy, was given a professional status and played in Division 2 until 1939 , in which it narrowly missed promotion in 1939 as third. After the outbreak of war and the invasion of the German Wehrmacht , so-called "war championships" were held in France, but Nancy did not come into the limelight until the 1943/44 season: the team won the regional team ( Équipe Fédérale Nancy-Lorraine ), but largely made up of players of FC Sochaux existed after a 4-0 final victory over the Équipe Fédérale Reims-Champagne (which was then allowed to be called Stade Reims again ) surprisingly the French Cup , which is still not counted as a club success. At least the trophy found its way into a showcase in the house of Marcel Picots, still president of the FCN, who was also responsible for the regional selection.
After the liberation of France, FC Nancy rose to the top division at the end of the 1945/46 season . Until 1957, the Lorraine people almost always ended up in the lower midfield of the table, only managed eighth place in 1953, and in that year they also reached the cup final, but had to admit defeat to Lille Olympique . After all, from 1950 to 1957 the FC had a player in their ranks whom the most successful clubs not only in France envied: Roger Piantoni scored 91 league goals for his red-whites during this time and even won the top scorer's crown in Division 1 in 1951 . Together with Léon Deladerrière , he formed a left storm side that did not need to fear competition in France, but could not prevent FC Nancy from relegating to the second division in 1957.
After two relegations and immediate resurgence, the club had its most successful year under coach Mario Zatelli in 1962 : fourth place in Division 1 and entry into the cup final; however, as in 1953, the opponent, this time AS Saint-Étienne , retained the upper hand. A year later, however, the Nancy FC rose again to Division 2 , only 12 months later even to the amateur camp, and in the summer of 1965, the Nancy FC was dissolved for financial reasons. It was then until 1970 that another club from this city, AS Nancy , rose to the highest French league.
League affiliation and achievements
FC Nancy had professional status from 1935 to 1943 and 1945 to 1964; first class ( Division 1 , renamed Ligue 1 since 2002 ) he played 1946–1957, 1958/59 and 1960–1963.
- French champions : Nothing, best placement was table rank 4 (1961/62)
- French cup winner : Nothing (but finalist 1953 , 1962 and "ideal winner" 1944 )
Known players
French national team
The number of internationals for Nancy FC and the period of these international appearances are given in brackets
- Léon Deladerrière (11, 1952–1958, scored 3 goals)
- Bruno Ferrero (1, 1962)
- Jean Hédiart (1, 1956)
- Roger Piantoni (20, 1952-1957, scored 12 goals) afterwards 17 more internationals for another club
- Georges Sesia (1, 1948)
Selected players from other nations
- Kurt Clemens (3 international matches for Saarland during his time with Nancy (1951–1953); was also in the Cup final in 1953)
Further
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
