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The Football Club de Sète 34 is a French football club from the city of Sète in the Hérault department ; the 34 corresponds to the ordinal number of this department.

It was founded in 1900 as Olympique Cettois ("Cette" was the spelling of the city until 1928); In 1914 it adopted its current name, although the "34" was not added until well after the Second World War. His club colors are black, white and green; he plays his games in the Stade Louis-Michel , which holds 8,500 spectators. Because of the dolphin in the club crest, players and teams of FC Sète in France are often referred to as dauphins .

The chairman of the association is Jean-Marie Berthier; the league team is currently coached by Laurent Scala. (As of December 2014)

League affiliation

Sète was one of the top French teams very early on: she was six times (1907 and 1909–1914) Languedoc champion of the oldest and then largest football association USFSA, and from 1921 to 1926 she won the (regional) title of champion in the Division d'Honneur Sud six times -Est (German: Ehrendivision des Südostens ), in which much more successful teams like Olympique Marseille , OGC Nice and the immediate neighbors of HSC Montpellier and Olympique Nîmes also took part.

After the introduction of professional football in France (1932), FC Sète played continuously in Division 1 (today Ligue 1 ) until 1954 , and in the first decade with great success: the green-whites were the first winner of the double from the championship in France and Cup (1934). Since the 1970s, the club oscillated between fourth and second class; In mid-June 2009, FC Sète had to announce its illiquidity and was then relegated from the third division to the sixth division d'Honneur by the national association for 2009/10 . In the 2014/15 season he competes in the fourth division ( CFA ); In the 2013/14 season, the green-whites returned to the sporting headlines nationwide for the first time when they made it to the round of 16 in the cup competition .

Two people emerged from this club who played an important role in French football, especially as officials at the national level: Emmanuel Gambardella , President of the Fédération Française de Football from 1949 to 1953 , and Georges Bayrou , one of the most active pioneers of professionalism and - likewise until his death in 1953 - Chairman of the FFF Commission of Professional Clubs.

successes

player

  • French internationals (the number of internationals for FC Sète and the period of these international appearances are shown in brackets)
    • Yvan Beck , actually Ivan Bek (4, 1935) afterwards another international match for another club, previously 7 for Yugoslavia
    • Ali Benouna (2, 1936)
    • Michel Brusseaux (1, 1938; World Cup participant 1938 )
    • Louis Cazal (6, 1927–1930; once captain)
    • André Chardar (12, 1930–1933; 1 goal)
    • Stanislas Curyl (2, 1952)
    • Marcel Dangles (1, 1923)
    • Marcel Domergue (2, 1924) previously one, then 17 more international matches for 3 other clubs
    • Gustave Dubus (2, 1930; 1 goal)
    • Louis Gabrillargues (9, 1934–1937; World Cup participant 1934 )
    • Marcel Galey (3rd, 1929; 1 goal)
    • Ernest Gravier (5, 1923–1924; Olympic participant 1924) previously five more international games for another club
    • Laurent Henric (4, 1928–1929)
    • Albert Jourda (2, 1921–1924; once captain) previously 5 more internationals for 2 other clubs
    • Désiré Koranyi , actually Dezső Korányi or Kronenberger (5, 1939–1942; 5 goals)
    • René Llense (9, 1935–1938; World Cup participant in 1934 and 1938 ) afterwards 2 more international matches for another club
    • Jacques Mairesse (1, 1927) afterwards 5 more internationals for another club
    • François Mercier (1, 1942)
    • Jules Monsallier (1, 1936) previously 2 more internationals for 2 other clubs
    • Antoine Parachini (3, 1924)
    • Roland Schmitt (1, 1939) afterwards another international match for another club
    • Alexandre Villaplane (6, 1926) afterwards 19 more internationals for 2 other clubs

Trainer

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
  • Yves Dupont: La Mecque du football ou Mémoires d'un Dauphin. Self-published, Sète 1973

Web links

Remarks

  1. France Football, June 23, 2009, p. 27