OC Vannes
| Vannes OC | |||
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| Basic data | |||
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| Surname | Vannes Olympique Club | ||
| Seat | Vannes | ||
| founding | 1998 | ||
| president | Michel Jestin | ||
| Website | www.vocfoot.net | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach | Thierry Froger | ||
| Venue | Stade de la Rabine | ||
| Places | 8000 | ||
| league | Pro D2 | ||
| 2018/19 | 4th Place | ||
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Vannes Olympique Club (or in Breton Gwened Olimpek Klub ) is a French football club from Vannes , the capital of the French department of Morbihan in Brittany .
It was only formed in 1998 through the merger of two clubs, Véloce Vannes and FC Vannes (founded in 1892), and has rapidly advanced to the second-highest French division. The club colors are black and white; the league team plays in the Stade de la Rabine , which has a capacity of 9,500 seats.
The club's president is Michel Jestin; the first team has been coached by Thierry Froger since December 2012 . (As of September 2013)
League affiliation
In 2008 he was promoted to Ligue 2 for the first time and thus had to assume professional status, also for the first time. In the meantime (2014) Vannes only competes in one regional amateur league.
successes
- French cup winner : 2006/07 quarter-finalist
- League Cup : Finalist 2009
Known players past and present
- Didier Drogba was trained at the OC as a teenager
- Stéphane Auvray played for the OC from 2004 to 2009 and played 144 league games