US Quevilly
| US Quevilly | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Surname | Union Sportive Quevillaise | |||
| Seat | Quevilly | |||
| founding | 1902 | |||
| president | Michel Mallet | |||
| Website | quevillyrouenmetropole.fr | |||
| First soccer team | ||||
| Head coach | Emmanuel Da Costa | |||
| Venue | "Stade Amable Lozai" | |||
| Places | 6,000 | |||
| league | National 1 | |||
| 2018/2019 | 9th place | |||
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The Union Sportive Quevillaise is a French football club from Le Petit-Quevilly in the Seine-Maritime department ; In 2015 it renamed itself to US Quevilly Rouen Métropole . It was founded in 1902 under the name Union Sportive de Quevilly ; the club colors are black and yellow. The league team played at the Stade Lozai , which has a capacity of 2,500 seats, until 2015 , and has since played at the Stade Robert Diochon .
history
In the first two decades after its founding, the club played only a subordinate role in the Norman (and at that time only amateur) championship against FC Rouen and Le Havre AC . In the 1920s, however, “Rouen's little neighbor” developed into a cup shock : in 1922 and 1924 he reached the round of the last 64 teams, in 1923 and 1925 that of the last 32 and in 1926 the round of 16. In 1927, after victories over FC Rouen, AC Amiens , US Suisse Paris and Stade Raphaëlois , the black and yellow were even in the final, where they lost 3-0 to the defending champions Olympique Marseille . During this time, the USQ was almost a “factory club”: numerous players earned their money in the Lozai shipyard, whose owner, Amable Lozai, also ran the club for many years. In the mid-1930s, Quevilly won the Norman amateur championship twice because the regional competitors were now in professional play .
After the Second World War, a total of ten Normandy champions (now, however, a lower class competition), the US Quevilly also prevailed nationwide: in 1954, 1955, 1958 and 1967 it was French amateur champion. During this time, Quevilly's promotion of young talent also bore fruit: in 1967 the club won the French junior championship in which it had already reached the final in 1960. At the end of the 1972/73 season, the French association refused the club promotion to Division 2 . And after the Lozai shipyard stopped providing financial support, the association filed for bankruptcy in 1978, but was then immediately re-established.
In the cup, the USQ in 1967/68 caused a sensation again when it reached the semi-finals after successes over Olympique Lyon and USL Dunkerque , where - albeit only after extra time - the Girondins Bordeaux prevented a return to the final. In 2004/05 the amateurs came relatively far in the national cup against FC Rouen, Le Havre AC and EA Guingamp ; CS Sedan was the last stop until the round of 16 . In 2009/10 , after victories over the first division clubs Stade Rennes and US Boulogne , they stormed into the semifinals again, and two years later the USQ - now in the third division - was able to win thanks to successes over the higher-class opponents SCO Angers , Olympique Marseille and Stade Rennes qualify for a cup final for the second time in 85 years, losing 1-0 to Olympique Lyon.
In spring 2015 there was a rapprochement with FC Rouen, which may lead to a merger. The USQ then renamed itself to US Quevilly Rouen Métropole. Your league team will wear a red dress for home games like the “red devils” from FCR and also moved to its traditional venue, the Stade Robert Diochon , which is in the area of Le Petit-Quevilly anyway.
League affiliation
Quevilly has never had professional status and accordingly has never played in Division 1 (since 2002: Ligue 1 ). After two third division years , the US Quevilly has been back in the fourth division since 2013/14 .
successes
- French champion : so far none
- French cup winner : so far none (but finalist 1927 and 2012 )
- French amateur champion : 1954, 1955, 1958, 1967
- French junior champion : 1967 (and finalist 1960)
Important persons for the association in the past
- Bernard Antoinette
- Viviane Asseyi , as a teenager at USQ
- René Bihel
- Philippe Bonnardel , captain in the 1927 cup final
- Régis Brouard , coach of the 2012 cup final team
- Daniel Horlaville , 1968 Olympian and national team player during his time at the USQ
- Bernard Soenen , goalkeeper of the amateur national team
literature
- Charles and Christophe Bartissol: Les racines du football français. PAC, Paris 1983, ISBN 978-2-85336-194-1
- Thierry Berthou / Collectif: Dictionnaire historique des clubs de football français. Pages de Foot, Créteil 1999 - Volume 2 (Mu-W), ISBN 2-913146-02-3
- L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès: Coupe de France. La folle épopée. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2007, ISBN 978-2-915535-62-4
