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Encyclopedia > Le Havre AC
Le Havre Athletic Club
Full name Le Havre Athletic Club FA
Nickname(s) Le H.A.C.
Founded 1872
Ground Stade Jules Deschaseaux
(Capacity 16 454)
Chairman Jean-Pierre Louvel
Manager Jean Marc Nobilo
League Ligue 2
2006-07 Ligue 2, 6th
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Home colours

Le Havre Athletic Club Football Association or Havre Athletic Club, is a French football club based in Le Havre, founded in 1872 making it the oldest soccer and rugby club registered in France. Football began being played on a regular basis in 1894, so technically FC Mulhouse could be considered the first French football team being established in 1893 (however, they were a German team at the time). Le Havre currently play in Ligue 2 of the French league and their home stadium is Stade Jules Deschaseaux. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1872 throughout the world. ... Stade Jules Deschaseaux, is a multi-use stadium in Le Havre, France. ... Rungnado May Day Stadium is the worlds largest football stadium. ... Ligue 2 is the second division of French football. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... football kit with blue half File links The following pages link to this file: Athletic Bilbao Template talk:Football kit Grasshopper-Club Zürich User:Johan Elisson/football kits Categories: GFDL images | Football kit templates ... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Le Havre is a city in Normandy, northern France, on the English Channel, at the mouth of the Seine. ... The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1894 throughout the world. ... FC Mulhouse is a French football club based in Mulhouse. ... Ligue 2 is the second division of French football. ... Stade Jules Deschaseaux, is a multi-use stadium in Le Havre, France. ...


The club is famous for its notable youth investment program which develops and nurtures young (often local) talent, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show enough promise. A vast amount of good young talent has gone on to make an impact at international level including Ibrahim Ba, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Lassana Diarra and Vikash Dhorasoo. Youth system is a football (soccer) terminology used to refer to a particular teams youth investment program, which develops and nurtures young (often local) talent, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show enough promise. ... Not to be confused with Ibrahima Ba, Senegalese international football player. ... Jean-Alain Boumsong (born December 14, 1979, in Douala, Cameroon) is a professional football defender who currently plays for Juventus and the French national team. ... Lassana Diarra (born March 10, 1985 in Paris, France) is a French footballer of Malian descent, who plays for English Premier League club Arsenal. ... Vikash Dhorasoo (Telugu:వికాష్ దొరసూ) (born October 10, 1973 in Harfleur) is a French professional football midfielder, who is currently signed to Italian Serie A side Livorno. ...


Le Havre is known as 'les ciel et marine' in France, which translates as 'the sky and navy blues'. These colours were chosen by the club's English founders as they were those of their alma maters, the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

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Current squad 2007/2008

No. Position Player
1 Flag of France GK Christophe Revault
2 Flag of France DF Maxime Baca
3 Flag of France DF Nicolas Gillet
4 Flag of Cameroon MF Valery Mezague (on loan from Sochaux)
5 Flag of France DF Jérémy Henin
6 Flag of France MF Djamel Ait-Ben-Idir
7 Flag of France FW Amadou Alassane
9 Flag of Réunion FW Guillaume Hoarau
11 Flag of France MF Benjamin Laurant
12 Flag of Cameroon FW Ande Dona Ndoh
13 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo MF Mutamba Milambo
14 Flag of Morocco MF Abdellah Kharbouchi
16 Flag of France GK Johny Placide
No. Position Player
17 Flag of Montenegro FW Nikola Nikezić
18 Flag of France MF Kévin Anin
19 Flag of France MF Olivier Davidas
20 Flag of France MF Antoine Devaux
21 Flag of France DF Damien Tixier
24 Flag of Morocco MF Hassan Alla
25 Flag of Senegal DF Abasse Ba
28 Flag of France DF Adame Soumaré
29 Flag of Mali FW Cheick Oumar Dabo
30 Flag of France GK Olivier Blondel
33 Flag of France MF Selim Bouadla
34 Flag of France DF Benjamin Police
35 Flag of Réunion MF Mohamed Youssouf
36 Flag of Cameroon DF Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik
-- Flag of Belgium GK Mike Vanhamel
Flag of France DF Kevin Franqueville

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Players out on loan

No. Position Player
16 Flag of France GK Steve Mandanda (to Olympique de Marseille)
Flag of France MF Jean-Michel Lesage (to Auxerre)
 

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Honours

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Other honours

  • Challenge international du Nord : 1900
  • Coupe Nationale : 1918, 1919
  • Vice-Champion de France D2 : 1950.
  • Champion USFSA Normandie : 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1919.
  • Champion DH Normandie : 1920, 1921, 1923, 1926.
  • Finalist Coupe de France : 1920.
  • Challenge des Champions : 1959.

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Trivia

In 1899, Le Havre won the USFSA (Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques) football championship, after winning both of its fixtures (a semifinal against Iris Club Lillois from the north, and the final against Club Français from Paris) by walkover [1]. They would defend the title the next year in more conventional fashion, beating Union Sportive Tourquennoise from Tourcoing 4-0 in their semifinal, and then Club Français 1-0 in the final. Tourcoing (Dutch: ) is a city and commune of northern France, in the Nord département, located near the cities of Lille and Roubaix and the Belgian border. ...


Notable former players

See also: Category:Le Havre AC players

Not to be confused with Ibrahima Ba, Senegalese international football player. ... Jean-Alain Boumsong (born December 14, 1979, in Douala, Cameroon) is a professional football defender who currently plays for Juventus and the French national team. ... Pascal Chimbonda (born 21 February 1979 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe) is a French defender who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and for the French national team. ... Alou Diarra (born July 15, 1981 in Villepinte) is a French footballer of Malian descent. ... Vikash Dhorasoo (Telugu:వికాష్ దొరసూ) (born October 10, 1973 in Harfleur) is a French professional football midfielder, who is currently signed to Italian Serie A side Livorno. ... Lassana Diarra (born March 10, 1985 in Paris, France) is a French footballer of Malian descent, who plays for English Premier League club Arsenal. ... Didier Digard (born 12 July 1986 in Gisors) is a French football midfielder for Paris Saint-Germain in French Ligue 1. ... Xavier Gravelaine (born October 5, 1968 in Tours) is a French football manager and former football player, who played for many clubs in France and Europe and for France national team . ... Guillaume Beuzelin (born 14 April 1979) is a French professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Hibernian. ... Michel Hidalgo (born March 22, 1933 in Leffrinckoucke in Nord, France was a French football player and manager of France. ... Anthony Le Tallec (born October 3, 1984 in Hennebont, France) is a French football player, who plays as a forward or an attacking midfielder. ... Charles NZogbia (born 28 May 1986 in Harfleur, France) is a French footballer, currently playing for the English Premier League club Newcastle United, whom he joined in 2004 from French club Le Havre AC. He has played primarily as a left winger for Newcastle, although his natural role is... Marinos Ouzounidis (born October 10, 1968) is a Greek soccer player, who started his professional career playing for Greek club Skoda Xanthi as a defender from 1987 until 1992. ... Milinko Pantić (born September 5, 1966 in Loznica, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Serbian footballer. ... Christophe Revault (born March 22, 1972 in Paris) is a French soccer goalkeeper, currently playing for Rennes in Ligue 1. ... Florent Sinama-Pongolle (born October 20, 1984 in Saint-Pierre, Réunion) is a French football player who plays as a forward. ... Jean-Christophe Thouvenel (born October 8, 1958 in Colmar) is a French former professional football (soccer) player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Ricky Hill is a former English footballer, coach and manager. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Chris Kiwomya (b. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Graham Rix (born October 23, 1957) is an English former football player and coach. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... For other uses of John Byrne, see John Byrne (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Frank Stapleton (born July 10, 1956 in Dublin) is an Irish former football player. ...

Managerial history

  • Flag of England George Kimpton 1921-1926
  • Flag of England Mac Burgess 1934-1935
  • Flag of England Laghlan 1935-1936
  • Flag of Austria Josef "Pépi" Schneider 1936-1939
  • Flag of England George Kimpton 1945-1946
  • Flag of France Jean Cornelli 1946-1947
  • Flag of France Roger Magnin 1948-1949
  • Flag of France Jules Bigot 1950-1952
  • Flag of Romania Elek Schwartz 1952-1953
  • Flag of France René Bihel 1953-1954
  • Flag of France Edmond Delfour 1954-1955
  • Flag of France Roger Magnin 1955-1956
  • Flag of France Théo Bisson 1956-1957
  • Flag of France Lucien Jasseron 1957-1962
  • Flag of Argentina Eduardo Di Loreto 1962-1963
  • Flag of Europe Arie Devroedt 1963-1964
  • Flag of France Christian Villenave 1964-1966
  • Flag of Poland Max Schirschin 1970-1971
  • Flag of France Corlani 1971-1972
  • Flag of France Fredo Garel 1972-1973
  • Flag of France Léonce Lavagne 1973-1974
  • Flag of France Edmond Baraffe 1974-1976
  • Flag of France Léonce Lavagne 1976-1982
  • Flag of France Yves Herbet 1982-1983
  • Flag of France Didier Notheaux 1983-1988
  • Flag of France Pierre Mankowski 1988-1993
  • Flag of France Guy David 1993-1996
  • Flag of France René Exbrayat 1996-1997
  • Flag of France Denis Troch 1997-October 1998
  • Flag of France Joël Beaujouan October 1998-1999
  • Flag of France Francis Smerecki 1999-2000
  • Flag of France Joël Beaujouan 2000
  • Flag of France Thierry Uvenard, Philippe Sence and Bruno Baronchelli December 2000
  • Flag of France Jean-François Domergue December 2000-2004
  • Flag of France Philippe Hinschberger 2004-April 2005
  • Flag of France Thierry Uvenard April 2005-2007
  • Flag of France Jean-Marc Nobilo 2007-

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References

Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 204th day of the year (205th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

  • Official site (French)
  • Official supporter's site (French)
  • Unofficial site (French)

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