Bourges 18

Bourges 18 is a French football club based in Bourges. In the summer of 2008, FC Bourges, which spent eleven seasons in Ligue 2, merged with Bourges-Asnières 18 football club and became Bourges 18, and currently plays in the Championnat National 2, the fifth level of French football. The club's colours are red and blue.

Bourges 18
Full nameBourges 18
Nickname(s)Dix-Huit
Founded1966 (1966)
GroundStade Jacques Rimbault,
Bourges
Capacity8,000
ChairmanOlivier Rigolet
ManagerYoussef Benghourieb
LeagueNational 2 Group D
2019–20National 3 Group C, 2nd (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

History

  • 1966: Foyer Saint-François Bourges and Racing Club de Bourges were amalgamated to form FC Bourges.
  • 1970–1994: The club played intermittently in Ligue 2
  • 1994–1998: The club played in the French Division Three, Championnat National but went bankrupt in January 1998, and was henceforth known as FC Bourges 18
  • 2005: after another bankruptcy, the club changed its name to Bourges Football Olympique Club
  • 2006: The club is renamed once more and becomes Bourges Football
  • 2008: Bourges Football and Bourges Asnières 18 amalgamate to become Bourges 18.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  FRA Axel Salhi
2 FW  FRA Felix Okassa-Leboa
3 DF  FRA Orphang Donga
4 DF  FRA Elyas El Atalati
5 MF  FRA Glody Gabet
7 FW  CTA Quentin Ngakoutou
8 MF  FRA Jeremy Fabre
10 MF  FRA Yanis Montantin
11 FW  FRA Brad Lalaba
14 DF  FRA Idriss Hamdi

Honours

Managers

Incomplete list

  • 1993–1994 Alain Michel/Bobby Brown
  • 1994–1998 Bobby Brown
  • 1998–2002 Jean Gomez/Pavle Vostanic
  • 2002–2004 Pavle Vostanic
  • 2004–2005 Pascal Dupuis
  • 2005–2008 Laurent Di Bernardo
  • 2008–2009 Stéphane Drici


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