Union Sportive Gravelines Football

Union Sportive Gravelines Football is a French association football team founded in 1941. They are based in Gravelines, Nord. Their home stadium is the Stade des Huttes in the town. Playing it R2 – Hauts-de-France.

Gravelines
Full nameUnion Sportive Gravelinoise Football
Nickname(s)Bleu et Blanc
FoundedDecember 30, 1941 (1941-12-30)
GroundStade des Huttes
Gravelines, France
Capacity1,500
PresidentChristian Duhamel
Head coachLec Dunez
LeagueR2 – Hauts-de-France
WebsiteClub website

History

1987-1993: Breakthrough to the gates of professional football

From 1942 to 1987, the Gravelines only makes trips between Division d'Honneur and Division d'Honneur Regional. In 1988, the Gravelines missed the rise in 4th Division and did the same in 1989. The Gravelines won the first title in its history by winning the DH championship in 1990. The following year, the USG continued his series winning the CFA. In 1992, the club just missed the rise in Ligue 2. In 1993, in mid-season, the Gravelines was still in good position to reach the top division, the club even managing until 32 Finale Coupe de France.

1993-2008: The fall and the rapid return to Division d'Honneur

Between the Gravelines at Stade Lavallois, the 32nd Finale Coupe de France, lost with a score of 3 goals to 1, marking the beginning of the descent into the underworld of the club, especially in parallel, the mayor of Gravelines, Albert Denvers, decided to lower subsidies club, which made from the majority of players of the Gravelines. The club then finished his penultimate season in National then went on with a last place in CFA in 1994, synonymous with relegation in CFA2. In 1995, the Gravelines Division d'Honneur went down by finishing second last in CFA2 and remained 13 years. The club missed the rise in 2002, but ended up winning the Division d'Honneur championship in 2008 and ascended to the CFA2.

Since 2008: From Survival in CFA2 return in Division d'Honneur

From 2008 to 2010, the Gravelines fought for the rise in the CFA, but since 2010, the club rather fight to maintain in CFA2. Following confirmation of Le Mans administrative demotion in CFA, Gravelines finally fished[1] for the 2013-2014 season CFA2 in his capacity as the 11th best 8 groups of the division. At the end of the 2013-2014 season, the Gravelines finished in last place synonymous with relegation to Division d'Honneur for the 2014-2015 season.

Honours

  • Championnat de France Amateur (1)
    • Group A Champion : 1991
  • Championnat de Division d'Honneur du Nord-Pas-de-Calais (2)
    • Champion : 1990, 2008
    • Vice-champion : 1988, 1989, 2002

Players and staff

As of 15 March 2016.

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
GK  FRA Bertrand Bossu
GK  FRA Romain Bruneau
GK  FRA Alexis Magnier
DF  FRA Léo Berthe
DF  MAR Fouad El Attaria
DF  FRA Benjamin Gheerardyn
DF  FRA Alexandre Gobert
DF  FRA Pascal Lemaire
DF  MLI Djoumin Sangaré
DF  FRA Olivier Sborgni
MF  FRA Romain Blérard
MF  FRA Karim Bentaleb
MF  FRA Maxime Canoen
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  FRA Adrien Desruelle
MF  FRA Clément Lavie
MF  FRA Romain Lavie
MF  FRA Morgan Leducq
MF  FRA Thibault Lemaître
MF  FRA Ali Massaki
MF  FRA Samir Moulay
MF  FRA Marvin Théry
MF  FRA Alexandre Vereecque
FW  FRA Brahim Chadili
FW  FRA Sébastien Dorizon
FW  SEN Ahmad Fall
FW  FRA Kévin Lapouge

Staff

Coaching staff
Head coach Ludovic Pollet
Assistant coach Olivier VandeVorde
Goalkeeper coach Ruben Vandewalle
Head athletic trainer Stéphane Le Deist

References

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