FC Libourne

Football Club Libourne, formerly known as AS Libourne or Libourne Saint-Seurin-sur-L'Isle, is a French football team from the town of Libourne in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The club plays in the Championnat National 3, the fifth tier of French football.[1]

Libourne
Full nameFootball Club Libourne
Nickname(s)The Pinguins
Founded1935 (1935)
GroundStade Jean-Antoine Moueix,
Libourne
Capacity8,500
ChairmanBernard Laydis
ManagerThierry Oleksiak
LeagueNational 3 Group A
2019–20Régional 1 Nouvelle-Aquitaine Group B, 1st (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was founded by Georges Kany in 1935 as Football Club Libourne. The club then became omnisports in 1966 and thus changed its name to Association Sportive Libournaise or simply AS Libourne. Nearly three decades later, in 1998, the club merged with AS Saint-Seurin and became Football Club de Libourne Saint-Seurin-sur-L'Isle. However, in October 2009, this merger was undone: AS Libourne returned to its old name of Football Club Libourne and AS Saint-Seurin disappeared.[1]

The club, nicknamed the penguins, were promoted to Ligue 2 from Championnat National after the 2005–06 season, but relegation followed after finishing 19th in 2007–2008. The downfall continued as far as the seventh tier, which the club were champions of in 2013, earning promotion to the DH Ligue d'Aquitaine for the 2013–14 season.[1]

Since then, the club has twice won promotion to the Championnat National 3, in 2017 and 2020.[2]

Name changes
  • Football Club Libourne (1935–1966)
  • Association Sportive Libournaise or AS Libourne (1966–1998)
  • Football Club de Libourne Saint-Seurin-sur-L'Isle (1998–2009)
  • Football Club Libourne (since 2009)

Current squad
As of November 2009

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 Mesut Boz
— GK  FRA Jean-Baptiste Daguet
— GK  BEN Yoann Djidonou
— DF  MAR Ahmed Berkouch
— DF  MAR Fouad Dahmoume
— DF  FRA Mathieu Didion
— DF  FRA Daby Gueye
— DF  FRA Giany Joinville
— DF  MAR Mounir Soufiani
— DF  FRA Terence Pinto
— MF  FRA Farid Boughidah
— MF  FRA Johann Chapron
— MF  FRA Matthieu Chemin
— MF  FRA Abdelhakim Elouaari
— MF  FRA Nicolas Julian
— MF  FRA Sébastien Ligoule
— MF  FRA Jérôme Martin
— FW  FRA Simon Adoue
— FW  FRA Benjamin Dubois
— FW  FRA Romain Dupuy
— FW  KEN Colin Dalgarno
— FW  FRA Soufiane El Ahouje
— FW  COD Junior Moukoko

Former coaches

Stéphane Ziani Jean-Marc Furlan

Former players of note

Mathieu Valbuena [3]

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References
  1. "Historique et Stades". Football Club Libourne. 6 June 2013. Archived from the original on 12 June 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  2. "Histoire" (in French). FC Libourne. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  3. https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/international/french-playmaker-valbuena-in-line-for-starring-role-1.1853142
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