Rodez AF

Rodez Aveyron Football (Occitan: Rodés Avairon; commonly referred to as le Raf[1] or simply Rodez) is a French association football club based in Rodez. The club was founded in 1929 and currently plays in ligue 2, the second level of French football. From 1988–1993, Rodez played in Ligue 2. The club plays its home matches at the Stade Paul Lignon located within the city. The women's squad was founded in 1993 and are known as the Rafettes.[2] They play in the Division 1 Féminine, the top division in France.

This article is about the men's football team. For the women's football team, see Rodez AF (women).

Rodez AF

Full name	Rodez Aveyron Football
Nickname(s)	Le RAF Les Sangs et Or (The Blood and Golds)
Founded	1929 (1929)
Ground	Stade Paul-Lignon, Rodez
Capacity	5,955
President	Pierre-Olivier Murat
Head coach	Laurent Peyrelade
League	Ligue 2
2019–20	Ligue 2, 16th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

On 11 April 2019, Rodez secured promotion back to Ligue 2 after 26 years in lower divisions.[3]

Players

Current squad

As of 29 July 2020[4][5]

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 Théo Guivarch 2 MF  FRA Rémy Boissier 4 DF  FRA Pierre Bardy 5 DF  FRA Yohan Roche 7 MF  FRA Nassim Ouammou 8 MF  FRA Pierre Ruffaut 10 MF  FRA Aurélien Tertereau 11 FW  FRA Ugo Bonnet 12 MF  COD Francis Dady Ngoye 13 DF  GEO Amiran Sanaia 14 MF  FRA Loïc Poujol 15 FW  SEN Pape Sané 16 GK  FRA Lionel Mpasi

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  FRA Nathanaël Dieng 19 DF  FRA Alexis Peyrelade 21 DF  FRA Joris Chougrani 22 MF  FRA David Douline 23 MF  FRA Boris Mathis 24 MF  FRA Hugo Garcia 26 FW  FRA Ayoub Ouhafsa 27 MF  FRA Erwan Maury 28 MF  FRA Valentin Henry 29 DF  FRA Grégory Coelho 30 GK  FRA Thomas Secchi — DF  GAB Johann Obiang — MF  FRA Jordan Leborgne – FW  FRA Alan Kerouedan – FW  FRA Malaly Dembélé – FW  SEN Daouda Gueye

Reserve squad

As of 22 March 2019[6]

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 Valentin Dahak — GK  FRA Julien Melac — DF  ITA Lino Ricci — DF  FRA Thomas Bennet — DF  FRA Mohamed Djelti — DF  FRA Doryan Soualem — DF  FRA Basile Delclaux — DF  FRA Julien Santos — DF  FRA Thomas Lacroix — MF  FRA Quentin Lacombe — MF  FRA Quentin Mazars — MF  FRA Simon Petiaut

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FRA Grégory Bon — MF  FRA Pierre Morcillo — MF  FRA Florian Ruiz — MF  FRA Majid Ajoun — MF  FRA Hugo Bobek — MF  FRA Seny Condé — MF  FRA Martin Lazuech — FW  FRA Anthony Voirin — FW  FRA Simon Quebre — FW  FRA Antoine Fabre — FW  FRA Bala Fofana — FW  FRA Brandonne Kinsisidi

Notable players

For a list of former Rodez players, see Category:Rodez AF players.

Staff

Management

• Chairman: Pierre-Olivier Murat
• General Manager: Grégory Ursule

Sports

• Head Coach: Laurent Peyrelade
• Goalkeeper Coach: David Manhaval

Honours

• Division 3
  • Runners-up (1): 1990
  • Winners (3): 1988 (Southwest group), 1990 (Central West group), 2018–19
• Championnat de France amateur
  • Winners (1): 2007 (Group C)
• Championnat de France amateur 2
  • Winners (1): 2004 (Group F)
• Division 4
  • Winners (1): 1984 (Group G)
• Division d'Honneur (Midi-Pyrénées)
  • Champions (3): 1956, 1969, 1982

References

1. "National. Vainqueur, le Rodez AF se rend la vie plus facile". La Depeche (in French). 29 September 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
2. "Rafettes maintenues". La Depeche (in French). 5 July 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
3. "26 ans plus tard, Rodez est en Ligue 2" (in French). foot-national.com. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
4. "Effectif" (in French). rodezaveyronfootball.com. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
5. "Rodez Aveyron Football - Squad". Scoresway. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
6. "NATIONAL 3" (in French). Rodez AF. Retrieved 22 March 2019.