US Créteil-Lusitanos

Union Sportive Créteil-Lusitanos (commonly referred to as US Créteil or USC) is a French football club based in Créteil, a southeastern suburb of Paris. The club was founded in 1936 and currently play in the Championnat National 2, the fourth division of French football. The football club forms part of an omnisports club that is also known for its handball team.

US Créteil
Full nameUnion Sportive Créteil-Lusitanos
Nickname(s)Les Béliers (The Rams)
Les Cristoliens (The Créteiliens)
USC
Founded1936 (1936)
GroundStade Dominique Duvauchelle,
Créteil
Capacity12,150
ChairmanArmand Lopes
ManagerCarlos Secretário
LeagueChampionnat National
2019–209th
WebsiteClub website

US Créteil was founded in 1936 as an omnisports club and have a rich history, despite achieving minimal honours.

The club has won the Division d'Honneur on two occasions in 1962 and 1986. In 1987, Créteil were crowned champions of the now-defunct Division 4 and, a year later, captured the Division 3 title. The club's best finish in the prestigious Coupe de France was during the 1985–86 edition of the competition when the team reached the quarter-finals. For eight consecutive seasons (1999–2007), Créteil played in Ligue 2, the second division of French football. It returned to Ligue 2 in the 2013–14 season. In 2018, the club was relegated to the Championnat National 2.

The team is affectionately known as Les Béliers ("The Rams") or Les Cristoliens, the name given to the inhabitants of Créteil.

History

Association football ventured to the city of Créteil relatively late compared to other communes located in and around Paris. The first club to enter the fray was Club Sportif de Créteil. However, the club was considered unstable from the start and was declared unofficial as the city was attempting to replicate the passion and heart clubs such as Red Star 93, CA Paris-Charenton, and Racing Club de France displayed in nearby communes. The declaration soon came to fruition following the foundation of Union Sportive Créteil in 1936 by a man commonly known as M. Hemon. Créteil spent almost 30 years hovering in the lower divisions. During this time, the football club played its home matches at the Stade Desmont, which seated only 800 spectators. Under the leadership of B. Hainque, Créteil reached the Championnat de France amateur in 1962. The team then proceeded to falter back into the Promotion d'Honneur before reaching the Division d'Honneur in the new decade.

Créteil and Bordeaux lining up at the Stade Dominique Duvauchelle in 2012

Créteil were a lucky beneficiary in 1978 when the French Football Federation announced the creation of the Division 4. The club was promoted to the new league despite its 7th-place finish in the Division d'Honneur the previous season. The team's shaky form showed as they were in dead last after ten matches were contested. By the end of the season, Créteil were back in the Division d'Honneur. In 1983, the club moved into its new stadium, the Stade Dominique Duvauchelle, after having spent almost 50 years at the Stade Desmont. Two years later, under the guidance of the city's deputy mayor Laurent Cathala, Union Sportive Créteil merged with the Créteil omnisports club in order to give the city a better sporting identity. The club's main sports became football, swimming, athletics, and cycling.

US Créteil spent the 2000s between the third division and Ligue 2 before being relegated back to Championnat de France National. In the 2012–13 season, the club was promoted back to Ligue 2 and they reached the round of 16 in the 2012 Coupe de France competition before being eliminated by Girondins de Bordeaux. In 2016, the club was relegated from Ligue 2 back to the Championnat National. In 2018, US Créteil were relegated to the Championnat National 2 after finishing bottom of the table.[1][2]

On 27 May 2019, Créteil were promoted back to the Championnat de France National after finishing as champions of the Championnat National 2 Group D.[3]

Supporters

The club has a small but loyal and fanatical fan-base, mostly from Val-de-Marne, the southern and eastern suburbs of Paris. The club has two ultras groups; Urban Devils founded in 2002, later re-formed in 2005 and Kop de Banlieue founded in 2004. The fans are known as the Cristoliens, inhabitants of Créteil.

Despite playing in a modern facility, the club's level attendance is very low, averaging only around 500 spectators during the Championnat National years, although after promotion that number has risen to around 2500 per game in Ligue 2.[4]

The club has rivalries with Red Star F.C. and Paris FC,[5] with whom they contest the Parisian derbies.

Attendances

Average attendances:[4][6][7]

Stadium
Main article: Stade Dominique Duvauchelle

Créteil play its home matches at the 12,000-seat Stade Dominique Duvauchelle, named after Dominique Duvauchelle, a local sports journalist from the city of Créteil.

Players

Current squad
As of 13 August 2020[8]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Stephane Veron
3 DF Daniel Martins
4 DF Mady Soaré
5 DF Zakaria Belkouche
7 FW Ibrahim Sangaré
8 MF Abdelmalek Mokdad
9 FW Kévin Farade
10 MF Christopher Baptista
11 FW Souleymane Sawadogo
14 DF Juary Soares
15 MF Matthias Llambrich
No. Position Player
17 MF Kamel Chergui
20 DF Jacques-Antoine Pelletier
21 DF Alexandre Pardal
22 DF Yamadou Fofana
23 MF Loïc Baal
24 MF Jason Buaillon
27 MF Fábio Pereira
30 GK Vivien Cédille
33 MF Abdessalem Boujenfa
35 DF Lucas Larade
— GK Romain Cagnon

Reserve squad
As of 9 April 2019[9]

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

No. Position Player
— GK Cédric Babel
— GK Wahmey Ahissou
— DF Lukas Matuba Lema
— DF Jonas Célestine
— DF Mamadou Bilaly Diarra
— DF Vinéa Koubemba
— DF Lucas Larade
— DF Alan Tankeu
— MF Rochdi Izem
— MF Modibo Haïdara
No. Position Player
— MF Geraud NSele
— MF Diambéré Diarra
— MF Ibou Sow
— MF Mohamed Traoré
— MF Oumar Coulibaly
— MF Mohamed Soumahoro
— MF Abdeslam Boujenfa
— FW Rachid Marwane
— FW Bilal Cissé
— FW Aiman Bani

Former players

For a complete list of former US Créteil-Lusitanos players with a Wikipedia article, see here.

Managers

Current coaching staff
As of 27 June 2014.[10]
Position Name Nationality
Manager Yann Lachuer  French
Assistant manager Francis de Percin  French
Assistant manager Jean-Michel Bridier  French
Goalkeeping coach Jean-Pascal Beaufreton  French
Physiotherapist Olivier Roussey  French
Medical Doctor Nicolas Bompard  French
Intendant Amandio Adubeiro  Portuguese

Managerial history

US Créteil-Lusitanos has had numerous managers and caretaker managers since the club's foundation in 1936. The list below begins with the club's managers since 1986.

Manager Créteil career Major Honours
Jean-Marc Komano 1986–88 Won Division 4 and Division 3.
Philippe Redon 1988–89, 1989–90
Philippe Troussier 1989
Ruben Umpierrez 1989
Fathi Chebel 1989
Jacky Lemée 1990–92
Marc Collat 1992–95
Robert Buiges 1995–96
Pierre Garcia 1996–97
Bernard Simondi 1997–99 Achieved promotion to Ligue 2.
Gernot Rohr 1999–00
Laurent Roussey 2000–01
Slaviša Vukićević 2001
Ladislas Lozano 2001–02
Noël Tosi 2002–03
Jean-Michel Bridier 2003, 2004
Jean-Michel Cavalli 2003–04
Guy David 2004–05
Albert Rust 2006
Olivier Frapolli 2006, 2008–09
Artur Jorge 2006–07
Thierry Goudet 2007–08
Laurent Fournier 2009–10
Hubert Velud 2010–2011
Jean-Luc Vasseur 2011–2014 Won the 2012–13 Championnat National
Philippe Hinschberger 2014
Thierry Froger 2014–2015
Laurent Roussey 2015–Unknown
Stéphane Le Mignan 2017–Present
Managers in italics were hired as caretakers

Honours
  • Championnat National
    • Champions (1): 2013
  • Division 4 (CFA 2)
    • Champions (1): 1987, 2019
  • Division d'Honneur (Île-de-France)
    • Champions (2): 1962, 1986
  • Coupe de Paris - Ile de France
    • Champions (1) 1998

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References
  1. http://frenchfootballweekly.com/2017/04/25/paris-fc-and-red-star-mean-paris-is-more-than-psg/
  2. http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/ile-de-france/national-creteil-conserverait-son-president-malgre-une-relegation-20-04-2018-7673967.php
  3. "L'US CRÉTEIL LUSITANOS CHAMPION DES CHAMPIONS DE NATIONAL 2 !". www.actufoot.com.
  4. Ligue1.com - French Football League - Domino's Ligue 2 - Attendances
  5. Créteil - Paris FC : Match et incident en photos
  6. Classement National 2010 / 2011
  7. http://www.foot-national.com/2017-2018-classement-national-type-domicile-spectateur-journees-1-38.html
  8. "EFFECTIF NATIONAL". uscl.fr. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  9. "EFFECTIF NATIONAL 3" (in French). US Créteil-Lusitanos. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  10. Staff technique
  11. Palmarès - US Créteil 1936
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