Évian Thonon Gaillard FC
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| Full name | Évian Thonon Gaillard Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 2003 | ||
| Ground | Stade Joseph-Moynat (Capacity: 6,000) |
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| Chairman | Franck Riboud (honorary president) Patrick Trotignon (director general) |
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| Manager | Bernard Casoni | ||
| League | Championnat National | ||
| 2008-09 | Championnat National, 5th | ||
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Évian Thonon Gaillard Football Club is a football club originally based in Gaillard, Haute-Savoie, France, near the Swiss border and the city of Geneva. The team has recently moved to Thonon-les-Bains.
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[edit] History
Football Croix-de-Savoie 74 was formed in 2003 as a result of a merger between FC Gaillard (founded in 1924) and FC Ville-la-Grand. In 2007, the club underwent a further merger, this time with local team Olympique Thonon-Chablais; the club's name changed once again, with them becoming known as Olympique Croix-de-Savoie 74. Whilst the former club had been heavily associated heavily with Gaillard, the new club moved to the nearby commune of Thonon-les-Bains because their stadium in Gaillard was, in August 2005, deemed unfit for use in the National division, forcing the club to move to Stade Joseph-Moynat in Thonon, a facility with 2,700 seats and a capacity of 6,000, whereas the Gaillard stadium had only 2,000 places for spectators.
In the summer of 2009, the president of the Groupe Danone, Franck Riboud was made honorary president of the football club. Riboud yet again changed the name of the team to Évian Thonon Gaillard Football Club. He also put money into the team in order to improve the youth system at the club, and he harbours aspirations of the side returning to Ligue 2.[1]
[edit] Recent status
Croix-de-Savoie finished 3rd in the Championnat de France Amateurs Group B in 2003/04. Normally, only the top club in each of the four Amateur groups is promoted to the National league; however, both the 1st and 2nd placed clubs in Group B were reserve sides of professional teams, namely Lyon and Metz. As such, Croix-de-Savoie was promoted. [2]
The club's first season in the National division saw them narrowly avoid relegation, finishing 14th out of 20, two points above relegated 17th place Besançon RC.[3] The 2005/06 season was less successful; Croix-de-Savoie finished 18th with 41 points, one point behind SO Châtellerault.[4] Croix-de-Savoie's average attendance also dropped from 933 [5] to 716[6].
Croix-de-Savoie has since returned to the Championnat National as the Championnat de France Amateurs Group B Winners, for the 2008/09 season.
[edit] Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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