FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

FC Sochaux
Full name	Football Club; Sochaux-Montbéliard
Nickname(s)	Les Lionceaux
Founded	1928
Ground	Stade Auguste Bonal,; Montbéliard; (Capacity: 20,005)
Chairman	Jean-Claude Plessis
Manager	Francis Gillot
League	Ligue 1
2007-08	Ligue 1, 14th
	Home colours
	Away colours

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FC Sochaux is a French football team, playing in the town of Montbéliard.

The club was founded in 1928 as a works team for the Peugeot motor car factory in the village of Sochaux. The following year, Sochaux's management sought to attract talented players from around Europe to become France's first professional soccer club.

Results soon followed as Sochaux captured the 1935 and 1938 league championships.

In the post-war era, the FCSM saw its stature in French soccer steadily diminish from a league heavyweight to a middle-of-the-table performer relying more on its excellent youth development program than on the substantial budgets of yore. Although rarely relegated to the second division, Sochaux would not hoist a major trophy until 2004's Coupe de la Ligue.

The current renaissance of les lionceaux ("the lion cubs") has seen the club finish in the top half of the Ligue 1 table three years running and compete in the UEFA Cup, as well as acquire French Cup in 2007. It is recognized as one of the very best sources of young talent in France, with players like Benoît Pedretti and Pierre-Alain Frau finding their way to top clubs and the French national team.

[edit] Honours

Ligue 1
- Champion: 1935, 1938
- Runner-up: 1937, 1953, 1980
Ligue 2
- Champion: 1947, 2001
- Runner-up: 1964,1988
Coupe de France
- Winner: 1937, 2007
- Finalist: 1959, 1967, 1988
Coupe de la Ligue
- Winner: 2004
- Finalist: 2003
Coupe Gambardella
- Winner: 1983, 2007
- Finalist: 1975

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

As of September 18, 2008^[1]

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Jérémy Gavanon
2	DF	Rabiu Afolabi
3	DF	Carlão
4	MF	Valéry Mézague
6	MF	Stéphane Dalmat (captain)
7	MF	Romain Pitau
8	FW	Álvaro Santos
9	FW	Mevlüt Erdinç
10	FW	Valter Birsa
11	FW	Francileudo Santos
12	MF	Michaël Isabey
13	MF	Ryad Boudebouz
14	DF	Bojan Jokič
15	FW	Sloan Privat
16	GK	Teddy Richert

No.	Position	Player
20	FW	Edouard Butin
21	MF	Nicolas Maurice-Belay
22	MF	Ivan Perišić
23	DF	Hakim El Bounadi
24	DF	Damien Perquis
25	DF	Jacques Faty
26	MF	Marvin Martin
27	DF	Omar Daf
28	DF	Stéphane Pichot
29	MF	Vincent Nogueira
30	GK	Matthieu Dreyer
31	DF	Frédéric Duplus
32	MF	Geoffrey Tulasne
36	MF	Robin Previtali

[edit] Out on loan

No.	Position	Player
17	DF	Maxime Josse (at Angers SCO)
15	FW	Kandia Traoré (at RC Strasbourg)
19	MF	Badara Sène (at En Avant Guingamp)
5	DF	Boukary Dramé (at Real Sociedad)