List of RC Strasbourg Alsace players

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This page lists a selection of RC Strasbourg Alsace players who have achieved sufficient notability according to several criteria which are defined below. For a list of all RC Strasbourg players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:RC Strasbourg Alsace players, and for the current first-team squad, see RC Strasbourg Alsace#Current squad.

Notable players for the club[edit]

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for RC Strasbourg from when the club turned professional in 1933 to the present. Generally, this means all players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club.[1] However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included. This includes those who have represented their country whilst playing for the club,[2] and players who have set a club playing record, such as goalscoring or transfer fee records.[3]

Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances are for first-team competitive matches only, including substitute appearances, while wartime and cup matches are excluded. Players who captained the club for 10 or more games during a season are included. Statistics are correct as of November 25, 2008.

  Club captains who have won a major senior competition (competitions noted in notes section).
  Players who represented their country while at the club.
Name Nationality Position[4] Strasbourg career Captaincy Appearances Goals Notes
Albert Freyermuth  France Forward 1921–1935 1933–1934 11 3 [5]
Lucien Halter  France Midfielder 1929–1932
1933–1939
1935–1938 188 0
Fritz Keller  France Forward 1933–1939 1934–1935 165 74 [6]
Oscar Heisserer  France Forward 1934–1938
1945–1949
1945–1949 238 64 [7]
Oskar Rohr  Germany Forward 1934–1939 150 118 [8]
Alexander Schwartz  Romania Defender 1936–1938 67 0 [9]
Ernest Waechter  France Defender 1936–1940
1945–1947
127 12
Alphonse Rolland  France Forward 1945–1948 119 46
Marcel Lergenmuller  France Goalkeeper 1945–1949 117 0
Joseph Lang  France Midfielder 1945–1949 140 2
Secundo Pascual  Spain Defender 1945–1949 159 1
Paco Mateo  Spain Defender 1945–1950 118 17
Frédéric Woehl  France Forward 1945–1950 1949–1950 148 55 [10]
Aleksandrs Vanags  Latvia Midfielder 1946–1947
1949–1954
140 10
Charles Heiné  France Forward 1946–1949 94 20
Lucien Schaeffer  France Goalkeeper 1947–1953 137 0
Raymond Krug  France Forward 1947–1956 211 8
Edmond Haan  France Forward 1947–1949
1950–1961
1951–1952
1954–1956
1958
329 76 [11]
François Remetter  France Goalkeeper 1948
1960–1964
141 0
Michel Vavriniak  Poland Midfielder 1949–1952 1950–1951 93 0 [12]
René Hauss  France Defender 1949–1967 1962–1967 580 13 [13]
Raymond Kaelbel  France Defender 1950–1956
1964–1969
277 11
Jean Wendling  France Defender 1951–1956 92 0 [14]
Antoine Hertrich  France Midfielder 1951–1959 131 38
Jean-Pierre Kress  France Goalkeeper 1953–1956 48 0
Ernst Stojaspal  Austria Midfielder 1954–1957 115 58 [15]
Louis Schweitzer  France Midfielder 1955–1961 122 4
Stéphane Brezniak  France Midfielder 1956–1959 1958–1969 122 14
Maurice Visioli  France Goalkeeper 1957–1960 104 0
Casimir Koza  France Forward 1959–1964 161 83
Pierre Nabat  France Midfielder 1959–1964 112 7
Denis Devaux  France Defender 1959–1966 176 3
Raymond Stieber  France Midfielder 1959–1967 245 5
Robert Jonquet  France Defender 1960–1962 1960–1962 59 3
Roland Merschel  France Midfielder 1960–1962
1964–1969
216 19 [16]
Gilbert Gress  France Forward 1960–1966
1973–1975
1974–1975 257 26
Gérard Hausser  France Forward 1960–1967
1971–1974
1971–1974 317 78
Michel Leblond  France Defender 1961–1964 104 3
Gines Gonzales  France Defender 1961–1966 108 4
Pierre Sbaiz  France Defender 1961–1967 131 0
Jean Schuth  France Goalkeeper 1961–1971 1969–1971 277 0
Ramon Muller  Argentina Forward 1962–1963
1966–1968
140 22
José Farías  Argentina Forward 1963–1967 138 47
Marcel Lazarus  France Midfielder 1965–1973 187 1
Philippe Piat  France Forward 1965–1966
1967–1970
152 48
Gérard Burcklé  France Defender 1966–1970 139 2
José Lopez  Spain Defender 1966–1970 125 1
Jean-Noël Huck  France Midfielder 1968–1971
1984–1985
1984–1985 118 8 [17]
Dario Grava  France Defender 1968–1973 151 3
Marc Molitor  France Forward 1969–1973 93 43
René Deutschmann  France Midfielder 1969–1984 352 14
Ivica Osim  Yugoslavia Midfielder 1970–1972
1976–1978
1976–1977 104 20
Maurice Serrus  France Defender 1971–1975 145 1
Gérald Zamojski  France Defender 1971–1976 134 0
Michel Sénéchal  France Forward 1972–1977 108 12
Roland Wagner  France Forward 1973–1982 201 48
Giora Spiegel  Israel Midfielder 1973–1976 1975–1976 107 25
Jacky Duguépéroux  France Defender 1973–1979 1977–1979 322 4 [18]
Albert Gemmrich  France Forward 1973–1979
1983–1984
253 94
Dominique Dropsy  France Goalkeeper 1973–1984 1980–1981 461 1 [19]
Léonard Specht  France Defender 1973–1982
1987–1989
1987–1989 372 23
Yves Ehrlacher  France Midfielder 1974–1979 202 29
Joël Tanter  France Forward 1974–1982 182 18
Jean-Jacques Marx  France Defender 1975–1982 248 22
Jacky Novi  France Defender 1977–1980 1979–1980 92 1
Raymond Domenech  France Defender 1977–1981 146 4
Francis Piasecki  France Midfielder 1977–1985 1984–1985 322 64
Roger Jouve  France Midfielder 1978–1980 43 0
Jacques Glassmann  France Defender 1978–1984 57 3 [20]
Rémy Vogel  France Midfielder 1978–1987 1985–1987 266 7
Jean-François Jodar  France Defender 1979–1984 147 0
Vicky Peretz  Israel Forward 1980–1982 81 29 [21]
Serge Jenner  France Defender 1980–1987
1990–1992
233 7
Denis Schaer  France Forward 1980–1988 184 18
Didier Six  France Forward 1980–1981
1986–1987
33 3
Carsten Nielsen  Denmark Forward 1981–1985 1985 120 17
Jean-Marc Knapp  France Defender 1981–1987 127 1
Porfirio Armando Betancourt  Honduras Forward 1982–1984 38 5
Vincent Cobos  France Defender 1982–1991 1989–1991 227 3
Andrey Zhelyazkov  Bulgaria Midfielder 1985–1986 27 1 [22]
Marc Andrieux  France Midfielder 1985–1989 108 7
Peter Reichert  Germany Midfielder 1986–1989 108 39
Jean-Jacques Etamé  France Midfielder 1986–1988
1990–1993
121 22
Cyriaque Didaux  France Midfielder 1987–1992
128 21
José Cobos  France Defender 1987–1993 157 10
Jean-François Péron  France Forward 1988–1992 141 12
Didier Monczuk  France Forward 1989–1993 105 72
Sylvain Sansone  France Goalkeeper 1989–1994 156 0
Ivan Hasek  Czech Republic Midfielder 1990–1994 79 27 [23]
Frank Leboeuf  France Defender 1990–1996 1995–1996 204 40
Stephen Keshi  Nigeria Defender 1991–1993 64 9 [24]
Marc Keller  France Forward 1991–1996 162 35 [25]
Yvon Pouliquen  France Midfielder 1991–1996 1991–1995 172 4
Pascal Baills  France Defender 1992–1995 108 3
Michael Hughes  Northern Ireland Midfielder 1992–1994 84 9 [26]
Frank Farina  Australia Forward 1992–1994 48 14 [27]
Yannick Rott  France Defender 1993–1998 140 1
Olivier Dacourt  France Midfielder 1993–1998 136 4
David Régis  France Defender 1993–1996 102 2
Valérien Ismaël  France Defender 1993–1998
2001
2002–2003
142 3
Aleksandr Mostovoi  Russia Midfielder 1994–1996 61 15 [28]
Alexander Vencel  Slovakia Goalkeeper 1994–2000 199 0 [29]
Gérald Baticle  France Forward 1995–1998 1996–1998 112 21 [30]
Philippe Raschke  France Defender 1995–1998 100 2
David Zitelli  France Forward 1995–1998
1999–2000
131 35
Godwin Okpara  Nigeria Defender 1996–1999 102 6 [31]
Jan Suchopárek  Czech Republic Defender 1996–1999 81 1 [32]
Stéphane Collet  France Midfielder 1996–1999
2001–2002
117 2
Seo Jung-Won  South Korea Forward 1998–1999 18 4 [33]
Corentin Martins  France Midfielder 1998–1999
2000–2004
2000–2004 133 16 [34]
Gharib Amzine  Morocco Midfielder 1998–2001 44 2 [35]
Péguy Luyindula  France Forward 1998–2001 84 19 [36]
Teddy Bertin  France Defender 1998–2003 1998–2000 151 23
Fabrice Ehret  France Midfielder 1998–2004 124 8
Habib Beye  Senegal Defender 1998–2003 133 8 [37]
Akmal Rizal  Malaysia Forward 1999–2000 22 5
Mario Haas  Austria Forward 1999–2001 29 4 [38][39]
Joseph N'Do  Cameroon Midfielder 1999–2001 27 0 [40]
Pierre N'Janka  Cameroon Defender 1999–2003 64 0 [41]
Pascal Camadini  France Midfielder 1999–2005
2006–2007
137 4
Mamadou Bagayoko  Mali Forward 1999–2003 72 4 [42]
Pascal Johansen  France Midfielder 2000–2002
2004–2008
144 6
Cédric Kanté  Mali Defender 2000–2001
2003–2006
2004–2005 96 3 [43][44]
Danijel Ljuboja  Serbia Forward 2000–2003 121 34 [45][46]
Jean-Christophe Devaux  France Defender 2000–2007 128 1
Vincent Doukantié  Mali Midfielder 2000–2002 25 0 [47]
José Luis Chilavert  Paraguay Goalkeeper 2000–2002 50 0 [48]
Yacine Abdessadki  Morocco Midfielder 2000–2002
2003–2005
2006–2008
2006–2007 128 12 [49]
Christian Bassila  France Midfielder 2001–2005 2004 89 7
Guillaume Lacour  France Midfielder 2002–Present 2005–2006
2007
2009–Present
201 2 [50]
Yves Deroff  France Defender 2002–2007 2006 147 2
Ulrich Le Pen  France Forward 2002–2006 105 16
Václav Drobný  Czech Republic Defender 2002–2004 42 0 [51]
Eric Mouloungui  Gabon Forward 2003–2005
2006–2008
102 17 [52]
Mamadou Niang  Senegal Forward 2003–2005 56 21 [53]
Pontus Farnerud  Sweden Forward 2003–2004
2005–2006
63 3 [54]
Salim Arrache  Algeria Forward 2003–2006 64 1 [55]
Alexander Farnerud  Sweden Forward 2003–2006 80 6 [56]
Mickaël Pagis  France Forward 2004–2006 2005 45 19
Karim Haggui  Tunisia Defender 2004–2006 43 2 [57]
Arthur Boka  Ivory Coast Defender 2004–2006 66 2 [58]
Stéphane Cassard  France Goalkeeper 2004–Present 162 0
Sidi Keita  Mali Midfielder 2004–2006 27 0 [59]
Haykel Gmamdia  Tunisia Forward 2005–2006 13 0 [60]
Hosni Abd Rabo  Egypt Midfielder 2005–2006 22 1 [61]
Ahmed Abou Moslem  Egypt Defender 2006–2007 26 0 [62]
Szilárd Németh  Slovakia Forward 2006 9 0 [63]
Jeff Strasser  Luxembourg Defender 2006–2007 26 1 [64]
Wason Rentería  Colombia Forward 2007–2008 28 9 [65]
Rodrigo  Brazil Midfielder 2007–2008 2007–2008 34 1
Grégory Paisley  France Defender 2007–Present 2008–2009 57 0
Jacob Mulenga  Zambia Forward 2007–2008 22 1 [66]
Zoltán Szélesi  Hungary Defender 2007–Present 38 0 [67]
Mamadou Bah  Guinea Midfielder 2008–Present 24 0 [68]

Club captains[edit]

Name Period
France Rémy Vogel 1985–1987
France Léonard Specht 1987–1989
France Vincent Cobos 1989–1991
France Yvon Pouliquen 1991–1995
France Franck Lebœuf 1995–1996
France Gérald Baticle 1996–1998
France Corentin Martins 1998–1999
France Teddy Bertin 1999–2000
France Corentin Martins 2000–2004
France Christian Bassila 2004
Mali Cédric Kanté 2004–2005
France Mickaël Pagis 2005
France Guillaume Lacour 2005–2006
Name Period
France Yves Deroff 2006
France Yacine Abdessadki 2006–2007
France Guillaume Lacour 2007
Brazil Rodrigo 2007–2008
France Grégory Paisley 2008–2009
France Guillaume Lacour 2009–2010
Serbia Milovan Sikimić 2010–2011
France Ludovic Golliard 2011–2012
Serbia Milovan Sikimić 2012–2014
Guinea Ernest Seka 2014–2018
Serbia Stefan Mitrović 2018–present

French internationals[edit]

Below is a list of all RC Strasbourg players who have been capped for France.[69]

Italics: Formed at RC Strasbourg's academy
*: Still active

World Cup winner
Name Position Caps with Strasbourg Total Caps
1 Oscar Heisserer Forward 18 25
2 Dominique Dropsy Goalkeeper 17 17
3 Léonard Specht Defender 16 18
4 Gérard Hausser Forward 14 14
5 Frank Lebœuf Defender 8 50
6 Fritz Keller Forward 8 8
7 Jean-Noël Huck Midfielder 6 17
8 Marc Molitor Forward 6 10
9 Albert Gemmrich Forward 5 5
10 Didier Six Forward 4 52
11 Raymond Kaelbel Defender 4 35
12 Edmond Haan Forward 4 4
13 Roger Jouve Midfielder 3 7
14 Francis Piasecki Midfielder 3 3
15 Raymond Domenech Defender 2 8
16 Charles Heiné Forward 2 2
17 Marc Keller Forward 1 6
18 Jean-Pierre Kress Goalkeeper 1 1
19 Casimir Koza Forward 1 1
20 Denis Devaux Defender 1 1
21 Roland Wagner Forward 1 1
22 Youri Djorkaeff Forward 0 82
23 Robert Jonquet Defender 0 58
24 Franck Sauzée Midfielder 0 39
25 François Remetter Goalkeeper 0 26
26 Jean Wendling Defender 0 26
27 Olivier Dacourt* Midfielder 0 21
28 Jacky Novi Defender 0 20
29 François Bracci Defender 0 18
30 Olivier Rouyer Forward 0 17
31 Jean-François Larios Midfielder 0 17
32 Lucien Muller Midfielder 0 16
33 Gérard Soler Midfielder 0 16
34 Corentin Martins Midfielder 0 14
35 Lucien Laurent Forward 0 10
36 André Rey Goalkeeper 0 10
37 Henri Baillot Forward 0 8
38 René Bihel Forward 0 6
39 Jean-François Jodar Defender 0 6
40 Rémi Garde Midfielder 0 6
41 Martin Djetou Midfielder 0 6
42 Robert Szczepaniak Midfielder 0 5
43 Éric Pécout Forward 0 5
44 Michel Leblond Midfielder 0 4
45 Xavier Gravelaine Forward 0 4
46 Péguy Luyindula* Forward 0 4
47 Henri Skiba Forward 0 3
48 Gilbert Gress Forward 0 3
49 Henri Roessler Defender 0 2
50 François Brisson Forward 0 2
51 Curt Keller Forward 0 1
52 Alfred Dambach Goalkeeper 0 1
53 Bolek Tempowski Midfielder 0 1
54 Georges Sesia Forward 0 1
55 Dario Grava Defender 0 1
56 Jacques Vergnes Forward 0 1
57 Rémi Vogel Forward 0 1
58 Pascal Baills Defender 0 1
59 Jean-Luc Dogon Defender 0 1
60 Richard Dutruel Goalkeeper 0 1

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ Number of appearances and goals for the club are obtained from Racingstub player history. For sources about the captaincy, see individual footnotes (work in progress)
  2. ^ For French players see their profile at FFF database, for foreign players see the individual footnote (work in progress)
  3. ^ See RC Strasbourg#Records for complete information and sources as well as individual footnotes (work in progress)
  4. ^ For a full description of positions see Football Positions.
  5. ^ Club's first professional captain.[citation needed]
  6. ^ First player to receive full international honours for France while registered for the club, playing for against The Netherlands in 1934.[citation needed]
  7. ^ Most games with France's national team while at the club (19)[citation needed]
  8. ^ All-time top scorer (118)
    Most goals in a single season (30)[citation needed]
  9. ^ Romanian soccer lists a game played by Schwartz against Yugoslavia in 1937
  10. ^ Pierre Perny, Racing 100 ans, 2006, p. 146.
  11. ^ Pierre Perny, op. cit., p. 175
  12. ^ Led the team to win the Coupe de France in 1951[citation needed]
  13. ^ Led the team to win the Coupe de France in 1966
    Most caps for the club (580)
    Oldest player (39)[citation needed]
  14. ^ Club chairman (1992–1994)[citation needed]
  15. ^ Austriasoccer
  16. ^ Most European games with the club (18)[citation needed]
  17. ^ Player-manager during the end of the 1984–1985 season[citation needed]
  18. ^ Led the team to win the Championship in 1979[citation needed]
  19. ^ Most appearances in a row for the club (336)[citation needed]
  20. ^ Youngest player (16 years and 95 days)[citation needed]
  21. ^ Played for Israel in 1982 WC qualifier
  22. ^ Played in Bulgaria's qualification campaign for WC 1986 in 1985, for example against GDR
  23. ^ Played for Czechoslovakia between 1990-1993 Archived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ^ Played for example in the African Cup of Nations in 1992
  25. ^ Club Director (2001–2006)[citation needed]
  26. ^ Northern Ireland caps in 1992-1994
  27. ^ Caps for Australia in 1993
  28. ^ International appearances at RSSSF
  29. ^ Appearances for Slovakia National Team at RSSSF
  30. ^ Led the team to win the Coupe de la Ligue in 1997[citation needed]
  31. ^ He played for example for Nigeria during World Cup 1998
  32. ^ Played for Czech Republic between 1996 and 1999 Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
  33. ^ Played for Korea during the World Cup 1998 Archived 2009-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
  34. ^ Led the team to win the Coupe de France in 2001[citation needed]
  35. ^ International caps in 1998-2001
  36. ^ Record transfer fee received[citation needed]
  37. ^ had his first cap with Senegal in 2001 while he was still at Strasbourg
  38. ^ Record transfer fee paid
  39. ^ International cap on Austriansoccer
  40. ^ [1] Cameroon world cup qualifying matches detail
  41. ^ [2] Cameroon world cup qualifying matches detail
  42. ^ Had his first cap for Mali while at Strasbourg (2000)
  43. ^ Led the team to win the Coupe de le Ligue in 2005
  44. ^ International appearances for Kanté while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)[citation needed]
  45. ^ Top active goalscorer (34)
  46. ^ International appearances for Ljuboja while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  47. ^ Played for Mali at the 2002 African cup of Nations
  48. ^ Chilavert international appearances at RSSSF
  49. ^ International appearances for Abdessadki while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  50. ^ Active player with the most caps for the club[citation needed]
  51. ^ First cap in February 2004
  52. ^ International appearances for Mouloungui while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  53. ^ International appearances for Niang while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  54. ^ International appearances for P. Farnerud while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  55. ^ First cap in 2004
  56. ^ International appearances for A. Farnerud while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  57. ^ International appearances for Haggui while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  58. ^ International appearances for Boka while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  59. ^ International appearances for Keita while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  60. ^ International appearances for Gmamdia while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  61. ^ International appearances for Hosni while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  62. ^ International appearances for Abou Moslem while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  63. ^ International appearances for Nemeth while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  64. ^ International appearances for Strasser while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  65. ^ International appearances for Renteria while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  66. ^ International appearances for Mulenga while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  67. ^ International appearances for Szelesi while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  68. ^ Had his first cap for Guinea while at Strasbourg (2008)
  69. ^ Compiled from FFF Player history and Allez les Bleus player history

References[edit]