Stade Malherbe Caen

Stade Malherbe Caen

Full name	Stade Malherbe Caen Calvados Basse-Normandie
Founded	17 November 1913
Ground	Stade Michel d'Ornano, Caen (Capacity: 21,500)
Chairman	Jean-François Fortin
Manager	Franck Dumas Patrice Garande
League	Ligue 1
2010-11	15th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Stade Malherbe Caen (French pronunciation: [stɑd malˈɛrb kɑ̃]; commonly referred to as SM Caen or simply Caen) is a professional French football team, playing in the city of Caen, Normandy. The club was founded on 17 November 1913 following the merger of Club Malherbe Caennais and Club Sportif Caennais. The team takes its name from Lycée Malherbe, named after François de Malherbe (1555–1628), a poet, critic and translator, who was a native of Caen.

For the longest part of its history, SM Caen remains one of the leading amateur club in France, playing upon its foundation at stade de Venoix. The late 1980s and early 1990s saw the rise of Stade Malherbe into French football hierarchy. In 1985, Stade Malherbe adopted professional status. Three seasons later, it was promoted for the first time in first division. In 1992, several months after it was narrowly saved from bankruptcy, the club ends at fifth place of Division 1 and qualifies for the UEFA Cup. In 1993, the club moved to the modern stade Michel d'Ornano, but was relegated two years later. Despite a second division title won in 1996, SM Caen quickly fell back into the anonymity of the second division.

The late 2000s saw Stade Malherbe regain some sporting success, which allows it to play several seasons in Ligue 1 and reach the final of the Coupe de la Ligue in 2005. The club has been chaired by Jean-François Fortin since 2002, and the team managed since 2005 by Franck Dumas, assisted by Patrice Garande since 2009. In the 2008/2009 season, the team was once again relegated to Ligue 2 after losing 1–0 at home to Bordeaux, but were promoted back at the first attempt.

History

SM Caen has been a professional football club since 1988. Some years later, the club qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup 1992–93 but was eliminated by Real Zaragoza.

In the 2003/2004 season, Caen finished 2nd in Ligue 2, gaining promotion to Ligue 1. They were relegated on the last day of the 2004/05 Ligue 1 season, finishing in 18th place despite some positive results, including a surprise 3–2 away win at Marseille. But the main highlight of their season was making it into the final of the Coupe de la Ligue for the first time in their history. Their chance at a major trophy eluded them however, as they lost 2–1 to Strasbourg in the final.

On 25 May 2007, SM Caen obtained promotion to Ligue 1 after a victory in last game at Libourne (1–2). In the 2008/2009 season, the team was once again relegated to Ligue 2 after losing 1–0 at home to Bordeaux, but won championship next season and thus came back to Ligue 1.

In the 2010/11 season, Caen got off to a highly impressive start by defeating defending champions Marseille 2–1 away on the first day of the season, then following it up with a 3–2 home win over the previous season's Champions League semi-finalists Lyon.

Honours

National	Regional and Youth
Championnat de France : Best performance : 5th (1992) Championnat de France de Division 2 / Ligue 2 (2) : Champion : 1996 and 2010 Runners-up : 1987 (group A), 1988* (group B), 2004* et 2007* Coupe de France : Best performance : last 8 (1992, 1996 et 1998) Coupe de la Ligue : Final : 2005	Division 3 (2) : Champion : 1975 et 1980 (groupe Ouest) Normandy championship : Champion : 1939, 1947, 1948, 1963, 1966 Lower Normandy championship : Champion : 1914, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925 et 1928 Coupe Gambardella : Final : 1959, 1994, 2001 Coupe des Cadets : Winner : 1973

* denotes promotion without winning the championship.

Domestic Record 

Year	Division	Place	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	G.F.	G.A.	G.D.	Points
1934/35	Second League	11th	26	9	3	14	61	57	+4	21
1935/36	Second League	6th	34	17	5	12	68	57	+11	39
1936/37	Second League	8th	32	12	7	13	44	53	−9	31
1937/38	Second League	14th	30	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	23
1970/71	Division 2 – B	15th	30	8	6	16	29	46	−17	22
1971/72	Division 2 – A	6th	30	12	9	9	32	36	−4	33
1972/73	Division 2 – A	17th	34	8	7	19	37	65	−28	23
1975/76	Division 2 – A	6th	34	16	8	10	54	48	+6	43
1976/77	Division 2 – B	15th	34	11	8	15	43	51	−8	30
1977/78	Division 2 – B	18th	34	6	8	20	29	66	−37	20
1980/81	Division 2 – B	18th	34	6	10	18	25	58	−33	22
1984/85	Division 2 – A	11th	34	11	11	12	33	40	−7	33
1985/86	Division 2 – B	6th	34	14	9	11	33	31	+2	37
1986/87	Division 2 – A	2nd	34	21	6	7	62	30	+32	48
1987/88	Division 2 – B	2nd	34	20	9	5	54	22	+32	49
1988/89	First League	16th	38	10	10	18	39	60	−21	40
1989/90	First League	16th	38	12	10	16	34	48	−14	34
1990/91	First League	8th	38	13	12	13	38	36	+2	38
1991/92	First League	5th	38	17	10	11	46	45	+1	44
1992/93	First League	11th	38	13	9	16	55	54	+1	35
1993/94	First League	16th	38	12	7	19	29	54	−25	31
1994/95	First League	19th	38	10	6	22	38	58	−20	36
1995/96	Second League	1st	42	24	9	9	59	34	+25	81
1996/97	First League	17th	38	7	16	15	35	46	−11	37
1997/98	Second League	9th	42	15	11	16	61	55	+6	56
1998/99	Second League	5th	38	16	11	11	47	39	+8	59
1999/00	Second League	6th	38	12	17	9	50	37	+13	53
2000/01	Second League	17th	38	11	10	17	38	53	−15	43
2001/02	Second League	6th	38	16	10	12	59	55	+4	58
2002/03	Second League	7th	38	12	16	10	45	40	+5	52
2003/04	Second League	2nd	38	20	11	7	56	31	+25	71
2004/05	First League	18th	38	10	12	16	36	60	−24	42
2005/06	Second League	4th	38	18	12	8	56	35	+21	66
2006/07	Second League	2nd	38	19	14	5	65	40	25	71
2007/08	First League	11th	38	13	12	13	48	53	−5	51
2008/09	First League	18th	38	8	13	17	42	49	−7	37
2009/10	Second League	1st	38	18	15	5	52	30	22	69

Club crest and colours

SM Caen Shirts (1992, 2002 and 2005).

Club Malherbe Caennais wore a black and white vertical stripes jersey, while Club Sportif Caennais used blue and red horizontal stripes. Following the merger of two clubs in 1913, the officials decided to mix colors and symbols by adopting the CMC vertical stripes and CSC colors.

Stade Malherbe used for over fifty years nearly the same diamond shaped logo, designed for the first professional period in 1934

In 1989, a new logo was designed, with a longship floating on the waves, winks at the Viking origin of Normandy, and three arrows of the city of Caen. It is used in various versions for eighteen seasons. In 2007, officials present a new logo.

SM Caen crests

1913–30   1934–88   1989–07   since 2007

Stadiums

Venoix

d'Ornano

Caen stadium pictures

Stade de Venoix was the club's home from 1913, even if first stand was built only in 1925, until 1993. Venoix could hold over 15,000 spectators at its peak, and has now a capacity of 5,000.

In 1993 a new 21,500-capacity stadium was built, named Stade Michel d'Ornano, at about 500 meters of Stade de Venoix.

Managerial history

Years Manager 1934–35 François Konya 1935–36 Jean Gast 1936–38 Maurice Cottenet 1938–44 Jean Gast 1944–46 Karoly Mayer 1946–47 Armand Deruaz 1947–49 Charles Carville 1949–52 Jules Vandooren 1952–53 Jean Prouff 1953–55 Eugène Proust 1955–58 André Grillon 1958–59 Marcel Leperlier 1959–61 Louis Requier

Years Manager 1961–62 Albert Eloy 1962–64 Marcel Mouchel 1964–67 Jean Vincent 1967–72 Célestin Oliver 1972-Dec. 1972 Bernard Lelong Dec. 1972 Guy Lunel (interim) Dec. 1972–Nov. 1973 Émile Rummelhardt Nov. 1973–79 Jacques Mouilleron 1979–83 Alain Laurier 1983–88 Pierre Mankowski 1988–Dec. 89 Robert Nouzaret Dec. 1989–94 Daniel Jeandupeux 1994–96 Pierre Mankowski

Years Manager 1996–97 Guy David 1997–Nov. 97 Gabriel Calderon Nov. 1997 Daniel Jeandupeux (interim) Nov. 1997–sept. 00 Pascal Théault Sept. 2000 Christophe Desbouillons (interim) Sept. 2000–01 Jean-Louis Gasset 2001–02 Hervé Gauthier 2002 – 5 May Patrick Remy May 2005 Franck Dumas (interim) 2005–09 Franck Dumas et Patrick Parizon since 2009 Franck Dumas et Patrice Garande

Players

Current squad

As of 4 January, 2012

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Aléxis Thébaux 2 DF Nicolas Seube (captain) 3 MF Yannick M'Bone 4 DF Molla Wague 5 DF Thomas Heurtaux 6 DF Branko Lazarević 7 MF Anthony Deroin 8 DF Aurélien Montaroup 9 FW M'Baye Niang 10 MF Benjamin Nivet 11 FW Pierre-Alain Frau 12 DF Grégory Proment 13 MF Emeric Dudouit 14 DF Jerry Vandam (on loan from Lille)

No. Position Player 15 FW Lenny Nangis 16 GK Damien Perquis 17 MF Frédéric Bulot 18 FW Kandia Traoré 19 DF Jérémy Sorbon 20 MF Romain Hamouma 21 FW Livio Nabab 22 MF Alexandre Raineau 24 DF Grégory Leca 26 MF Ibrahima Tandia 28 MF Benjamin Morel 29 MF Fayçal Fajr 30 GK Thomas Bosmel

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player 8 MF Damien Marcq (on loan at Dijon until the end of the 2011–12 Ligue 1 season) — MF Thibault Moulin (on loan at Châteauroux until the end of the 2011–12 Ligue 2 season) — GK Riffi Mandanda (on loan at Tarbes until the end of the 2011–12 Championnat de France amateur season)

Reserves squad

Caen's B squad plays in the Championnat de France amateur Group D.

As of September 2011 (includes main squad players who played more for the B team than the main squad).

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

No. Position Player GK Thomas Bosmel GK Paul Relet GK Damien Perquis DF Hugo Conan DF Simon Gaugain DF Raphaël Guerreiro DF Thibaut Le Masson DF Victor Nocente DF Vincent Pullicino MF Emeric Dudouit MF Ilies Aftis MF Alexandre Ballard

No. Position Player MF Jonathan Beaulieu MF David Biaou MF Régis Etari MF Wendy-Jean Gibel MF Mehdi Gomez Labiad MF Yoann Gustarimac MF Hugo Hamel MF Léo Hamel MF Jean-Marc Hatchi MF Clément Lequec MF Mickaël Zami FW Livio Nabab

Notable former players

Most capped players Name Matchs (D1/L1) Anthony Deroin 395 93 Yvan Lebourgeois 391 200 Jimmy Hebert 321 38 Christophe Point 301 172 Nicolas Seube 294 91

Top scorers Name Goals (D1/L1) Cyrille Watier 61 9 Xavier Gravelaine 45 26 Fabrice Divert 44 40 Sébastien Mazure 43 13 Anthony Deroin 38 9

French internationals Name Caps Xavier Gravelaine 3 (1992–93) Fabrice Divert 1 (1990) Steve Savidan 1 (2008)

last update : summer 2010 (only D2, D1 and cups matchs)

For a complete list of SM Caen players, see here.

Eugène Maës (1920s et 1930s), Jean Prouff (1952–53), Jean-Paul Pottier (1970–79), Alain Douville (1973–85), Pascal Théault (1974–86) and Jean-Paul Bouffandeau (1974–78) are some of the notable amateur former players of Stade Malherbe Caen.

Between 1988 and 1995, SM Caen played for the first time in first division. To strengthen a team composed mostly of players coming from Normandy, including high-potential youngsters Franck Dumas and Fabrice Divert, the club recruited a few famous players, more or less successfully :

• Jean-François Domergue (1988–89)
• Brian Stein (1988–90)
• Graham Rix (1988–91)
• Piet den Boer (1990–91)
• Jesper Olsen (1990–92)
• Gabriel Calderón (1992–93)
• Célio Silva do Nascimento (1993–94)
• Alexander Mostovoi (1993–94)
• Kennet Andersson (1994–95)

The golden age of club runs from 1990 to 1993. Managed by Daniel Jeandupeux, goalkeeper Philippe Montanier, defenders Christophe Point, Yvan Lebourgeois (captain), Franck Dumas and Hippolyte Dangbeto, midfielders Michel Rio, Edwin Gorter and Benoît Cauet, the Danish international winger Jesper Olsen, forwards Xavier Gravelaine and Stéphane Paille formed a team who finished at fifth place in first division in 1992 and thus qualifies for the European Cup.

The Stade Malherbe youth academy opened in 1989, after Divert and Dumas became professional players. Managed by Pascal Théault during 1990s, the academy formed a lot of professional players as William Gallas, David Sommeil, Jérôme Rothen, Frédéric Née, Bernard Mendy, Mathieu Bodmer, Ronald Zubar and Yoan Gouffran.

External links

• (French) Official website