FC Girondins de Bordeaux

Bordeaux
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Full name	Football Club des; Girondins de Bordeaux
Nickname(s)	-
Founded	1881
Ground	Stade Chaban Delmas,; Bordeaux
Capacity	34,327
Chairman	Jean-Louis Triaud
Manager	Laurent Blanc
League	Ligue 1
2006-2007	Ligue 1, 6th
Home colours	Away colours

FC Girondins de Bordeaux is a French football team, playing in the city of Bordeaux.

The club was founded in 1881 as an omnisport club. The Girondins won the French league in 1950, 1984, 1985, 1987, and 1999. The club plays the home-matches in the Stade Chaban Delmas, named after the former mayor of Bordeaux, Jacques Chaban-Delmas. Parc Lescure was the previous name of the stadium. The club has often qualified for European football.

Their biggest European triumph was reaching the UEFA Cup final in 1996. After qualifying for the Intertoto Cup, the Girondins won that competition to get a place in the UEFA Cup. They reached the final after victories over Vardar Skopje, Rotor Volgograd, Real Betis, a heroic quarter final win over AC Milan, and a semi-final win over Slavia Prague. In the UEFA Cup final, Bayern Munich prevented the Bordelais winning their first European Cup after a 5-1 defeat on aggregate.

Former Bordeaux midfielder Michel Pavon took charges of head coach in October 24, 2003. Because of health problems, he stood back and continued his career as scout on June 2005. Brazilian Ricardo became the new coach.

The team has been an entire subsidiary company of the French television group M6 since 2001.

Historical overview

An all-round sports club was created as Girondins de Bordeaux on February 1, 1882 or October 1, 1881, depending on sources. It was not until 1910, when put under pressure by Raymond Brard that football became the over-riding sport. The first official Premier match took place in 1919.

Le Girondins became professional in 1937. This was after clubs Sporting Club de la Bastidenne and Club Deportivo Espagnol de Bordeaux had come and gone, as well as their offspring, FC Hispano-Bastidenne. They decided to rest two seasons before becoming professional.

Bordeaux captured their first Coupe de France in 1941 farther beating Fives 2-0. It would be 45 years before they would reclaim the title, after six failed attempts.

In 1949/50 Bordeaux became champions of Ligue 1 just a year after being champions of Ligue 2, with André Gérard one of the main people in their quest for the title. Bordeaux's defence became known as the "impenetrable fortress". Of these, three names were most significant, the names of De Harder, Kargu and Libar.

Time went on and Bordeaux declined in form until 1979-80 when, after thirteen weeks they sacked their manager and within nine months brought in Raymond Goethals, successful with Anderlecht with his own renowned tactics. However he lasted no longer than a single calendar year and later they brought in Aimé Jacquet.

During the eighties, Bordeaux won three Ligues, two Coupes de France, and qualified several consecutive years for European competition. A comparative slide over the next ten years followed, until in the early nineties Bordeaux were relegated to the second division for financial reasons. The rebirth, however, was immediate after some flowing football not only secured immediate promotion back to Ligue 1, but meant that not so many years later, Bordeaux were constantly frequenting Europe. This remains so to this day, with their prowess bringing them titles including a 1996 UEFA Cup final.

Important dates

1881/82 - les Girondins' founded.
1910 - football section created. This lasted one season and was then abandoned.
1919 - A football section is recreated and les Girondins absorb the teams from l'Argus Sport and Bordeaux FC.
1937 - les Girondins turn professional.
1941 - first final victory - le Coupe de France.
1945 - first season in Division 1.
1950 - first French champions title.
1964 - first European participation (eliminated in the first round after a defeat to Borussia Dortmund)
1984 - first Champions League participation, eliminated in the semi-finals by Juventus - 2-3 over two legs.
1987 - first double Champions Cup.
1996 - First European final, defeated by Bayern Munich 1-5 over two legs.

Honours

Ligue 1 Championship 5:

1949/50, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1986/87, 1998/99.

Ligue 2 Championship 1:

1991/92.

Coupe de France 3:

1940/41, 1985/86, 1986/87.

Coupe de la Ligue 2:

2001/02, 2006/07

French Supercup 1:

1986

Coppa delle Alpi

1980

UEFA Intertoto Cup 1:

1995/1996

Players

2006/07 Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Kévin Olimpa
2	DF	FRA	Paul Baysse
3	DF	BRA	Carlos Henrique
4	MF	ARG	Christian Peruchini
5	MF	BRA	Fernando Menegazzo
6	DF	FRA	Franck Jurietti
7	FW	ARG	Fernando Cavenaghi
8	MF	ARG	Alejandro Alonso
10	MF	ARG	Juan Pablo Francia
11	MF	CZE	Vladimír Šmicer
12	FW	COL	Edixon Perea
13	DF	TUN	David Jemmali
14	MF	FRA	Johan Micoud
15	FW	BRA	Jussiê (on loan from RC Lens)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	FRA	Ulrich Ramé (captain)
17	MF	BRA	Wendel
18	MF	FRA	Julien Faubert
19	MF	FRA	Pierre Ducasse
20	MF	FRA	Stéphane Dalmat
21	DF	NGA	Joseph Enakarhire (on loan from Dynamo Moscow)
23	DF	FRA	Florian Marange
24	MF	FRA	Rio Antonio Mavuba
25	DF	FRA	Gerald Cid
26	FW	FRA	Gabriel Obertan
27	DF	FRA	Marc Planus
28	DF	FRA	Benoît Trémoulinas
29	FW	MAR	Marouane Chamakh
30	GK	FRA	Mathieu Valverde
40	GK	FRA	Damien Dropsy