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Stade Jacques Rimbault

Coordinates: 47°06′57.9″N 2°23′44.0″E / 47.116083°N 2.395556°E / 47.116083; 2.395556
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Stade Jacques Rimbault
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Former namesStade des Grosses Plantes
(1991–1993)
LocationChemin des Grosses Plantes
18000 Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Coordinates47°06′57.9″N 2°23′44.0″E / 47.116083°N 2.395556°E / 47.116083; 2.395556
OwnerCity of Bourges
Capacity13,000 (7,500 seated)
Record attendance8,187 (Bourges Foot vs Lyon, 5 January 2019)[2]
Construction
Opened29 June 1991[1]
Construction cost58 million FRF (1986)
Tenants
Bourges 18 (0000–2021)
Bourges Foot (0000–2021)
Bourges Foot 18 (2021–present)

The Stade Jacques Rimbault is a football stadium located in Bourges, France.[3] It is the home ground of Championnat National 2 club Bourges Foot 18.

Opened in 1991, the stadium was initially called the Stade des Grosses Plantes before being renamed after Jacques Rimbault [fr], the mayor of Bourges who died in 1993.[4]

Notable matches

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The Stade Jacques Rimbault hosted all professional Division 2 home fixtures of FC Bourges during the 1993–94 season.[5]

The stadium notably hosted a match between the France U21 and Estonia U21 national teams on 27 May 2009, the game ending in a 3–0 victory for the French. The final of the 2011–12 Coupe de France Féminine was also hosted here, when Lyon beat Montpellier by a score of 2–1. Lastly, the semi-finals of the 2016–17 Coupe Gambardella took place at the stadium, which was a neutral venue.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Le Grand Stade de Bourges" [The Great Stadium of Bourges]. L'Encyclopédie de Bourges (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Bourges vs Lyon (0-2)". FootballCritic. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Stade Jacques Rimbault, Bourges (France)". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b "[Bourges] Stade Jacques Rimbault (13,000)". Info-Stades (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Bourges 18 » Fixtures & Results 1993/1994". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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