Stade Lavallois

Full name

Stade Lavallois Mayenne
Football Club

Nickname(s)

Les Tangos

Founded

17 July 1902

Ground

Stade Francis Le Basser
Laval

Capacity

18,739

Chairman

Philippe Jan

Manager

Marco Simone

League

Ligue 2

2015–16

Ligue 2, 13th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Stade Lavallois Mayenne Football Club (French pronunciation: [stɑd lavalwa majɛn]), also referred to as Stade Laval or simply Laval, is a French association football club based in Laval in western France. The club was formed on 17 July 1902 and currently play in Ligue 2, the second level of French football. Laval plays its home matches at the Stade Francis Le Basser located in the city and is managed by Marco Simone, the former Tours manager.

History

The club was founded in 1902 after Joseph Germain, a passionate supporter of the sport of football. Émile Sinoir was installed as the club's first president. At that time, players were supplied with red tops and black shorts and matches were played at Senelle, a district of Laval. Laval's first official match was against nearby Rennes. In 1903, the club participated in the Breton championship, for the first time, and the red and black strip was disposed for a green and white combination. In 1918, the kit colour was changed again, to a bright orange strip. In 1930, the club began playing at the Stade Jean Yvinec, named in honour of a former player who died at the age of 26. By 1931, Laval had risen to the Division d'Honneur, the sixth level of French football. The club continued to rotate between the amateur leagues before finally winning the Division d'Honneur in 1964, which propelled the club to the Championnat de France amateur, France's highest division of amateur football.

The following season, Laval surprisingly won the league in its debut season. With the club heightening its ambitions, new aspirations came about and Laval named former club player and Breton Michel Le Milinaire manager. He was assisted by Henri Bisson. Together, the two made Laval into one of the best clubs in France. In 1976, Laval reached the top division of French football, thus becoming a professional team for the first time in the club's history. Despite being classed as outsiders, the club managed to stay in the top-flight division, even qualifying for the UEFA Cup in 1983 after finishing a commendable fifth in the league. In Laval's first season in Europe, it knocked Dynamo Kyiv out of the competition, before being knocked out by Austria Wien. This would prove to be the club's only European experience. In 1989, the club was relegated to the second division, after 13 years in the elite division. In 2005, Laval became a SASP (Société Anonyme Sportive Professionnelle), roughly equivalent to going on the stock exchange. In the 2005–06 season, the club was relegated to the Championnat National. Laval remained in the third division for two seasons before managing promotion back to Ligue 2 after the 2008–09 season.

Honours

Coupe de la Ligue:

Champions (2): 1982, 1984

Championnat de France Amateurs:

Runners-up (1): 1965

Division d'Honneur (West):

Champions (1): 1964

Coupe Gambardella:

Champions (1): 1984

Current squad

As of 1 August 2016.^[1]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Maxime Hautbois
2	DF	Kévin Perrot
3	DF	Sharly Mabussi
4	DF	Aaron Appindangoyé
6	MF	Mathieu Coutadeur
7	FW	Yven Moyo
8	DF	Adrien Monfray
9	FW	Clarck N'Sikulu
10	MF	César Zeoula
11	MF	Chris Malonga
12	DF	Kévin Afougou
15	FW	Seydou Koné

No.	Position	Player
16	GK	Lionel Cappone
17	MF	Romain Bayard
18	MF	Hassane Alla
19	MF	Alassane N'Diaye
20	DF	Nordi Mukiele
21	DF	Malik Couturier
22	FW	Julien Viale
23	MF	Gabriel Etinof
24	MF	Modibo Dembélé
25	DF	Erwan Quintin
27	DF	Houboulang Mendes
30	GK	Guillaume Lesec

Notable players

Below are the notable former players who have represented Laval in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1902. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 80 official matches for the club.

For a complete list of Stade Laval players, see Category:Stade Lavallois players.

Managers

Antoine Raab (1949–50)
André Sorel (1954–58)^[2]
Robert Heuillard (1958–63)
Jean Barré (1963–68)
Michel Le Millinaire (1968–Oct 92)
Bernard Maligorne (Oct 1992–95)
Denis Troch (Jan 1995–97)
Hervé Gauthier (1997–2001)
Victor Zvunka (2001–03)
Francis Smerecki (2003–Jan 04)
Alex Dupont (Jan 2004–June 04)
Denis Troch (2004–07)
Philippe Hinschberger (2007–14)
Denis Zanko (2014–2016)
Marco Simone (2016–)

References

↑ "Effectif Professionnel 2016/2017" (in French). stade-lavallois.com. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
↑ France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs

External links (in French)

(French) Official club site

Ligue 2 teams

2016–17 clubs	Ajaccio Amiens Auxerre Bourg-en-Bresse Brest Clermont Gazélec Ajaccio Laval Le Havre Lens Nîmes Niort Orléans Red Star Reims Sochaux Strasbourg Tours Troyes Valenciennes

Former teams	Abbeville Aix-en-Provence Alès Ancenis Angers Angoulême Annecy Antibes Arles-Avignon Avignon CA Bastia SC Bastia Beauvais Besançon Béziers Blénod Blois Boulogne Bourges Bordeaux Caen Calais Cambrai Cannes Charleville Châteauroux Châtellerault Chaumont Cherbourg Cholet Club Français Colmar Corbeil-Essonnes Creil Créteil Dijon Douai Dunkerque Épinal Évian Évreux Fives Fontainebleau Forbach Grenoble GSC Marseille Gueugnon Guingamp Haguenau Hazebrouck Hyères Istres La Ciotat La Roche-sur-Yon La Rochelle Le Mans Le Puy Foot Le Touquet Libourne-Saint-Seurin Lille Olympique Lillois Limoges Foot Lorient Louhans-Cuiseaux Lucé Lyon Lyon OU Malakoff Mantes Marignane Marseille Martigues Melun Merlebach Metz Monaco Montceau-les-Mines Montélimar Montluçon Montmorillon Montpellier Mouzon Mulhouse AS Nancy FC Nancy Nantes Nice Nivers Nœux-les-Mines Paris-Charenton Paris FC Paris-Joinville Paris-Neuilly Paris Saint-Germain Racing Paris Perpignan Poissy Poitiers Quevilly Quimper Rodez Rennes Excelsior Roubaix Racing Roubaix Roubaix-Tourcoing Rouen Saint-Brieuc Saint-Dié Saint-Dizier Saint-Étienne Saint-Quentin Saint-Seurin Sedan Sète Stade Français Tavaux Thionville Thonon-Chablais Toulon Toulouse Toulouse (1937) Troyes AF Troyes ASTS Valence Vannes Vauban Strasbourg Villefranche Viry-Châtillon Vittel Wasquehal

Division 2 / Ligue 2 seasons

Division 2 (1933–2002)	1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

Ligue 2 (2002–present)	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

List of French second division champions

Championnat de France Amateur 2 — Group A · 2016–17 clubs

Angers (res) Dinan-Léhon Guingamp (res) Fougères Lannion Fléchois TA Rennes Sablé Saint-Brieuc Brest (res) Laval (res) Changé Vannes Vertou

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