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Tours FC

Full name

Tours Football Club

Nickname(s)

TFC

Founded

1919

Ground

Stade de la Vallée du Cher,
Tours, France
(Capacity 13,500)

Chairman

Frédéric Sebag

Manager

Daniel Sanchez

League

Ligue 2

2006-07

Ligue 2, 20th





Home colours





Away colours

Tours Football Club (a.k.a. Tours FC) is a French football club based in Tours. It was founded in 1919. They play at the Stade de la Vallée du Cher.

The club had its best years in the eighties, playing four seasons in Ligue 1 (1980-1983 and 1984-1985).

1 Honours
2 Stadium
3 History
4 Supporters
5 Current squad 2007/2008
6 Famous past players
7 Coaches
8 References
9 External links

Champion of France Division 2 : 1984.
Runner-up Division 2 : 1980.
Runner-up National : 2006.
Semi-finalist of Coupe de France : 1982, 1983.
Champion of Division d'Honneur (DH) Ligue du Centre : 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1949, 1952, 1960, 1965, 1968, 1973.

Tours FC - Paris Saint-Germain FC in a friendly match on 18 July 2007 (Tours won 1-0)

The club has been playing at the Stade de la Vallée du Cher since 1978.In 1979, its capacity was 22000 people but now just 13500. The stadium was built thanks to former mayor Jean Royer, as he wanted a decent venue for the club. Before, Tours FC used to play at the Stade de Grammont.

The team was founded in 1919 as AS Dock du Centre and quickly changed its name to AS du Centre in 1921.In 1951, the Docks du Centre withdrew from the club, which changed its name to FC Tours.The team enjoyed some successes thanks to player-coach Alfred Aston who lead the club to round of 64 of the Coupe de France.

FC Tours historical logo

The team got promoted in Division 1 in 1980 and signed best goalscorer Delio Onnis from AS Monaco FC, who helped the team for three years.But in 1983, the team was relegated. In 1984, the team reached the Division 2 title and came back in Division 1 but was relegated after one season at the top level.Since 1985, Tours never managed to come back in Division 1.^[1]

The club was relegated from Ligue 2, finishing last after a desastrous season, despite some individuality such as Cédric Collet, Mehdi Benatia or Michel Rodriguez. During the season, Albert Falette, manager for eight years was sacked. At the end of the season, the club released or sold almost all its players, including captain David Fleurival. The club only kept long-time goalkeeper Armand Raimbault and young prospect Rudy Wendling. The team for the 2007-2008 season has a new look, with the arrival of Diego Sebastian Gomez or Anthony Robic.

In France, Tours is not a town fond of football because of the lack of football tradition.Moreover, supporters were disappointed of the poor results of the club for years.However, the accession to Ligue 2 in 2006 has created some interest in the city and audiences in the stadium are gradually getting bigger. There are 3 groups of supporters:

Amicale des supporters
Kop 37
Supras Tours

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Ibrahima Sory Conte
4	DF	Xavier Tomas
5	DF	Laurent Koscielny
6	MF	David Coulibaly
7	MF	Anthony Robic
8	MF	Antony Lopez Peralta
9	DF	Kevin Hatchi
10	MF	Diego Sebastian Gomez
11	DF	Walid Cherfa
13	DF	Moktar Mangane
14	FW	Amadou Diagouraga

No.	Position	Player
16	GK	Jérémy Deichelbohrer
17	FW	Dramane Coulibaly
18	FW	Sigamary Diarra
20	MF	Julien Esposito
21	MF	Rudy Wendling
22	FW	Papakouli Diop
23	MF	Philippe Liard
27	FW	Tenema N'Diaye
29	DF	Julien Deletraz
30	GK	Armand Raimbault