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Valenciennes
Full name	Valenciennes Football Club
Nickname(s)	Les Athéniens (in the past)
Founded	1915
Ground	Stade Nungesser (Capacity 16 500)
Chairman	Jean-Louis Borloo
Manager	Antoine Kombouaré
League	Ligue 1
2006-07	Ligue 1, 17th
Home colours 　 Away colours

The Valenciennes Football Club (known as "Valenciennes FC" or as "USVA", the acronym of a previous name) is a French football club founded in 1915. In the 2005-06 season, it competed in Ligue 2 (Division 2), with Francis Decourrière as general manager and Antoine Kombouaré as head coach. In 2006, they return to the top flight after more than a decade's exile and they maintained in Ligue 1 at the end of this season.

Contents 1 Trophies 2 Chronology 2.1 The beginnings of the Valenciennes club 2.2 Timeline 3 Current squad 2007-2008 4 Great players of the past 4.1 International success of its players 5 Managerial history 6 Trivia 7 External links

• Champions Division 2 : 1972, 2006.
• Champions Division 3: 2005.
• Runners-up Division 2 : 1935, 1937, 1962, 1975, 1992.
• Division 4 Champions: 1998.
• French Cup: Finalists: 1951.

Valenciennes FC was founded in 1915 by a group of young men, notably Mssrs Colson, Joly and Bouly. With the Great War in progress, the club made little impact at first. However, in 1916 another group of sportsmen made contact with the directors of the club with a view to creating the "Union Sportive Valenciennes-Anzin" (Valenciennes-Anzin Sports Union, known by its French initials USVA) under which name they then participated in the Escaut Département championships. Under the leadership of their president, M. Lélithouard, USVA attained professional status in 1933.

• 1915: Foundation of Valenciennes Football Club (FCV).
• 1916: The club is renamed Union Sportive Valenciennes-Anzin (USVA), and retains this name until 1996.
• 1933: Creation of a professional section.
• 1993: Valenciennes and Marseille are involved in a match fixing scandal. Marseille chairman Bernard Tapie is believed to have bribed Valenciennes players to ensure a Marseille win so that the club could have more time to prepare for the UEFA Champions League final. Both clubs suffer a forced relegation as a result of this incident.
• 1994: Valenciennes relegated to Division 3.
• 1996: End of the professional section.
• 1996: The club is renamed as "Valenciennes Football Club" .
• 2005: Professional section refounded .
• 2005: Valenciennes promoted to Ligue 2
• 2006: Valenciennes promoted to Ligue 1

No. Position Player 1 GK Nicolas Penneteau (Vice-Captain) 2 DF David Ducourtioux 3 DF Guillaume Rippert 4 DF David Sommeil 5 MF Khaled Kharroubi 6 DF Abdeslam Ouaddou (Captain) 7 FW Johan Audel 8 MF Geoffrey Doumeng 9 FW Steve Savidan 10 MF Djamel Belmadi 11 MF Jeovânio 12 DF Eric Chelle 13 DF Mody Traoré

No. Position Player 15 FW Tidiane Dia 16 GK Willy Grondin 17 MF Carlos Sanchez 18 MF Sébastien Roudet 19 MF Yacine Bezzaz 20 DF Dame Traoré 23 MF José Saez 25 DF Rudy Mater 26 DF Orlando Silvestri 28 FW Grégory Pujol 29 FW Filip Šebo (on loan from Rangers) 30 GK Stéphane Coque

Confirmed future transfers 2007-2008

In

No. Position Player 2 DF David Ducourtioux (fromSedan) 4 DF David Sommeil (from Sheffield United) 10 MF Djamel Belmadi (fromSouthampton) 17 MF Carlos Sanchez (fromRiver Plate Montevideo) 7 FW Johan Audel (fromLille OSC) 28 FW Grégory Pujol (fromSedan) 29 FW Filip Šebo (on loan from Rangers)

Out

No. Position Player DF Maxence Flachez (to Grenoble) DF Ludovic Liron (to Stade Reims) FW Laurent Dufresne (to LB Châteauroux) FW Freddy Bourgeois (to Dijon FCO) FW Teddy Chevalier (to FC Gueugnon) FW Eric Hassli (to FC Zürich) FW Thomas Dossevi (to FC Nantes Atlantique)

For a complete list of Valenciennes FC players, see Category:Valenciennes FC players

Joseph Bonnel Goran Bošković Jorge Burruchaga Bernard Chiarelli Thadée Cisowski Dominique Dropsy Eugène Ekéké Armand Fouillen

Jacques Glassmann Wilfried Gohel Bolec Kocik Terje Kojedal Kálmán Kovács Ignace Kowalczyk Hocine Lachaab Daniel Leclercq

Yves Mangione Serge Masnaghetti Roger Milla Daniel Moreira Ivica Osim Jean-Pierre Papin Jean-Claude Piumi

Louis Provelli David Regis Ismaël Pobanonga Didier Six Živko Slijepčević Jean-Pierre Tempet Pascal Zaremba

• Jorge Burruchaga, World Cup 1986 with Argentina
• Didier Six, last Valenciennes team member to date to play for France.
• David Regis, having acquired (by marriage) American citizenship, participated in the `1998 World Cup representing the USA.
• Thomas Dossevi, from Togo, played for Togo in the 2006 World Cup.

Tison 1948-1951 Parmentier 1951 H Perus 1951 Demeillez 1951-1953 Lemaître 1953 Robert Domergue 1953-1966 G Robert 1966-1970 Louis Provelli 1970 Robert Domergue 1970-1972 Jean-Pierre Destrumelle 1972-1979 Erwin Wilczek 1979-1982 Léon Desmenez 1983-1986

Daniel Leclercq 1986-1987 Victor Zvunka 1987-1988 Georges Peyroche 1988-1991 Francis Smerecki 1991-1992 Boro Primorac 1992-1993 Bruno Metsu 1993-1994 Robert Dewilder 1994-1996 Ludovic Batelli 1996-2000 Didier Ollé-Nicole 2000-2003 Daniel Leclercq 2003-2005 Antoine Kombouaré Since 2005-

• Attendance record: 21,268 spectators (14 March 1955, Sedan)
• Home office: 43 bis Avenue de Reims, 59300 Valenciennes
• In the Video Game FIFA 06, Valenciennes are 1 of 2 one-star rated teams in the game.

• (French) Official FCV web site

Ligue 1 • 2007-08 Clubs v • d • e
Auxerre • Bordeaux • Caen • Le Mans • Lens • Lille • Lorient • Lyon Marseille • Metz • Monaco • Nancy • Nice • Paris SG • Rennes Saint-Étienne • Sochaux • Strasbourg • Toulouse • Valenciennes
Division 1/Ligue 1 Seasons
1932-33 • 1933-34 • 1934-35 • 1935-36 • 1936-37 • 1937-38 • 1938-39 • 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 • 1999-00 • 2000-01 • 2001-02 2002-03 • 2003-04 • 2004-05 • 2005-06 • 2006-07 • 2007-08
Championnat de France Amateurs — Groupe A • 2007-08 Clubs v • d • e
Caen (res.) • Compiègne • Dunkerque • Guingamp (res.) • Le Havre (res.) Lens (res.) • Lesquin • Lille (res.) • Pacy-sur-Eure • Plabennec • RCF Paris • Quevilly • Rennes (res.) • Rouen • Valenciennes (res.) • AS Vitré • La Vitréenne FC • Wasquehal