Association football club in Bordeaux, France
This article is about the men ‘s football club. For the women ‘s football baseball club, see FC Girondins de Bordeaux ( women )
Football club

Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux ( french pronunciation : ​ [ ʒiʁɔ̃dɛ̃ də bɔʁdo ] ), normally referred to as Girondins de Bordeaux ( Occitan : Girondins de Bordèu ) or just Bordeaux, is a french professional football club based in the city of Bordeaux in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The clubhouse presently play in Ligue 1, the top division of french football. The team is presently coached by Vladimir Petkovic and captained by Laurent Koscielny. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Bordeaux was founded on 1 October 1881 as a multi-sports club and is one of the most successful football clubs in France. The baseball club has won six Division 1/Ligue 1 titles, the last in 2009. Bordeaux have besides won four Coupe de France titles, three Coupe de la Ligue titles, and three Trophée des champions titles a well. Bordeaux besides reached the Uefa Cup final in 1996. From a year to its origin, the club ‘s stadium was the Stade Chaban-Delmas, though since 2015, Bordeaux ‘s home reason has been the Matmut Atlantique. [ 5 ] [ 6 ]

history [edit ]

Beginnings [edit ]

The club took its appoint Girondins from the demonym for people from the region, and was founded on 1 October 1881 as a gymnastics and shooting club. The club, chaired by André Chavois, former added sports such as row, equestrian, and swimming, among others. It was not until 1910 when football was formally introduced to the cabaret following strong urging from several members within the golf club, most notably club president Raymond Brard, though it was lone available on a test basis. The experiment with football lasted only a year before returning about a ten late in 1919. The clubhouse contested its first base official match in 1920 defeating Section Burdigalienne 12–0. [ 7 ] Bordeaux achieved professional condition in football on 2 July 1936, partially due to the club ‘s amalgamation with colleague Bordelais outfit Girondins Guyenne Sport, which resulted in the club that exists nowadays. Bordeaux ‘s rise to professionalism came about alongside the french Football Federation ‘s plea to increase professionalism in french football, which anterior to 1932, had been non-existent. The golf club was inserted into the second gear division of French football and made its debut appearance during the 1937–38 temper. The club ‘s first coach was Spaniard Benito Díaz. Diaz brought companion spanish players Santiago Urtizberea and Jaime Mancisidor to the team with the latter serve as master. The baseball club ‘s most big Frenchmen on the team were homegrown attacker Henri Arnaudeau and goalkeeper André Gérard. Bordeaux played its first gear official match on 23 May 1937 defeating Rhône-Alpes -based FC Scionzier 2–1 at the Stade de Colombes. The club ‘s first gear ever league equal was contested on 22 August losing away to Toulouse 3–2. Bordeaux recorded its inaugural league winnings against Nîmes. unfortunately for the club, the team finished 6th in the southerly region of the division. Bordeaux ‘s disappoint finish inserted the club into the relegation playoff helping of the league where the team finished a respectable 3rd. A year late, Bordeaux moved into a new base, the Stade Chaban-Delmas, which had previously been known as, simply Parc Lescure. The facility was built specifically for the 1938 FIFA World Cup and, following the contest ‘s completion, was designated to Bordeaux. The clubhouse had once played its home matches at the Stade Galin, which today is used as a train ground. [ 7 ]

success and stability [edit ]

trophy of the centennial tournament of Girondins de Bordeaux On 15 October 1940, Bordeaux merged with local baseball club AS Port and took on one of the club ‘s most prestigious traditions, the scapular. Bordeaux ASP, which the club was now known, adorned the scapular during its run to the 1941 edition of the Coupe de France final. The match, played in take France at the Stade Municipal in Saint-Ouen, saw Bordeaux frustration SC Fives 2–0 with Urtizberea netting both goals. The Coupe de France prevail was the club ‘s inaugural major honor. Following the liberation of France, Bordeaux returned to league play and earn forwarding to the first division following its 2nd-place finish during the 1948–49 season. After the season, André Gérard, nowadays coach of the club, signed Dutchman Bertus de Harder. Led by the three-headed monster of De Harder, Édouard Kargu, and Camille Libar, Bordeaux captured its first-ever league backing, in just the club ‘s inaugural season in the first division, winning by six points over moment identify Lille. The league success led to Bordeaux being selected to participate in the second edition of the Latin Cup. In the competition, Bordeaux reached the concluding draw 3–3 with portuguese outfit Benfica. The draw forced a second equal with Benfica claiming victory following an extra prison term goal after over two hours and 25 minutes of act. [ 7 ] Bordeaux maintained its title-winning aspirations finishing runner-up to Nice two seasons after winning its first entitle. The cabaret besides performed well in cup competitions reaching the Coupe de France final in 1952 and 1955. In 1952, Bordeaux suffered frustration to the team it finished runner-up to the like year, Nice, following a thrilling match in which eight goals were scored with five of them coming in the first 40 minutes. Bordeaux drew the match at 3–3 following a 55th-minute goal from Henri Baillot, but Nice countered minutes late with two goals in a span of four minutes to go up 5–3, which was the final examination consequence. In 1955, Bordeaux were trounced 5–2 by Lille who went up 4–0 within 35 minutes. The resulting struggles in the cup competitions led to struggles domestically with the baseball club suffering relegation in the 1955–56 season. The club returned to the first base division for the 1959–60 season, but failed to make an shock falling back to Division 2 after finishing end in the standings with 21 points. [ 7 ] Bordeaux returned to its former selves in the 1960s under newly coach and early actor Salvador Artigas. Under the helm of Artigas, Bordeaux returned to the first division and finished in a respectable fourthly position for the 1962–63 season. The following season, Bordeaux returned to the Coupe de France final examination where the club faced off against Lyon. Bordeaux, once again, were defeated 2–0 courtesy of two goals from the Argentine Nestor Combin. The cabaret ‘s runner-up finish resulted in the team qualifying for the 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The appearance was abbreviated with the club losing 4–3 on sum to german club Borussia Dortmund. Four seasons belated, Bordeaux again reached the final of the Coupe de France, the club ‘s seventh appearance overall. The team faced Saint-Étienne and, again failed to match the accomplishment reached in 1941 losing 2–1. The follow season, Bordeaux earned another appearance in the final examination, but again, failed to win the trophy losing 2–0 to Marseille. The team suffered an extreme refuse during the 1970s, despite the arrival of Alain Giresse. The clubhouse played under seven unlike managers during the decade and systematically finished at the bottom half of the board. In 1979, the golf club was sold to the influential and ambitious actual estate mogul Claude Bez, who positioned himself as president of the united states of the club. In the summer of 1983, Girondins de Bordeaux organised a centennial tournament ; Bordeaux won a 2–0 victory over Barcelona in the semi-finals of this tournament, and in the final, the baseball club was defeated by VfB Stuttgart. [ 7 ] [ 8 ]

return to prominence in the 1980s [edit ]

Alain Giresse, influential Bordeaux player in the ’70s and ’80s and the club’s all-time top scorer. Under the helm of Claude Bez, who injected millions into the club, Bordeaux flourished winning three league championships, two Coupe de France titles, and besides performed well in european competitions. During Bez ‘s run preside over the team, he recruited respective french internationals such as Bernard Lacombe, Jean Tigana, René Girard, Jean-Christophe Thouvenel, and Thierry Tusseau. Bez besides brought in established director Aimé Jacquet. Led by 1970s mainstays Giresse and Gernot Rohr, Bordeaux captured its first league championship since 1950 in the 1983–84 season finishing peer on points with Monaco, however, due to having a better tete-a-tete criminal record, Bordeaux were declared champions. The future temper, Bordeaux again won the league claiming the style by four points over second place Nantes. In Europe, Bordeaux played in the 1984–85 european Cup and reached the semi-finals, defeating spanish club Athletic Bilbao, romanian club Dinamo București, and soviet outfit Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk before losing to italian club Juventus. In the Coupe de France, Bordeaux last achieved cup glory defeating Marseille 2–1 in the 1986 edition of the final examination with Tigana and Giresse recording both goals. The Coupe de France trophy was the club ‘s first since 1941 after eight agonising attempts in finals. The trace class the club responded by winning the trophy again ; in a re-match with Marseille, Bordeaux won its second base consecutive cup courtesy of goals from Philippe Fargeon and Zlatko Vujović. Bordeaux then capped off the 1986–87 Division 1 season by winning its one-fourth league style and achieving the double over american samoa well. In 1989, Bordeaux ended the ten with a consecutive runner-up decoration in their 1989 Ligue 1 campaign and getting up towards the semi-final in a impregnable european Cup discharge that season. [ 9 ]

Rising from the ashes in the 1990s [edit ]

due to administrative problems, the clubhouse was relegated precisely two years thereafter. In 1992, however, Les Girondins won that year ‘s Division 2 championship, thus being elevated to the top tier of french football. In the emergence of unseasoned and exciting players such as playmaker Zinedine Zidane, striker Christophe Dugarry and left back Bixente Lizarazu, the club ascended even higher to win the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1995. With this talented trio, the club defeated FC Rotor Volgograd ( the 1995 King ‘s Cup Winner ), real Betis, Milan and Slavia Prague in the second, third base, quarter- and semi-finals respectively to reach the UEFA Cup final of 1996. Bordeaux witnessed even further glory lone three years late, winning their fifth title in that of the 1999 Ligue 1 with winger Sylvain Wiltord winning the Golden Boot of that temper with 22 goals. [ 9 ]

Into the 2000s [edit ]

During the 1999–2000 season, the club played in the new UEFA Champions League for the first time. In two seasons time Bordeaux won another assemble of silverware, beating Lorient 3–0 in the 2002 Coupe de la Ligue final. Le club au scapulaire then two seasons late defeated Club Brugge 4–1 on aggregate in the fourth round to reach the 2004 UEFA Cup quarter-finals, where the club fell to eventual winners Valencia. [ 9 ] Bordeaux got to another concluding in 2007 where there were finally triumphant in winning the Coupe de la Ligue of that class. Bordeaux then achieved promote honor in winning the Ligue 1 and Coupe de la Ligue titles of the 2008–09 french footballing season therefore achieving the inaugural always double in the club ‘s history. [ 10 ] In 2013, Bordeaux won the Coupe de France defeating Evian 3–2 in the concluding. [ 11 ] In the 2013–14 Ligue 1 season, Bordeaux finished 7th in the board. [ 12 ] In 2015, Bordeaux appointed Willy Sagnol but in 2016 Sagnol was terminated after only winning one equal in the first eight games of the season and was replaced by Ulrich Rame. [ 13 ] On 27 May 2016, Rame was replaced by Jocelyn Gourvennec. [ 14 ] On 20 January 2018, Gourvennec was terminated and was replaced by Gus Poyet. Poyet guided Bordeaux to a 6th-placed finish at the end of the season. [ 15 ] In July 2018, general American Capital Partners ‘s CEO Joseph DaGrosa pursued the purchase of the french professional football team for €70 million after 19 years of M6 ‘s ownership. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] On 18 August 2018, Poyet was suspended by Bordeaux after labelling the position as “ embarrassing ” when Gaëtan Laborde was sold to Montpellier without his cognition or accept. On 5 September 2018, Ricardo Gomes was appointed as “ General Manager ” — he did not possess the necessary coach badges to be formally appointed the first-team passenger car. On 23 April 2021, citing decreased tax income due to the COVID-19 pandemic and loss of income when Mediapro, television rights holder, went bankrupt and missed payments concluding year, the club was placed in administration when american owners King Street stated they would no longer support the clubhouse financially. [ 18 ]

Rivalries [edit ]

Bordeaux have two main rivalries, first the Derby de la Garonne with Toulouse FC, so named because Bordeaux and Toulouse are the two major clubs that play in cities that are along the river Garonne. The consistency and competitiveness of the competition developed following Toulouse ‘s tax return to Ligue 1 after being administratively relegated to the Championnat National in 2001. Les Girondins besides contest the Derby de l’Atlantique with their other main equal FC Nantes, with the bowler hat ‘s identify stemming from the two clubs ‘ proximity to the Atlantic Ocean. The history of this competition besides transcends to over 50 years and 90 bowler hat games played between the two clubs all in all. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Bordeaux besides holds a 44-year-old record against another boastfully equal, Olympique de Marseille. Bordeaux has not lost a unmarried Ligue 1 home plate game to Marseille since October 1, 1977 .
Since July 2020, the equipment manufacturer of the Girondins de Bordeaux is Adidas. [ 22 ] The club ‘s chief sponsors are the restaurant chain Bistro Régent, the on-line betting caller Betclic and the car franchise SEAT Cupra. other sponsors are UNMI, Abatilles, Carlsberg, Mumm, Coca-Cola, La Bordelaise de Lunetterie, TBM, Bordeaux City Council, Gironde General Council, New Aquitaine Region .

Players [edit ]

current squad [edit ]

As of 25 September 2021[23]

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

On loan [edit ]

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

Reserve team [edit ]

As of 25 September 2021 [ 24 ]
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

club records [edit ]

Most appearances [edit ]

top Scorers [edit ]

[ 25 ]

management and staff [edit ]

Club Management[26]
  • President: Frédéric LONGUEPEE
  • Director of Football: Alain Roche
  • Secretary General in charge of Legal Affairs: Heidi VERDET
  • Deputy General Director: Thomas JACQUEMIER
  • Administrative and Financial Director: Axel CORNIER
  • Sales Director: Thomas DE CORGNOL
  • Chief Revenue Officer: Rafael DE LOS SANTOS
  • Events Director & Stadium Manager: Hervé FALEYEUX
  • Director of Information Systems: Eric JARLAND
  • Customer Director: Maïa LABERRONDO
  • Director of Internal Communication and CSR: Sylvie PEPIN
  • HR Director and Technical Resources: François PERROY
  • Safety and Security Director: Arnaud POUPARD
  • Director of Football Operations: Ulrich RAME
  • Stadium Business Strategy Director: /
  • Sponsorship Director: /
Men’s Football / Professional Squad[26]
  • Head Coach: Jean-Louis GASSET
  • Assistant Coach: Ghislain PRINTANT and Jaroslav PLASIL
  • Goalkeeping Coach: Fabrice GRANGE
  • Physical Conditioning Coaches / Fitness Coaches: Eric BEDOUET
  • Doctors: Thierry DELMEULE & Hervé PETIT
  • Physios: Jacques THEBAULT, David DAS NEVES, Fabien BOUSCARRAT, Alexandre RENOUX, Sébastien ORIA, François PUCHEU, David DUBOURDIEU & Bastien AYÇAGUER
  • Press Relations: Aurélie CARREY & Margaux ANGLADE

Coaching history [edit ]

In its history, Bordeaux have had 37 coaches. The first gear was the Spaniard Benito Díaz. Díaz was the first Bordeaux coach to achieve an honor when, in 1941, the club won the Coupe de France. The first Bordeaux coach to win the league was André Gérard. Gérard led the team to the league crown in 1950. He besides has the honor of being the club ‘s longest-serving coach having spent a ten with the baseball club from 1947 to 1957. Gérard is followed by Aimé Jacquet who spent nine seasons with the cabaret in the 1980s. Under Jacquet, Bordeaux won three league titles and two Coupe de France titles .

Affiliated clubs [edit ]

  • Newell’s Old Boys, ARG
  • Proyecto Crecer, ARG

Honours [edit ]

domestic competitions [edit ]

[ 7 ] [ 9 ]

International competitions [edit ]

[ 7 ] [ 9 ]
FC Girondins de Bordeaux first competitive european equal was in the 1968–69 european Cup Winners ‘ Cup, beating 1. FC Köln 2–1 before ultimately losing 2–4 on sum. Since then, the club has participated in 30 UEFA competitions, its acme being the co-champions of the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup and the final plot of the 1995–96 UEFA Cup .

UEFA club coefficient ranking [edit ]

As of 28 July 2020 [ 27 ]

Rank Team Points
117 FranceLille 11.849
118 FranceStrasbourg 11.849
119 FranceBordeaux 11.849
120 FranceNice 11.849
121 CroatiaRijeka 4.975

Media [edit ]

From 14 August 2008 to 30 October 2018, the M6 Group carried a network about the golf club ‘s activity known as Girondins TV. [ 28 ] It carried pre-recorded matches during the temper, reserve team games, training school term rundowns, and a daily talk show .

References [edit ]