This article is about the men ‘s football club. For the women ‘s football clubhouse, see Montpellier HSC ( women ) french professional football club

Football club

Montpellier Hérault Sport Club ( french pronunciation : ​ [ mɔ̃pəlje eʁo spɔʁ klœb ] ), normally referred to as Montpellier HSC or plainly Montpellier, is a french professional football club based in the city of Montpellier in Occitanie. The original club was founded in 1919, while the current incarnation was founded through a fusion in 1974. Montpellier presently plays in Ligue 1, the top level of french football and plays its home matches at the Stade de la Mosson, located within the city. The first gear team is managed by Olivier Dall’Oglio and captained by Teji Savanier. Montpellier was founded under the name Stade Olympique Montpelliérain ( SOM ) and played under the list for most of its being. In 1989, after playing under respective names, the cabaret changed its name to its stream form. Montpellier is one of the founding members of the beginning division of french football. Along with Marseille, Rennes and Nice, Montpellier is one of entirely a few clubs to have played in the inaugural address 1932–33 season and is calm playing in the first division. The club won Ligue 1 for the first time in the 2011–12 season. Montpellier ‘s other honours to date include winning the Coupe de France in 1929 and 1990, and the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1999. Montpellier is owned by Laurent Nicollin, the son of the late Louis Nicollin, a french entrepreneur, who had been owner since 1974. The club have produced several celebrated players in its history, most notably Laurent Blanc, who has served as director of the France national team. Blanc is besides the club ‘s all-time lead goalscorer. Eric Cantona, Roger Milla, Carlos Valderrama and Olivier Giroud are other players who have played in Montpellier ‘s semblance. In 2001, Montpellier introduced a women ‘s team .

history [edit ]

Montpellier Hérault Sport Club was founded in 1919 under the mention Stade Olympique Montpelliérain by the Association Générale Sportive Montpelliéraine ( AGSM ) ( english : general Montpellier Sports Association ), which consisted of a handful of affluent and ambitious citizens of Montpellier. [ citation needed ] The city of Montpellier had been in the process of creating a sports club in the city since 1914, however, the mind died due to World War I. Upon its creation, the sports club chiefly engaged in association football, rugby union, athletics, tennis, and boxing. [ citation needed ] The club ‘s headquarters was located at the local Café de Paris and carried the colors of the city, loss and white. [ citation needed ] After a few months of being, SO Montpellier, under the deliberation of its first president, merged with local anesthetic cabaret La Vie au Grand Air du Languedoc ( VGAL ), which was formed in August 1917 and had been entirely dedicated to the mutant of football. [ citation needed ] The successful amalgamation with VGAL and the skill of the club ‘s players allowed Montpellier to well adapt in the sport. [ citation needed ] The cabaret spent its formative years playing chiefly in the Division d’Honneur Sud-Est. In 1925, the club was managed by Scotsman Victor Gibson. [ citation needed ] That same year, Montpellier endured an internal crisis after the french Football Federation discovered that the clubhouse had been guilty of fiscal misfeasance. The club ‘s president was suspended from football for five years and Montpellier were relegated for the first time. [ citation needed ] The resulting penalties led to the passing of several players. In an attempt to rebuild, the club changed its mention to Sports Olympiques Montpelliérains and recruited several raw players, most notably Branislav Sekulić, Roger Rolhion, and the three Kramer brothers from Switzerland. The rebuilding process was immediate as the baseball club returned to the Division d’Honneur after one season. In 1929, the club won its first major trophy, the Coupe de France. [ citation needed ] In the final, Montpellier faced FC Sète and recorded a 2–0 victory courtesy of goals from Auguste Kramer and Edmond Kramer. [ citation needed ] In July 1930, the National Council of the french Football Federation voted 128–20 in support of professionalism in french football. [ citation needed ] Montpellier, along with most clubs from the south, were among the first clubs to adopt the new codified and, subsequently, became professional and were founding members of the new league. Ahead of the first base campaign, Montpellier continued to perform well in the Coupe de France and reached the concluding for the second time in three years in 1931. [ citation needed ] Montpeller were ineffective to win its second entitle after being dismantled 3–0 in the final by Club Français. In the league ‘s inaugural address temper, Montpellier finished mid-table in its group. After two more seasons in the league, Montpellier were relegated after finishing in 15th topographic point in 1935. [ citation needed ] Soon after, it was revealed that the cabaret was ₣ 370,000 in debt. The clubhouse ‘s steering committee decided to dissolve the club and render to its former name Stade Olympique Montpelliérain, which resulted in the club ‘s debt being erased in the eyes of the federation. The raw golf club remained in Division 2 until earning forwarding to Division 1 after winning the moment division in 1946. [ citation needed ] In Montpellier ‘s return to Division 1, the club struggled finish in the bottom-half of the table in three straight seasons. In 1950, the cabaret was back in Division 2 after finishing 17th in the 1949–50 french Division 1 season. [ citation needed ] After a short retort to Division 1, Montpellier were back in the moment division in 1953. In the spring of 1953, the golf club ‘s president, known by the surname Fox, brought in former french external Julien Darui to act as a player-coach. [ citation needed ] After nine months, Darui was dismissed from his position. After the deviation of Darui, the cabaret was ordered to pay up to ₣5 million after the federation discovered fiscal and accounting irregularities in the golf club ‘s accounts. The confederation subsequently gave Fox a life prohibition from french football. [ citation needed ] In November 1957, a local clergyman, Ferdinand Bessède, was named as president of the baseball club. Bessède promptly cleaned up the club ‘s finances and, by 1961, Montpellier were second in Division 1. After an promote 8th-place coating in its return, Montpellier faltered back down to Division 2 after finishing in 19th space in the 1962–63 season. [ citation needed ] In 1966, Bessède, because of his duties as a clergyman, left his post. Montpellier, as a consequence, began to plummet. The club went back into debt and, besides, became disassociated with its supporters after departing its long-time stadium and moving into a newfangled stadium, which supporters were highly critical of. By 1969, Montpellier had lost its professional condition and were playing in the Championnat de France amateur. [ citation needed ]
From 1969–1987, Montpellier undergo two name changes and spent its time playing in the CFA and Division 2, excluding one year back in Division 1 in 1981. [ citation needed ] In 1970, in an campaign to avoid bankruptcy, the club merged with Montpellier Littoral and played under the name Montpellier Littoral Sport Club # MLSC ) for four years. Despite the amalgamation, the cabaret hush had fiscal troubles, which led to struggles domestically. The problems led to respective players leaving the golf club for Formation Sportive de Nettoiement, an emerging sports equip led by entrepreneur Louis Nicollin. [ citation needed ] On 1 June 1974, the club merged with energetic club AS Paillade and changed its name to Montpellier Paillade Sport Club Littoral # MPSCL #. [ citation needed ] Like the former amalgamation, the fusion with Paillade was ultimately abortive as the club failed to make any progress. At the urge of local diarist Carlo Llorens, MPSCL merged with Nicollin ‘s club, which had promptly become competitive. Nicollin dissolved his clubhouse, was installed as Montpellier ‘s president, and brought his players and management over to Montpellier. After lento ascending up the league system with managers such as Robert Nouzaret, Kader Firoud, and Jacques Bonnet, Montpellier returned to the beginning division under the leadership of Michel Mézy for the 1987–88 season. [ citation needed ] In 1989, the club was renamed Montpellier Hérault Sport Club after it received fiscal subscribe from the General Council of Hérault. [ citation needed ] With the baseball club competing systematically in the first part, Montpellier sought to increase its competitiveness by hiring Aimé Jacquet. Jacquet had won three titles with Bordeaux in the 1980s. Montpellier besides had a group of talented players, notably Laurent Blanc, Eric Cantona, Daniel Xuereb, Wilbert Suvrijn and Carlos Valderrama, among others. Jacquet only spent eight months in charge, which was a stretch described by many as chaotic. [ citation needed ] A dressing room incident involving Cantona marred the club for most of the league temper and, in February 1990, Jacquet was replaced by Mézy, who decided to return to the baseball club. [ citation needed ] Under Mézy, Montpellier shifted second to its convention ways and surprised many by winning the Coupe de France. The clubhouse defeated the likes of Istres, Nancy, and Louhans-Cuiseaux before beating Racing Paris 2–1 in the final courtesy of extra time goals from Laurent Blanc and Kader Ferhaoui. [ citation needed ] After the success, Mézy left the club again and respective of the club ‘s players lento began to depart for better opportunities. Despite the departures, Montpellier remained in Division 1 for the adjacent ten before falling to Division 2 at the starting signal of the newfangled millennium. [ citation needed ]
René Girard, former director. After a short return to Division 3, besides called Championnat National, from 2001 to 2004, Montpellier were back playing in Ligue 2. [ citation needed ] The baseball club spent one season under Nouzaret and two seasons under Jean-François Domergue before finding stability with Rolland Courbis in 2007. In Courbis ‘ second season in charge, boasted by respective talented young players, such as Víctor Hugo Montaño, Tino Costa, Joris Marveaux and Johann Carrasso, he led the club back to Ligue 1 after finishing second gear. After the season, Courbis left the baseball club to begin his prison sentence due to his affair in the Olympique de Marseille corruption case and he was replaced by René Girard. [ citation needed ] With an abundance of young talent, Girard sought to bring in veterans to the club ahead of its render to Ligue 1. He successfully recruited Emir Spahić, Cyril Jeunechamp and Romain Pitau. Girard besides brought back Nenad Džodić, who he installed equally captain. [ citation needed ] During the club ‘s return, Montpellier surprised many football pundits, locally and internationally, by finishing in fifth place and qualifying for the UEFA Europa League. Montpellier even topped the table at one point during the season. [ citation needed ] In 2011–12, Montpellier won its beginning Ligue 1 title, finishing the season with 82 points, three points ahead of runner-up Paris Saint-Germain. [ citation needed ] On 20 May 2012, in a game marred by stoppages for herd violence, John Utaka scored a brace to secure a 2–1 victory over Auxerre and win the Ligue 1 deed for Montpellier. Olivier Giroud, who finished the season with 21 goals and 9 assists, was the league ‘s clear goal scorer. Despite being tied on goals with Paris Saint-Germain attacker Nenê, he was named the league ‘s exceed scorekeeper by the Ligue de Football Professionnel due to finishing with more goals in open play. [ 2 ] Since winning the Ligue 1 title, Montpellier have established themselves as a comfortable mid table side and in the 2017/2018 season the baseball club finished 10th. [ 3 ]

Rivals [edit ]

Montpellier supporters view Nîmes as their greatest enemies in a competition that began to become more important from the begin of the 1980s when the Nîmois had regional domination. Louis Nicollin – who bought Montpellier in the 1970s – besides showed himself to be happy to contribute to the competition by bring a total of ex-Nîmes players to the club, such as Michel Mézy. [ citation needed ] Mézy agreed to join Montpellier before the end of the 1978–79 temper and was banned from playing for the remainder of the season by the Nîmes president after the sign of the deal. When Les Crocodiles and Montpellier found each other together in Ligue 2, the competition became even stronger, as regional power began to shift towards Montpellier. [ citation needed ] The zenith of the competition came in the 1995–96 Coupe de France semi-final. Unfancied Nîmes, now in Ligue 2, came up against Ligue 1 Montpellier and beat them by a goal to nil. [ citation needed ]

Players [edit ]

current squad [edit ]

As of 6 December 2021.[4]

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

Out on loanword [edit ]

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Reserve police squad [edit ]

As of 25 October 2021[5]

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

Records [edit ]

Most appearances [edit ]

top scorers [edit ]

management and staff [edit ]

club officials [edit ]

Montpellier HSC headquarters

Senior club staff[6]
  • President: Laurent Nicollin
  • Association chairman: Gilbert Varlot
  • Sporting Director: Bruno Carotti
  • Head of Youth: Francis De Taddeo
Coaching and medical staff[7]
  • Head Coach: Olivier Dall’Oglio
  • Assistant Coach: Ghislain Printant
  • Assistant Coach: Franck Rizzetto
  • Goalkeeper Coach: Dominique Deplagne
  • Goalkeeper Coach: Teddy Richert
  • Fitness Coach: Stéphane Paganelli
  • Scout: Serge Delmas

Coaching history [edit ]

Honours [edit ]

domestic [edit ]

Europe [edit ]

early [edit ]

  • Division d’Honneur (Sud-Est)
    • Champions (3): 1928, 1932, 1976

U19 [edit ]

  • Coupe Gambardella
    • Champions (3): 1996, 2009, 2017
    • Runners-up (3): 1984, 1985, 1997

References [edit ]