Albert Batteux

Albert Batteux

Albert Batteux, April 1949
Personal information
Full name	Albert Batteux
Date of birth	July 2, 1919
Place of birth	Reims, France
Date of death
Place of death	Meylan, France
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1930–1937	Stade Portelois
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1937–1950	Reims
International career
1948–1949	France	8	(1)
Managerial career
1950–1963	Reims
1955–1962	France
1963–1967	Grenoble
1967–1972	Saint-Étienne
1976–1977	Avignon Foot 84
1979	Nice
1980–1981	Marseille
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Batteux (July 2, 1919 – February 28, 2003) was a French football midfielder and a manager. He is the most successful manager in the history of Ligue 1 having won 9 domestic titles, twice reaching the European Cup final and a third-place finish at the 1958 World Cup.

Titles

As a player

Stade de Reims

• French championship in 1949
• Coupe de France in 1950

As a coach

Stade de Reims

• 5 French championships in 1953, 1955, 1958, 1960 and 1962
• Latin Cup in 1953
• Coupe de France in 1958
• 2 European Cup runners-up in 1956 and 1959

France

• 1958 FIFA World Cup third place

AS Saint-Étienne

• 4 French championships in 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970
• 2 Coupe de France in 1968 and 1970

External links

• Profile