US Avranches

US Avranches

Full name	L’Union Sportive Avranches Mont Saint Michel
Founded	1897
Ground	Stade René Fenouillère Avranches, Basse-Normandie
Ground Capacity	800
Chairman	Gilbert Guerin
Manager	Stephane Mottin
League	Championnat National
2014–15	9th
Home colours Away colours

L’Union Sportive Avranches Mont Saint Michel is a French football club based in Avranches, in the department of Manche, and founded in 1897. Since 2014 it plays in the Championnat National, the third tier of French football.

The club has been chaired by Gilbert Guérin since 1990.

History

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Pierre Chayriguès, coach from 1952 to 1955

Football arrived in Avranches in the mid-19th century, due to an influx of British immigrants who brought their customs and lifestyle to the area. In 1895, Paul Lebedel and Auguste Desclos, with approval from Henri Goujon, formed the Association Sportive du Collège d'Avranches. The club had several sections of sport, which included gymnastics, fencing and shooting, but the club specialized in football. The ASCA recruited most of their players from students who attended the university and players who lived nearby. The club endured difficulties following a match against Stade Rennais Université, now Stade Rennais F.C., after the external players arrived home too late following the match. This caused a significant outrage from their parents and guardians and, eventually, the ASCA were forced to abandon signing players from outside the university. Due to this, a man named Alexandre Legrand concluded that the people outside the university should form their own club. After discussions, the club was formed in April 1897 as L’Union Sportive Avranches'. Due to his input, Legrand was inserted as the club's treasurer. The club competed mainly against local colleges in Avranches and played their first official match against AS du Collège de Vire.

Chairmen

Présidents of l'US Avranches Mont-Saint-Michel

Rang Nom Période 1 Marcel Barbé 1897–1907 2 Victor Poisnel 1907–1914 3 Armand Lebreton 1917–1940 4 Alexandre Legrand 1940–1943 5 Eugène Dodier 1943–1944 6 Henri Barbé 1944–1945 7 Docteur Gendrot 1945–1960 8 Albert Nativelle 1960–1970

Rang Nom Période 9 Claude Masson 1970–1973 10 Docteur Gendrot 1973–1975 11 Albert Nativelle 1975–1976 12 Rémi Guérin 1976–1981 13 Thierry Lecardonel 1981–1985 14 Gérard Antoine 1985–1988 15 Philippe Dupré 1988–1990 16 Gilbert Guérin Depuis 1990

Current state

The club's performance during the 20th century was mostly muted with the club often hovering in between the 7th, 6th, 5th, and 4th divisions until reaching the Championnat National during its inaugural season in 1993–94. The competition, at the time, involved two geographical areas and was mostly the top amateur clubs. The club won its first match, a 2–0 victory over AS Cherbourg, and went undefeated in their first nine matches. However, the club soon hit a slide and ended up finishing 9th. They remained in National for another three years before suffering relegation to the CFA, where they lasted only one year falling down to CFA 2 in 1998–99. After 10 years in CFA 2, the club finally returned to the CFA after their 2nd place finish.

Team kit

The club's kit are manufactured by the English sporting goods company Umbro.

Notable coaches

Managers of l'US Avranches Mont-Saint-Michel

Rang Nom Période 1 Jean Lhermitte 1947–? 2 Pierre Chayriguès 1952–1955 3 Lucien Vallaeys 1966–1970 4 Gilles Hidrio 1970–1972 5 Luis Borgo 1972–1973 6 Adolphe Mamberta 1974–1978 7 Roland Beatrix 1978–1981 8 Pierre Leresteux 1981–1986 9 Bernard Maccio 1986–1997

Rang Nom Période 10 Bernard Maligorne 1997–1999 11 Gilles Guillot 1999–2000 12 Yann Ruel 2000–2001 13 Bernard Maccio 2001–2002 14 Richard Lecour 2002 15 Christophe Point 2002–2005 16 Jean-Noël Le Buzullier 2005–2007 17 Živko Slijepčević 2008–2010 15 Stéphane Mottin 2010–

Current squad

As of 3 October 2015.

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Anthony Beuve 2 DF Cheick Traoré (on loan from Caen) 4 DF Gaël Vena 5 DF Alexandre Hérauville 6 DF Maxence Derrien (on loan from Lorient) 7 MF Julien Ricaud 8 MF Charles Boateng 9 FW Pierre-Yves Hamel 10 FW Kevin Schur 11 MF Tony Théault 12 MF Clément Michel 13 MF Julien Auffray

No. Position Player 16 GK Valentin Boisivon 17 MF Jordan Blondel 18 MF Maguette Diongue 19 FW Youssouf Niakaté 20 FW Kapitbafan Djoco 22 DF Yamadou Fofana 23 MF Farid Beziouen 25 DF Quentin Bonnet 26 MF Sylvestre Guyonnet 29 FW Jamal Thiaré 30 GK Devis Epassy MF Lamine Diompy (on loan from Bourg-Péronnas)

External links

• Official club website (French)