AC Boulogne-Billancourt

AC Boulogne-Billancourt

Full name	Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt
Founded	18 May 1943 (1943-05-18)
Location	Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Chairman	Jean-Pierre Epars
Colours	Orange and Gray
Website	www.acbb.asso.fr

Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt or A.C.B.B. is a French

Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt was founded on 18 March 1943 by Peter Klemann as a result of mergers between seven different sports club located in Boulogne-Billancourt. Under the leadership of the mayor, at the time, Yves Colmar, he urged the following clubs; L'Association Cycliste de Boulogne-Billancourt, U.S.S.O.B., Les Amis de la Boule Ferrée, La Jeunesse Sportive, Lou Païs Athlétic Club, Le Rowing Club de Boulogne, and Les Sauveteurs Marinier to merge in order to form a single entity in the city. As a result, the club was formed and initially began with only 350 members.

In 1963, Boulogne-Billancourt celebrated its 20th anniversary and increased its membership to over 6,000 athletes, who played under 28 branches of sport, which included ice hockey, which had been added two years prior. At the 1992 Summer Olympics, held in Barcelona, Spain, the club was honored with being the best sporting club in Europe and second-best in the world, following three alumnus capturing of two gold medals and one silver. At the start of the new millennium, the club had over 34 branches of sport and increased their membership to over 9,000.^[1]

Sections of sport

Cycling

Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt's cycling section of the club originally began in 1924 under L'Association Cycliste de Boulogne-Billancourt. The cycling section of the club is celebrated as the club's most influential section and is touted as one of the best in France and in the world as the club regularly trains riders from various countries such as England, the Republic of Ireland, Australia, Scotland, and Estonia. The section has produced numerous cycling champions, which include Pierre Adam, André Darrigade, Jean Stablinski, Bernard Thévenet, Stephen Roche, to name a few. One of the most notable cyclists that emerged from the club was Jacques Anquetil who became the first cyclist in the history of the sport to win the Tour de France five times. Anquetil also won two Giro d'Italia, one Vuelta a España, and captured two medals in Olympic competition.

Prior to 1975 the club limited the number of foreign riders who could join.

Association football

Football club

AC Boulogne-Billancourt

Full name	Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt
Nickname(s)	ACBB
Founded	1943; 81 years ago (1943)
Stadium	Stade Alphonse Le Gallo Stade Marcel Bec Parc sportif du Pré Saint-Jean
Capacity	Le Gallo: 3,000 (500 seated)
Manager	Quentin Thoreau
League	Régional 2, Ligue Paris-Ile-de-France, Group D
2022–23	Régional 2, Paris-Île-de-France, Group D, 9th of 12th[4]
Website	Club website
Current season

AC Boulogne-Billancourt also have an amateur football club based at

At the end of the 2018–19 Championnat National 2, ACBB were relegated to National 3.^[6]

On 6 March 2020 the club could no longer play its matches because of the Covid-19 pandemic which affected all French competitions; on 28 April 2020 the Prime Minister Édouard Philippe announced the end of sports competitions in France, and as a result the ACBB was relegated to Régional 1.

The 2021–22 season is considered like the worst season for AC Boulogne-Billancourt due to poor results performances, without be able to perform a win for 2021, who resulted as a sackment of the manager, despite the recruitment of a new manager, the club cannot afford to win. On 14 May 2022 ACBB were relegated to Régional 2 after a 0–2 loss against CO Vincennes.^[7]

For their 2022–23 season, despite starting by a 8–3 away win against

As of 29 October 2023[9]^{[10][11][12][13][14]}

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  FRA Adem Boussif — GK  FRA Florent Maillard —  FRA Yassine Badri —  FRA Yacine Berroua —  FRA Aurélien Bertin —  FRA Ousmane Coulibaly —  FRA Alhouseni Diaby —  FRA Hamadi Diakhaté —  FRA Cheikne Diop —  FRA Abdoul Doumbia —  FRA Guillaume Ebongue —  FRA Elyes Guenni —  FRA Oumar Kané —  FRA Mathis Kissanga —  FRA Mykael Latournald —  FRA Jeffrey Manzongani —  FRA Dan Maurizi

No. Pos. Nation Player —  FRA Elie Moke —  FRA Elie Muendakani —  FRA Ngom Moustapha —  FRA Joel Mpika —  FRA Niels Nguessan —  FRA Abraham Nguitoukoulou —  FRA Uche Osazuwa —  FRA Jason Rabout —  FRA Soufian Redissi —  FRA Charles Ricard —  FRA Gueassahon Sea —  FRA Emile Sireau —  FRA Wilfried Tagbo —  FRA Amadou Tiombane —  FRA Sounkalo Traoré —  FRA Oumar Wane —  FRA Wael Zehhar —  FRA Yanis Zighem

Seasons

Key

This section is a list of ACBB seasons.

List

Grounds

Stade Alphonse Le Gallo

Stade Alphonse Le Gallo is located at Rue de Sèvres, Boulogne-Billancourt, this is the one of four grounds of AC Boulogne-Billancourt. This ground serves for training and matches.

Due to a high number of squads (including Veterans, Youth sector, Women and Young Women), AC Boulogne-Billancourt has three more basements such as Marcel Bec, Meudon ; Pré Saint-Jean, Saint-Cloud and Stade du Parc Billancourt, Boulogne-Billancourt.^[15]

The ground is connected with RATP bus line, 467 at Stade and remotely with other bus lines 52 72 126 160 175 260 at Rhin-et-Danube. The ground is also remotely connected with the Paris Métro station, Boulogne–Pont de Saint-Cloud with line ,

Complexe sportif de Marcel Bec

Complexe sportif de Marcel Bec is located at Meudon, Due to high amount of senior and youth sector teams played on Saturdays/Sundays, AC Boulogne-Billancourt played these matches at Complexe Sportif de Marcel Bec, this ground is splitted with other Hauts-de-Seine association football sides.

For the 2023-24 season, due to the renovation of

Parc sportif du Pré Saint-Jean is located at Saint-Cloud, Due to high amount of senior and young sector teams, AC Boulogne-Billancourt played some matches at Parc sportif du Pré Saint-Jean.

Stade du Parc Billancourt

Stade du Parc Billancourt is located at Boulogne-Billancourt. This ground is only for Critérium matches and training, this ground is unused otherwise.

Other teams

Youth Sector

AC Boulogne-Billancourt has also a Youth Sector composed of high amount of Under-18, Under-17, Under-16, Under-15 and Under-14 teams, the number of teams is variable according the seasons.

AC Boulogne-Billancourt is one of the best Development team, many players pass through the academy/youth sector for achieve high experience before their departure for other French or European teams.

Under-18s

ACBB Under-18s is an under-18 team of AC Boulogne-Billancourt. Two squads are engaged for the 2023–24 season.^[15]

• The first U18 squad completes the Régional 3 and Coupe de Paris-Île-de-France de football organized by Ligue de Paris-Île-de-France, it also completes the Coupe Gambardella.^[15]
• The reserve U18 squad completes the Départemental 2 and Coupe des Hauts-de-Seine organized by District des Hauts-de-Seine.^[15]

Under-16s

ACBB Under-16s is an under-16 team of the club. Four teams are engaged for the 2023–24 season.^[15]

• The first and reserve squads completes respectively the Régional 1, Régional 3 and Coupe de Paris-Île-de-France de football organized by Ligue de Paris-Île-de-France.
• The third and fourth squads completes respectively the Départemental 1, Départemental 2 and Coupe des Hauts-de-Seine of District des Hauts-de-Seine.^[15]

The first squad has previously playing for the Championnat National U17, consisting of under-17 players prior suffering a relegation to U16 Régional 1 at the end of the 2021–22 season.

Under-14s

ACBB Under-14s is an under-14 team at the club. Six teams are engaged for the 2023–24 season.^[15]

• The first squad is the only under-14 team who play in the Ligue de Paris-Île-de-France, completing the Régional 2 and Coupe de Paris-Île-de-France. The five other teams completes in the District des Hauts-de-Seine.^[15]

Academy

ACBB's Academy is the academy of AC Boulogne-Billancourt, consisting of Under-13s to Under-6s teams, completing the Critérium, Plateaux or Challenges organized by Ligue de Paris-Île-de-France or District des Hauts-de-Seine.

Women

Seniors

AC Boulogne-Billancourt also operate a women's football team including their women's academy, created in the mid-2010s, completing in the Régional 3,

In 2022, ACBB Women who completes the Régional 3, Paris-Île-de-France reach Coupe des Hauts-de-Seine Féminine final against FC Rueil-Malmaison Women 2 who completes the Départemental 1 but lost 0–1.^[16] They reitered their run in 2023, when they faced another Départemental 1 squad, GPSO 92 Issy 3 in a 4–3 win granting the women's first trophy.^[17]

Academy

AC Boulogne-Billancourt also operates a women's development academy with Under-18s, Under-15s, Under-13s, Under-11s and 8-a-side.^[15]

Other sports

Other primary sports Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt are relatively strong at are notably judo, kayaking, figure skating, swimming, rugby, and association football.

In judo, the club has produced gold medalists in

In kayaking, the club is notable for having produced World champion Bernard Brégeon who won a gold medal at the 1982 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in the K-2 10000 metres event. Brégeon later earned bronze and silver at the 1985 and 1986 events, respectively. The club achieved success at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles when Brégeon obtained the silver medal following his performance in the K-2 1000 metres. Brégeon also won the bronze in the K-2 500 metres event. Also at the Olympics, Didier Vavasseur captured the bronze medal in the K-4 1000 metres event.

In swimming, the club hasn't produced many medals, but have sent the likes of

In figure skating,

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