AS Nancy Lorraine
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Founded | 1967 | ||
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Ground | Stade Marcel Picot | ||
Capacity | 20,087 | ||
Owner | Chien Lee Krishen Sud [2] | ||
Chairman | Nicolas Holveck[3] | ||
Manager | Pablo Correa | ||
League | Championnat National | ||
2022–23 | Championnat National, 13th of 18 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Association Sportive Nancy Lorraine (French pronunciation: [asɔsjɑsjɔ̃ spɔʁtiv nɑ̃si lɔʁɛn]), known as AS Nancy Lorraine, and more commonly as Nancy, is a French football club founded in 1967 and based in Nancy, Grand Est. The club plays its home matches at the Stade Marcel Picot located in Tomblaine in the inner suburbs of Nancy, and currently competes in the Championnat National, the third tier of French football.
The club was founded in 1910 by Maurice de Vienne under the name of Union sportive Frontière, then was later renamed Association sportive Lorraine in 1928. In 1967, following the collapse of FC Nancy, the club created a professional section and as such changed its name to become Association Sportive Nancy Lorraine. The club currently plays at the Stade Marcel-Picot, a 20,000 seats capacity stadium located in the town of Tomblaine, where its head office is also located. The infrastructures of the training center are located within the forest of Haye business park, in Bois-de-Haye.
The club has won 7 titles until this day: the Coupe de France (1978), the Coupe de la Ligue (2006) and five Ligue 2 champion titles (1975, 1990, 1998, 2005 and 2016). The club also has three participations in European competitions to its credit: one participation in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1979 and two participations in the UEFA Europa League in 2007 and 2008.
In December 2020,
who had been in charge since 1995.ASNL is renowned as a club with a good training center. One of the club's most notable players is
.History
Prior to the creation of AS Nancy, the city of Nancy was host to football by FC Nancy and US Frontière. FC Nancy was formed in 1901, while US Frontière was founded in 1910. Both clubs were a part of the Ligue de Lorraine. FC Nancy continued to play football through the professional transition. The club achieved very little during its 64 years of existence only winning the second division twice in 1946 and 1958. FC Nancy did reach the final of the Coupe de France in 1953 and 1962, however, on both appearances, the club lost to Lille and Saint-Étienne, respectively. In 1965, with the club enduring financial difficulties during the 1963–64 season, mainly due to the club's being abandoned by the city's municipality and its supporters according to its president, Nancy folded shortly before the new season.
The idea of a new professional club in the city was thought of by Claude Cuny in spring 1964 based on amateur Association sportive Lorraine, formerly known as Union sportive Frontière. Cuny had previously worked with FC Nancy, but left the club prior to its destruction. Cuny is considered one of the leaders of French football mainly because of his innovative ideas and strategies. After forming Nancy, he created the first youth academy of French football. Prior to the club beginning its life as a football club, Cuny devised a strategy to immerse the club into the city's public. First, he sent out over 18,000 letters and petitions to draw interest to the team. Once the public gained notice, Cuny organised friendly matches to raise funds for the club. After accruing enough money, Cuny sought to turn the club professional, and, despite several setbacks, on 16 June 1967, Nancy were granted professional status and inserted into
In Nancy's
Platini left the club after the season, however most of the club's nucleus remained. In the team's first season without Platini, Nancy finished in 11th place. In the next three seasons, Nancy finished in the top ten. After the 1984 season, Moutier and Rubio became the last of the club's influential players to depart and Nancy suffered a free-fall finishing in the next three seasons. The implosion concluded after the 1986–87 season when Nancy finished in 19th place, thus falling back to Division 2. The only ray of sunshine for the club during this declining stint was the testimonial match held for Platini on 23 May 1988 following the players' club and international retirement. That evening, fans were treated to an exhibition that featured Platini, Pelé and Diego Maradona.
In the
Following their relegation, the club nearly got promoted back to the first division, finishing 4th and 3 points shy behind Caen and a spot to the top-flight. Nancy remained a strong candidate for promotion during the entire 2014–15 season, but ultimately finished 5th, 6 points behind 3rd place Angers.[8]
AS Nancy is the rival of Metz, a city in Lorraine. The match between the two teams is one of the most dangerous encounters in the French football, often classified at the highest level of risk matches because of clashes between supporters of the two camps. This match is a regional derby for the supremacy of a city.[citation needed]
The following year, the club still was a strong candidate for promotion. Finally, on 25 April 2016, after 3 years of absence, the club assured promotion to
In June 2023, AS Nancy's shareholding was consolidated between two of the owners, Krishen Sud and Chien Lee, who now own almost 100% of the Club.[10]
Home Stadium
Opened on August 8, 1926, the Stadium originally known as the University Stadium or Essey Bridge Sports Park, was originally intended for the Lorrain University Stadium. Fully devoted to the cause of FC Nancy, Marcel Picot, a hatter installed in the 1930s in the city centre, will become president of the club and leave his name to the compound. The complete renovation of the Marcel Picot stadium, led by the Bernt-Morillon-Thouveny agency on behalf of the Urban Community, took place between 1999 and 2003. It increased the capacity of the stadium to 20,087 seats and covered. Another expansion project is planned, bringing the stadium's capacity to 32,000 seats.[11][12]
Players
Current squad
- As of 1 February 2024[13]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable former players
Below are the notable former players who have represented Nancy in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1967. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 100 official matches for the club.
For a complete list of Nancy players, see Category:AS Nancy Lorraine players
- Éric Bertrand
- Frédéric Biancalani
- Stéphane Capiaux
- Bernard Caron
- Albert Cartier
- Didier Casini
- Jean-Claude Cloët
- Carlos Curbelo
- Gaston Curbelo
- Paul Fischer
- Roger Formica
- Charles Gasperini
- Franck Gava
- Bruno Germain
- Massadio Haïdara
- Vincent Hognon
- Philippe Jeannol
- Cédric Lécluse
- Éric Martin
- Sylvain Matrisciano
- Laurent Moracchini
- Youssef Moustaid
- Jean-Michel Moutier
- Pierre Neubert
- Benjamin Nicaise
- Jean Palka
- Jacky Perdrieau
- Didier Philippe
- Michel Platini
- Sébastien Puygrenier
- Éric Rabésandratana
- Jean-Pierre Raczynski
- Olivier Rambo
- Olivier Rouyer
- Paco Rubio
- Tony Vairelles
- André Luiz
- Djamel Bakar
- Mustapha Hadji
- Youssef Hadji
- Monsef Zerka
- Ryszard Tarasiewicz
- Tony Cascarino
- Issiar Dia
- Pape Diakhaté
- Oleksandr Zavarov
- Pablo Correa
- Rubén Umpiérrez
Club officials
- Chairman: Chien Lee
- CEO: Gauthier Ganaye
- General Secretary: Pascal Rivière
- Manager: Albert Cartier
Managerial history
Dates[14] | Name | Notes |
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1967–70 | René Pleimelding | Nancy's first official coach. |
1970–79 | Antoine Redin | Led the club to the first division and won the Coupe de France |
1979–82 | Georges Huart | |
1982–84 | Hervé Collot | |
1984–87 | Arsène Wenger | |
1987–90 | Robert Dewilder | |
1990–91 | Aimé Jacquet | |
July 1991 – Oct 91 | Marcel Husson | |
Oct 1991 – June 94 | Olivier Rouyer | |
July 1994 – June 00 | László Bölöni | First manager outside France to coach the team. |
July 2000 – 3 June | Francis Smerecki | |
July 2002 – 2 Nov | Moussa Bezaz | |
Nov 2002 – 11 June | Pablo Correa | Led the club back to Ligue 1 and won the Coupe de la Ligue |
June 2011 – 13 Jan | Jean Fernandez | Drove the club into relegation standing. Left in the winter as a free agent, unable to lead the team out of a losing spiral. |
Jan 2013 – 13 Oct | Patrick Gabriel | |
Oct 2013 – 17 Aug | Pablo Correa | |
Aug 2017 – 18 Jan | Vincent Hognon | |
Jan 2018 – 18 Apr | Patrick Gabriel | |
Apr 2018 – 18 Oct | Didier Tholot | |
Oct 2018 – May 2019 | Alain Perrin | |
May 2019 – May 2021 | Jean-Louis Garcia | |
May 2021 – Sep 2021 | Daniel Stendel | |
Sep 2021 – Jan 2022 | Benoît Pedretti | Caretaker manager |
Jan 2022 – Present | Albert Cartier |
Honours
Domestic
- Coupe de France
- Winners: 1977–78
- Winners:
- Coupe de la Ligue
- Winners: 2005–06
- Winners:
- Ligue 2
- Coupe Gambardella
- Runners-up: 1973–74
References
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- ^ "AS Nancy Lorraine is pleased to announce the appointment of Nicolas Holveck as Executive Chairman”
- ^ “AS Nancy acquired by Chinese-American consortium”
- ^ “AS Nancy Lorraine : Chien Lee officiellement président du conseil d’administration”
- ^ "Tous les anciens joueurs de l'ASNL". AS Nancy. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ^ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Ligue 1 - Classement officiel, général, domicile ,extérieur, attaque, défense". www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Ligue 2 - Classement officiel, général, domicile ,extérieur, attaque, défense". www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Rapport Après-Match - Ligue 2 - 2015/2016 - 37ème journée". www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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- ^ "L'équipe professionnelle". asnl.net. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 8 February 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2011.