ES Troyes AC
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Full name | Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagne | ||
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Nickname(s) | ESTAC | ||
Founded | 1986 | ||
Ground | Stade de l'Aube | ||
Capacity | 20,400 | ||
Owner | City Football Group[1] | ||
President | Mattijs Manders | ||
Head coach | David Guion | ||
League | Ligue 2 | ||
2022–23 | Ligue 1, 19th of 20 (relegated) | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagne (ESTAC), commonly known as Troyes, is a French professional association football club, based in Troyes, who play in Ligue 2, the second level of France's football league system, and plays its home matches at the Stade de l'Aube. It was founded in 1986, as the third professional club from the city, after AS Troyes-Savinienne and Troyes AF. The club is part of the City Football Group.
History
Previous clubs in Troyes (1900–1979)
The first ever football club in Troyes was created in 1900, as Union Sportive Troyenne (UST). In 1931, it merged with the AS Savinienne, a club from the suburbs of Troyes, to form the Association Sportive Troyenne et Savinienne (ASTS). The newly formed club became professional in 1935, and joined Ligue 2. The club reached Première Division in 1954–55, under the guidance of manager and former international player Roger Courtois (1952–1963), with players such as Abdelaziz Ben Tifour, Marcel Artelesa or Pierre Flamion. It constituted one of the more glorious times for the club, as they reached the Coupe de France final in 1956, against CS Sedan Ardennes, which they went on to lose 3–1. The same day, the youth team of the club won the Coupe Gambardella, the French Youth cup. That very same year, the club failed to keep its place in French top flight, and was back in Division 2. It finally succeed in reaching the Première Division again in 1960, but only lasted one season, and was relegated in 1961. The club had some financial difficulties, and had to leave professional football at the end of the 1962–63 season, which they finished 17th out of 20. They continued for four more seasons at regional level, under the guidance of former ASTS player Jacques Diebold, before disappearing.
Shortly after without any major club in Troyes, a new one was created in 1967, under the name Troyes Omnisports, still at regional level. It renamed itself Troyes Aube Football (TAF) in 1970 as it took back professional status, and was admitted to play in the Third Division. They were promoted to the Second Division after just one year. For their first season in Second division, under the lead of
Current club ATAC/ESTAC (1986–present)
After the death of the second professional club from Troyes, some people tried to rebuild a new club, which could be able to come back to professional status. At first, in 1979, just after the disappearing of the TAF, they merged the amateurs teams the TAF with the Patronage Laïque de Troyes, creating the PL Foot, once again under the guidance of Jacques Diebold. The club only managed to reach the Fourth division in 1984, but became relegated after just one season, finishing 17th. To build a more lasting club, Maurice Cacciaguerra, Angel Masoni and others decided to create the Association Troyes Aube Champagne (ATAC), taking the place of the PL Foot in Division d'Honneur, French sixth division, at regional level.
The new club won the championship in its first season, and was promoted to Fourth division in 1987. After just three seasons, they finished first of the Fourth Division in 1990, and reached the Third Division. Despite being well listed during the next three seasons, the club failed to gain promotion to the Second division. Due to the reform of French football leagues in 1993, the club was transferred to the newly formed Nationale 2, the new fourth level of French football. New president Angel Masoni called Alain Perrin to take the lead of the team. He was to become the most successful manager ever in Troyes, and stayed nine years, from 1993 to 2002. In his first year, he won the Nationale 2, and ATAC was promoted to the Nationale 1 in 1994. The following year, Troyes finished 10th, before finishing 2nd in 1995–96, and was promoted to Ligue 2: for the first time since 1979, Troyes were playing professional football.
Troyes first season was very difficult, as they finished 20th out of 22 teams, only keeping its place in Deuxième division due to the bankruptcy of FC Perpignan and FCO Charleville. The next two seasons were much more successful, they finished 5th in 1997–98, and 3rd in 1998–99, due to the presence of players more used to this level, such as Frédéric Adam, Richard Jeziersky,
In Troyes' first season in Ligue 1 in 1999–2000, the team finished in 14th place, thereby avoiding relegation. At the end of the season, the name ATAC was changed to ESTAC due to the complaints of a French discount supermarket chain having the same name. The glory days came in the next two seasons, as they twice finished seventh, qualifying them for the first time in their history for the
After a first round qualification in UEFA Cup over Slovakian
Thanks to the takeover of new President Thierry Gomez, Troyes avoided bankruptcy to finish 10th the following season. In 2004,
With the club finding itself once again in financial difficulties, Thierry Gomez stepped down as president and was replaced by Daniel Masoni, son of former president Angel Masoni. In July 2009, Daniel Masoni engaged
Producing some of the most exciting football of the league, with players such as
In the 2015–16
In the 2018–19 Ligue 2 season, Troyes finished in third place on the table. Troyes would go on to lose the playoff semi final against Lens 2–1 after extra time.[9]
On 3 September 2020, City Football Group (CFG), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi United Group, announced that they had purchased a majority stake in Troyes AC.[10]
In the 2020–21 Ligue 2 season, Troyes were promoted back to Ligue 1 as champions of the division.[11] They were relegated back down following the 2022–23 Ligue 1 season.[12]
Players
Current squad
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On loan
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Famous past players
For a complete list of former Troyes AC players with a Wikipedia article, see here.
Management
Position | Staff |
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President | Mattijs Manders |
Vice-President | François Brassier |
Head coach | Pierre Aristouy |
Assistant coach | Frédéric Schmidt Alou Diarra |
First-team coach | Alain Neuburg |
Goalkeeping coach | Laurent Kielberg |
Conditioning Coach | Ismaïla Coulibaly |
Technical coach | Yacine Benhamid |
Scout | Mahamadou Cissé Steve Collier |
Club doctor | Alphonse Gouroux |
Physiotherapist | Fabrice Mathiot |
Osteopath | Sény Diawara |
Stadium
Stade de l'Aube is a multi-use
In June 2013, the Stade de l'Aube is the first stadium to build its pitch using the AirFibr hybrid turf technology,[16] developed by the French company Natural Grass.
Honours
Domestic
European
- UEFA Intertoto Cup:
- Winners: 2001
Troyes in European Football
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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2001 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Second round | WIT Georgia | 6-0 | 1–1 | 7–1 |
Third round | AIK | 2-1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | ||
Semi-Final | Wolfsburg | 1-0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | ||
Final | Newcastle United | 0-0 | 4–4 | 4–4(a) | ||
2001–02 | UEFA Cup
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First round | Ružomberok | 6-1 | 0–1 | 6–2 |
Second round | Leeds United | 3-2 | 2–4 | 5–6 | ||
2002 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Second round | Coleraine | 2-1 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
Third round | NAC | 0-0 | 1–1 | 1–1(a) | ||
Semi-Final | Villarreal | 0-3 | 0–0 | 0–3 |
References
- ^ "City Football Group add ESTAC Troyes as tenth club". www.cityfootballgroup.com. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ Newcastle United – Estac Troyes : 4–4 (Match Report) Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. ScoresPro.com.
- ^ Estac Troyes – Villareal : 2–1 (Match Report) Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. ScoresPro.com.
- ^ ESTAC – Site Officiel – ON Y EST ! Archived 19 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Estac.fr.
- ^ "PSG beat Troyes 9-0 to clinch Ligue 1 title in record time". the Guardian. Reuters. 13 March 2016. Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "Ligue1.com - Troyes relegated to Ligue 2". www.ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "Troyes wins play-off to earn Ligue 1 promotion; Lorient relegated". thescore.com. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "Ligue 1: Depay hat trick sees Lyon into UCL". ESPN. 19 May 2018.
- ^ "Dijon and Lens do battle for top flight future". Ligue 1.
- ^ "Troyes AC: Manchester City owners City Football Group acquire Ligue 2 club". SKY. 3 September 2020.
- ^ "Troyes est de retour en Ligue 1 !". France Football. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "Official | Troyes relegated to Ligue 2 following 4-0 defeat to Rennes - Get French Football News". 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ "Effectif pro". estac.fr. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "À chacun son numéro !". estac.fr. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "Stadiums in France Champagne-Ardenne". Worldstadiums.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ "Le stade de l'Aube joue les précurseurs". Archived from the original on 17 July 2014.