Thonon Evian Grand Genève FC

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Thonon Evian
Full nameThonon Évian Grand Genève Football Club
Nickname(s)Les Croix de Savoie (The Savoy Crosses)
Evian
Les Roses (The Pinks)
L' ETG
Founded2007; 17 years ago (2007) (as Olympique Croix-de-Savoie 74)
GroundStade de Vongy
Capacity1,000
OwnerSTRIVE Football Group
ChairmanRavy Truchot
ManagerBryan Bergougnoux
LeagueNational 2 Group A
2022–23National 2 Group C, 4th
WebsiteClub website

Thonon Evian Grand Genève Football Club, formerly Evian Thonon Gaillard FC (French pronunciation: [evjɑ̃ tɔnɔ̃ ɡajaʁ]), commonly referred to as Thonon Evian or just Evian, is a French association football club based in Thonon-les-Bains that was founded on 1 July 2007.[1] It competes in the Championnat National 2, the fourth tier of the French football league system.

Evian's predecessor were known as FC Gaillard and existed from 1924 to 2003. Gaillard's only notable success was winning the Division d'Honneur of the Rhône-Alpes region in 1999. Evian proved more successful, ascending to the professional divisions after just three seasons. The club won the Championnat de France Amateur in 2008, the Championnat National in 2010, and finally the Ligue 2 in 2011.

Evian formerly played its home matches at the

Groupe Danone, owner of the Evian brand of mineral water. Danone's CEO Franck Riboud
was honorary president of the club.

At the end of the 2015–16 season, the club was relegated from Ligue 2, and further demoted by the DNCG to the Championnat de France Amateur, the fourth level of football in France. The club then entered receivership meaning that, even if it had survived, it would have suffered a further administrative relegation at the end of the 2016–17 season. The club withdrew from the competition on 9 August. The club reformed in the regional leagues, and won back-to-back promotions in 2019 and 2020 to gain a place in Championnat National 3 for the 2020–21 season. In May 2021, it was announced that the club had become a member of the STRIVE football group, with US team FC Miami City and Belgian team Royal FC Mandel United.[2]

History

Football in Gaillard

The badge of Football Croix-de-Savoie 74, the original club

In 2003

Besançon.[4] The 2005–06 season was less successful; Croix-de-Savoie finished 18th with 41 points, one point behind SO Châtellerault, thus falling back to the fourth division.[5] Croix-de-Savoie's average attendance also dropped from 933 to 716.[6]

The foundation

The badge of Evian Thonon Gaillard, 2009–16

In 2007, a merger between Croix-de-Savoie 74 and

Groupe Danone, Franck Riboud, was made honorary president of the football club. Riboud yet again changed the name of the team to Evian Thonon Gaillard Football Club. He also put money into the team to improve the youth system of the club and harboured aspirations of the side achieving promotion to Ligue 2.[7] On 16 April 2010, the club completed the feat in Riboud's first season presiding over the club achieving promotion to Ligue 2, for the first time, following its 1–0 victory over Amiens
.

After earning promotion to

On 9 January 2011, Evian recorded an upset victory over the defending French champions Olympique de Marseille in the Coupe de France, defeating the Ligue 1 club 3–1 in the Round of 64.[13] Strong form throughout the season saw Evian secure a second successive promotion as champions of Ligue 2.

In their first season in Ligue 1, Les Roses finished in a respectable ninth place, one place above French giants Marseille. In the following season, the club finished in sixteenth position, avoiding relegation by just two points. Evian also reached the Coupe de France final for the first time in the club's history,[14] where they were beaten 3–2 by Bordeaux, falling victim to a last-minute winner by Cheick Diabaté.[15]

Relegation and dissolution

At the end of the

Championnat de France Amateur (CFA).[16] On 2 August 2016 the club was placed in receivership, given a probationary period of two months to save itself, and assessed a further administrative relegation at the end of the 2016–17 season.[17]

On 9 August, the French Football Federation confirmed Evian's decision to cease operation in the CFA and it collapsed and folded.[18]

Reformation, merger, rise

Logo from 2017 to 2018

On 7 December 2016, Evian was renamed Thonon Evian Savoie Football Club.[19]

In 2018, Thonon Evian Savoie FC and Union Sportive Evian Lugrin FC merged to form Thonon Evian FC.[20]

In 2019, the new club won promotion from the Régional 2 to the Régional 1 of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes league. This was followed in 2020 by promotion to Championnat National 3,[21] and promotion to the Championnat National 2 in 2022.[22]

Honours

Domestic

League

Cups

Players

First team squad

As of 8 July 2022.[23]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK France FRA Alexis Thébaux
30 GK France FRA Abdoul Coulibaly
40 GK France FRA Mody Ba
DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD
Francis Dady Ngoy
DF France FRA Haym Hibrahim
5 DF France FRA Imrane Bouchema
3 DF France FRA Olivier Lesueur
4 DF Niger NIG Hervé Lybohy
2 DF France FRA Wassim Amadi
DF Mali MLI Mamadou Koné
12 DF France FRA Kévin Afougou
24 DF France FRA Cyriaque Louvion
MF France FRA Ayoub Meftahi
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF France FRA Gianni Seraf
27 MF France FRA Wail Essafiani
10 MF Gabon GAB Johan Branger
17 MF France FRA Cebrail Akkaya
MF France FRA Barthélémy Basson
23 MF France FRA Corentin Tirard
8 MF France FRA Jordan Radojevic
15 FW France FRA John-Christophe Ayina
9 FW France FRA Maxime Bourgeois
FW France FRA Ilyes Chaïbi
7 FW France FRA Hamidou Keita
FW France FRA Fabio Meri
19 FW France FRA Bissourou Touré

Managerial history

Dates Name
July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2009 France Pascal Dupraz
June 5, 2009 – January 18, 2010 France Stéphane Paille
January 20, 2010 – January 1, 2012 France Bernard Casoni
January 2, 2012 – September 3, 2012 Uruguay Pablo Correa
September 3, 2012 – June 30, 2015 France Pascal Dupraz
July 12, 2015 – January 11, 2016 Bosnia and Herzegovina Safet Sušić
January 11, 2016 – June 30, 2016 France Romain Revelli
July 31, 2017 – June 30, 2018 France Régis Beunardeau
July 1, 2018 – June 29, 2019 France Bryan Bergougnoux
July 1, 2019 – September 15, 2020 France Éric Guichard
October 6, 2020 – May 6, 2021 Portugal Hélder Esteves
May 6, 2021 – present France Bryan Bergougnoux

References

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  14. ^ "EVIAN ROMP INTO COUPE DE FRANCE FINAL". Ligue 1. 8 May 2013.
  15. ^ "Coupe de France final: Bordeaux beat Evian, Diabate scores twice". BBC. 31 May 2013.
  16. ^ "DNCG : Un club rétrogradé, un autre sauvé (off.)" (in French). foot-national.com. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  17. ^ "Evian Thonon Gaillard placé en redressement judiciaire" (in French). foot-national.com. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  18. ^ "Evian Thonon Gaillard ni en CFA, ni en CFA2" (in French). foot-national.com. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
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  21. ^ "Football : le Thonon Evian Grand Genève officiellement promu National 3" (in French). Le Messager. 16 April 2020.
  22. ^ Ghalaza-Boudra, Youcef (21 May 2022). "Thonon Evian file en National 2 ! (Off)" [Thonon Evian is heading to the National 2! (Off)]. Foot National (in French). Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  23. ^ "Masculins Seniors N3 Effectif" [Senior Masculin N3 Squad] (in French). Thonon Evian Grand Genève F.C. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

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