Stade de Reims
Full name | Stade de Reims | |||
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Nickname(s) | Les rouges et blancs (The Red and Whites)[1] | |||
Founded | 18 June 1931 | |||
Ground | Stade Auguste-Delaune | |||
Capacity | 21,029[2] | |||
President | Jean-Pierre Caillot | |||
Manager | Will Still | |||
League | Ligue 1 | |||
2022–23 | Ligue 1, 11th of 20 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Stade de Reims active departments | ||
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Stade de Reims (French pronunciation:
Reims is one of the
Reims is viewed as a legendary club within French football circles, not only due to its domestic and European accolades, but its contribution towards the
History
Stade de Reims was founded in 1910 under the name Société Sportive du Parc Pommery under the guidance of Marquis Melchior de Polignac, a Frenchman who later went on to serve on the International Olympic Committee.[4] The club adopted its current name on 18 June 1931.
Despite the country adopting professional football in 1932, Reims remained an amateur club until 1935 after the club won the
. Together, the two went on to become, arguably, the club's most famous players in its history.Reims won its first
After the season, manager
In the inaugural edition of the European Cup, Reims reached
In the
Following the season, Jonquet retired from international football and left Reims for Strasbourg. He was followed by Giraudo and Leblond. The departures failed to hinder Reims' performances domestically as the team won the league in 1962. The championship capped an amazing career for Just Fontaine, who, subsequently, retired from football. In the ensuing season, which was longtime manager Albert Batteux's last, Reims finished runner-up to AS Monaco in the league and, the following season, shocked many by finishing 17th, which resulted in the club falling to the second division. The relegation led to the departures or retirements of many of the players who were a part of Reims' dynastic run in the 1950s; all except for Kopa who remained with Reims until 1967.
Reims returned to top-flight for the 1966–67 season after two seasons in the second division. However, the stint proved short with Reims finishing 19th. In 1970, the club returned to top-flight and remained in the league for nearly a decade. Reims' best performance in the league during its nine-year stint was finishing 5th in the 1975–76 season. Reims were relegated in 1979 and didn't return to the first division of French football for 33 years. In the ensuing season in Division 2, Reims was limited financially and was forced to field a much younger team during the campaign.
Despite the return of former popular player Carlos Bianchi as manager during the mid-1980s, the club failed to return to Division 1. Reims did surprise many by reaching the semi-finals of the Coupe de France in back-to-back seasons in 1987 and 1988. As the years wore on, the club's financial situation began to take a turn for the worse and, in 1991, Reims was administratively relegated to Division 3 after its failure to find a buyer to help alleviate the club's debt, which had exceeded over ₣50 million. In October 1991, the club underwent liquidation and changed its name to Stade de Reims Champagne FC. The club spent the 1991–92 season in Division 3 and were, surprisingly, declared ineligible to compete in the league ahead of its final league match in May 1992 after a judicial liquidation resulted in the stoppage of the club's activities. In the ensuing months, all aspects of the club (its records, trophies, etc.) were auctioned off. (Upon the club's re-introduction in 1992, a new French law restricting alcohol advertising banned their old logo, which included a bottle of wine on top of a football; the club had no formal logo until 1999, when the old club name was restored.)
Reims was reborn in July 1992 under the name Stade de Reims Champagne. The club began play in the Division d'Honneur and spent two seasons in the league before earning promotion to the
The club's return to Ligue 2 in 2002 was brief. Reims finished bottom of the league. In the next season playing in National, Reims won the league returning to Ligue 2. The club spent the next five seasons playing in the second division failing to finish in the top half of the table in every campaign. In the 2008–09 season, Reims were relegated from Ligue 2 and, like its previous relegation, responded by returning to the league after one season in National after finishing 2nd. Reims finished Ligue 2 as 10th in 2010–11 season. In the 2011–12 season, Reims finally finished the league as runner-up and returned to Ligue 1 after 33 years.
On 14 May 2016, Reims were relegated to
In the
Honours
Type | Competition | Titles | Seasons/Years |
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Domestic | Ligue 1 | 6 | 1948–49, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1961–62 |
Trophée des Champions | 4 | 1955, 1958, 1960, 1966 | |
Coupe de France | 2 | 1949–50, 1957–58
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Ligue 2 | 1965–66, 2017–18 | ||
CFA 2
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1998, 2015–16 | ||
Coupe de la Ligue | 1 | 1990–91
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Championnat National | 2003–04 | ||
Championnat de France amateur
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1935 | ||
Division d'Honneur Nord-Est | 1994 | ||
International | Latin Cup | 1953[10] |
European record
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1955–56 | European Cup | 1R | AGF Aarhus | 2−2 | 2−0 | 4−2 |
QF | Vörös Lobogó
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4−2 | 4−4 | 8−6 | ||
SF | Hibernian | 2−0 | 1−0 | 3−0 | ||
Final | Real Madrid | 3–4 | ||||
1958–59 | European Cup | PR | Ards | 6−2 | 4−1 | 10−3 |
1R | HPS | 4–0 | 3–0 | 7−0 | ||
QF | Standard Liège | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3−2 | ||
SF | Young Boys | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3−1 | ||
Final | Real Madrid | 0–2 | ||||
1960–61 | European Cup | PR | Jeunesse Esch | 6−1 | 5−0 | 11−1 |
1R | Burnley | 3−2 | 0−2 | 3−4 | ||
1962–63 | European Cup | 1R | Austria Wien | 5−0 | 2−3 | 7−3 |
QF | Feyenoord | 0−1 | 1–1 | 1−2 | ||
2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | 2QR | Servette | — | 1−0 | — |
3QR | Fehérvár | — | 0–0 (1–4 p) | — |
Players
Current squad
- As of 15 February 2024[11]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Reserve team
- As of 23 August 2023[12]
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 players
Below are the notable former players who have represented Stade de Reims in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1910. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 100 official matches for the club.
- Algeria
- Aissa Mandi
- France
- Albert Batteux
- Armand Penverne
- Bruno Rodzik
- Cédric Fauré
- Dominique Colonna
- Jacques Favre
- Jean Templin
- Jean Vincent
- Just Fontaine
- Léon Glovacki
- Lucien Muller
- Marcel Aubour
- Michel Leblond
- Pierre Flamion
- Pierre Sinibaldi
- Raoul Giraudo
- Raymond Kopa
- René Bliard
- René-Jean Jacquet
- Robert Jonquet
- Robert Siatka
- Roger Marche
- Roger Piantoni
- Simon Zimny
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Club officials
- Management[13]
- President: Jean-Pierre Caillot
- Association President: Didier Perrin
- Coaching[14]
- Manager: Will Still[15]
- Assistant manager: Ruben Martinez[15]
Coaching history
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References
- ^ "#925 – Stade de Reims : les Rouges et Blancs" (in French). Footnickname. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ "Stade Auguste Delaune | Stade de Reims". stade-de-reims.com.
- ^ "European Cup final results since 1956". Reuters. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Members of the International Olympic Committee since 1907". Olympic Museum. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ^ "Reims relegated despite thrashing OL". Ligue 1. 14 May 2016.
- ^ "Live Commentary: Real Madrid 5-3 Reims - as it happened". Sports Mole. 16 August 2016.
- ^ "Reims secure promotion with Ligue 2 title". ESPN.com. 21 April 2018.
- ^ "PSG stumble to finish with finale loss to Reims". www.espn.in.
- ^ "Stade de Reims back in Europe after 57 years!". Ligue 1. 3 August 2020.
- ^ "El gran minero: Entrevista con Raymond Kopa" [The great miner: Interview with Raymond Kopa] (in Spanish). UEFA. 5 February 2011.
En 1953, derrotamos al AC Milan por 3-0 en la final de la Copa Latina (antecesora de la Copa de Europa)
- ^ "Les joueurs" [The players] (in French). Stade de Reims. 26 January 2019.
- ^ "Liste Joueurs | Stade de Reims". stade-de-reims.com.
- ^ "Stade de Reims, club fondé en 1931". Stade Reims. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ^ "Staff". Stade Reims. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Oscar Garcia, new Reims coach: "Young people are our strength"". News in 24 Sports English. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
External links
- Official website
- Stade de Reims on Soccerway
- Stade de Reims on ESPN
- Stade de Reims on UEFA