US Créteil-Lusitanos

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Not to be confused with US Lusitanos Saint-Maur or FC Lusitanos.
For the handball section, see US Créteil Handball.
Créteil
Full nameUnion Sportive Créteil-Lusitanos
Nickname(s)Les Béliers (The Rams)
Les Cristoliens (The Créteiliens)
USC
Founded1936; 88 years ago (1936)
GroundStade Dominique Duvauchelle
Capacity12,150
ChairmanArmand Lopes
ManagerStéphane Masala
LeagueNational 2 Group D
2022–23National 2 Group B, 5th
WebsiteClub website

Union Sportive Créteil-Lusitanos (commonly referred to as US Créteil, USC, or simply Créteil) is a French

French football. The football club forms part of an omnisports club that is also known for its handball team
.

US Créteil was founded in 1936 as an omnisports club and have a rich history, despite achieving minimal honours.

The club has won the

French football. It returned to Ligue 2 in the 2013–14 season. In 2018, the club was relegated to the Championnat National 2
.

The team is affectionately known as Les Béliers ("The Rams") or Les Cristoliens, the name given to the inhabitants of Créteil.

History

Championnat de France amateur
in 1962. The team then proceeded to falter back into the Promotion d'Honneur before reaching the Division d'Honneur in the new decade.

Bordeaux lining up at the Stade Dominique Duvauchelle
in 2012

Créteil were a lucky

athletics, and cycling
.

US Créteil spent the 2000s between the third division and

Championnat de France National. In 2002, the club merged with its neighbor Lusitanos, from Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
, changing its name to the current Créteil-Lusitanos.

In the 2012–13 season, the club was promoted back to Ligue 2 and they reached the round of 16 in the 2012

Girondins de Bordeaux. In 2016, the club was relegated from Ligue 2 back to the Championnat National. In 2018, US Créteil were relegated to the Championnat National 2 after finishing bottom of the table.[1][2]

On 27 May 2019, Créteil were promoted back to the Championnat National after finishing as champions of the Championnat National 2 Group D.[3] They were relegated in May 2022, finishing 17th in the 2021–22 season.[4]

Supporters

The club has a small but loyal and fanatical fan-base, mostly from Val-de-Marne, the southern and eastern suburbs of Paris. The club has two ultras groups; Urban Devils founded in 2002, later re-formed in 2005 and Kop de Banlieue founded in 2004. The fans are known as the Cristoliens, inhabitants of Créteil.

Despite playing in a modern facility, the club's level attendance is very low, averaging only around 500 spectators during the Championnat National years, although after promotion that number has risen to around 2500 per game in Ligue 2.[5]

The club has rivalries with

Parisian derbies
.

Attendances

Average attendances:[5][7][8]

Stadium

Main article: Stade Dominique Duvauchelle

Créteil play its home matches at the 12,000-seat

sports journalist from the city of Créteil
.

Players

Current squad

As of 17 July 2022.[9]

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 Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Riffi Mandanda
3 DF Guadeloupe 
GLP
 		Kelly Irep
4 DF France FRA Mady Soaré
5 DF France FRA Zakaria Belkouche
7 FW Portugal POR Alexis Araujo
8 MF Algeria ALG Abdelmalek Mokdad
10 MF France FRA Christopher Baptista
12 DF France FRA Julien Serrano
13 MF France FRA Abdessalem Boujenfa
16 GK France FRA Romain Cagnon
17 FW France FRA Kamel Chergui
18 DF France FRA Richard Richecard (on loan from Marseille)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF France FRA Younes Aouladzian
20 DF Senegal SEN Elhadj Dabo
21 MF Central African Republic CAF Axel Urie
22 DF France FRA Yamadou Fofana
26 DF Mali MLI Mahamadou N'Diaye
27 MF Portugal POR Fábio Pereira
30 GK France FRA Léonard Aggoune
33 MF French Guiana 
GUF
 		Thomas Némouthé
— MF Angola ANG Plamedi Buni Jorge
— MF Mali MLI Ismaël Keïta
— FW Algeria ALG Nadjib Baouia

Former players

For a complete list of former US Créteil-Lusitanos players with a Wikipedia article, see here.

Managers

Current coaching staff

As of 27 June 2014.[10]
Position Name Nationality
Manager Stéphane Masala  French
Assistant manager Francis de Percin  French
Assistant manager Jean-Michel Bridier  French
Goalkeeping coach Jean-Pascal Beaufreton  French
Physiotherapist Olivier Roussey  French
Medical Doctor Nicolas Bompard  French
Intendant Amandio Adubeiro  Portuguese

Managerial history

US Créteil-Lusitanos has had numerous managers and caretaker managers since the club's foundation in 1936. The list below begins with the club's managers since 1986.

Manager Créteil career Major Honours
France Jean-Marc Komano 1986–88 Won Division 4 and Division 3.
France Philippe Redon 1988–89, 1989–90
France Philippe Troussier 1989
Ruben Umpierrez
 		1989
Algeria Fathi Chebel 1989
Jacky Lemée
 		1990–92
France Marc Collat 1992–95
France Robert Buiges 1995–96
France Pierre Garcia 1996–97
France Bernard Simondi 1997–99 Achieved promotion to Ligue 2.
Germany Gernot Rohr 1999–00
France Laurent Roussey 2000–01
Slaviša Vukićević
 		2001
Spain Ladislas Lozano 2001–02
France Noël Tosi 2002–03
France Jean-Michel Bridier 2003, 2004
France Jean-Michel Cavalli 2003–04
France Guy David 2004–05
France Albert Rust 2006
France Olivier Frapolli 2006, 2008–09
Portugal Artur Jorge 2006–07
France Thierry Goudet 2007–08
France Laurent Fournier 2009–10
France Hubert Velud 2010–2011
France Jean-Luc Vasseur 2011–2014 Won the 2012–13 Championnat National
France Philippe Hinschberger 2014
France Thierry Froger 2014–2015
France Laurent Roussey 2015–Unknown
France Stéphane Le Mignan 2017–2018
Portugal Carlos Secretário 2018–2020
France Richard Déziré 2020–2021[11]
France Emmanuel Da Costa 2021–2022[12]
France Stéphane Masala 2022–[13]
Managers in italics were hired as caretakers

Honours

  • Championnat National
    • Champions (1): 2013
  • Division 4 (
    CFA 2
    )
    • Champions (1): 1987, 2019
  • Division d'Honneur (Île-de-France)
    • Champions (2): 1962, 1986
  • Coupe de Paris – Ile de France
    • Champions (1) 1998

Note: [14]

References

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  2. ^ "National : Créteil continuerait avec le même président, malgré une relégation". 20 April 2018. Archived from the original on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  3. ^ "L'US CRÉTEIL LUSITANOS CHAMPION DES CHAMPIONS DE NATIONAL 2 !". www.actufoot.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  4. ^ "National. Pourquoi Créteil, Chambly et Boulogne sont déjà relégués" (in French). footamateur.fr. 4 May 2022. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Ligue1.com - French Football League - Domino's Ligue 2 - Attendances". Archived from the original on 2017-12-12. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  6. ^ "Créteil - Paris FC : Match et incident en photos". Archived from the original on 2019-07-28. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  7. ^ "Classement National 2010 / 2011". Archived from the original on 2019-07-28. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  8. ^ "Classement National de la journée 1 à 38 - 2017 / 2018". www.foot-national.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-05.
  9. ^ "EFFECTIF NATIONAL". uscl.fr. Archived from the original on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Staff technique". Archived from the original on 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  11. ^ "Coupe de France. L'US Créteil vire (déjà) Richard Déziré !" (in French). footamateur.fr. 25 February 2021. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  12. ^ "National. Manu Da Costa nouvel entraîneur de l'US Créteil" (in French). footamateur.fr. 15 March 2021. Archived from the original on 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Football. National 2 : L'ancien entraîneur des Herbiers Stéphane Masala file à Créteil" [Football. National 2: Former Les Herbiers manager Stéphane Masala signs for Créteil]. Ouest-France (in French). 30 May 2022. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Palmarès - US Créteil 1936". Archived from the original on 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2016-05-01.

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