Saint-Pauloise FC

The Saint- Pauloise Football Club is a football club from the French island of Réunion. The club, based in Saint -Paul has been around since the 1920s, but was founded in the course of time twice under a new name, so he was already Stade St. Paulois, Union Sportive de Saint -Paul and Société Sportive de la Saint- Pauloise. His current name borne by the club since 2000. So far the team, which discharges their home games Stade Paul- Julius- Bénard, winning a total of six national championships and twice the trophy.

History

1920, the club was founded on the initiative of the mayor Achille Prémont as Stade St Paulois. 1935 split off at the initiative of several players les juniors Saint- Paulois the club and were only reunited in 1957 as Union Sportive de Saint -Paul with her mother club. Therefore it was the team that was in 1956, went up in the first year the top division in the excellence, the operation of gambling in the meantime not to continue, these gave up after nine games and went accordingly directly again. 1962 succeeded the Union of resurgence, however, four years later already lost the relegation game against the Société Sportive Saint- Louisienne with 1:3 and got off again, but this time you need only one season to a rebirth.

In 1971, there came in the game against the Football Club de l' Ouest to a head. After a controversial offside decision that denied the Union as the current league leaders a few minutes to play, the possible 1:1, it was after the match, physical attacks on enemy players, referees and officials. As a result, the club retired after eleven games from the first division of, was forcibly transferred to the second division and was not allowed to participate in the Cup two years. The club officials took the opportunity to establish the club as Société Sportive de la Saint- Pauloise new.

With a new name and failed to re- promotion, and in 1979 the first win the national championship. With the 1980s came the most successful decade of association with four league titles as well as winning the Coupe de France Regionale 1986, the first entitled the club to participate in the Coupe de France. In the 1990s, the club had become markedly less athletic success, which is mainly due to financial and staffing problems. The decline culminated in last place of the 1995/96 season and the associated descent.

In 2000, then merged Société Sportive de la Saint- Pauloise and Olympique de Saint -Paul Saint - Pauloise Football Club in its present form. This was followed in the late 2000s increasingly sporty hit with the Cup victory in 2006, winning the Coupe de France Regionale 2010 and 2012 and the Double in 2011. During previous appearances at the French Football Cup for always failed so far in the initial round, most recently in 2012 with two: 3 after extra time in the USL Dunkerque.

Achievements

  • National Championship: 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 2011
  • National Cup: 2006, 2011
  • Coupe de France Regionale: 1986, 2010, 2012
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