FC Montceau Bourgogne

The Football Club Montceau Bourgogne or short FC Montceau is a French football club based in Montceau -les -Mines. His club colors are red and white; league team plays at the Stade des Alouettes, which has a capacity of 6,000 seats.

History

The club in 1948 when two local clubs, Sporting Club Montceau and the Union Sportive from the neighboring community Blanzy, the U.S. Blanzy - Montceau merged was founded. The newcomer from the Burgundian mining region rose in 1949 in the highest amateur league ( CFA) and reached 1950/51 the first time, the national cup competition in the Main Round. Until the early 1960s, the mineurs ( "Mountain Men" ) held this level, then was - in parallel with the loss of importance of the regional mining - also be sporting decline. In 1967 it was renamed the Entente Montceau -les -Mines, and well a decade later returned Montceaus football players from the regional Division d'Honneur back into nationwide attention back. Between 1982 and 1990 she played for seven seasons - from 1984 under the name FC Montceau - even in the professional division 2 In the 1980s, the rivalry with two other clubs from the region developed: the mineurs clashes with the CS - Cuiseaux louhans and in particular against just 25 km away from Montceau -based FC Gueugnon (as Forgerons, German: " the forge " means, ) were fought not only on the field, but also repeated between the supporters of the clubs in the stands. The club of FC Montceau complained at this time also repeated the lack of financial support from the community; these, however, had even having to fight the effects of ongoing economic structural change: In 1992, the last local underground mining its doors. As early as 1991 the club was demoted to the fourth division due to its indebtedness from the third, a year later he rose, this time for sporting reasons, one class and then even deeper in Burgundy Division d' Honneur from. Since the beginning of the 21st century, the FC occurs again in the national amateur leagues, so to fifth- or fourth- highest league level, at.

League membership and achievements

Professional status had the club from 1984 to 1989; he has never heard of the highest French league. Currently (2013 /14) he plays viertklassig in the highest amateur league ( CFA) and thus. In the National Cup ( Coupe de France ), he was so far in 16 seasons in the main round, most recently in 2011 /12. His biggest success in this case reached the his time fourth-rate club by reaching the semi-finals 2006/ 07, when he was off on the way there with Girondins Bordeaux and Racing Lens even two first division, before the FC Sochaux - this after extension and - subject. These three games played the team in "hostile " Stade Jean Laville Gueugnon; the semi-finals was also transferred to the central square of Montceau -les -Mines on a big screen.

Well-known former players and coaches

  • Camille Cottin ( coach 1957-1961 )
  • Desmenez Léon (1980-1984)
  • Goavec Denis (1981-1988)
  • Jean -François Jodar ( player-coach in 1983/84, coach 1984-1987)
  • Patrick Parizon (1958-1967, as a teenager )
  • Roland Wagner (1985-1987)

Also, the FIFA referee Clément Turpin since his youth heard at the FC Montceau.

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