US Forbach

The Union Sportive de Forbach 1909 ( U.S. Forbach short ) is a football club from Forbach, Lorraine. The club colors are blue and white. As club president Marcel currently acts as solar, first-team coach is Salem El Foukhari. The Ligaelf denies their home games in 1923 inaugurated the Stade du Schlossberg, which has a capacity of 5,400 seats. In the 2012/13 season, she takes in fünftklassigen CFA 2.

History and league affiliation

The club in 1909 in the former German Reich country Alsace-Lorraine as a sports club Forbach was founded. It was created from the merger of three local clubs, namely the FC Phoenix FC triumph and FC Hansa. After Lorraine after the First World War was again to France, he took his 1919 still valid name. Back in the early 1920s and again in the 1930s made ​​it the amateur club several times until the nationwide main round in the French club cup competition.

After the German invasion in 1940 and subsequent occupation of large parts of France belonged Forbach as the entire Moselle for " CdZ region Lorraine ", but was not the end of 1944 until the liberation of the country - as actually intended - incorporated into the new " Reichsgau Westmark ". In football, however, this integration was completed in 1941; the U.S. Forbach, however, was not strong enough for the game Gauliga Westmark.

Your sporty successful period had the Forbachois from 1957, when the USF promotion to the Division 2 and she accepted to professional status. Your best ranking managed the same in its debut season, where she graduated as sixth. At the end of the 1965/66 season the club moved in the face of lean revenue voluntarily from the second division returned and took back to amateur status. In the cup the team reached in seven of those nine years, the first main round, came here four times in the Round of ( 1959, 1961, 1964 and 1966) and 1960 - after two 4-1 wins over the two first division club FC Metz and Racing Lens - even under the top 16 teams. There was defeated U.S. Forbach the later Cup Winners AS Monaco in extra time 2:3. In addition, the team reached the final in 1964 the Coupe Drago; therein the FC Sochaux kept but then clearly the upper hand.

From 1966 to 1971, from 1978 to 1980 and finally 1985/86 and from 1987 to 1989 USF played at least still mediocre. Over the past two decades, she commuted only between the fourth- and sixth- highest league, but reached as a fourth division again in 1993, the Cup Round of. In 2003, 2006 and 2011 they stood, each as a fifth- division side, back into the national main round. From 2006 to 2010 the first team played their matches of contrast even in just the sixth highest class ( Division d' Honneur ), in which it competes and 2013/14. A proposed merger with the neighboring club Société Gymnastique Marienau failed in 2010 at the rejection by Marienaus members.

Achievements

  • Finalist of the Coupe Drago: 1964

Well-known former players and coaches

  • Guillaume Bieganski, Players 1963-1965
  • Samir Louadj, players in the seasons 2002/ 03, 2006/ 07 and 2008 to 2010
  • Aimé Nuic, coaches 1968-1970
  • Julien Stopyra, Players 1964 to 1966
  • Sékou Touré, Players 1960/61,
Lorraine (region) CdZ-Gebiet Lothringen 1958–59 Coupe de France 1960–61 Coupe de France 1963–64 Coupe de France 1965–66 Coupe de France 1959–60 Coupe de France AS Monaco FC Coupe Charles Drago FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Championnat National 1992–93 Coupe de France 2002–03 Coupe de France 2005–06 Coupe de France 2010–11 Coupe de France
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