FC Bourges
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Bourges Football is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 football club based in Bourges
Bourges
Bourges is a city in central France on the Yèvre river. It is the capital of the department of Cher and also was the capital of the former province of Berry.-History:...

. In the summer of 2008, FC Bourges, which spent eleven seasons in Ligue 2
Ligue 2
Ligue 2 , formerly known as Division 2, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel , the other being Ligue 1, the country's top football division...

, merged with Bourges-Asnières 18 football club and became Bourges Football 18, and currently plays in the Championnat de France Amateurs 2
Championnat de France Amateurs 2
The Championnat de France amateur 2, commonly referred to as simply CFA 2 and formerly known as National 3, is a football league competition. The league serves as the fifth division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1, Ligue 2, Championnat National, and the Championnat de France...

. The club's colours are red and blue.

History

  • 1966 : Foyer Saint-François Bourges and Racing Club de Bourges were amalgamated to form FC Bourges.
  • 1970-1994 : The club played intermittently in Ligue 2
    Ligue 2
    Ligue 2 , formerly known as Division 2, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel , the other being Ligue 1, the country's top football division...

  • 1994-1998 : The club played in the French Division Three, Championnat National
    Championnat National
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     but went bankrupt in January 1998, and was henceforth known as FC Bourges 18
  • 2005 : after another bankruptcy, the club changed its name to Bourges Football Olympique Club
  • 2006 : The club is renamed once more and becomes Bourges Football
  • 2008 : Bourges Football and Bourges Asnières 18 amalgamate to become Bourges 18,

Honours

  • 1976: Champions of Division 3 in Groupe Centre Ouest
    French football league system
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  • 1996: Champions of the National 2
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  • 1967, 1999: Champions of the DH Centre
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Managers

  • 1967-1968 Noël Gallo
  • 1968-1970 Roger Meerseman
  • 1970-1972 Robert Siatka
    Robert Siatka
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  • 1972-1973 César Pancho Gonzales
  • 1973-1974 Robert Siatka
    Robert Siatka
    Robert Siatka is a French former football defender.He played for France in the Euro 1960.-References:*...

  • 1974-1975 Emile Daniel
  • 1975-1976 Kerim Ibrahim
  • 1976-1978 Pierre Barlaguet
  • 1980-1982 Robert Valette
  • 1982-1983 Robert Nouzaret
  • 1983-1984 Marcel Leborgne
  • 1984-1993 Alain Michel
  • 1993-1994 Alain Michel/Bobby Brown
    Bobby Brown (footballer born 1953)
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  • 1994-1998 Bobby Brown
    Bobby Brown (footballer born 1953)
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  • 1998-2002 Jean Gomez/Pavle Vostanic
  • 2002-2004 Pavle Vostanic
  • 2004-2005 Pascal Dupuis
  • 2005-2008 Laurent Di Bernardo
  • 2008-2009 Stéphane Drici

  • Former players

    Dessie Gorman
    Dessie Gorman
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     René Donoyan   Antoine Trivino Fadil Vokrri
    Fadil Vokrri
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       Farès Bousdira
    Farès Bousdira
    Farès Bousdira is an Algerian born professional French football midfielder.-External links:* *...

     Lassina Diabaté
    Lassina Diabaté
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     Pavle Vostanic Alain Vandeputte   Mohamed Achakour   Paulo Neves Frédéric Huvelle Vladimír Kinier
    Vladimír Kinier
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    Patrice Garande
    Patrice Garande
    Patrice Garande is a former football striker from France, who obtained one international cap for the French national team during the 1980s: on April 27, 1988 against Northern Ireland...

     Sebastien Dallet
    Sébastien Dallet
    Sebastien Dallet is a French professional football player, currently with Troyes AC.Dallet is a striker and lists US Orléans, RC Lens, Guingamp, Sochaux and Créteil as his former clubs.-External links:...

     Bernard Diomède
    Bernard Diomède
    Bernard Diomède is a retired French footballer of Guadeloupean descent. He played as a winger.-Club career:...

     Eric Bedouet Kenny Moco John Dembélé Teddy Morand Missada Saytaifa
      Brahim Thiam
    Brahim Thiam
    Brahim Thiam is a Malian football defender. He currently plays for Stade de Reims. Thiam is said to have a good midfield partnership with Stoke City F.C.'s Mamady Sidibe and Real Madrid C.F.'s Mahamadou Diarra when playing internationally. He joined Stade de Reims in January 2009.-External links:...

     Régis Brouard
    Régis Brouard
    Régis Brouard is a former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder.-External links:* at chamoisfc79.fr...

     Vincent Fernandez
    Vincent Fernandez
    Vincent Fernandez is a French football goalkeeper who currently plays for LB Châteauroux....

     Sébastien Cuvier Ali Hadjerès  Gaston Diamé
    Gaston Diamé
    Gaston Diamé is a Mauritanian former international footballer who played as a striker.-Career:Born in Dakar, Senegal, Diamé spent his entire club career in France, playing for Saint-Christophe Châteauroux, SO Romorantin, US Joué-lès-Tours, FC Bourges, Reims, Angoulême CFC, AS Yzeure and SNID.He...

     Carlos Miranda Junior César Da Costa Davy Merabti   Mounir Soufiani
    Mounir Soufiani
    Mounir Soufiani is a Moroccan football player. He currently plays for FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin in the French Championnat de France amateur.He was loaned to FC St. Gallen on January 2004 from Stade Laval...

     Moussa Mario Mara Franck Moulin Mourad Merabti Selim Bengriba Laurent Di Bernardo   Vasile Miriuta
    Vasile Miriuta
    Vasile Miriuţă is a Romanian-born Hungarian retired football player who played in Romania for FC Baia Mare, Dinamo Bucureşti and Gloria Bistriţa, in Hungary for Győri Rába ETO, Videoton FC Fehérvár, Ferencváros Budapest, Újpest FC and Budapest Honvéd FC, in France forFC Bourges and in Germany for...

     Nicolas Le Bellec Olivier Chavanon Laurent Tomczyk Hamid Belradjaa Eric Lestrade Samuel Lobé Didier Richard Akiana

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