FC Sète
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FC Sète 34 is a French football club based in Sète
Sète
Sète is a commune in the Hérault department in Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France. Its inhabitants are called Sétois....

 and founded in 1900. The club won the French league twice (in 1934 and 1939) and the French cup also twice (1930 and 1934). In 1934 they became the first club to win the French league and cup double.

In 2006, it finished in last place 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...

 and was relegated to Championnat National
Championnat National
The Championnat de France National, commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2...

. On 24 July 2009 the club were demoted to the sixth tier of the French football league system
French football league system
The French football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in France. At the top two levels of the system is the Ligue de Football Professionnel, which consists of two professional national divisions, Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Below that are a number of leagues run by the...

, the Division d'Honneur.

Squad 2008–09

Staff

Head Coach
  • Fréd Rémola


Assistant Coach
  • Christophe Archimbeau


Assistant Coach
  • Jean-Pascal Beauftreton


Technical Coach
  • Miklos Beres


Kit Manager
  • Jo Levi


Advisor
  • Christian Bernabe


Management

Finance Director
  • Bruno Azria


Assurer
  • Laurent Besson
  • Georges Besson


Director of Sport
  • Jacky Bonnieu


Director General
  • Roger Carrette


Teamchef
  • Serge Lacan


Manager
  • Françis Valente


Medical

Team Doctor
  • Philippe Mallet


Biologist
  • Michel Bodart


Masseur
  • Sylvain Lestage
  • Jean-Baptiste Cressent

Notable players

See also: :Category:FC Sète players  Ali Benouna
Ali Benouna
Ali Benouna was a former French-Algerian professional footballer.-Career:...

 Domènec Balmanya
Domènec Balmanya
Domènec Balmanya Perera , also referred to as Domingo Balmanya, is a former Spanish footballer and manager who spent most of his playing career at FC Barcelona. As a manager he guided CF Barcelona to the a Copa del Generalísimo win in 1957 and to victory in the first ever Fairs Cup in 1958...

  Josep Escolà
Josep Escolà
Josep Escolà Segalés , also referred to as José Escolà, was a Spanish Catalan footballer who spent most of his career at FC Barcelona. Escolà also played for both Spain and the Catalan XI...

 Michaël N'dri
Michaël N'dri
Michaël N'dri is a French footballer, who is currently playing for Dubai C.S.C..-Career:N'dri played in his youth career for FC Salon de Provence and Val Durance Fa. In 2003 started his professional career with FC Sète. He played three years for FC Sète and joined in January 2006 to Sporting...

  Alexandre Villaplane
Alexandre Villaplane
Alexandre Villaplane was a French football player in the role of midfielder....

  Désiré Koranyi
Désiré Koranyi
Désiré Koranyi , aka Dezsõ Korányi or Dezsõ Kronenberger, was a Hungarian-French football player. He played club football most notably with FC Sète where he won the Division 1 in 1938-39...

  Márton Bukovi
Márton Bukovi
Márton Bukovi was a Hungarian association football player and manager. After playing for Ferencvárosi TC, FC Sète and Hungary he became a coach, most notably with Građanski Zagreb, MTK Hungária FC and Hungary...

  Ivan Bek
Ivan Bek
Ivan "Ivica" Bek was a football player. Born to a German father, and a Czech mother in Belgrade borough of Čubura. At age of 16, started playing in BSK Belgrade for which he scored 51 goal in 50 matches. In 1928 Bek moved to Mačva, and soon proceeded to French FC Sète...


Former coaches

Sydney Regan
Sydney Regan
Sydney Regan was an English football manager who led French team Sète to the 1930 Coupe de France title....

 1929–1933 René Dedieu 1933–1936 Joseph Azema 1936–1937 Jean Marmiès 1937–1939 Louis-Pierre Cazal 1939–1940 Elie Rous
Elie Rous
Elie Rous was a French football manager.Rous led Racing Paris to the 1940 Coupe de France title, and was runner-up with Sète in 1942.He later coached Nice in 1950, and Metz between 1951 and 1952.-References:...

 1940–1943 Ljubiša Stefanović
Ljubiša Stefanovic
Ljubiša "Leo" Stefanović was an football player who represented Yugoslavia .-References:*...

 1943–1946 Gabriel Féron 1946–1947 Pierre Danzelle 1947–1948 Emile Féjean 1948–1949 Elie Rous
Elie Rous
Elie Rous was a French football manager.Rous led Racing Paris to the 1940 Coupe de France title, and was runner-up with Sète in 1942.He later coached Nice in 1950, and Metz between 1951 and 1952.-References:...

 1949–1950 Marcel Tomazover
Marcel Tomazover
Marcel Tomazover is a former French footballer and coach. He was born in Paris.He played his professional career as a left winger for Roubaix and Sète, in the 1930s and 1940s, before becoming a famous coach....

 1950–1954 István Závodi
István Závodi
István Závodi, often referred to as Istvan Zavadsky and nicknamed "Pista" was a Hungarian footballer, who capped twice for Hungary national football team....

 1954–1955 Désiré Koranyi
Désiré Koranyi
Désiré Koranyi , aka Dezsõ Korányi or Dezsõ Kronenberger, was a Hungarian-French football player. He played club football most notably with FC Sète where he won the Division 1 in 1938-39...

 1955–1956 Gaston Plovie 1956–1958 Domènec Balmanya
Domènec Balmanya
Domènec Balmanya Perera , also referred to as Domingo Balmanya, is a former Spanish footballer and manager who spent most of his playing career at FC Barcelona. As a manager he guided CF Barcelona to the a Copa del Generalísimo win in 1957 and to victory in the first ever Fairs Cup in 1958...

, 1958–60 Marcel Tomazover
Marcel Tomazover
Marcel Tomazover is a former French footballer and coach. He was born in Paris.He played his professional career as a left winger for Roubaix and Sète, in the 1930s and 1940s, before becoming a famous coach....

 1960–1965 René Mandaron and Gaston Plovie 1965–1969 Jacky Bernard 1969–1970 Dominique Marc and Gaston Plovie 1970–1972 Xercès Louis
Xercès Louis
Xercès Louis was a French football midfielder.-References:* * *...

 1972–1974 Slobodan Milosavljević 1974–1976 Jules Miramond 1976–1977 Gyula Nagy
Gyula Nagy
Gyula Nagy , also referred to as Jules Nagy, is a former Hungarian footballer and manager.He began his career with Vasas SC and then joined France where he played for numerous clubs. He had a spell of two years with Fiorentina...

 and Marcel Tomazover
Marcel Tomazover
Marcel Tomazover is a former French footballer and coach. He was born in Paris.He played his professional career as a left winger for Roubaix and Sète, in the 1930s and 1940s, before becoming a famous coach....

 1977–1978 Camille Passi 1978–1980 Claude Calabuig 1980–1983 Yves Herbet
Yves Herbet
Yves Herbet is a former French footballer now manager born in Villers-Cotterêts, who played as a midfielder.He was part of France at FIFA World Cup 1966.-External links:* French...

 1983–1985 Slobodan Milosavljević 1985–1986 Dominique Bathenay
Dominique Bathenay
Dominique Bathenay is a retired football midfielder from France, who last worked as Head Coach of United Arab Emirates.- Career :...

 1986–1988 Claude Calabuig and   Slobodan Milosavljević 1988–1989 Claude Calabuig 1989–1990 Otmar Pellegrini 1990–1991 Claude Calabuig 1991–1996 Marc Bourrier
Marc Bourrier
Marc Bourrier is a French football midfielder who played for Montpellier, Lens, Toulon and Avignon.He most notably won the 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship with the France national under-21 football team. He also coached Avignon, Marseille, Sète and Alès.-External links:* *...

 1996–1997 Claude Calabuig 1997–2000 Patrick David and Lebeau 2000–2001 Laurent Scala 2001–2002 Albert Rust
Albert Rust (footballer)
Albert Rust is a former French footballer, who currently works as Goalkeeper coach by AS Saint-Étienne.-International career:He won one international cap for the French national team during the 1980s...

 2002–2003 Gilles Beaumian and Claude Calabuig 2003–2005 Ludovic Batelli
Ludovic Batelli
Ludovic Batelli is a French former football goalkeeper who managing Amiens SC.-References:*...

 January 2006 – March 2006 Robert Buigues
Robert Buigues
Robert Buigues is a French former professional football player and manager.Whilst playing for Olympique de Marseille, Buigues started in the 1976 French Cup final and collected a winner's medal when Marseille defeated Olympique Lyonnais 2–0.Buigues' long career both as a player and a manager...

 March 2006 – June 2006 Christian Sarramagna
Christian Sarramagna
Christian Sarramagna is a former French football player, currently without a club.-Titles:*As a player**French championship in 1974, 1975, 1976 with AS Saint-Étienne**Coupe de France 1974, 1975, and 1977 with AS Saint-Étienne...

 2006–2007 Thierry Laurey
Thierry Laurey
Thierry Laurey is a retired French professional football defender and manager. He is currently without a club....

 2007–2008 Youssef Aboufares Interim 2008 Frédéric Rémola 2008–

Honours

  • Champion of France (highest level) : 1934, 1939
  • Winner of the French Cup : 1930, 1934
  • Finalist of Coupe de France : 1923, 1924, 1929, 1942
  • Champion of DH Sud-Est : 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1968.
  • Champion of USFSA Languedoc : 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914.

External links

  • http://www.fcsete.com/ (official site)
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