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Le Havre
Le Havre AC logo.png
Full name Le Havre Athletic Club
Nickname(s) Le club doyen (The Dean Club),
Les Ciel et Marine (The Sky-and-Navy)
Founded 1872; 147 years ago
Ground Stade Oc�ane,
Le Havre
Capacity 25,181[1]
Chairman Vincent Volpe
Manager Oswald Tanchot
League Ligue 2
2017�18 Ligue 2, 15th
Website Club website

Home colours

Away colours

HAC in Tournoi de paques 1913

Le Havre Athletic Club (French pronunciation: ?[l? ?v?]; commonly referred to as Le
Havre) is a French association football club based in Le Havre, Normandy. The club
was founded as an athletics and rugby club in 1872.[2] Le Havre plays in Ligue 2,
the second level of French football, and plays its home matches at the Stade
Oc�ane.

Le Havre made its football debut in France's first-ever championship in 1899 and,
on its debut, became the first French club outside Paris to win the league. The
club won the league the following season in 1900. Le Havre has yet to win the
current first division of French football, Ligue 1, but has participated in the
league 24 times; its last stint being during the 2008�09 season. The club's highest
honour to date was winning the Coupe de France in 1959. Le Havre is captained by
defender Steven Fort�s.

The main rivalries of Le Havre are the "Derby Normand" with SM Caen and an always
heated clash with Lens, located in the region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

Contents
1 History
2 Club culture
3 Players
3.1 Current squad
3.2 Out on loan
3.3 Reserve squad
4 Honours
5 Managerial history
6 References
7 External links
History

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It was in 1872 that a group of British residents formed Le Havre Athl�tique,[3]
which played a hybrid form of football, a cross between rugby and association
football, called "combination". Association football began being played on a
regular basis in 1894.

In 1899, Le Havre became the first club from outside Paris to become French
football champions. At the time the championship was organised by the USFSA. After
being awarded a win over Iris Club Lillois in the semi-final by walkover, they were
awarded the title after also receiving a walkover in the final against Club
Fran�ais.[4] They would also win the following year, with the final being a "re-
match" of the forfeited 1899 final.

The club is famous for its notable youth investment program which develops and
nurtures young talent,[citation needed] with the vision of using them in the first
team if they show enough promise. A vast amount of good young talent has gone on to
make an impact at international level including Benjamin Mendy, Ibrahim Ba, Jean-
Alain Boumsong, Lassana Diarra, Riyad Mahrez, Steve Mandanda, Vikash Dhorasoo, Paul
Pogba and Dimitri Payet.

The club was on the receiving end of some high-profile illegal transfers, by which
Charles N'Zogbia, Matthias Lepiller and Paul Pogba were signed by other clubs,
allegedly without the proper compensation being paid.[citation needed] The first
two were arbitrated by FIFA, who ordered Newcastle United and Fiorentina to pay
training compensation.

Club culture
Le Havre is known as 'les ciel et marine' in France, which translates as 'the sky
and navy blues'. These colours were chosen by the club's English founders as they
were those of their alma maters, the universities of Oxford and Cambridge: the
anthem of the club is played to the melody of "God Save the Queen" to mark the
English origins of the club:

"A jamais le premier

de tous les clubs fran�ais
� H.A.C.
Fiers de tes origins
Fils d'Oxford et Cambridge
deux coulours font n�tre prestige
Ciel et marine!"

English translation:

"The first ever

of all French clubs
The H.A.C
Proud of your roots
Son of Oxford and Cambridge
two colors make our prestige
(the colors of the) sky and the sea!"

Players
Current squad
As of 2 September 2018.[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players
may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player

1 Mali GK Oumar Sissoko
3 Guadeloupe DF Kelly Irep
4 France DF Harold Moukoudi
5 Republic of the Congo DF Fernand Mayembo
6 Ivory Coast MF Christ Ti�hi
7 France MF Jean-Pascal Fontaine
8 Algeria MF Zinedine Ferhat
10 France FW Alan Dzabana
11 Zimbabwe FW Tino Kadewere
13 Ghana FW Ebenezer Assifuah
14 Senegal FW Jamal Thiar�
15 France DF Samba Camara
16 Guadeloupe GK Yohann Thuram-Ulien
17 France MF Alexandre Bonnet
No. Position Player
18 Central African Republic MF Amos Youga
19 Burkina Faso DF Yacouba Coulibaly
20 Mali DF Baba Traor�
21 France DF D�nys Bain
22 France MF Victor Lekhal
23 Turkey DF �zer �zdemir
24 France MF Pape Gueye
25 Hungary DF Barnab�s Bese
27 France MF Romain Basque
28 Mali MF Alimani Gory
29 France MF Herv� Bazile
30 France GK Yahia Fofana
33 Algeria MF Himad Abdelli
50 France GK Arnaud Balijon
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players
may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player

� France DF Bradley Danger (on loan to Avranches)
9 Republic of the Congo FW Bevic Moussiti-Oko (on loan to Quevilly-Rouen)
Reserve squad
As of 10 October 2018.[6] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA
eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player

Canada GK Nikola Curcija
Angola GK Andr� Costa Da Silva
Senegal DF Arouna Sangante
France DF Woyo Coulibaly
France DF Allan Hauguel
France DF David Gesseau
France MF Himad Abdelli
France MF Seref-Can Buyuk
No. Position Player
France MF Mamadou Fofana
France MF Ateef Konate
France MF Zoumana Tour�
France FW Theo Epailly
France FW Brandon Hoareau
France FW Alvin Le Corre
France FW Cheikh Diaby
Honours

former logo
Ligue 2
Winners (5): 1938, 1959, 1985, 1991, 2008
Runners-up (1): 1950
Coupe de France
Winners (1): 1959
Runners-up (1): 1920
USFSA Championnat
Winners (3): 1899, 1900, 1919
Challenge international du Nord
Winners (1): 1900
Coupe Nationale
Winners (2): 1918, 1919
Challenge des Champions
Winners (1): 1959
Managerial history
George Kimpton (1921�26)[7]
Mac Burgess (1934�35)
George McLachlan (1935�36)
Josef "P�pi" Schneider (1936�39)
George Kimpton (1945�46)
Jean Cornelli (1946�47)
Roger Magnin (1948�49)
Jules Bigot (1950�52)
Elek Schwartz (1952�53)
Ren� Bihel (1953�54)
Edmond Delfour (1954�55)
Roger Magnin (1955�56)
Th�o Bisson (1956�57)
Lucien Jasseron (1957�62)
Eduardo Di Loreto (1962�63)
Arie Devroedt (1963�64)
Christian Villenave (1964�66)
Max Schirschin (1970�71)
Gino Corlani (1971�72)
Fredo Garel (1972�73)
L�once Lavagne (1973�74)
Edmond Baraffe (1974�76)
L�once Lavagne (1976�82)
Yves Herbet (1982�83)
Didier Notheaux (1983�88)
Pierre Mankowski (1988�93)
Guy David (1993�96)
Ren� Exbrayat (1996�97)
Denis Troch (1997 � Oct 98)
Jo�l Beaujouan (Oct 1998�99)
Francis Smerecki (1999�00)
Jo�l Beaujouan (2000)
Thierry Uvenard, Philippe Sence and Bruno Baronchelli (Dec 2000)
Jean-Fran�ois Domergue (Dec 2000�04)
Philippe Hinschberger (2004 � April 2005)
Thierry Uvenard (April 2005�07)
Jean-Marc Nobilo (2007�08)
Fr�d�ric Hantz (2008�09)
C�dric Daury (2009 � Nov 2012)
Christophe Revault (Nov 2012 � Dec 2012)
Erick Mombaerts (Dec 2012 � Dec 2014)
Thierry Goudet (Dec 2014 � Sept 2015)
Bob Bradley (Nov 2015 � Oct 2016)
Oswald Tanchot (Oct 2016 �present)
References
 http://www.hac-foot.com/news/stade-oceane.html
Hernandez, Anthony (15 May 2009). "Avec Louvel," � via Le Monde.
"Historical Rugby Milestones � 1870s". The Daily Telegraph. UK. Retrieved 14 May
2006.
"France - List of Champions". www.rsssf.com.
"Effectif". hac-foot.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
"Effectif". hac-foot.com. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
"France � Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs on RSSSF". Archived from the
original on 31 May 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2007.
External links
Official site (in French)
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Championnat National 2 � Group C � 2018�19 clubs
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