FC Sochaux

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Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard is a France football (soccer) team which plays in the town of Montbéliard.

FC Sochaux was founded in 1928 as a works team for the Peugeot motor car factory in the village of Sochaux. The following year, Sochaux's management sought to attract talented players from around Europe to become France's first professional soccer club.

Results soon followed as Sochaux captured the 1935 and 1938 league championships.

In the post-war era, the FCSM saw its stature in French soccer steadily diminish from a league heavyweight to a middle-of-the-table performer relying more on its excellent youth development program than on the substantial budgets of yore. Although rarely relegated to the second division, Sochaux did not hoist a major trophy until 2004's Coupe de la Ligue.

The current renaissance of les Lionceaux ("the lion cubs") has seen FC Sochaux finish in the top half of the Ligue 1 table three years running and compete in the UEFA Cup, as well as acquire the Coupe de France in 2007. It is recognized as one of the very best sources of young talent in France, with players like Benoît Pedretti and Pierre-Alain Frau finding their way to top clubs and the France national football team.

Honours

- Ligue 1
- - Champion: 1935, 1938
- - Runner-up: 1937, 1953, French soccer Division 1 1979/1980
- Ligue 2
- - Champion: 1947, 2001
- - Runner-up: 1964,1988
- Coupe de France
- - Winner: 1937, 2007
- - Finalist: 1959, 1967, 1988
- Coupe de la Ligue
- - Winner: 2004
- - Finalist: 2003
- Coupe Gambardella
- - Winner: 1983, 2007
- - Finalist: 1975

Players

As of July 11, 2009

Famous players

For a complete list of former FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, see :Category:FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players

- Joël Bats
- Bernard Bosquier
- Pierre-Alain Frau
- Bernard Genghini
- Lucien Laurent
- Jean-Jacques Marcel
- André Maschinot
- Stéphane Paille
- Benoït Pedretti
- Claude Quittet
- Patrick Revelli
- Albert Rust
- Franck Sauzée
- Franck Silvestre
- Gérard Soler
- Yannick Stopyra
- Maryan Wisniewski

- Abdel Djaadaoui
- Jaouad Zairi
- Wilson Oruma
- Souleymane Diawara
- El-Hadji Diouf
- Ibrahim Tall
- Francileudo Silva dos Santos

Europeans
- János Szabó
- Henk Vos
- André Abegglen
- Dobroslav Krstić
- Vojislav Melić
- Mehmed Baždarević
- Faruk Hadžibegić
- Laslo Sélès
- Zvonko Ivezić
- Mevlüt Erdinç

- Ilan Araujo Dall'Igna
1928-1929
- Victor Gibson 1929-1934
- Maurice Bailly 1934
- Conrad Ross 1934-1936
- André Abegglen 1936
- Conrad Ross 1936-1939
- Paul Wartel 1939-1944
- Étienne Mattler 1944-1946
- Paul Wartel 1946-1952
- Gaby Dormois 1952-1957
- Paul Wartel 1957-1960
- Ludvic Dupal 1960-1962
- Roger Hug 1962-1966
- Georges Vuillaume 1966-1967
- Dobroslav Krstić 1967-1969
- Paul Barret 1969-1977
- Jean Fauvergue 1977-1981
1981-1984
- Silvester Takač 1984-1985
- Jean Fauvergue 1985-1987
- Paul Barret 1987
- Silvester Takač 1987-1994
- Jacques Santini 1994-1995
- Didier Notheaux 1995-1996
- Faruk Hadžibegić 1996-1998
- Philippe Anziani 1998-1999
- Jean Fernandez 1999-2002
- Guy Lacombe 2002-2005
- Dominique Bijotat 2005-2006
- Alain Perrin 2006-2007
- Frédéric Hantz 2007
- Jean-Luc Ruty 2007 (caretaker)
- Francis Gillot 2008-
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