Lorient
Lorient is a football (soccer) club from France.
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FC Lorient Bretagne Sud is a France football (soccer) club based in Lorient, Brittany. In 2005-06, it played in Ligue 2. It returned to the top flight for the 2006-07 season.
History
Lorient were formed as an amateur club on 2 April 1926 and known as Football Club Lorientais. They first played in the regional third division, but progressed to join the Division d'Honneur in 1929.
Lorient turned professional in 1995, although Lorient has had two earlier periods as a professional club, between 1967-1977 and 1988-1991.
Lorient won the French Cup in 2002 and were finalists in the Coupe de la Ligue the same year. In the 2005-06 season, Lorient finished third in Ligue 2, earning promotion to Ligue 1.
Honours
- Winners of the Coupe de France de football : 2002
- Finalist of the Coupe de la Ligue : 2002
- Finalist of the Trophée des Champions : 2002
- Participation in the UEFA Cup : 2002-2003
- Champion of the National League (3rd level) : 1995
- Runners-up Division 2 : 1998, 2001
- Runners-up Championnat de France de football de Division 4 : 1984
- Champions Division 3 (West) : 1985, 1987, 1989, 1992
- Champions Division d'Honneur (West) : 1932, 1936, 1957, 1983
- Winners Coupe de l'Ouest : 1960, 1970 (reserve team), 1982
As of 28 July 2009 '
(on loan from Portsmouth FC)
Notable former players
For a complete list of FC Lorient players with a article, see :Category:FC Lorient players..
- Mahi Khennane
- Moussa Saïb
- Karim Ziani
France
- Fabien Audard
- Jean-Claude Darcheville
- Remi Gaillard
- Christian Gourcuff
- Jocelyn Gourvennec
- Patrice Loko
Ivory Cost
- Tchiressoua Guel
- Bakari Koné
Mali
- Seydou Keita (footballer)
1946-1948
- Marcel Lisiero 1948-1951
- Robert Hennequin 1951-1952
- Georges Girot 1952-1959
- Antoine Cuissard 1959
- Lucien Philipot 1960
- Daniel Carpentier 1961-1967
- Antoine Cuissard 1967-1969
- Yves Boutet 1969
- Émile Rummelhardt 1969-1971
- André Mori 1971-1972
- Jean Vincent (footballer) 1972-1976
- Louis Hon 1976-1978
- Paul Le Bellec 1978-1979
- Bernard Goueffic 1979-1981
- Louis Legadec 1981-1982
- Christian Gourcuff 1982-1986
- Michel Le Calloch 1986-March 1988
- Alain Thiboult March 1988-1990
- Patrick Le Pollotec 1990-1991
- Christian Gourcuff 1991-2001
- Angel Marcos 2001-January 2002
- Yvon Pouliquen January 2002-2003
- Christian Gourcuff Since 2003-
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