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Clermont Foot is based in the city of Clermont-Ferrand (in the région of Auvergne). It is a football club who play in the French Ligue 2, at the two-sided Stade Gabriel Montpied. The stadium has a capacity of 10363. The club is presided by Claude Michy and managed by Didier Ollé-Nicolle.
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The club started as a professional outfit in 1942 under the name Stade Clermontois. Despite little league success in the early days, they reached the semi-finals of the Coupe de France during the 1945-46 season. Their professional status was revoked after the 46-47 season due to financial difficulties. The club became professional again in 1966. 1984 saw an expansion, with Stade-Clermontois and ASM merging to form Clermont-Ferrand Football Club (CFC). The club was placed in the third division.
The club was later renamed Clermont Foot Auvergne, having to start again in the Division Honneur. After 13 years, Clermont Foot got promoted multiple times, from the Division Honneur up to Ligue 2 in 1993. During these 13 years of success, the club had numerous successes in the Coupe de France. One notable cup run was in 1997, when the Auvergne club eliminated three professional sides, Martigues, Lorient and then Paris Saint-Germain, before succumbing to Nice.
More recently, the club won the Championnat National in 2007, being promoted to Ligue 2 again, from which they were relegated in 2006.
[edit] Current squad 2007/2008
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From French Wikipedia
Didier Ollé-Nicolle
