Le Havre AC

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Le Havre Athletic Club

Full name

Le Havre Athletic Club FA

Nickname(s)

Le H.A.C.

Founded

1872

Ground

Stade Jules Deschaseaux
(Capacity 16 454)

Chairman

Jean-Pierre Louvel

Manager

Jean Marc Nobilo

League

Ligue 1

2007-08

Ligue 2, 1st (Champions)





Home colours

Le Havre Athletic Club Football Association or Havre Athletic Club, is a French football club based in Le Havre, founded in 1872 making it the oldest football and rugby club registered in France. Football began being played on a regular basis in 1894, so technically FC Mulhouse could be considered the first French football team being established in 1893 (however, they were a German team at the time). Le Havre currently play in Ligue 2 of the French league and their home stadium is Stade Jules Deschaseaux.

The club is famous for its notable youth investment program which develops and nurtures young (often local) talent, 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 Ibrahim Ba, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Lassana Diarra and Vikash Dhorasoo.

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.

1 Current squad 2007/2008
- 1.1 Players out on loan
2 Honours
- 2.1 Other honours
3 Trivia
4 Notable former players
5 Managerial history
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Current squad 2007/2008

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Christophe Revault
2	DF	Maxime Baca
3	DF	Nicolas Gillet
4	MF	Valery Mezague (on loan from Sochaux)
5	DF	Jérémy Henin
6	MF	Jamel Ait-Ben-Idir
7	FW	Amadou Alassane
9	FW	Guillaume Hoarau
11	MF	Benjamin Laurant
12	FW	Ande Dona Ndoh
14	MF	Abdellah Kharbouchi
15	MF	Mahamadou Cisse
16	GK	Johnny Placide
17	FW	Nikola Nikezić
18	MF	Kévin Anin

No.	Position	Player
19	MF	Olivier Davidas
20	MF	Antoine Devaux
21	DF	Damien Tixier
22	MF	Jean-Michel Lesage
23	DF	Kevin Franqueville
24	MF	Hassane Alla
25	DF	Abasse Ba
27	MF	Fabrice Fernandes
28	DF	Adama Soumaré
30	GK	Olivier Blondel
33	MF	Selim Bouadla
34	DF	Benjamin Police
35	MF	Mohamed Youssouf
36	DF	Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik
	GK	Mike Vanhamel

[edit] Players out on loan

No.	Position	Player
8	MF	David Martot (to Brighton)
20	MF	Antoine Devaux (to Gueugnon)
14	MF	Abdellah Kharbouchi (to Gueugnon)
29	FW	Cheick Oumar Dabo (to Tours)

[edit] Honours

former logo

French Champion USFSA - Champion de France de football USFSA
- Winners (3): 1899, 1900, 1919
French Division 2
- Winners (5): 1938, 1959, 1985, 1991, 2008
Coupe de France (French Cup)
- Winners (1): 1959

[edit] Other honours

Challenge international du Nord : 1900
Coupe Nationale : 1918, 1919
Vice-Champion de France D2 : 1950.
Champion USFSA Normandie : 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1919.
Champion DH Normandie : 1920, 1921, 1923, 1926.
Finalist Coupe de France : 1920.
Challenge des Champions : 1959.

[edit] Trivia

In 1899, Le Havre won the USFSA (Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques) football championship, after winning both of its fixtures (a semifinal against Iris Club Lillois from the north, and the final against Club Français from Paris) by walkover [1]. They would defend the title the next year in more conventional fashion, beating Union Sportive Tourquennoise from Tourcoing 4-0 in their semifinal, and then Club Français 1-0 in the final.