Bordeaux

FC Girondins de Bordeaux

The club's name was derived from Girondins from the denominator for the people of the area, and was founded on October 1st, 1881, as a gymnastics and shooting club. The club, headed by Andre Chavois, later added sports like rowing, swimming, equestrian, as well as other sports. It wasn't until 1910 that football was first introduced to the club after strong demand from a number of members of the club, including the club's president Raymond Brard, although it was initially only offered on an experimental basis. The football experiment took just a year to develop before returning nearly 10 years following in the year 1919. The club played its first match of official status in 1920 , defeating Section Burdigalienne 12-0.

Bordeaux was granted professional status in football on July 2nd, 1936, largely because of the club's merger with the Bordelais counterpart Girondins Guyenne Sport, which led to the team that is in existence in the present. The rise of Bordeaux to professional status was prompted by the French Football Federation's appeal to boost the professionalism of French football that, prior to 1932 was not even existent. Bordeaux was added to the second division within French football, and was first introduced during the season 1937-1938. The first manager of the club was a Spaniard named Benito Diaz. Diaz introduced teammates Spanish player Santiago Urtizberea and Jaime Mancisidor to the team, with Jaime Mancisidor as captain. The most famous Frenchmen in the team were the homegrown attacking Henri Arnaudeau and goalkeeper Andre Gerard. Bordeaux was the first club to play an official game on the 23rd of May 1937 when it defeated Rhone-Alpes' FC Scionzier 2-1 at the Stade de Colombes. The first league game was played on 22 August and ended in defeat to Toulouse 3-1. Bordeaux scored the first win in league when it beat Nimes. The club was not happy, however, as Bordeaux finished sixth within the Southern region of the division. The team's disappointing performance pushed the club in the playoffs for relegation in the league, where they was able to finish a respectable third. The following year, Bordeaux moved into a new stadium at that of the Stade Chaban-Delmas, which had previously been known as more simply Parc Lescure. The stadium was constructed specifically in 1938 for the FIFA World Cup and, after the tournament was completed, it was renamed to Bordeaux. The club previously played its home matches at Stade Galin which, today, is utilized as a training field.

The 15th October of 1940 was the day that Bordeaux was merged with the AS Port, a local team. AS Port and took on one of the club's most famous customs the scapular. Bordeaux ASP, which the club is now known as was the name that was worn on the scapular throughout its time leading up through the 1941 edition of the Coupe de France final. The game, which took place in the occupied France on the Stade Municipal in Saint-Ouen and witnessed Bordeaux beat SC Fives 2-0 with Urtizberea scoring both goals. This Coupe de France triumph was Bordeaux's first major victory. After the release from France, Bordeaux returned to league play, and received promotion into the 1st division after its 2nd-place finishing in 1949-49. Following the season, Andre Gerard, now manager of Bordeaux was appointed manager of the club. He also hired Dutchman Bertus De Harder. The trio composed of De Harder, Edouard Kargu along with Camille Libar, Bordeaux captured the first ever league championship within the first season in the top division. It was won by six points more than second-placed Lille. The success of the league was the reason for Bordeaux being chosen to take part at the 2018 edition of the Latin Cup. The tournament was played out and Bordeaux was drawn in the final draw 3-3 against Portuguese team Benfica. The draw was a trigger for a follow-up game, with Benfica winning after an extra-time goal more than 2 hours, 25 minutes action.

Bordeaux retained its title-winning hopes and finished as runners-up to Nice two years after winning the first title. The club also had a good performance in cup competitions and reached finals in the Coupe de France final in 1952 and in 1955. The year 1952 saw Bordeaux lost to the teams that finished second in the same time, Nice, following a thrilling game where 8 goals scored, with five coming within just the opening 40 minutes. Bordeaux was able to draw the game at 3-3 after a goal in the 55th minute by Henri Baillot, but Nice responded with two goals within just four minutes to make it 5-3. That was the final score. in 1955 Bordeaux lost 5-2 to Lille who won by 4-0 in just 35 minutes. The subsequent struggles in cup tournaments led to difficulties on the domestic front, and the club was stricken with being relegated in the season 1955-56. The club was relegated to Division 1 for the 1959-60 season but they were unable to establish a foothold, and fell again to division 2 having finished on the last spot in standings by 21 points.

Bordeaux has returned to its previous form in the 1960s under the new management of ex-player Salvador Artigas. Under the leadership by Artigas, Bordeaux returned to the first division , and ended in a respectable fourth spot in the 1962-63 campaign. The next year, Bordeaux returned to the Coupe de France final where the club took on Lyon. Bordeaux was, again, was defeated with 2-0, thanks to two goals scored by Argentine Nestor Combine. Bordeaux's finish as runners-up led to the team being selected to play in the 1964-1965 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The tournament was short-lived, with the team losing 4-3 in aggregate to German Borussia Dortmund. Borussia Dortmund. A few years after, Bordeaux again reached the final of the Coupe de France, the seventh time the club has played in all. They faced Saint-Etienne but was unable to match the feat achieved in 1941, defeating them to them 2-1. The next year, Bordeaux earned another appearance in the finals, however, they was not able to take home the trophy after losing two-to-one to Marseille. The team went through a drastic decline in the 1970s in spite of the return to the club of Alain Giresse. The club was under seven managers throughout the decade, and was consistently in the bottom half the table. In 1979 it was purchased by powerful as well-known real estate mogul Claude Bez, who positioned himself as the president for the organization. It was in the summer of 1983 that Girondins de Bordeaux organised an event to commemorate the centenary of the club. Bordeaux had a 2-0 win against Barcelona during the semifinals and, in the final match, the club lost to VfB Stuttgart.

Under the leadership by Claude Bez, who injected millions of dollars into the club, Bordeaux prospered, by winning 3 league titles, and two Coupe de France titles, as well as a strong performance in European tournaments. When Bez was the boss of the club, he enlisted many French internationals, including Bernard Lacombe, Jean Tigana, Rene Girard, Jean-Christophe Thouvenel as well as Thierry Tusseau. Bez added veteran coach Aime Jacquet. In the 1970s, the mainstays Giresse along with Gernot Rohr Bordeaux was the first team to win a league title since 1950 during the 1983-84 seasons, finishing the season equal in points to Monaco but because of a superior head-to-head results, Bordeaux were declared champions. The following year, Bordeaux again won the league, claiming the title with a margin of four points better than the second-placed Nantes. For Europe, Bordeaux played in the 1984-85 European Cup and reached the semi-finals. They defeated Spanish clubs Athletic Bilbao, Romanian club Dinamo Bucuresti, and Soviet club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk before losing to Italian club Juventus. At the Coupe de France, Bordeaux won the cup, beating Marseille by 2-1 in the 1986 final and Tigana and Giresse scoring both goals. This Coupe de France trophy was the first trophy for Bordeaux since 1941, after eight agonising attempts to win the trophy in finals. The following year, the club came back to win the trophy again. In the rematch against Marseille, Bordeaux won its second consecutive cup thanks to goals scored by Philippe Fargeon and Zlatko Vujovic. Bordeaux was able to conclude its 1986-87 Division 1 season by winning the fourth title in league play and also achieving the double.

As of 1989 Bordeaux finished the decade with consecutive runners-up awards during their 1989 Ligue 1 campaign and getting closer to the semi-finals in the midst of a successful European Cup run that season.

Because of administrative issues The club was then relegated within two years. In 1992, however Les Girondins were awarded the Division 2 title, which meant that they were promoted to the top division that is French football. The emergence of new and promising players like the playmaker Zinedine Zidane as well as the striker Christophe Dugarry and left back Bixente Lizarazu, the team went on to win the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1995. With these three talented players the club was able to defeat FC Rotor Volgograd (the 1995 King's Cup Winner), Real Betis, Milan and Slavia Prague in the third, second semi-finals, quarter-finals and finals respectively, to make it to finals in the UEFA Cup final of 1996. Bordeaux was rewarded with even more glory three years later, claiming their fifth title of 1999. Ligue 1 with winger Sylvain Wiltord taking home the Golden Boot of that season with 22 goals.

In the 1999-2000 season, the club competed in the brand new UEFA Champions League for the first time. Two seasons later, Bordeaux took home another silverware trophy by beating Lorient 3-1 at the time of 2002's Coupe de la Ligue final. Le club of scapulaire was able to win the trophy two years later. beat Club Brugge 4-1 on aggregate in the fourth round, to get to in the final of the 2004 UEFA Cup quarter-finals, where the team lost to the eventual winners Valencia. Bordeaux made it to the final in 2007, where they was a triumph by winning the Coupe de la Ligue of the year. Bordeaux was able to achieve further honors by winning two titles: the Ligue 1 and Coupe de la Ligue titles during the 2008-09 French football season, thereby achieving the first time in the history of the club. The year 2013 was the time that Bordeaux took home the Coupe de France beating Evian 3-1 during the championship final. In 2013-14, the Ligue 1 season, Bordeaux placed 7th on the league. in 2015, Bordeaux named Willy Sagnol however in 2016, Sagnol was dismissed after only winning one game during the initial eight matches of the season. He became replaced Ulrich Rame. On the 27th of May, 2016 Rame became replaced Jocelyn Gourvennec. On January 20, Gourvennec's contract was terminated and substituted with Gus Poyet. Poyet led Bordeaux to a sixth-place finishing at the conclusion of the season.

In July of 2018 General American Capital Partners' Director of Operations Joseph DaGrosa pursued the purchase of the French professional football team for EUR70 million, after 19 years of ownership by M6.

On August 18, 2018, Poyet was suspended by Bordeaux following his statement describing the incident as "embarrassing" after Gaetan Laborde was transferred to Montpellier without the knowledge of or consent of his. On September 5, the 5th of September, Ricardo Gomes was appointed as "General Manager" and was not able to obtain the coaching badges required to be named coach of the first team.

On the 23rd April 2021, the club announced a decrease in revenues due to the COVID-19 epidemic and the loss of income after Mediapro the TV rights owner, declared bankruptcy and failed to make payments this year the club was placed in administration after American owner King Street declared that they were no longer able to support the team financially. On June 22, 2021 Bordeaux made it clear that Gerard Lopez purchased the club from Gerard Lopez. The 2021-22 season Ligue 1, Bordeaux finished last in the league table, and were dropped to Ligue 2, for the first time since the season of 1990-91 in which they were delegated administratively due to financial issues. On June 14, 2022 the DNCG officially relegated Bordeaux into the Championnat National due to financial problems. The club announced that it would appeal the decision, calling it as being 'brutal'. On July 27, 2022 Bordeaux successfully appealed and officially kept in Ligue 2 for the 2022-23 season.

Bordeaux have two major rivalries The first is there is the Derby de la Garonne with Toulouse FC, so named due to the fact that Bordeaux along with Toulouse have two biggest clubs in the cities located in the south-western part of France Both of which are situated on the River Garonne. The consistency and the competitiveness of the rivalry was established after Toulouse's return to Ligue 1 after being administratively removed from the Championnat National in 2001. Les Girondins also contest the Derby de l'Atlantique with their primary opponent FC Nantes, with the name being derived from the proximity of both cities towards their respective sides of the Atlantic Ocean. The history of the rivalry extends more than 50 years and 90 derby matches that were played between the two clubs. Bordeaux also had a 44-year record against a rival of a similar size, Marseille. From October 1977 until Jan. 2022 Marseille was unable to win on Bordeaux's home turf.

From July 2020, the manufacturer of the equipment for the Girondins de Bordeaux is Adidas. The principal sponsors of the club are Bistro Regent, a restaurant company Bistro Regent, the online betting firm Betclic as well as the car dealership SEAT Cupra.

Other sponsors are UNMI, Abatilles, Carlsberg, Mumm, Coca-Cola, La Bordelaise de Lunetterie, TBM, Bordeaux City Council, Gironde General Council, New Aquitaine Region.

Detail of the players as below mentioned.

As of 29 July 2022

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  NOR Stian Rode Gregersen 3 DF  FRA Johaneko Louis-Jean 4 DF  CMR Malcom Bokele 6 MF  UKR Danylo Ihnatenko 7 FW  FRA Dilane Bakwa 8 MF  CMR Jean Onana 11 FW  NGA Josh Maja 13 MF  BRA Fransérgio 16 GK  FRA Gaëtan Poussin 17 MF  FRA Lenny Pirringuel 18 FW  KOR Hwang Ui-jo

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  GAB Jacques Ekomie 20 MF  MLI Issouf Sissokho 22 FW  FRA Logan Delaurier-Chaubet 23 DF  FRA Junior Mwanga 26 MF  FRA Emeric Depussay 27 MF  FRA Tom Lacoux 29 FW  HON Alberth Elis 31 GK  POL RafaÅ‚ StrÄ…czek 32 FW  TOG Thibault Klidje 97 FW  FRA Lucas Rocrou 99 GK  FRA Grégoire Swiderski

As of 30 July 2022

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  FRA Darren Lima Semedo — GK  GLP Davy Rouyard — DF  FRA Mohamed Aggoun — DF  ALG Tijany Atallah — DF  ALG Aïssa Boudechicha — DF  FRA Hnassélën Kutran — DF  FRA Joel Ndzie Manga — MF  FRA Yassine Boujouama

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FRA Walid Gharnout — MF  FRA Rudy Orea — MF  HAI Johab Pascal — FW  MAR Cehaib El Moutawakil — FW  GHA Jamal Haruna — FW  FRA Lucas Rocrou — FW  FRA Hamidou Yameogo

Detail of the club records as below mentioned.

Club Management

• President: Gérard Lopez
• Director of Football: Admar Lopes
• Secretary General in charge of Legal Affairs: Heidi Verdet
• Deputy General Director: Thomas Jacquemier
• Administrative and Financial Director: Axel Cornier
• Sales Director: Thomas De Corgnol
• Chief Revenue Officer: Rafael De Los Santos
• Events Director & Stadium Manager: Hervé Faleyeux
• Director of Information Systems: Eric Jarland
• Customer Director: Maïa Laberrondo
• Director of Internal Communication and CSR: Sylvie Pepin
• HR Director and Technical Resources: François Perroy
• Safety and Security Director: Arnaud Poupard
• Stadium Business Strategy Director: /
• Sponsorship Director: /

Men's Football / Professional Squad

• Manager: David Guion
• Assistant Manager: Jaroslav Plašil
• Goalkeeping Coach: Grégory Coupet
• Physical Conditioning Coaches / Fitness Coaches: Eric Bedouet
• Doctors: Thierry Delmeule & Hervé Petit
• Physios: Jacques Thebault, David Das Neves, Fabien Bouscarrat, Alexandre Renoux, Sébastien Oria, François Pucheu, David Dubourdieu & Bastien Ayçaguer
• Press Relations: Aurélie Carrey & Margaux Anglade

In its past, Bordeaux have had 45 coaches. The first coach was Spaniard Benito Diaz. Diaz became the very initial Bordeaux coach to be awarded an award when at the age of 41, the team took home the Coupe de France. One of the first Bordeaux coach to be awarded the title is Andre Gerard. Gerard took the team to the title in 1950. Gerard also has the distinction of being the longest-serving coach of the club, having coached for a decade at this club between 1947 until 1957. Gerard is succeeded by Aime Jacquet who played nine seasons at the club during the 1980s. under Jacquet, Bordeaux won three league titles as well as the club won two Coupe de France titles.

Dates	Coach
1937–1942	Benito Díaz
1942–1943	Santiago Urtizberea
1943	Eugen Stern
1943–1945	Oscar Saggiero
1945–1947	Maurice Bunyan
1947–1957	André Gérard
1957	Santiago Urtizberea
1957–1960	Camille Libar
1960–1967	Salvador Artigas
1967–1970	Jean-Pierre Bakrim
1970	Pierre Danzelle
1970–1972	André Gérard
1972–1974	Pierre Phelipon
1974–1976	André Menaut
1976–1978	Christian Montes
1978–1979	Luis Carniglia
1979–1980	Raymond Goethals
1980–1989	Aimé Jacquet
1989	Didier Couécou
1989–1990	Raymond Goethals
September 1990–1990	Gernot Rohr
1990–1991	Gérard Gili
1991 – June 1992	Gernot Rohr
July 1992 – June 1994	Rolland Courbis
July 1994 – June 1995	Toni
April 1995 – June 1995	Éric Guérit
July 1995 – February 1996	Slavoljub Muslin
February 1996 – June 1996	Gernot Rohr
July 1996 – June 1997	Rolland Courbis
June 1997 – December 1997	Guy Stéphan
December 1997 – October 2003	Elie Baup
October 2003 – June 2005	Michel Pavon
July 2005 – June 2007	Ricardo Gomes
July 2007 – May 2010	Laurent Blanc
May 2010 – May 2011	Jean Tigana
May 2011 – June 2011	Éric Bedouet (interim)
June 2011 – May 2014	Francis Gillot
May 2014 – March 2016	Willy Sagnol
March 2016 – May 2016	Ulrich Ramé
July 2016 – January 2018	Jocelyn Gourvennec
January 2018 – September 2018	Gustavo Poyet
September 2018 – March 2019	Ricardo Gomes
March 2019– August 2020	Paulo Sousa
July 2021 – January 2022	Vladimir Petković
February 2022 –	David Guion

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As per detail below.

Ligue 1

• Winners : 1949–50, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1998–99, 2008–09

Ligue 2

• Winners : 1937, 1944, 1953 (Reserve teams) and 1992 (Professional team)

Coupe de France

• Winners : 1940–41, 1985–86, 1986–87, 2012–13

Coupe de la Ligue

• Winners : 2001–02, 2006–07, 2008–09

Trophée des Champions

• Winners : 1986, 2008, 2009

Coupe Gambardella

• Winner : 1976, 2013

UEFA Intertoto Cup

• Winners : 1995

FC Girondins de Bordeaux first game in a European match was played in The 1968-69 European Cup Winners' Cup. They beat 1. FC Koln 2-1 before ultimately losing by 2-4 on the aggregate. Since this time the club has played in over 30 UEFA competitions, the most notable being as co-champions of the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup and the final match in the 1995-1996 UEFA Cup.

As of March 2022

Rank	Team	Points
120	AS Saint-Étienne	11.483
121	Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace	11.483
122	FC Girondins de Bordeaux	11.483
123	Wolfsberger AC	11.000
124	PFC CSKA-Sofia	10.500

Beginning on August 14, 2008 until 30 October 2018 from 14 August 2008 to 30 October 2018, M6 Group carried a network that focused on the activities of the club, referred to under the pejorative name Girondins TV. It broadcasts pre-recorded football matches throughout the season and reserve team games, running sessions as well as a daily talk show.