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En Avant Guingamp (Breton: War-raok Gwengamp, English: Forward Guingamp), frequently referred to EA Guingamp, EAG, or simply Guingamp (French [gegaGuingamp) is a professional football team located in the commune Guingamp located in the French Brittany region. The club was established in 1912 and plays in Ligue 2, the second highest tier in French football. Guingamp has played in Ligue 1, the top league of French football for 13 years, and is well-known for its success, despite Guingamp's relatively small population of 7700 inhabitants.

Guingamp is one of the two clubs to have won this Coupe de France while not being in the first division. They did this in 2009 by beating Rennes by a score of by a score of 2-1. Guingamp won the same contest in 2014 by winning against Rennes by winning 2-0.

1. History

Being an amateur team for quite a while and playing in regional leagues, the team was promoted three times during the direction of Noel Graet, who assumed the presidency in 1972. In the year 1976, Guingamp reached the Third Division (now known as Championnat National), and in the following season, they were elevated into the Second Division (now called Ligue 2) and continued until 1993. Guingamp officially became professional in 1984. In 1990, the Stade de Roudourou was opened in the year 1990, which saw Guingamp playing Paris Saint-Germain in the inaugural match.

The club's first major achievement is being awarded the Coupe de France in 2009 as the only team in the history of football not belonging to Ligue 1 to win the event. The team beat Breton opponents Rennes by a score of 2-1 during the championship. Also, in 2014, En Avant de Guingamp beat Stade Rennais F.C. 2 to 0 on the Stade de France. In addition to two years of Coupe de France triumph, the club's most notable achievement is winning in 1996 the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

The club has been within the French top flight previously, but has achieved promotion just three times: in 1995 2000, 2003 and 2013. Their longest stint at the highest level was from 2013 and 2019. After the 2012-13 season, the club was moved again to Ligue 2 at the conclusion of the 2018-19 campaign, which ended in 20th position.

In addition to having won not only the Coupe de France, Guingamp is also known as a springboard to famous players like Didier Drogba Florent Malouda Fabrice Abriel as well as Vincent Candela. Managers like Guy Lacombe, Francis Smerecki and Erick Mombaerts have also utilized Guingamp as a springboard in the beginning of their careers as coaches. Guingamp is ruled by Bertrand Desplat. Guingamp's former president Noel Le Graet, is the president of Guingamp's French Football Federation. It has an women's side that play in Division 1 Feminine, and an reserve team that plays in the CFA2.

For the season 2018-19, Guingamp was able to reach Guingamp's Coupe de la ligue final against RC Strasbourg. Guingamp was defeated in the final, losing 4-1 in penalties after the match was deadlocked for 120 minutes of action.

On May 12, 2019, Guingamp were relegated to Ligue 2 ending a six-year tenure within the first division following losing 1-1 to the club's rivals Stade Rennais F.C.

 

2. Timeline

  • 1912: Foundation of the club.
  • 1922: First match at Stade de Montbareil.
  • 1929: First promotion to the Division d'Honneur.
  • 1949: Second promotion to the Division d'Honneur.
  • 1974: Third promotion to the Division d'Honneur.
  • 1976: First promotion to Division 3.
  • 1977: First promotion to Division 2.
  • 1984: Adoption of professional status.
  • 1990: First match at Stade de Roudourou.
  • 1994: Second promotion to Ligue 2.
  • 1995: First promotion to Ligue 1.
  • 1996: Winner of the Intertoto Cup and first appearance in Europe.
  • 1997: Runner-up of the Coupe de France.
  • 2000: Second promotion to Ligue 1.
  • 2004: Relegation from Ligue 1.
  • 2009: Winner of the Coupe de France and second appearance in Europe.
  • 2010: Relegation from Ligue 2.
  • 2011: Promotion to Ligue 2.
  • 2013: Promotion to Ligue 1.
  • 2014: Winner of the Coupe de France and third appearance in the UEFA Europa League.
  • 2019: Finished runner up in the Coupe de la ligue final.
  • 2019: Relegated to Ligue 2.

3. Stadium

Guingamp hosts home games in Guingamp's Stade de Roudourou in the city. It's unusual for a commune with 7,280 residents that has a professional soccer club, and even one in the first division. The stadium also can accommodate 18,000 people, which is roughly 2.5 times the size of the community.

4. Players

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4.1. Current Squad

 
No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  FRA Baptiste Roux
3 DF  FRA Arthur Vitelli
4 MF  FRA Dylan Louiserre
5 DF  FRA Hady Camara
6 MF  FRA Tristan Muyumba
7 DF  SEN Donatien Gomis
8 MF  MLI Souleymane Diarra
10 MF  FRA Mehdi Merghem
11 DF  FRA Stephen Quemper
12 MF  CGO Warren Tchimbembé (on loan from Metz)
15 DF  FRA Vincent Manceau
16 GK  FRA Enzo Basilio
17 MF  FRA Théo Le Normand
 
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW  FRA Gaëtan Courtet
19 DF  CMR Félix Eboa Eboa
21 FW  BEL Baptiste Guillaume
22 FW  ALG Mehdi Baaloudj
23 DF  FRA Taylor Luvambo
24 DF  FRA Pierre Lemonnier
25 MF  FRA Jules Gaudin
26 DF  FRA Matthis Riou
27 DF  COD Maxime Sivis
28 MF  FRA Maxime Barthelmé
29 MF  FRA Jérémy Livolant
30 GK  FRA Dominique Youfeigane

4.2. Out On Loan

 
No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  FRA Hugo Barbet (on loan to Borgo until 30 June 2023)
 
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF  FRA Sikou Niakaté (on loan to Braga until 30 June 2023)

4.3. Reserve team

 
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF  FRA Lamine Buhanga
DF  FRA Lucas Maronnier
DF  FRA Bryan Ngwabije
DF  FRA Ismaek Petchy
DF  FRA Ilan Radenac
MF  FRA Momar Gadji
MF  HAI Bryan Labissiere
 
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  FRA Théo Le Normand
MF  FRA Oktay Ozduru
MF  FRA Baptiste Roux
FW  MTN Souleymane Anne
FW  FRA Isaac Drogba
FW  FRA Daniel Simpore
FW  FRA Axel Urie

4.4. Notable Players

Below are the notable former players who have represented Guingamp in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1912. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 80 official matches for the club.

  • Ghislain Anselmini
  • Yannick Baret
  • Christian Bassila
  • Jimmy Briand
  • Stéphane Carnot
  • Fabrice Colleau
  • Charles-Édouard Coridon
  • Moumouni Dagano
  • Thierry Debès
  • Sylvain Deplace
  • Yves Deroff
  • Mustapha Diallo
  • Didier Drogba
  • Felipe
  • Romain Ferrier
  • Fabrice Fiorèse
  • Jérôme Foulon
  • Hubert Fournier
  • Thibault Giresse
  • Auriol Guillaume
  • Stéphane Guivarc'h
  • Laurent Guyot
  • Laurent Hervé
  • Angelo Hugues
  • Yann Jouffre
  • Marek Jóźwiak
  • Raymond Keruzoré
  • Anthony Knockaert
  • Bakary Koné
  • Laurent Koscielny
  • Blaise Kouassi
  • Nicolas Laspalles
  • Ronan Le Crom
  • Arnaud Le Lan
  • Christophe Le Roux
  • Richard Lecomte
  • Florent Malouda
  • Lionel Mathis
  • Claude Michel
  • Gheorghe Mihali
  • Mouritala Ogunbiyi
  • Yohann Rivière
  • Bertrand Robert
  • Lionel Rouxel
  • Yvon Schmitt
  • Harlington Shereni
  • Milovan Sikimić
  • Richard Soumah
  • Guy Stéphan
  • Andrzej Szarmach
  • Abdelhafid Tasfaout
  • Stéphane Trévisan

5. European record

Notes

 Guingamp won the Final on away goals.

  • 1R: First round
  • 3R: Third round
  • PO: Play-off round
  • SF: Semi-finals
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate  
1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 12  FK Zemun 1–0 1st  
 FF Jaro 0–0
 Dinamo Bucharest 2–1
 Kolkheti Poti 3–1
SF  KAMAZ 0–2 4–0(aet) 4–2  
Finals  Rotor Volgograd 1–2 1–0 2–21  
1996–97 UEFA Cup 1R  Internazionale 0–3 1–1 1–4  
2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup 3R  1. FC Brno 2–1 2–4(aet) 4–5  
2009–10 UEFA Europa League PO  Hamburg 1–5 1–3 2–8  
2014–15 UEFA Europa League Group K  Fiorentina 0–3 1–2 2nd  
 PAOK 2–0 2–1
 Dinamo Minsk 0–0 2–0
R32  Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 1–3 3–4  

6. Ownership

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6.1. Club hierarchy

Position Name
President Bertrand Desplat
Vice-President Frédéric Legrand
Association President Jean-Paul Briand
Manager Mehmed Baždarević

6.2. Managerial history

  • Jean Prouff (1955–56)
  • Claude Pérard (1977–78)
  • René Cédolin (1978–81)
  • Raymond Kéruzoré (1981–86)
  • Jean-Noël Huck (1986)
  • Yvan Le Quéré (1987–88)
  • Jean-Paul Rabier (1988–89)
  • Erick Mombaerts (1989–90)
  • Alain De Martigny (1990–93)
  • Yvon Schmitt (1993)
  • Francis Smerecki (1 July 1993 – 15 February 1999)
  • Guy Lacombe (3 February 1999 – 30 June 2002)
  • Bertrand Marchand (1 July 2002 – 30 June 2004)
  • Yvon Pouliquen (1 July 2004 – 19 September 2005)
  • Alain Ravera (25 September 2005 – 15 May 2006)
  • Patrick Rémy (20 May 2006 – 3 October 2007)
  • Victor Zvunka (3 October 2007 – 28 May 2010)
  • Jocelyn Gourvennec (1 July 2010 – 27 May 2016)
  • Antoine Kombouaré (30 May 2016 – 6 November 2018)
  • Jocelyn Gourvennec (8 November 2018 – 24 May 2019)[8]
  • Patrice Lair (29 May 2019 – 23 September 2019)[9][10]
  • Sylvain Didot (24 September 2019 – 30 August 2020)[11][12]
  • Mehmed Baždarević (30 August 2020 – 1 February 2021)[13]
  • Frédéric Bompard (1 February 2021 – 25 May 2021)[14]
  • Stéphane Dumont (27 May 2021 – present)

7. Honours

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7.1. Domestic

  • Coupe de France
    • Winners (2): 2008–09, 2013–14
    • Runners-up (1): 1996–97
  • Coupe de la Ligue
    • Runners-up (1): 2018–19
  • Trophée des Champions
    • Runners-up (2): 2009, 2014
  • Ligue 2
    • Runners-up (3): 1994–95, 1999–2000, 2012–13
  • Championnat National
    • Winners (1): 1993–94
  • Coupe de Bretagne
    • Winners (2): 1975, 1979
    • Runners-up (2): 1947, 1952
  • Championnat de l'Ouest
    • Winners (2): 1976, 1984

7.2. Europe

  • Intertoto Cup
    • Winners (1): 1996

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