Fc Girondins De Bordeaux

Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux (French pronunciation: ), commonly referred to as Girondins de Bordeaux (Occitan: Girondins de Bordèu) or simply Bordeaux, is a French professional football club based in the city of Bordeaux in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

The team currently plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football, and is coached by Albert Riera.

Girondins de Bordeaux
Fc Girondins De Bordeaux
Full nameFootball Club des Girondins de Bordeaux
Nickname(s)Les Girondins (The Girondins),
le club au Scapulaire (the Scapular club),
les Marines et Blanc (the Navy and Whites)
Short nameFCGB
Founded1 October 1881; 142 years ago (1 October 1881)
StadiumMatmut Atlantique
Capacity42,115
OwnerGérard López
PresidentGérard López
ManagerAlbert Riera
LeagueLigue 2
2022–23Ligue 2, 3rd of 20
WebsiteClub website
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Bordeaux was founded on 1 October 1881 as a multi-sports club and is one of the most successful football clubs in France. The club has won six Division 1/Ligue 1 titles, the last in 2009. Bordeaux have also won four Coupe de France titles, three Coupe de la Ligue titles, and three Trophée des champions titles as well. Bordeaux also reached the UEFA Cup final in 1996. From a year to its inception, the club's stadium was the Stade Chaban-Delmas, though since 2015, Bordeaux's home ground has been the Matmut Atlantique.

History

Beginnings

The club took its name Girondins from the demonym for people from the region, and was founded on 1 October 1881 as a gymnastics and shooting club. The club, chaired by André Chavois, later added sports such as rowing, equestrian, and swimming, among others. It was not until 1910 when football was officially introduced to the club following strong urging from several members within the club, most notably club president Raymond Brard, though it was only available on a trial basis. The experiment with football lasted only a year before returning almost a decade later in 1919. The club contested its first official match in 1920 defeating Section Burdigalienne 12–0.

Bordeaux achieved professional status in football on 2 July 1936, partly due to the club's merger with fellow Bordelais outfit Girondins Guyenne Sport, which resulted in the club that exists today. Bordeaux's rise to professionalism came about alongside the French Football Federation's plea to increase professionalism in French football, which prior to 1932, had been non-existent. The club was inserted into the second division of French football and made its debut appearance during the 1937–38 season. The club's first manager was Spaniard Benito Díaz. Diaz brought fellow Spanish players Santiago Urtizberea and Jaime Mancisidor to the team with the latter serving as captain. The club's most prominent Frenchmen on the team were homegrown attacker Henri Arnaudeau and goalkeeper André Gérard. Bordeaux played its first official match on 23 May 1937 defeating Rhône-Alpes-based FC Scionzier 2–1 at the Stade de Colombes. The club's first ever league match was contested on 22 August losing away to Toulouse 3–2. Bordeaux recorded its first league win against Nîmes. Unfortunately for the club, the team finished 6th in the Southern region of the division. Bordeaux's disappointing finish inserted the club into the relegation playoff portion of the league where the team finished a respectable 3rd. A year later, Bordeaux moved into a new home, the Stade Chaban-Delmas, which had previously been known as, simply Parc Lescure. The facility was built specifically for the 1938 FIFA World Cup and, following the competition's completion, was designated to Bordeaux. The club had formerly played its home matches at the Stade Galin, which today is used as a training ground.

Success and stability

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Trophy of the centenary tournament of Girondins de Bordeaux

On 15 October 1940, Bordeaux merged with local club AS Port and took on one of the club's most prestigious traditions, the scapular. Bordeaux ASP, which the club was now known, adorned the scapular during its run to the 1941 edition of the Coupe de France final. The match, played in occupied France at the Stade Municipal in Saint-Ouen, saw Bordeaux defeat SC Fives 2–0 with Urtizberea netting both goals. The Coupe de France triumph was the club's first major honour. Following the liberation of France, Bordeaux returned to league play and earned promotion to the first division following its 2nd-place finish during the 1948–49 season. After the season, André Gérard, now manager of the club, signed Dutchman Bertus de Harder. Led by the three-headed monster of De Harder, Édouard Kargu, and Camille Libar, Bordeaux captured its first-ever league championship, in just the club's first season in the first division, winning by six points over second place Lille. The league success led to Bordeaux being selected to participate in the second edition of the Latin Cup. In the competition, Bordeaux reached the final drawing 3–3 with Portuguese outfit Benfica. The draw forced a second match with Benfica claiming victory following an extra time goal after over two hours and 25 minutes of play.

Bordeaux maintained its title-winning aspirations finishing runners-up to Nice two seasons after winning its first title. The club also performed well in cup competitions reaching the Coupe de France final in 1952 and 1955. In 1952, Bordeaux suffered defeat to the team it finished runner-up to the same year, Nice, following a thrilling match in which eight goals were scored with five of them coming in the first 40 minutes. Bordeaux drew the match at 3–3 following a 55th-minute goal from Henri Baillot, but Nice countered minutes later with two goals in a span of four minutes to go up 5–3, which was the final result. In 1955, Bordeaux were trounced 5–2 by Lille who went up 4–0 within 35 minutes. The resulting struggles in the cup competitions led to struggles domestically with the club suffering relegation in the 1955–56 season. The club returned to the first division for the 1959–60 season, but failed to make an impact falling back to Division 2 after finishing last in the standings with 21 points.

Bordeaux returned to its former selves in the 1960s under new manager and former player Salvador Artigas. Under the helm of Artigas, Bordeaux returned to the first division and finished in a respectable fourth place for the 1962–63 season. The following season, Bordeaux returned to the Coupe de France final where the club faced off against Lyon. Bordeaux, once again, were defeated 2–0 courtesy of two goals from the Argentine Nestor Combin. The club's runner-up finish resulted in the team qualifying for the 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The appearance was brief with the club losing 4–3 on aggregate to German club Borussia Dortmund. Four seasons later, Bordeaux again reached the final of the Coupe de France, the club's seventh appearance overall. The team faced Saint-Étienne and, again failed to match the achievement reached in 1941 losing 2–1. The following season, Bordeaux earned another appearance in the final, but again, failed to win the trophy losing 2–0 to Marseille. The team suffered an extreme decline during the 1970s, despite the arrival of Alain Giresse. The club played under seven different managers during the decade and consistently finished at the bottom half of the table. In 1979, the club was sold to the influential and ambitious real estate mogul Claude Bez, who positioned himself as president of the club. In the summer of 1983, Girondins de Bordeaux organised a centenary tournament; Bordeaux won a 2–0 victory over Barcelona in the semi-finals of this tournament, and in the final, the club was defeated by VfB Stuttgart.

Return to prominence in the 1980s

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Bordeaux's home kit of their victorious 1984–85 Division 1 season
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Alain Giresse, influential Bordeaux player in the '70s and '80s and the club's all-time top scorer.

Under the helm of Claude Bez, who injected millions into the club, Bordeaux flourished winning three league championships, two Coupe de France titles, and also performed well in European competitions, most notably reaching the European Cup semi-final in 1985. During Bez's run presiding over the team, he recruited several French internationals such as Bernard Lacombe, Jean Tigana, René Girard, Jean-Christophe Thouvenel, and Thierry Tusseau. Bez also brought in established manager Aimé Jacquet. Led by 1970s mainstays Giresse and Gernot Rohr, Bordeaux captured its first league championship since 1950 in the 1983–84 season finishing equal on points with Monaco, however, due to having a better goal difference, Bordeaux were declared champions. The next season, Bordeaux again won the league claiming the title by four points over second place Nantes. In Europe, Bordeaux played in the 1984–85 European Cup and reached the semi-finals, defeating Spanish club Athletic Bilbao, Romanian club Dinamo București, and Soviet outfit Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk before losing to Italian club Juventus. In the Coupe de France, Bordeaux finally achieved cup glory defeating Marseille 2–1 in the 1986 edition of the final with Tigana and Giresse recording both goals. The Coupe de France trophy was the club's first since 1941 after eight agonising attempts in finals. The following year the club responded by winning the trophy again; in a re-match with Marseille, Bordeaux won its second consecutive cup courtesy of goals from Philippe Fargeon and Zlatko Vujović. Bordeaux then capped off the 1986–87 Division 1 season by winning its fourth league title and achieving the double as well.

In 1989, Bordeaux ended the decade with a consecutive runners-up medal in their 1989 Ligue 1 campaign.

Rising from the ashes in the 1990s

Due to administrative problems, the club was relegated just two years thereafter. In 1992, however, Les Girondins won that year's Division 2 title, thus being elevated to the top tier of French football. In the emergence of young and exciting players such as playmaker Zinedine Zidane, striker Christophe Dugarry and left back Bixente Lizarazu, the club ascended even higher to win the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1995. With this talented trio, the club defeated FC Rotor Volgograd (the 1995 King's Cup Winner), Real Betis, Milan and Slavia Prague in the second, third, quarter- and semi-finals respectively to reach the UEFA Cup final of 1996. Bordeaux witnessed even further glory only three years later, winning their fifth title in that of the 1999 Ligue 1 with winger Sylvain Wiltord winning the Golden Boot of that season with 22 goals.

Into the 2000s

During the 1999–2000 season, the club played in the new UEFA Champions League for the first time. In two seasons time Bordeaux won another piece of silverware, beating Lorient 3–0 in the 2002 Coupe de la Ligue final. Le club au scapulaire then two seasons later defeated Club Brugge 4–1 on aggregate in the fourth round to reach the 2004 UEFA Cup quarter-finals, where the club fell to eventual winners Valencia. Bordeaux got to another final in 2007 where there were eventually victorious in winning the Coupe de la Ligue of that year. Bordeaux then achieved further honours in winning the Ligue 1 and Coupe de la Ligue titles of the 2008–09 French footballing season thus achieving the first ever double in the club's history. In 2013, Bordeaux won the Coupe de France defeating Evian 3–2 in the final. In the 2013–14 Ligue 1 season, Bordeaux finished 7th in the table. In 2015, Bordeaux appointed Willy Sagnol but in 2016 Sagnol was terminated after only winning one match in the first eight games of the season and was replaced by Ulrich Rame. On 27 May 2016, Rame was replaced by Jocelyn Gourvennec. On 20 January 2018, Gourvennec was fired and was replaced by Gus Poyet. Poyet guided Bordeaux to a 6th-placed finish at the end of the season.

In July 2018, General American Capital Partners's CEO Joseph DaGrosa pursued the purchase of the French professional football team for €70 million after 19 years of M6's ownership.

On 18 August 2018, Poyet was suspended by Bordeaux after labelling the situation as "embarrassing" when Gaëtan Laborde was sold to Montpellier without his knowledge or consent. On 5 September 2018, Ricardo Gomes was appointed as "General Manager" — he did not possess the necessary coaching badges to be officially appointed the first-team coach.

2020s, financial crisis and relegation

On 23 April 2021, citing decreased revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic and loss of income when Mediapro, TV rights holder, went bankrupt and missed payments last year, the club was placed in administration when American owners King Street stated they would no longer support the club financially. On 22 June 2021, Bordeaux announced that Gérard López acquired the club. In the 2021–22 Ligue 1, Bordeaux finished last in the league table and were relegated to the Ligue 2, for the first time since the 1990–91 season, when they were administratively relegated due to financial difficulties. On 14 June 2022, the DNCG administratively relegated Bordeaux to the Championnat National due to financial issues. The club confirmed it would appeal the decision, citing it as 'brutal'. On 27 July 2022, Bordeaux won its appeal and was officially reinstated in Ligue 2 for the 2022–23 season.

Rivalries

Bordeaux have two main rivalries, firstly the Derby de la Garonne with Toulouse FC, so named because Bordeaux and Toulouse are the two major clubs that play in cities in south-western France, both of which are on the river Garonne. The consistency and competitiveness of the rivalry developed following Toulouse's return to Ligue 1 after being administratively relegated to the Championnat National in 2001. Les Girondins also contest the Derby de l'Atlantique [Fr] with their other main rival FC Nantes, with the name stemming from the two cities' proximity to the Atlantic Ocean. The history of this rivalry also transcends to over 50 years and 90 derby games played between the two clubs altogether. Bordeaux also held a 44-year-old record against another big rival, Marseille. From October 1977 to January 2022, Marseille did not win away at Bordeaux's home ground.

Sponsors

Since July 2020, the equipment manufacturer of the Girondins de Bordeaux is Adidas. The club's main sponsors are the restaurant chain Bistro Régent, the online betting company Betclic and 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.

Players

Current squad

    As of 31 January 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  SWE Karl-Johan Johnsson
4 DF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  CMR Malcom Bokele
5 DF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Yoann Barbet
6 MF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  UKR Danylo Ihnatenko
7 MF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Jérémy Livolant
8 MF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  MLI Issouf Sissokho
9 FW Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  SVN Žan Vipotnik
10 MF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Gaëtan Weissbeck (on loan from Sochaux)
11 FW Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  ROU Alexi Pitu
13 GK Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  POL Rafał Strączek
14 DF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  COD Vital Nsimba
17 FW Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  HON Alberth Elis
18 MF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Emmanuel Biumla
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  GAB Jacques Ekomié
20 MF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  ESP Pedro Díaz
22 MF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Mathias De Amorim
24 DF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Harisson Marcelin
26 MF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Emeric Depussay
30 MF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  GEO Zuriko Davitashvili
34 DF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Clément Michelin
40 GK Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Alane Bedfian
72 MF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Yohan Cassubie
81 FW Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Marvin De Lima
91 FW Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA David Tebili
97 GK Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  GLP Davy Rouyard
99 GK Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  CAN Grégoire Swiderski

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Johaneko Louis-Jean (on loan to Lugo)
MF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Logan Delaurier-Chaubet (on loan to Quevilly-Rouen)
MF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  BEN Lenny Pirringuel (on loan to Pau)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Tom Lacoux (on loan to Famalicão)
FW Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  SEN Aliou Badji (on loan to Gaziantep)

Reserve squad

As of 28 December 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Nicolas Bahoya
GK Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Guerric Bernou
DF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Mathys Angely
DF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  ALG Tijany Atallah
DF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Cameron Constant
DF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Jean Grillot
DF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Yael Mouanga
DF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Glenn Younousse
MF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Alpha Diallo
MF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Luc Essiena
MF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Émilien Makagni
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  SUI Joss Marques
MF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Yanis Noël
MF Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Marwane Tahar
FW Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Rohan Alain
FW Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Enzo Grothe
FW Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  MAR Mehdi Harfi
FW Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Noa Megdad-Manette
FW Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Noah Ramon
FW Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Lucas Rocrou
FW Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  FRA Julien Vetro

Club records

Most appearances

# Name Matches
Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  Alain Giresse 592
Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  Ulrich Ramé 525
Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  Jean-Christophe Thouvenel 490
Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  Guy Calléja 441
Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  Gernot Rohr 430
Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  René Gallice 390
Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  Marc Planus 381
Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  Edouard Kargulewicz 341
Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  Jean Tigana 326
10° Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  Christophe Dugarry 324

Top Scorers

# Name Goals
Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  Alain Giresse 182
Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  Edouard Kargulewicz 151
Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  Bernard Lacombe 138
Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  Laurent Robuschi 130
Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  Pauleta 91
Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  Bertus de Harder 90
Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  Didier Couécou 89
Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  Marouane Chamakh 76
Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  Hector De Bourgoing 72
10° Fc Girondins De Bordeaux  Lilian Laslandes 70

Management and staff

    Club Management
  • President: Gérard Lopez
  • Deputy General Director: Pit Schanen
  • Director of Football: Didier Haupert
  • Director in charge of Legal Affairs: Pierre Hammerel
  • Administrative and Financial Director: François Netgen
  • Sales Director: Gérard Wiseler
  • Stadium Manager: Luc Mayrisch
  • HR Director and Technical Resources: Clément Turpel
  • Safety and Security Director: Aurélien Bausch
    Men's Football / Professional Squad
  • Manager: Albert Riera
  • Assistant manager: Jaroslav Plašil
  • Goalkeeping coach: Josep Ferrer
  • Physical Conditioning Coaches / Fitness coaches: Francesc Mendoza
  • Doctors: Arnau Pol & Adrià Rubio
  • Physios: Ferran Sabadell, Enric Pujol, Jordi Márquez, Vicenç Lirola, Oriol Vives, Llorenç Junquera, Mateu Laporta & Antoni Bustos
  • Press Relations: Meritxell Álvarez & Adrià Escandell

Coaching history

In its history, Bordeaux have had 45 coaches. The first was the Spaniard Benito Díaz. Díaz was the first Bordeaux coach to achieve an honour when, in 1941, the club won the Coupe de France. The first Bordeaux coach to win the league was André Gérard. Gérard led the team to the league crown in 1950. He also has the honour of being the club's longest-serving coach having spent a decade with the club from 1947 to 1957. Gérard is followed by Aimé Jacquet who spent nine seasons with the club in the 1980s. Under Jacquet, Bordeaux won three league titles and two Coupe de France titles.

Affiliated clubs

Honours

Domestic competitions

Source:

International competitions

FC Girondins de Bordeaux in European football

FC Girondins de Bordeaux first competitive European match was in the 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup, beating 1. FC Köln 2–1 before ultimately losing 2–4 on aggregate. Since then, the club has participated in 30 UEFA competitions, its peak being the co-champions of the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup and the final game of the 1995–96 UEFA Cup.

UEFA Club Coefficient Ranking

As of March 2022

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

Media

From 14 August 2008 to 30 October 2018, the M6 Group carried a network about the club's activity known as "Girondins TV". It carried pre-recorded matches during the season, reserve team games, training session rundowns, and a daily talk show.

References

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