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Le Havre Athletic Club

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Full name

Le Havre Athletic Club FA

Nickname(s)

Le H.A.C.

Founded

1872

Ground

Stade Jules Deschaseaux

Capacity

16 382

Chairman

Jean-Pierre Louvel

Manager

Thierry Uvenard

League

Ligue 2

2005-06

Ligue 2, 7th





Home colours





Away 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 soccer club registered in France. Football began being played on a regular basis in 1894. 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 and Vikash Dhorasoo.

1 Current squad 2006/2007
- 1.1 Players out on loan
2 Honours
- 2.1 Other honours
3 Trivia
4 Notable former players
5 External links

[edit] Current squad 2006/2007

No.		Position	Player
1	Image:Flag of France.svg	GK	Johny Placide
2	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Maxime Baca
3	Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg	DF	Henri Bedimo
4	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Anthony Gauvin
5	Image:Flag of Algeria.svg	DF	Halim Medaci
6	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Jamel Aït-Ben-Idir
7	Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	Frédéric Fouret
8	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	David Martot
11	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Benjamin Laurant
12	Image:Flag of Senegal.svg	DF	Mamadou Seck
13	Image:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg	MF	Albert Milambo-Mutamba
14	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	MF	Abdellah Kharbouchi

No.		Position	Player
15	Image:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg	FW	Kandia Traoré
16	Image:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg	GK	Steve Mandanda
18	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Kévin Anin
19	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Olivier Davidas
20	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Antoine Devaux
21	Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	Guillaume Hoarau
22	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Jean-Michel Lesage
23	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Pierre Ducrocq
24	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	MF	Hassan Alla
28	Image:Flag of France.svg	DF	Adame Soumaré
29	Image:Flag of France.svg	MF	Didier Digard
30	Image:Flag of France.svg	GK	Olivier Blondel

[edit] Players out on loan

No.		Position	Player
––	Image:Flag of France.svg		Christophe Mandanne (to Tours)
––	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	MF	Rudison (to Romorantin)
––	Image:Flag of France.svg	FW	Jonathan Roufosse (to Louhans-Cuiseaux)

[edit] Honours

French Champion USFSA - Champion de France de football USFSA
- Winners (3): 1899, 1900, 1919
French Division 2
- Winners (4): 1938, 1959, 1985, 1991
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.