Football Club Mantois 78 are a French football club that was founded in 1994. The club is based in Mantes-la-Ville in the suburbs of Paris and is of the Yvelines department. The club's relatively late foundation is due to a merger between three other clubs from the region. The club is often referred to as FC Mantes due to their location, however, their common name is FC Mantois with Mantois being the natural region of the area the club inhabits.

FC Mantois
Full nameFootball Club Mantois 78
Founded1944; 80 years ago (1944)
GroundStade Aimé Bergeal
Mantes-la-Ville, Yvelines
Capacity5,000
ChairmanEric Aderdor
ManagerRobert Mendy
LeagueRégional 1 Paris-Île-de-France
2021–22National 3 Group L, 13th (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

History edit

The club's parent club before their foundation was Athletic Club de Mantes-la-Ville, who reached the CFA in 1968 and ultimately reached as far as Division 2, where they remained for four years before plunging down to the sixth division of French football. In 1994, the club merged with two other local clubs, Association sportive de Mantes and Association sportive de Buchelay to form the club that exists today.[1] After a decade at the fourth level of French football, the club was relegated to Championnat National 3 in 2020 after being positioned bottom of 2019–20 Championnat National 2 Group B when the season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] They were relegated again in 2021–22, to the sixth tier, having twice being deducted points during the season.[3]

Current squad edit

As of 7 November 2019

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   FRA Christian Basse
GK   FRA Alexandre Menay
DF   FRA Mark Amoah
DF   FRA Malamina Diabira
DF   FRA Mamadou Keita
DF   FRA Dominique Omari
MF   FRA Brahim Baradji
MF   FRA Bakary Diabira
MF   MLI Phousseyne Diaby
MF   BEL Thomas Diaby
MF   FRA Demba Diallo
MF   FRA Arslane Guedioura
MF   FRA Alexandre Isidor
MF   SEN Germain Loppy
MF   FRA Earvin Lungu
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   FRA Mamadou Savane
MF   FRA Abdou Thiam
FW   FRA Jeremy Balmy
FW   FRA Diakaria Dembélé
FW   FRA Oumar Diao
FW   FRA Youness El Baillal
FW   FRA Willson Guella
FW   FRA Isaac Mensah
FW   SEN Dominique Miquilan
FW   FRA Nael Selemani
  FRA Yassine Belkdim
  FRA Richard Bonsu
  FRA Othman Kaamouchi
  FRA Erwan Mendy
{{{pos}}}   FRA Willemin

References edit

  1. ^ "Histoire du Club". Archived from the original on 17 July 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Yvelines. Football : pas de miracle, le FC Mantois est relégué en N3" (in French). actu.fr. 17 April 2020.
  3. ^ "National 3 : une fin de saison marquée par des défaites" (in French). La Gazette en Yvelines. 9 June 2022.

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