Union Sportive Concarnoise, better known as US Concarneau or just Concarneau, is a football club based in Concarneau, France. The 2023–24 season is the club's first in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. Due to Concarneau's Stade Guy-Piriou [fr] not being up to Ligue 2 standards, the club plays its home matches at the Stade Francis-Le Blé in Brest, the Stade du Moustoir in Lorient, and the Stade de Roudourou in Guingamp.[1]

Concarneau
Full nameUnion Sportive Concarnoise
Founded1911; 113 years ago (1911)
GroundStade Guy-Piriou [fr]
Capacity5,800 (1,206 seated)
PresidentJacques Piriou
ManagerStéphane Le Mignan
LeagueLigue 2
2022–23Championnat National, 1st of 18 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

History edit

The club was founded in 1911. The Stade Guy-Piriou [fr], the club's 5,800-capacity stadium, was named after the club's former president.[citation needed]

Quarter-finalist of 2014–15 Coupe de France.

On 26 May 2023, Concarneau earned promotion to Ligue 2 for the first time in the club’s history, winning the 2022–23 Championnat National.[2]

Honours edit

US Concarneau honours[3]
Honour No. Years
Championnat National 1 2022–23
Championnat de France Amateur 1 2015–16
Division 4 1 1981–82
Championnat de France Amateur 2 1 2005–06
Division d'Honneur 2 1968–69, 1999–2000

Current squad edit

As of 30 January 2024.[4][5]

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   FRA Maxime Pattier
2 DF   FRA Alec Georgen
3 DF   MAR Abdelwahed Wahib
4 DF   FRA Guillaume Jannez
5 DF   FRA Mamadou Sylla
6 MF   FRA Alexandre Phliponeau
7 FW   FRA Isaac Matondo
8 MF   FRA Tom Lebeau
9 FW   FRA Noha Ndombasi
10 FW   FRA Fahd El Khoumisti
11 FW   CAF Axel Urie
12 DF   FRA Julien Célestine
13 FW   CGO Bevic Moussiti-Oko
14 FW   MTN Pape Ibnou Ba (on loan from Le Havre)
15 MF   SUI Gabriel Barès (on loan from Montpellier)
17 MF   FRA Maxime Etuin
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW   FRA Yanis Merdji
19 FW   GUI Kandet Diawara (on loan from Le Havre)
20 MF   FRA Baptiste Mouazan
21 FW   MAR Nassim Chadli (on loan from Le Havre)
22 FW   FRA Clément Rodrigues
23 DF   FRA Romain Sans
24 FW   CIV Ambroise Gboho
25 MF   FRA Bryan Pelé
26 MF   FRA Thibault Sinquin
27 MF   FRA Rémi Maugain
28 DF   BFA Issouf Paro
29 MF   FRA Pierre Jouan
30 GK   FRA Esteban Salles
33 DF   FRA Julien Faussurier
40 GK   FRA Rudy Boulais

Management Staff edit

Position Name
Manager   Stéphane Le Mignan
Assistant Manager   Pascal Laguillier
  Hugues Prévost
Goalkeeper Coach   Ronan Nedelec
Video Analyst   Mathieu Le Hen

References edit

  1. ^ "Ligue 2 : à domicile, l'US Concarneau devrait jouer dans trois stades différents". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 2023-06-29. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  2. ^ "Concarneau et Dunkerque montent en Ligue 2, Nancy descend en National 2". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  3. ^ "US Concarneau Football". www.statfootballclubfrance.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  4. ^ "Effectif". US Concarneau. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  5. ^ "US Concarnoise". soccerway. Retrieved 11 February 2021.

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