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Football Club Girondins de Bordeaux. Since 1881. French "Ligue 1" Championship. Coached by Laurent Blanc. International players : Johan Micoud, Ulrich Ramé, Alou Diarra, David Jemmali (Tunisia), Franck Jurietti, Marouane Chamakh (Morocco). Hall of fame : Zinedine Zidane, Bixente Lizarazu, Christophe Dugarry, Alain Giresse, Marius Trésor, Jean Tigana, Bernard Lacombe...
French Championship : 1950, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1999 French Cup : 1941, 1986, 1987 League Cup : 2002, 2007Champions League semi-final : 1985 UEFA Cup final : 1996 UEFA Intertoto Winner : 1996
An all-round sports club was created as Girondins de Bordeaux on October 1, 1881. The first official Premier match took place in 1919. The team became professional in 1937.Bordeaux captured their first Coupe de France in 1941 farther beating Fives 2-0. It would be 45 years before they would reclaim the title, after six failed attempts.In 1949/50 Bordeaux became champions of Ligue 1 just a year after being champions of Ligue 2. Bordeaux's defence became known as the "impenetrable fortress".Time went on and Bordeaux declined in form until 1979-80. During the eighties, Bordeaux won three Ligues, two Coupes de France, and qualified several consecutive years for European competition. A comparative slide over the next ten years followed, until in the early nineties Bordeaux were relegated to the second division for financial reasons. The rebirth, however, was immediate after some flowing football not only secured immediate promotion back to Ligue 1, but meant that not so many years later, Bordeaux were constantly frequenting Europe. This remains so to this day, with their prowess bringing them titles including a 1996 UEFA Cup final.
Their biggest European triumph was reaching the UEFA Cup final in 1996. After qualifying for the Intertoto Cup, the Girondins won that competition to get a place in the UEFA Cup. They reached the final after victories over Vardar Skopje, Rotor Volgograd, Real Betis, a heroic quarter final win over AC Milan, and a semi-final win over Slavia Prague. In the UEFA Cup final, Bayern Munich prevented the Bordelais winning their first European Cup after a 5-1 defeat on aggregate. The Girondins took part in two Champions League : in 2000 (they won the french championship in 1999) and 2007 (in the Group of Liverpool, PSV Eindhoven and Galatasaray).
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