Le Mans UC72 is a French football club, based in Le Mans. It was founded in 1985, having gone under its full name of Le Mans Union Club 72 since their foundation in 1902. The club's President is Henri Legarda and their coach is Frédéric Hantz. The club was promoted to Ligue 1 for the 2005-06 season. They play their home games in Stade Omnisports Léon Bollée... width="425" height="350" ..
Current Squad No. Position Player 1 GK Thibault Ferrand 4 DF Paulo André 5 MF Laurent Bonnart (captain) 6 DF Olivier Thomas 8 MF Guillaume Loriot 9 FW Ismaël Bangoura 10 FW Grafite 11 MF Romaric 13 DF Cyriaque Louvion 14 FW Chiguy Lucau 15 DF Grégory Cerdan 16 GK Rodolphe Roche 17 FW James Fanchone 18 FW Túlio de Melo 19 FW Mamadou Samassa 20 MF Mathieu Coutadeur 22 MF Daisuke Matsui 23 DF Jean Calvé 24 DF Yannick Fischer 25 DF Marko Baša 26 MF Martin Douillard 27 MF Ludovic Baal 28 MF Stéphane Sessegnon 29 DF Ibrahima Sory Camara (on loan from Parma) 30 GK Yohann Pelé.. width="425" height="350" ..
Honours Ligue 2 Runners-up (2): 2003, 2005 Champions DH Quest Winners (2): 1961, 1965 Coupe Gambardella Winners (1): 2004 French Cup Semifinalists: 1998.. width="425" height="350" ..
Historical information US Le Mans Sports Club were founded in 1889, but it wasn't until 1902 that a football club existed within it. In 1910, Le Mans qualified for the Championnat de la France in 1910 but are heavily overturned by Saint-Servan. Gaining a huge reputation up to World War I, they plunged into obscurity by World War II before joining the league in 1942.Le Mans UC72 exist thanks to a merge between USM and SOM on June 12, 1985. It was at this time that their coach, Christian Gourcuff, joined as coach.
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Coaches 1945-1946 : Braustein 1946-1948 : ? 1948-1951 : Émile Rummelhardt 1951-1952 : Choulet 1952-1953 : ? 1953-1957 : Camille Libar 1957-1964 : André Grillon 1964-1976 : René Dereuddre 1976-1979 : Alain Laurier 1979-1981 : Michel Rodriguez 1981-1985 : Guttierez 1985-1986 : Bernard Deferrez June 1986-January 1989 : Christian Gourcuff January 1989-January 1994 : Christian Létard January 1994-May 1997 : Thierry Froger June 1997-November 1997 : Slavo Muslin November 1997-November 2000 : Marc Westerloppe November 2000-December 2000 : Alain Pascalou December 2000-February 2004 : Thierry Goudet February 2004-December 2005 : Daniel Jeandupeux December 2005- : Frédéric Hantz.. width="425" height="350" ..
Notable players Laurent Peyrelade Eddy Capron Christian Penaud Patrick Van Kets Olivier Pedemas Didier Drogba Christian Gourcuff Dan Eggen Dagui Bakari Olivier Thomert Régis Beunardeau Sergiu Radu ...(in coming).. width="425" height="350" ..