FC Martigues

Football Club de Martigues, known as FC Martigues or just Martigues, is a French professional football club which plays in the Championnat National, the third level of football in France.

Martigues
Full nameFootball Club de Martigues
Founded1921 (1921)
GroundStade Francis Turcan
Capacity8,290
ChairmanAlain Nersessian
ManagerGrégory Poirier
LeagueChampionnat National
2021–22National 2 Group C, 1st of 16 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

The club plays at the Stade Francis Turcan, which has a capacity of 11,500, in Martigues. Their principal rivals are Istres.

History

The club was founded in 1921 and played regional football until the early 1970s when they gained promotion to the professional Second Division.

The club's greatest achievement was winning promotion to the First Division in 1993. The club played for three seasons in the top flight, until it was relegated down to Ligue 2 in 1996. A failed attempt to win promotion at once was followed by relegation to the Championnat National (third level) in 1998. Two years later the club won promotion back to Second Division, but only remained at that level for two seasons.

In 2002, the club was relegated again and after another near miss at promotion in 2003, financial problems saw the club go into liquidation and reform in the Championnat de France Amateur. They finished the 2006–2007 season in the Championnat National as 14th. They were relegated to CFA in 2007–2008 season as 19th in the Championnat National.

The club was promoted back to the Championnat National in 2022, after ten years in lower divisions.[1]

Current squad

As of 16 January 2023.[2]

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 Mahdi El Makhfi
3 MF  FRA Nacer Mbae
4 DF  COM Ahmed Soilihi
5 DF  SEN Mama Balla Tine
6 MF  FRA Francis Kembolo
7 MF  FRA Oualid Orinel
8 MF  FRA Yanis Zouaoui
9 FW  FRA Romain Montiel
10 FW  FRA Karim Tlili
11 FW  FRA Abdoul Diawara
12 DF  MTN Harouna Abou Demba
13 MF  FRA Amine Hemia
14 FW  GUI Mohamed Mara
17 MF  FRA Dorian Fanni
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  FRA Lassana Diakhaby
19 MF  FRA Rayan Bichari
20 MF  FRA Zakaria Fdaouch
21 DF  ALG Yanis Hadjem
22 DF  COM Akim Djaha
23 DF  FRA Yanis Berrached
24 FW  ALG Mehdi Baaloudj (on loan from Guingamp)
26 MF  FRA Samir Belloumou
27 MF  FRA Raphaël Calvet
28 MF  ALG Foued Kadir
29 DF  FRA Lucas Toussaint
30 GK  FRA Jérémy Aymes
32 MF  COM Anfane Ahamada (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain)
40 GK  FRA Romain Cagnon

Coaches

References

  1. "Dix ans après, le FC Martigues retrouve le National !" (in French). footamateur.fr. 21 May 2022.
  2. "EFFECTIF" [SQUAD N2] (in French). FC Martigues. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  3. "National 2. Eric Chelle n'est plus l'entraîneur du FC Martigues" (in French). footamateur.fr. 10 May 2021.
  4. "Martigues : le successeur d'Eric Chelle est connu (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 15 May 2021.
  5. France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs


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