Les Herbiers VF

Les Herbiers VF
Full name Vendée Les Herbiers Football
Founded 1919 (1919)
Ground Stade Massabielle
Capacity 5,000
Chairman Michel Landreau
Manager Stéphane Masala
League National 2 Group B
2017–18 Championnat National, 15th (relegated)
Website Club website

Les Herbiers Vendée Football is a French football club based in Les Herbiers (Vendée). It was founded in 1919. They play at the Stade Massabielle, which has a capacity of 5,000 people. The colours of the club are red and black.

From the 2015/16 season, the club has played in the Championnat National, the highest level the club has ever reached.

History

In 1919, Father Rousseau founded the club "Alouette Sportive" which became "Les Herbiers Sports" in 1923. In 1941, the club "Coqs du Bocage" was born in Petit-Bourg des Herbiers.

The merger of the two clubs was determined in a general meeting on 7 March 1947. According to FFF regulations, it became effective on 1 July 1947. The club was renamed the "Entente Sportive Herbretaise" in 1949.

Les Herbiers played regional football until 1978, when they were invited to the newly created French fourth division, but they were relegated to the regional leagues in 1979. The club technically joined the fourth tier of French soccer in 1975.

The red-blacks fell as far as the seventh division before working their way back into the national football structure in 2007, followed by promotion to the third division in 2015. Les Herbiers avoided relegation in their first two seasons in the third division.

In 2002, the Entente Sportive Herbretaise changed its name to "The Herbiers Football (HVF). In 2006, the club again changed its name to "The Vendee Herbiers Football (VHF).

On 17 April 2018, Les Herbiers defeated fellow third-division side FC Chambly to reach the final of The Coupe de France.[1] Les Herbiers upset second-division Lens[2] in the quarterfinals and Auxerre[3] in the round of sixteen en route to the final, making their run to the final without facing a first-division team.[4] Les Herbiers lost the final 0-2 to Paris Saint-Germain on 8 May 2018.

On 11 May 2018 Les Herbiers were beaten 4-1 at Beziers to drop to the Championnat National 2 - the 4th tier of French football - and the same level as Paris Saint-Germain's reserve team.[5]

Current squad

As of 8 October 2018[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 France GK Dan Delaunay
3 Comoros DF Camal Youssoufa
4 France DF Franck Héry
5 Mali DF Kalifa Traoré
6 France DF Quentin Bonnet
7 Togo MF Claude Koutob
8 France MF Dimitry Caloin
9 France Anthony Petrilli
10 Mali FW Tiécoro Keita
11 France FW Dolan Bahamboula
12 France DF Brian Amofa
14 France MF Charly Charrier
No. Position Player
16 France GK Jean Louchet
17 France MF Hamady Tamboura
18 France MF Oumar Pouye
19 France MF Pierre Germann
21 France DF Romuald Marie
22 France FW Terence Makengo
25 France DF Benjamin Brelivet
27 France FW Axel Dabin
28 Guadeloupe DF Kael-Florent Montout
29 France MF Kévin Diogo
30 France GK Clément Puaud

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Coupe de France. Ils l'ont fait ! Les Herbiers joueront en finale au Stade de France". Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Les Herbiers vs. Lens - 27 February 2018 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Auxerre vs. Les Herbiers - 6 February 2018 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Les Herbiers 2-0 Chambly: Third-tier minnows reach French Cup final... and set up a potential Paris showdown with wealthy Ligue 1 goliaths PSG". Daily Mail. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Les Herbiers 0-2 Paris St-Germain". BBC Sport. 2018-05-08. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  6. ↑ "EFFECTIF NATIONAL" (in French). vendeelesherbiersfootball.fr. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

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