Athlético Marseille

Athlético Marseille (formerly Groupe Sportif Consolat and sometimes referred to as Marseille Consolat) is a French amateur football club founded in 1964 and based in the Bouches-du-Rhone department of Marseille. The club was named until 2018 after Consolat, a neighborhood located in La Calade, in the 15th arrondissement, north of Marseille. Founded in 1964 by the residents of Consolat, the club has been run by current club president Jean-Luc Mingallon since 1983. Mingallon pushed the team to success which has led to their promotion from the Division d’Honneur in 1999. In 2006, the club reached the national amateur level of football with its promotion to CFA2. This promotion sparked new derbies with the reserve team of Olympique de Marseille and US Endoume. The desire to become “the second club of Marseille” was one step closer with the promotion to the CFA in 2011. Consolat won the CFA title in 2014, earning promotion to the Championnat National, the third tier of French football. They nearly were promoted to Ligue 2 during the 2015-2016 season, falling short only by a single point behind Amiens SC. They again missed out on possible promotion in the following season, finishing behind division rivals Paris FC due only to goal differential.

Athlético Marseille
Full nameAthlético Marseille
Nickname(s)Consolat Le club des Quartiers Nord
Founded1964 (1964)
GroundStade La Martine,
Marseille
Capacity1,990
ChairmanJean-Luc Mingallon
ManagerFarid Fouzari
LeagueRégional 2
2019–20National 3 Group D, 1st (administratively relegated)
WebsiteClub website

In the summer of 2018, Consolat underwent a re-branding process and changed their name to Athlético Marseille.[1][2]

Despite finishing 5th in the league, Athlético Marseille were relegated to Championnat National 3 in 2019, due to financial issues.[3] The club secured top position in their group when the 2019–20 season ended prematurely, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] However, on 9 June 2020, the Commission Régionale de Contrôle des Clubs of the Ligue de Méditerranée announced that the club would be administratively relegated to Régional 2 for financial irregularities.[5]

Current squad
As of 14 February 2019[6][7]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Salim Ben Boina
2 DF Idrissa Dibassy
3 DF Abdelkrim Khechmar
4 DF Jérémy Nicodème
5 DF Ahmed Soilihi
6 MF Salim Mramboini
7 MF Deniz Erdogan
8 MF Papa Ibnou Ba
9 FW Hamidi Nagui
10 MF Driss Zidane
11 FW Mohamed M'Changama
16 GK Romain Lejeune
17 DF Mehdi Messaoudi
No. Position Player
18 MF Mickaël Seymand
19 MF Mouloud Meghzel
20 DF Mohamed Nehari
21 DF Bassiri Keita
22 MF Yamine Amiri
23 MF Clément Goguey
24 DF Edgar Alexandre
27 MF Sander Benchabir
29 MF Omar M'Dahoma
30 GK Yann Van Minden
33 DF Hugo Sanchez
34 FW Mohamed Boutaleb
— DF Kassim Abdallah

Notable coaches
  • Gaetan Hardouin
  • Nordine Essemeri
  • Stéphane Haro

References
  1. "Le GS Consolat va Devenir L'Athlético Marseille" [GS Consolat will become Athlético Marseille] (in French). SoFoot. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. "Football : et si Consolat devenait "l'Athlético Marseille" ?" [Football: and if Consolat became "Athlético Marseille"?] (in French). La Provence. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. "Athletico Marseille et Tours rétrogradés en National 3" (in French). foot-national.com. 25 June 2019.
  4. "Foot Amateur : Les promus et les relégués en National 2 et National 3" (in French). foot-national.com. 19 April 2020.
  5. "L'Athletico Marseille relégué en Régional 2, Aubagne promu en National 2" (in French). footamateur.fr. 9 June 2020.
  6. "EFFECTIF" (in French). athleticomarseille.com. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  7. "Athlético Marseills - squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
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