Les Herbiers VF

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.

Les Herbiers VF
Full nameVendée Les Herbiers Football
Founded1919 (1919)
GroundStade Massabielle
Capacity5,000
ChairmanMichel Landreau
ManagerStéphane Masala
LeagueNational 2
2019–20National 2 Group C, 4th
WebsiteClub website

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.[5]

On 11 May 2018, Les Herbiers were beaten 4–1 at Béziers to drop to the Championnat National 2 – the 4th tier of French football – and the same level as Paris Saint-Germain's reserve team.[6]

Current squad
As of 11 June 2020[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 Jean Louchet
2 MF Lorenzo Diaz
3 DF Stephan Varsovie
4 DF Franck Héry
5 DF Kalifa Traoré
6 DF Lilian Faye
7 MF Florian Milla
8 DF Matthieu Chemin
9 FW Davel Mayela
11 MF Jeremi Kimmakon
12 DF Brian Amofa
14 DF Jeffrey Assoumin
15 MF Kenny Heyman
No. Position Player
16 GK Dan Delaunay
17 MF Martin Mimoun
19 FW Edouard Barre
21 MF Quentin Gregorio
22 FW Anthony Schuster
23 MF Oumar Pouye
25 DF Benjamin Brelivet
26 FW Mathis Lehuédé
28 DF Kael-Florent Montout
29 MF Kévin Diogo
30 GK Clément Puaud
40 GK Anthony Dupré

Honours
  • French Cup – Runners-up: 2017–18
  • Atlantique DH championship: 1999
  • Championnat de France amateur 2 Group G: 2006

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. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. "Auxerre vs. Les Herbiers – 6 February 2018". Soccerway. 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. "Paris Saint-Germain win Coupe de France to secure domestic treble". ESPN.com. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  6. "Les Herbiers 0–2 Paris St-Germain". BBC Sport. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  7. "EFFECTIF NATIONAL" (in French). vendeelesherbiersfootball.fr. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
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