Everything about Stade Rennais Fc totally explained
Stade Rennais Football Club is a
French football club from the city of
Rennes, will play their 48th season in
Ligue 1 (the top French division) in 2007-08. The team coach is
Guy Lacombe and the president is
Frédéric de Saint-Sernin, who is close to
billionaire François Pinault, who owns the team.
Founded in 1901 as
Stade Rennais Université Club they assumed their current name in 1971. In the same year, the club won its last notable trophy, the
Coupe de France, defeating
Olympique Lyonnais in
the final.
History
1901-1904
Stade Rennais was founded on
March 10 1901 by former students from
Rennes. Their first match took place two weeks later against FC Rennais, which they lost 6-0. In
1902 the club acquired the "Omnisport" status and became part of the
Union of French Athletic Sports clubs (French: USFSA -
Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques). The following year, the Stade Rennais was a founding member of the Brittany football league. By the end of the season, the club had won the second "série", beating the FC Rennes 4-0 in the final.
Key players of the Stade Rennais in 1903 were Martin Peter, Langelier Montouan, Mr. Duchesne, Guilbert Ghis, Mr. Marcel, Mr. Leroy, Mr.Audren and Mr. Jamin. Duchesne, Jamin, Peter and Ghis were amongst the founding members of the club in 1901.
On
May 4 1904 Stade Rennais and FC Rennais merged, to give birth to Stade Rennais Université Club.
1905-1923
The merger left the Stade Rennais UC with one main opponent in Brittany : the Union Sportive Servanaise. Close misses in
1905,
1906 and
1907 against the US Servanaise lead President Sexer of the SRUC to hire Welsh footballer Griffith as player-manager-captain. Having played in the English Football League for several years, Griffith adopted an English approach to management and tactics at the Stade Rennais, and won the Brittany football league in
1908 and
1909.
Griffith is however unable to retain the title in
1910, as the US Servanaise finish champions with 2 points more than the Stade Rennais UC. US Servannaise's domination continued for the next four years, as they won 5 titles on the run, with each time the Stade Rennais UC second, less than 5 points behind the champions.
During the First World War, Rennes were allowed to participate in the Allied Cup (Inter-federation French Championship) as well as the Rennes Cup, since the Brittany league was interrupted by the war. After winning easily the Rennes Cup, Griffith lead his players to a number of surprise wins against better known clubs and were finalists thanks to a 3-0 win against
Le Havre and a 5-0 win over the Entente Suisse. The final, played in Paris against
FC Lyon was delayed several times, but in the end the Rouge et Noirs became Interfederal Champions of France thanks to a 7-1 win.
The following year, Rennes had a successful run in the Interfederation cup but were unable to retain their title. Having become a strong national side, since Rennes won the Upper Brittany League in 1918, as well as the Allies Cup in 1916 and 1917, the post-war period was one of great success for the Stade Rennais UC : Western Champions in 1919, 1920, 1921 and 1923, the Stade Rennais was also finalist of the French Cup in 1922, losing 2-0 against
Red Star. The squad in the 1922 final was notable for the presence for François Hughes, the first
French international to play for Rennes, and considered to be one of the best French centre-forwards of his time.
1924-1931
In 1924, the Stade Rennais Université Club merged with the Rennes Etudiant-Club, keeping the name of Stade Rennais Université Club. The season was disappointing however, with Rennes finishing outside the top 2 places of the league they were playing in for the first time since 1907, being 3rd in the Western Division.
The President of the Stade Rennais, Isidore Odorico, brought several foreign players to the club (Lothka, Szabo, Nico...), but the side remained unable to win the Western Division, and President Odorico's attitude towards both amateurism and restrictions on foreign players conflicted with the Western Division's direction. As other teams rose in the Western Division (
Stade Quimpérois and CSJB Angers), Rennes decided to retire from the Western Division in 1929.
For three years, the Stade Rennais Université Club was no longer part of the Western Division, and played only friendly games. They managed to attract good international sparring-partners, however, such as
Sparta Prague,
Slavia Prague,
Austria Vienna,
Budapest, and nation-wide known sides such as
Red Star Saint-Ouen,
Olympique de Marseille or
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard.
1932-1945
In 1932, the
FFF started the
French professional football league. Whilst Odorico's policy was in favour of professionalism, the club was in a dire financial state after having missed 3 seasons of league football, and despite the support the club had in Rennes, the Stade Rennais' application to enter the professional football league was rejected on the basis that club finances were too fragile. Odorico managed to convince supporters to donate money to the club, and after the club's financial fragility had been solved, the FFF accepted the Stade Rennais amongst the 20 clubs to participate in
the first season.
Rennes' start to professional football was encouraging, with a 6th place in their first season. However, the club's financial situation didn't improve, and by 1937 the club had to be subsidised by the town of Rennes after the mayor was put under pressure by local commerce. When the second World War started in 1939, the French football league was disbanded, and the Stade Rennais Université Club reverted to amateur status. For two years, the Stade only played in the
French Cup, as well as friendly matches against local sides. In 1941, Rennes took part in the Occupied Area Division of the French League, but finished a disappointing 7th out of 9. The following season confirmed Rennes low level with a 14th position out of 16 in the North Zone Division.
In 1943, the
Vichy régime instaured the interfederal French football league. Rennes-Bretagne is one of the 16 federations to be part of the league, and although the Stade Rennais UC was the only team in Brittany to have been in Division 1 only two players of the Stade Rennais were chosen to be part of the squad :
Henri Guérin and
Jean Prouff.
1990-1998
Those years were the beginning of stability at the club.But the
season 1990-1991 was a failure, despite players such as
François Omam-Biyik or
Arnold Oosterveer, but the team was saved thanks to administrative relegations of
OGC Nice and
Stade Brestois. The following year, in
1991-1992, Rennes wasn't able to avoid relegation. The club began to play with young players from its youth academy, such as
Sylvain Wiltord,
Jocelyn Gourvennec,
Ulrich Le Pen or
Laurent Huard.Rennes came back in
Division 1. On
July 7,
1993 Pinault group became the main sponsor of the club, with its brands
Pinault. The club has been playing in the top division since this date. During this era, the team had players such as
Marco Grassi and
Shabani Nonda.
Since 1998
In 1998,
Breton billionaire François Pinault, a great fan of the team, bought the team, and gave it a strong financial stability. He was first very ambitious for its team, and bought at a high price
South-American such as
Lucas Severino (140 millions of
French franc),
Mario Hector Turdo for the
Division 1 season 2000/2001 but these players were all failures. The team has now changed his strategy and uses players from its youth academy, arguably one of the best in
France, and the best for two years now .
In the
2004–2005 Ligue 1 campaign, Rennes managed to finish in a commendable fourth place in the final standings, their best ever position, securing them automatic qualifition for the
UEFA Cup.
In the
2005–2006 season, following a very close race for the
UEFA Champions League and
UEFA Cup qualifications in
France, they finished a disappointing seventh place in
Ligue 1.
In 2006-2007, Rennes again finished in fourth place, missing out on a
UEFA Champions League place as a result of a Lille goal in the 93rd minute of the last game of the season. But they did secure
UEFA Cup football for next season despite absence of
Frei and
Källström.
Colours
The Stade Rennais first played in a vertically-striped sky blue and sea blue shirt, while FC Rennais wore a red and black shirt.After the merger, Stade Rennais UC changed its colours, their new kit combined the vertical stripes of Stade Rennais and the red and black of FC Rennais.
Honours
- Winner: 1965, 1971
- Finalists : 1922, 1935
- Semi-finalists : 1919, 1959, 1967, 1970, 1986, 2003, 2006
- Quarter-finalists : 1918, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1934, 1952, 1989, 2000, 2004
Champions : 1956, 1983
Runners-up : 1939, 1958, 1980, 1993, 1994
Other
Intertoto Cup :
Coupe Gambardella
Western DH (Division d'honneur) :
Western USFSA League :
- Champions : 1904, 1906, 1908, 1909
French Interfederation Cup :
Western Interfederation Cup :
Odorico Cup :
Allies' Cup :
Upper Britanny League :
Rennes Cup :
Presence in Europe
Cup Winners' Cup :
- 1965-66 : Eliminated by Dukla Prague in first round.
- 1971-72 : Eliminated by Rangers in first round.
UEFA Cup :
- 2005-06 : Eliminated in group stage.
- 2007-08 : Qualified for group stage.
Intertoto Cup :
- 1996-97 : Eliminated in group stage.
- 1999-00 : Finalist, defeated by Juventus F.C..
- 2001-02 : Eliminated by Aston Villa in semi-final.
Overall European Record
|
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Goals For |
Goals Against |
Goal Difference |
| Cup Winners' Cup |
4 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
-3 |
| UEFA Cup |
8 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
14 |
-6 |
| Intertoto Cup |
14 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
22 |
19 |
3 |
| Total |
26 |
7 |
6 |
13 |
31 |
37 |
-6 |
Management Staff
Manager: Pierre Dréossi
Assistant Manager: Philippe Redon and Michel Sorlin
Youth Coach: Laurent Huard
Goalkeeping Coach: Christophe Lollichon
Fitness Coach: Christian Schmidt
Current squad
As of August 25 2007.
Senior Squad
Out on loan
Youth and Reserves Squad
Transfers 2007-2008
In:
Out:Famous past players
For a complete list of former Stade Rennais FC players with a Wikipedia article, see .
French players
Foreign players
Managerial history
Managers since accession to professional status in 1932, with the exception of 1939-1941 where the Stade Rennais reverted to amateur status, and 1942-1944 where no manager was appointed by the board, and 1945 where the Stade Rennais didn't compete in any competition.
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