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Martigues
FC Martigues logo
Full nameFootball Club de Martigues
Nickname(s)Les Sang et Or (The Blood and Gold)
Founded1921; 103 years ago (1921)
Ground Stade Francis Turcan
Capacity8,290
ChairmanColumbus Morfaw
Manager Grégory Poirier
League Championnat National
2022–23Championnat National, 4th of 18
Website Club website

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.

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 2006–07 season in the Championnat National as 14th. They were relegated to CFA in 2007–08 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 31 January 2024 [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
3 DF Albania  ALB Rudolf Turkaj
4 DF Comoros  COM Ahmed Soilihi
5 MF France  FRA Raphaël Calvet
6 MF France  FRA Francis Kembolo
7 MF France  FRA Oualid Orinel
8 MF France  FRA Yanis Zouaoui
9 FW France  FRA Romain Montiel
10 FW France  FRA Karim Tlili
11 FW France  FRA Abdoul Diawara
12 MF France  FRA Milan Robin
13 MF France  FRA Amine Hemia
18 FW Gabon  GAB Gaëtan Missi Mezu
20 DF France  FRA Yazid Aït Moujane
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Algeria  ALG Yanis Hadjem
22 DF Comoros  COM Akim Djaha
24 DF France  FRA Léandro Morante
25 DF Cameroon  CMR Nasser Mbaé
26 MF France  FRA Samir Belloumou
27 FW France  FRA Ylan Gomes
28 MF Algeria  ALG Foued Kadir
29 FW France  FRA Oucasse Mendy
30 GK France  FRA Jérémy Aymes
40 GK France  FRA Romain Cagnon
FW Algeria  ALG Noa Cervantes (on loan from Troyes)
FW Republic of the Congo  CGO Alain Ipiélé

Coaches

Notable players

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