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This article is about the football team of Grenoble. For the rugby team, see FC Grenoble.
Grenoble Foot 
Full name Grenoble Foot 38 Nickname(s) GF38 Founded 1892/1997 Ground Stade des Alpes,
Grenoble
(Capacity: 20,068)Manager Olivier Saragaglia League Championnat de France amateur 2 
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Away coloursGrenoble Foot 38, commonly referred to as simply Grenoble, is a French association football club based in Grenoble, a city situated at the foot of the French Alps. The original incarnation of the club was founded in 1892 and, in 1997, was formed into the club that exists today as a result of a merger. Grenoble currently plays in CFA 2, the fifth level of French football, after have gone into bankruptcy in 2011.
Grenoble plays its home matches at the Stade des Alpes, a recently-built complex based in the heart of the city. The team is managed by Olivier Saragaglia. Grenoble wear white and blue.
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History
The club was founded in 1892 as Football Club de Grenoble. In 1997, a merger of Olympique Grenoble Isère and Norcap Olympique led to the Grenoble Foot 38 incarnation. Olympique Grenoble Isère played in Ligue 1 in the 1960–61 and 1962–63 seasons.
It was acquired in 2004 by the Japanese enterprise Index which soon built it a new stadium, Stade des Alpes, that registered an initial capacity of 20,000, and which was opened on February 2008, after which it achieved promotion to Ligue 1 in the 2008–09 season.[1] However, after losing their first eleven games of the season, Grenoble were eventually relegated despite a handful of impressive wins (most notably 4–0 against Paris Saint Germain).
Name changes
- Football Club de Grenoble 1892 (1892–1977)
- Football Club Association Sportive de Grenoble (1977–1984)
- Football Club de Grenoble Dauphiné (1984–1990)
- Football Club de Grenoble Isère (1990–1992)
- Football Club de Grenoble Jojo Isère (1992–1993)
- Olympique Grenoble Isère (1993–1997)
- Grenoble Foot 38 (1997–present)
Players
Current squad
- As of 15 August 2011[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 3 
DF Sandy Paillot 4 DF Abdel Lamanje 6 
MF Aymen Belaïd 7 MF Nicolas Dieuze 11 FW Yohann Lasimant 16 GK Brice Maubleu 18 MF Pascal Johansen 19 MF Jimmy Juan 20 MF Hamadi Ayari No. Position Player 23 FW Helton Dos Reis 24 MF Jonathan Tinhan 25 DF Hugo Cianci 26 MF Hamed Namouchi 27 MF Mehdi Bourabia 28 MF Francois Lareign 29 DF Jimmy Mainfroi 30 GK Jérémy Malherbe Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player GK Brice Maubleu DF Hugo Cianci DF Abdel Lamanje DF Giovanni Oliveri DF Romain Villard MF Mehdi Bourabia MF Adrien Brusetti No. Position Player MF Jimmy Juan MF Laurent Macquet MF Francis Dady Ngoye MF Jonathan Tinhan 
FW Thernand Bakouboula FW Marc Montiel MF Romain Provenzano Notable players
Below are the notable former players who have represented Grenoble and its predecessors in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1997. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 80 official matches for the club.
For a complete list of Grenoble Foot 38 players, see Category:Grenoble Foot 38 players
- Laurent Batlles
- Laurent Courtois
- Gaël Danic
- Youri Djorkaeff
- Laurent David
- Julien François
- Biagui Kamissoko
- Sandy Paillot
- Steven Pelé
- Martial Robin
- Jérémy Stinat
Managers
Managers
of GF38 since 1945
- Jules Dewaquez (1945–46)
- R. Lacoste (1953–54)
- G. Dupraz (1957–58)
- A. Fornetti (1958–63)
- Albert Batteux (1963–67)
- R. Abad (1967–70)
- René Gardien (1970–71)
- J. Donnard (1971–72)
- R. Garcin (1972–75)
- Jean Deloffre (1975–78)
- R. Belloni (1978–80)
- Michel Lafranceschina (1980–81)
- Jean Djorkaeff (1981–83)
- Claude Le Roy (1983–85)
- Robert Buigues (1985–86)
- Christian Dalger (1986–89)
- Patrick Parizon (1989–90)
- Noël Tosi (1990–91)
- Bernard Simondi (1991–93)
- B. David (1993–94)
- C. Letard (1994–95)
- É. Geraldes (1995–96)
- Bernard Simondi (1996–97)
- A. Michel (1997–01)
- M. Westerloppe (2001–03)
- A. Michel (2002–04)
- Thierry Goudet (2004–06)
- Yvon Pouliquen (2006–07)
- Mehmed Baždarević (2007–10)
- Olivier Saragaglia (2011–present)
References
- ^ "Grenoble Foot 38 celebrates the long awaited opening of its new professional soccer stadium, "Stade des Alpes"". Index Holdings. http://www.index-hd.com/english/group/groupnews.php?id=105. Retrieved 17 May 2008.[dead link]
- ^ Current squad (French)
External links
- Official website (French)
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