USM Malakoff (football)

Union Sportive Municipale de Malakoff is a football team located in Malakoff, France. It is the football section of the parent multi-sport club USM Malakoff.[2] As of the 2020–21 season, the team plays in the Départemental 3, the eleventh tier of French football.[3] The club's colours are blue and red.[4]

Malakoff
Full nameUnion Sportive Municipal de Malakoff[1]
Nickname(s)Les Bleu et Rouge (The Blue and Reds)
Founded1945
StadiumStade Marcel Cerdan
Stade Lénine
LeagueDépartemental 3 Paris Île-de-France, Hauts-de-Seine
WebsiteClub website

History

The Stade Marcel Cerdan

USM Malakoff was founded in 1945.[5] The highest tier the club has reached in the French football league system is the Division 2, playing in the division in the 1975–76 season. However, they finished 18th in their group and were relegated.[4] In total, USM Malakoff played 25 seasons of football at national level from 1966 to 1991. In the Coupe de France, the club has reached round of 32 on six occasions.[4]

In November 1953, Malakoff played in a friendly match against the Hungary national team, who were Olympic gold medalists at the time. The event attracted a significant crowd of 10,000 people at the Stade Marcel Cerdan.[6]

Managerial history

Honours

USM Malakoff[3]
Honours No. Years
Division d'Honneur Paris 2 1965–66, 1979–80[lower-alpha 1]
Division 3 runner-up 1 1974–75

Notable former players

Notes

  1. The 1979–80 Division d'Honneur Paris was won by the B team of USM Malakoff.

References

  1. "USM Malakoff". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. "Union Sportive Municipale de Malakoff" (PDF). We Are Football (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. "USM Malakoff Football". Stat Football Club France (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. "Football - Malakoff". LesSports.info (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  5. "Historique du club omnisport" [History of the multi-sport club]. USM Malakoff Handball (in French). Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  6. "L'HEURE DE GLOIRE DU FOOTBALL À MALAKOFF" [THE HOUR OF GLORY OF FOOTBALL IN MALAKOFF]. Malakoff Patrimoine & Memoire (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  7. "L'ÉPOPÉE DU FOOTBALL À MALAKOFF : FAITS ET DATES" [THE EPIC OF FOOTBALL IN MALAKOFF: FACTS AND DATES]. Malakoff Patrimoine & Memoire (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
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