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
ManagerLaurent David
LeagueNational 2 Group B
2022–23National 2 Group D, 2nd
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 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 16 en route to the final, making their run to the final without facing a first-division team.[4] Les Herbiers lost the final 2–0 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 at the time.[6] In May 2022, Laurent David replaced Stéphane Masala as head coach. Masala had been the manager since 2018, when he brought the side to the final of the Coupe de France.[7]

Current squad

As of 9 October 2021[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK France FRA Rémi Pillot
3 DF France FRA Diakari Diarra
4 DF France FRA Thomas Allemand
5 DF Mali MLI Kalifa Traoré
6 MF Benin BEN Djiman Koukou
7 FW France FRA Anderson Banvo
8 MF France FRA Abdoulaye Bomou
9 FW France FRA Anthony Payet
10 MF France FRA Emmanuel Bourgaud
11 FW France FRA Pierre Grellier
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF France FRA Maxime Carneiro
14 DF France FRA Jeffrey Assoumin
19 MF France FRA Dominique Pandor
20 DF France FRA Moïse Mahop
21 MF France FRA Quentin Gregorio
23 MF France FRA Yanel Temmar
25 DF France FRA Benjamin Brelivet
29 FW Central African Republic CAF Karl Namnganda
50 GK France FRA Jules Rolland

Reserve teams

Les Herbiers has a reserve team that plays in Régional 1 Pays de la Loire, a third team in Régional 3, a fourth team in District 2 Vendée and a fifth team in District 4 Vendée.[9]

Honours

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". BBC Sport.
  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. Tapon, Yves-René (13 May 2022). "Un nouvel entraîneur aux Herbiers Football Club" [A new coach at Les Herbiers Football Club]. France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  8. "EFFECTIF NATIONAL 2" (in French). vendeelesherbiersfootball.fr. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  9. "Les équipes de Vendée les Herbiers Football" (in French). FFF.
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