FC Mulhouse
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Football Club de Mulhouse (myluz; commonly referred to as FCM or simply Mulhouse) is a French association football
Football in France
Football is the most popular sport in France. The Fédération Française de Football is the national governing bodyand is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the game of association football in the country, both professional and amateur...

 club based in Mulhouse
Mulhouse
Mulhouse |mill]] hamlet) is a city and commune in eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. With a population of 110,514 and 278,206 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2006, it is the largest city in the Haut-Rhin département, and the second largest in the Alsace region after...

. The club was founded in 1893 and currently play in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth level of French football
Football in France
Football is the most popular sport in France. The Fédération Française de Football is the national governing bodyand is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the game of association football in the country, both professional and amateur...

. Mulhouse plays its home matches at the Stade de l'Ill
Stade de l'Ill
Stade de l'Ill is a stadium in Mulhouse, France. It is currently used for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Mulhouse. The stadium holds 11,303 spectators.-External links:*...

 located within the city. The team is managed by former football player Laurent Croci
Laurent Croci
Laurent Croci is a French retired footballer, currently managing FC Mulhouse.-External links:**...

 and is captained by defender Christophe Meirsman.

Mulhouse was founded under the name Fussball Club Mülhausen in what was then Mülhausen, Alsace-Lorraine
Alsace-Lorraine
The Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine was a territory created by the German Empire in 1871 after it annexed most of Alsace and the Moselle region of Lorraine following its victory in the Franco-Prussian War. The Alsatian part lay in the Rhine Valley on the west bank of the Rhine River and east...

 in Germany
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. The club's location has been dependent on the control of the Alsace
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...

 region
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 between France and Germany. Mulhouse has played in French football since the re-acquisition of the region after World War II and is the second-oldest football club in France after Le Havre AC
Le Havre AC
Le Havre Athletic Club Football Association is a French association football club based in Le Havre. The club was founded originally as an athletics and rugby club in 1872, thus making it the oldest association football and rugby club registered in France...

. The club has achieved minimal honours in its history having spent most of its existence playing in the amateur divisions of France. However, Mulhouse have spent seven seasons in Ligue 1
Ligue 1
Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....

 and 27 seasons in Ligue 2
Ligue 2
Ligue 2 , formerly known as Division 2, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel , the other being Ligue 1, the country's top football division...

. The club's highest honour to date in France was winning the Division d'Honneur in 1928. Regionally, Mulhouse has won the Alsace Division d'Honneur seven times. During the club's stint in Germany, it won the Gauliga Elsaß
Gauliga Elsaß
The Gauliga Elsaß was the highest football league in the region of Alsace from 1940 to 1945. The Nazis reorganised the administrative region and the Alsace became part of the Gau Baden.-Overview:...

 three times.

Mulhouse has served as a springboard for several football players and managers, most notably Arsène Wenger
Arsène Wenger
Arsène Wenger, OBE is a French association football manager and former player, who has managed English Premier League side Arsenal since 1996...

 and Raymond Domenech
Raymond Domenech
Raymond Domenech is a retired French footballer and the former manager of the France national team.-2006 World Cup:On 12 July 2004, Domenech was a surprise choice to succeed Jacques Santini after the country's disappointing exit from UEFA Euro 2004 by losing in the quarter-final match to the...

. Wenger started his playing career at the club before entering the managerial role. He is known for his current role as manager of English club Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

, but prior to that, had successful stints at Nancy
AS Nancy
Association Sportive Nancy-Lorraine is a French association football club based in Nancy. The club was founded in 1967 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top level of French football. Nancy plays its home matches at the Stade Marcel Picot in Tomblaine, a commune located in the Arrondissement of...

, Monaco
AS Monaco FC
Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club are a French football club based in Fontvieille, Monaco. The club was founded in 1924 and currently play in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. The team plays its home matches at the Stade Louis II located within Fontvieille...

, and Nagoya Grampus
Nagoya Grampus
are a Japanese association football club that play in the J. League. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and originally founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp...

. Domenech also played for Mulhouse and the club served as his first managerial role. He later went on to manage the France national team
France national football team
The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation , the governing body of football in France, and competes as a member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe...

 from 2004–2010.

History

Football Club de Mulhouse was founded in 1893 under the name Fussball Club Mülhausen by two young Englishmen
England
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 enrolled at the Mulhouse Chemistry School in Mülhausen, Alsace-Lorraine
Alsace-Lorraine
The Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine was a territory created by the German Empire in 1871 after it annexed most of Alsace and the Moselle region of Lorraine following its victory in the Franco-Prussian War. The Alsatian part lay in the Rhine Valley on the west bank of the Rhine River and east...

 in Germany
German Empire
The German Empire refers to Germany during the "Second Reich" period from the unification of Germany and proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became a federal republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of the Emperor, Wilhelm II.The German...

. The students introduced the sport to their fellow students and a club was, subsequently, formed. In 1901, they were joined by a group of footballers known as the "Young Boys" from the Oberrealschule Gymnasium. The team was a member of the VSFV (German: Verband Süddeutscher Fussball Vereine or Federation of South German Football Clubs) by 1904. The club suffered through a financial crisis in 1905–06 but survived to play on.

After World War I France reclaimed the territory of Alsace
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...

 from Germany and FC Mülhausen became part of the regional top flight Division d'Honneur – Alsace as FC Mulhouse where the club captured the division title in 1921 and finished as vice-champions in 1926. Mulhouse then put together a string of five consecutive division titles from 1928 to 1932. The 1932 regional title was parlayed into a win in the Coupe Sochaux, also known as the Challenge Peugeot, one of the predecessors of the national championship competition first staged the following season.

After the re-organization of French football into a national system FCM played a single season in the First Division/Group A before being relegated. They played their way back to the top flight in 1934 until again being relegated in 1937.

With the onset of World War II and re-conquest of Alsace by Germany FCM returned to that country's football competition in the regional first division Gauliga Elsaß
Gauliga Elsaß
The Gauliga Elsaß was the highest football league in the region of Alsace from 1940 to 1945. The Nazis reorganised the administrative region and the Alsace became part of the Gau Baden.-Overview:...

 in 1941. They quickly became the dominant side there capturing titles in 1941, 1943, and 1944, but were not able to follow up with any success in the German national championship playoff rounds, being eliminated in the early going on each occasion. Play in the Gauliga
Gauliga
A Gauliga was the highest level of play in German football from 1934-45. The leagues were introduced in 1933, after the Nazi takeover of power by the Sports office of the Third Reich.-Name:...

 was suspended part way through the 1944–45 season as Allied armies advanced into Germany.

Following the war FCM was once again returned to French football to play a single season in the second division before slipping to amateur level play where they would remain until 1970. The club struggled through six seasons in the second division over the course of the decade. However, their performance impoved in the 80s and Mulhouse became a solid second division side earning single season turns in the top flight in 1982–83 and 1989–90. Through the early 90s the club played as FC Mulhouse Sud-Alsace and continued to play second tier football until relegated in 1998. A financial crisis followed and the club was bankrupted in 1999, then re-organized as an amateur side the following season. In 2005 the club was promoted from the CFA 2 (V) to the fourth division CFA (Championnat de France Amateurs), the country's highest amateur class, where they play today.

Stadium

Since 1979, FC Mulhouse has played its home games at the Stade de l'Ill
Stade de l'Ill
Stade de l'Ill is a stadium in Mulhouse, France. It is currently used for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Mulhouse. The stadium holds 11,303 spectators.-External links:*...

. Between 1906 and the end of World War I the team played in the Stade Vélodrome and, after the war, in the Stade de Bourtzwiller.

Current squad

As of September 2011.



Notable players

See also: :Category:FC Mulhouse players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Mulhouse.
France Jean-Pierre Adams
Jean-Pierre Adams
Jean-Pierre Adams was a French international football player. Along with Marius Trésor, he was a member of the garde noire as France's central defender...

 Raymond Domenech
Raymond Domenech
Raymond Domenech is a retired French footballer and the former manager of the France national team.-2006 World Cup:On 12 July 2004, Domenech was a surprise choice to succeed Jacques Santini after the country's disappointing exit from UEFA Euro 2004 by losing in the quarter-final match to the...

 Jean-Marc Guillou Jean-Noël Huck
Jean-Noël Huck
Jean-Noël Huck is a French former professional football player and manager.He is the father of another footballer, William Huck.-External links:**...

 Marc Keller
Marc Keller
Marc Keller is a retired French football player, who played primarily as a midfielder. In his club career he played in France, Germany and England. For the national side he played six times, scoring one goal against Brazil. He later became Director-General of RC Strasbourg and AS Monaco.-External...

 Lucien Laurent
Lucien Laurent
Lucien Laurent was a French association football player. He is famous for having scored the first ever FIFA World Cup goal.-Career:Laurent was born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, near Paris....

 Stéphane Paille
Stéphane Paille
Stéphane Paille is a French former professional footballer who played for the French national team as well as for various clubs sides in France, Portugal, Switzerland and Scotland...

 Pierre Pleimelding
Pierre Pleimelding
Pierre Pleimelding is a French football former striker and manager who obtained a cap for France. He is the son of another professional football player, René Pleimelding and the brother of Gérard Pleimelding.-External links:* *...

 André Rey
André Rey
André Rey is a French retired professional football goalkeeper.-External links:**...

 Didier Six
Didier Six
Didier Six is a former French international footballer. He played as a winger and he earned 52 caps and scored 13 goals for the France national football team. He played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup and the 1982 FIFA World Cup, and was also part of the winning team at Euro 84...

 Yannick Stopyra
Yannick Stopyra
Yannick Stopyra is a former French international footballer who played as striker, and who represented the France national football team in 33 matches between 1980 and 1988...

 Jean-Pierre Tempet
Jean-Pierre Tempet
Jean-Pierre Tempet is a French former football goalkeeper.-References:* *...

 Roland Wagner
Roland Wagner
Roland Wagner is a French former professional football player.-External links:**...



Argentina Néstor Subiat
Nestor Subiat
Néstor Gabriel Subiat is a retired Argentine-Swiss footballer, who played as a striker.He never played professionally in his country, representing several clubs in France and Switzerland, and appearing with the Swiss national team at the 1994 World Cup.-Club career:The son of a former FC Mulhouse...



Algeria Malek Aït-Alia
Malek Aït-Alia
Malek Aït-Alia is a retired French-born Algerian international football player who played as a defender for various French clubs and Algerian side USM Alger.-International career:...

 Salah Assad
Salah Assad
Salah Assad is a former Algerian football striker and manager.He played for RC Kouba, where he won an Algerian tournament in 1981 and one African Cup Winner's Cup, and in France for FC Mulhouse and Paris Saint-Germain FC...

 Ali Bouafia
Ali Bouafia
Ali Bouafia is a Franco-Algerian retired football player.-External links:* *...



Australia Eddie Krncevic
Eddie Krncevic
Edward "Eddie" Krnčević is a retired Australian footballer who played as a striker, and a current manager.The son of Croatian immigrants, he played most of his professional career in Belgium.-Football career:...



Austria Karl Gall Franz Weselik
Franz Weselik
Franz Weselik was a former Austrian football player.-International career:He made his debut for Austria in May 1928 against Hungary and earned 11 caps, scoring 13 goals...


Belgium Dominique Lemoine
Dominique Lemoine
Dominique Lemoine is a retired international Belgian footballer.-References:* * *...



Benin Daniel Gbaguidi
Daniel Gbaguidi
Daniel Gbaguidi is a Beninese international football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur for FC Mulhouse.- Career :...



Bulgaria Georgi Georgiev Borislav Mikhailov
Borislav Mikhailov
Borislav Biserov Mihaylov is a former Bulgarian football goalkeeper and currently President of Bulgarian Football Union, member of the executive committee of UEFA....



Congo Jean-Vivien Bantsimba
Jean-Vivien Bantsimba
Jean-Vivien Bantsimba is a French-Congolese football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur for FC Mulhouse.-External links:*...



Congo DR Zico Tumba

Denmark John Eriksen
John Eriksen
John Hartmann Eriksen was a Danish footballer. During his career he played for Svendborg FB and Odense BK in his native Denmark, Roda JC and Feyenoord in Holland, FC Mulhouse in France and Servette FC and FC Luzern in Switzerland.He won 17 caps and scored six goals for Denmark, and played in the...



Gabon Guy Roger Nzamba
Guy Roger Nzamba
Guy Roger Nzamba is a former Gabonese footballer, who played as a forward. He also represented the Gabon national football team....

 Landry Poulangoye

Germany Manfred Kaltz Willibald Kreß
Willibald Kreß
Willibald Kreß was a German footballer who participated at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He played club football with Rot-Weiß Frankfurt, FC Mulhouse and Dresdner SC. He later managed FSV Frankfurt and Wuppertaler SV....



Ghana Abédi Pelé
Abédi Pelé
Abedi Ayew, known professionally as Abedi Pele is a former Ghana International football player and captain. Having been given the nickname "Pelé" in recognition of his superior ability that evoked comparisons to Brazilian great Pelé, he found fame in France's Ligue 1 with Lille OSC and Olympique...



Guinea Bobo Baldé
Bobo Balde
Dianbobo "Bobo" Baldé is a Guinean footballer who currently plays for AC Arles-Avignon. He has previously played for Mulhouse, AS Cannes, Toulouse, Celtic and Valenciennes...

 Morlaye Cissé
Morlaye Cissé
Morlaye Cissé is a Guinean football defender who currently plays in Tunisia for EGS Gafsa.He was a member of the Guinea squad for the 2006 African Nations Cup where the team were eliminated in the quarter-finals....



Luxembourg Edy Dublin

Morocco Gharib Amzine
Gharib Amzine
Gharib Amzine is a Moroccan footballer. He played for Racing Strasbourg and Troyes AC, both in France. He now plays for FC Mulhouse, which was also his first club. He usually is a midfielder....

 Mourad Bounoua
Mourad Bounoua
Mourad Bounoua is a retired French-Moroccan footballer. He played as a midfielder during the 1990s and 2000s.Bounoua began playing professionally with his local team FC Mulhouse in 1991 but didn't quite make the grade and was sold to Swiss Second Division team FC Basel in 1992. In 1994, he moved...



Netherlands Kees Kist

Norway Terje Kojedal
Terje Kojedal
Terje Kojedal is a former footballer from Hamar, Norway. Kojedal was a defender, and was capped 66 times for the national team. He was a part of the Norwegian Olympic football team which participated in the 1984 Los Angeles games...



Switzerland Nestor Subiat
Nestor Subiat
Néstor Gabriel Subiat is a retired Argentine-Swiss footballer, who played as a striker.He never played professionally in his country, representing several clubs in France and Switzerland, and appearing with the Swiss national team at the 1994 World Cup.-Club career:The son of a former FC Mulhouse...



Togo Tagba Mini Balogou
Tagba Mini Balogou
Mini Tagba Balogou is a Togolese footballer who currently plays for USL Dunkerque.-Career:Balogou began his career on youthside for Olympique Marseille and was here promoted to the second team in summer 2005...



Yugoslavia Zoran Bojović
Zoran Bojovic
Zoran Bojović is a former Montenegrin football midfielder who played for SFR Yugoslavia. Bojovic also holds Belgian nationality...

 Saša Kovačević
Saša Kovacevic
Saša Kovačević is a Serbian international footballer. He plays for FK Borac Banja Luka.-Football career:...

 Blaž Slišković
Blaž Sliškovic
Blaž "Baka" Slišković is a former Bosnian Croat football player and currently the manager of Al-Ansar....

 Nenad Stojković
Nenad Stojkovic
Nenad Stojković is a Serbian defender who played at FIFA World Cup 1982 for SFR Yugoslavia.Following his playing career, Stojković had a brief spell as the manager of AS Cannes....



Coaches

Ferdinand Swatosch :1932–1933 Franz Platko
Franz Platko
Ferenc Plattkó also known Franz Platko Kopiletz, Francisco Platko , also known as Ferenc Platko or Francisco Platko, was a Hungarian footballer and manager...

:1933 Rudolf Hanak :1933–1934 Franz Weselik
Franz Weselik
Franz Weselik was a former Austrian football player.-International career:He made his debut for Austria in May 1928 against Hungary and earned 11 caps, scoring 13 goals...

 :1934–1935 Fritz Kerr :1935–1936 Emile Grienenberger :1939–1945 Joseph Remay :1945–1946 Lucien Perpère :1945–1946 Aimé Nuic :1951–1952 Mohammed Azzouz :1952–1954 Pierre Ranzoni :1954–1955 Georges Boulogne
Georges Boulogne
Georges Boulogne was a French football player and manager, better known for his stint as France national football team manager. He was born in Haillicourt....

 :1955 Albertus De Harder :1962–1964 Lucien Mille :1964–1965   Marian Borkowski :1966–1967 Léon Deladerrière
Léon Deladerrière
Léon Deladerrière is a French former footballer and coach.He played for FC Nancy and Toulouse FC.After his playing career, he became a coach with Toulouse FC, FC Nancy, LB Châteauroux, FC Mulhouse and US Boulogne ....

 :1967–1973 Pierre Alonso :1973–1974 Marcel Schloetter :1974–1976 Roland Merschel :1976–1980 Eugène Battmann : 1980–1981
Jean-Marc Guillou :1981–1982 Eugène Battmann : 1982–1983 Gérard Banide
Gérard Banide
Gérard Banide is a former French football coach. He is the father of Laurent Banide.-External links and references:*...

 :1983–1984 Raymond Domenech
Raymond Domenech
Raymond Domenech is a retired French footballer and the former manager of the France national team.-2006 World Cup:On 12 July 2004, Domenech was a surprise choice to succeed Jacques Santini after the country's disappointing exit from UEFA Euro 2004 by losing in the quarter-final match to the...

 :1984–1988 Didier Notheaux
Didier Notheaux
Didier Notheaux is a French football coach.Prior to his coaching career, he played mainly for FC Rouen, RC Lens and Stade Rennais FC.He then coached numerous French clubs and already had a brief stint for Burkina Faso.He led the team to 2000 African Cup of Nations, but was fired just before the...

 :1988–1990 Robert Dewilder
Robert Dewilder
Robert Dewilder is French former footballer and football manager.-Career:Dewilder played as a midfielder for Boulogne, Sochaux, Monaco, Toulon, Quimper and Blois.-Coaching career:...

 :1990–1992 Bernard Genghini
Bernard Genghini
Bernard Genghini is a French former football midfielder.- International :He earned 27 caps and scored 6 goals for the France national football team...

 :1992–1995 Christian Sarramagna
Christian Sarramagna
Christian Sarramagna is a former French football player, currently without a club.-Titles:*As a player**French championship in 1974, 1975, 1976 with AS Saint-Étienne**Coupe de France 1974, 1975, and 1977 with AS Saint-Étienne...

 :1995 – November 1996 Gilles Bourges: November 1996 – April 1998 Lamine N'Diaye
Lamine N'Diaye
Lamine N'Diaye is a Senegalese football coach and former player who currently manages Congolese club side TP Mazembe.-Playing career:...

 : April–December 1998 Eugène Battmann : December 1998–1999 Bruno Scipion : 1999–2001 Damien Ott : 2001–2002 Jacky Lemée : 2002–2003 Jean-Paul Pfertzel : 2003 Maurice Danelon : 2003–2004 Damien Ott : 2004–2008 Albert Falette :2008–2010 Laurent Croci
Laurent Croci
Laurent Croci is a French retired footballer, currently managing FC Mulhouse.-External links:**...

:2010–

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