Thionville FC

Thionville Football Club is a French association football club founded in 1905.

Thionville Football Club
Full nameThionville Football Club
Nickname(s)TFC, Thionville FC
Founded1905 (1905)
GroundJeanne d'Arc - Guentrange
Honorary PresidentJean-Marc Plez
PresidentPascal Dine
Head CoachChristophe Borbiconi
WebsiteClub website

They are based in the town of Thionville and their home stadium is the Stade Omnisports of Guentrange.

History

In 1943, Fritz Walter played in the squad, who went on to win the World Cup in 1954 with West Germany.

They turned professionnel whilst in the second division for the two seasons 1979-1980 and 1980-1981.[1] In the latter season they reached the quarter-finals of the French Cup before in the return leg to FC Martigues. They also reached the last 32 in the 1979–80, 1983–84 and 1997–98 seasons.

By the 2009-10 season, they played in the Group C of the Fifth Division.

Club presidents

  • Roger Hoffmann
  • Jean-Marc Plez
  • Christian Ragni
  • Jean-Luc Bitard
  • Pascal Dine
  • Jean-François Geissler

Managers

  • 1976-1979: Rolland Ehrhardt 
  • 1979-December 1980: Robert Szczepaniak
  • January 1980-1981: Pierre Flamion
  • 1983-January 1987: Paweł Chodakowski 
  • February 1987-1987: Branko Tucač 
  • 1992-2000: José Souto
  • 2000-2001: Gabriel Dalvit 
  • 2001-2003: Pascal Raspollini
  • 2003-2006: Patrick Libot 
  • 2006-2007: Gabriel Dalvit 
  • 2008-2010: Eric Brusco
  • June 2010-2012: Christophe Borbiconi
  • November 2013-June 2018: Manu Cuccu 
  • 2019: David Fanzel

Honours

  • National Fourth Division Champion, Group East: 1984
  • Lorraine Champions: 1923, 1925, 1928, 1961, 1977, 2009
  • Honour Division Champions: 1927, 1932, 1938, 2016
  • Lorraine Cup: 1925, 1929, 1964, 1983, 1993, 2008

Naming history

  • 1905-1919: Fußball-Club Diedenhofen
  • 1919-1940: La Sportive Thionvilloise
  • 1940-1945: Tum-und-Sportgemeinschaft
  • 1945-1981: La Sportive Thionvilloise
  • 1981: Thionville Football Club

References

  1. unknown (in French), France Football, 3 July 1979, p. 15
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