Nîmes Olympique

Nîmes Olympique (commonly referred to as simply Nîmes) is a French association football club based in Nîmes. The club was founded on 10 April 1937 and currently plays in the Championnat National, the third tier of French football. The Stade des Antonins is the club’s home stadium.

Nîmes
Full nameNîmes Olympique
Nickname(s)Les Crocodiles (The Crocodiles)[1]
Founded10 April 1937 (1937-04-10)
GroundStade des Antonins
Capacity8,033[2]
PresidentRani Assaf
Head coachAdil Hermach
LeagueChampionnat National
2022–23Ligue 2, 19th of 20 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

History

In the 1995–96 season, Nîmes reached the final of the Coupe de France, allowing them to compete the following year in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. In September 1996, in the Round of 32, Nîmes beat Budapest Honvéd (5–2 on aggregate), before losing to AIK in the next round (2–3 on aggregate).[3][4]

On 5 May 2018, Nîmes secured promotion back to Ligue 1 for the first time since the 1992–93 season after finishing second in Ligue 2.[5] In the 2018–19 season, Nimes finished comfortably above the relegation zone in Ligue 1, placing 9th among 20 teams. In the 2020–21 Ligue 1 season, Nimes finished second from bottom and were relegated to Ligue 2.[6]

On 5 November 2022, Nîmes played its final match at the Stade des Costières, a 1–0 Ligue 2 victory over Bordeaux.[7] The club would move into the Stade des Antonins on a temporary basis, before the demolition of the Stade des Costières would pave the way for the construction of the Stade Nemausus, for a projected completion in 2026.[8] In the 2022–23 Ligue 2 season, Nimes finished second from the bottom and were relegated to the Championnat National.[9]

Players

Current squad
As of 12 February 2024[10]

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 Cameroon CMR Fabrice Ondoa
5 DF Senegal SEN Waly Diouf
6 MF France FRA Brahima Doukansy
7 FW France FRA Paul Wade
8 MF France FRA Gauthier Lorens
9 FW Gabon GAB Orphé Mbina
10 FW Mali MLI Mahamadou Doucouré
11 MF France FRA Axel Thoumin
12 MF France FRA Ibrahim Sacko
14 MF Martinique MTQ Jonathan Mexique
15 FW Guinea GUI Ismaël Camara
16 GK France FRA Lucas Dias
17 DF Martinique MTQ Ronny Labonne
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF France FRA Mathis Picouleau
19 MF France FRA Hamza Sbaï
20 MF France FRA Léon Delpech
21 DF France FRA Namakoro Diallo
22 DF France FRA Formose Mendy
25 DF Martinique MTQ Patrick Burner
26 DF France FRA Sanasi Sy
27 FW France FRA Wesley Ngakoutou
28 FW Republic of the Congo CGO Freddy Mbemba (on loan from Dunkerque)
29 DF France FRA Dagui Paviot
30 GK Morocco MAR Amjhad Nazih
40 GK Réunion REU Tao Paradowski
50 GK Italy ITA Vincenzo Cozzella

Notable players

Below are the notable former players who have represented Nîmes in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1937. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 80 official matches for the club or represented the national team for which the player is eligible during his stint with Nîmes or following his departure.

For a complete list of Nîmes Olympique players, see Category:Nîmes Olympique players

 France

 Algeria

  • Omar Belbey
  • Ali Boulebda
  • Rabah Gamouh
  • Mahi Khennane
  • Faouzi Mansouri
  • Djamel Menad
  • Mehdi Mostefa
  • Abder Ramdane
  • Amokrane Oualiken
  • Abderraouf Zarabi

 Argentina

 Austria

  • Heinz Schilcher

 Belgium

  • Roger Van Gool

 Benin

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

 Burkina Faso

  • Issouf Ouattara

 Cameroon

 Central African Republic

  • Eloge Enza-Yamissi
  • Manassé Enza-Yamissi

 Comoros

  • Mohamed M'Changama

 Côte d'Ivoire

 Croatia

  • Darko Vukić

 Czechoslovakia

 Democratic Republic of Congo

  • Alain Masudi

 Denmark

 Gabon

 Ghana

  • Arthur Moses

 Greece

 Hungary

  • Vilmos Kohut

 Liberia

  • Edward Weah Dixon

 Macedonia

 Mali

  • Dramane Coulibaly
  • Alphousseyni Keita
  • Moussa Sidibé

 Mauritania

  • Moïse Kandé

 Morocco

 Netherlands

 Nigeria

 Norway

 Palestine

  • Imad Zatara

 Paraguay

 Poland

  • Jan Domarski
  • Stanisław Karwat

 Republic of the Congo

  • Ladislas Douniama
  • François Makita

 Republic of Ireland

  • Jacko McDonagh

 Romania

  • Ion Pârcălab
  • Florea Voinea

 Scotland

 Senegal

 Serbia

 Slovakia

 Sweden

 Togo

 Yugoslavia

Coaches
  • Vilmos Kohut (1939–40)
  • Marcel Gebelin (1940–42)[11]
  • Louis Gabrillargues (1942–46)
  • René Dedieu (1946–48)
  • Pierre Pibarot (1948–55)
  • Kader Firoud (1955–64)
  • Pierre Pibarot (1964–67)
  • Marcel Rouvière (1967)
  • Marcel Tomazover (1967–69)
  • Kader Firoud (1969–78)
  • Henri Noël (1978–82)
  • Pierre Barlaguet (1982–84)
  • Marcel Domingo (1984–86)
  • Kristen Nygaard (1986–87)
  • Jean Sérafin (1987–88)
  • Bernard Boissier (1988–90)
  • Daniel Romeo (1990–91)
  • René Girard (1991–92)
  • Michel Mézy (1992)
  • Léonce Lavagne (1992–93)
  • Michel Mézy (1993)
  • René Exbrayat (1993–94)
  • Josip Skoblar (1994)
  • René Girard (1994)
  • Pierre Barlaguet (1994–96)
  • Pierre Mosca (1996–99)
  • Serge Delmas (1999–00)
  • Dominique Bathenay (2000)
  • Bernard Boissier (2001–02)
  • François Brisson and Armand Sene (2002–03)
  • Patrick Champ (2003)
  • Didier Ollé-Nicole (2003–05)
  • Régis Brouard (2005–07)
  • Laurent Fournier (2007)
  • Jean-Luc Vannuchi (2007–08)
  • Jean-Michel Cavalli (2008–10)
  • Noël Tosi (2010–11)
  • Thierry Froger (2011–12)
  • Victor Zvunka (2012–13)
  • René Marsiglia (2013–14)
  • José Pasqualetti (2014–15)
  • Bernard Blaquart (2015–20)
  • Jérôme Arpinon (2020–21)
  • Pascal Plancque (2021–22)
  • Nicolas Usaï (2022)
  • Frédéric Bompard (2022–2024)
  • Adil Hermach (2024–present)

Honours

League

Cup

References
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