Clermont Foot 63
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Clermont Foot 63 (Occitan: Clarmont d'Auvèrnhe; commonly referred to as Clermont Foot) is a French professional football club based in Clermont-Ferrand, France. It competes in Ligue 2. The first incarnation of the club was formed in 1911 and the current club was created in 1990 as a result of a merger.
The club plays its home matches at the Stade Gabriel-Montpied located within the city. Between 2014 and 2017, Clermont was managed by Corinne Diacre, the first woman to manage a men's professional football team.[1] In 2021, the club achieved promotion to Ligue 1 for the first time in its history. It returned to Ligue 2 in 2024.
History
The club started in 1911 under the name Stade Clermontois. Despite little league success in the early days, they reached the semi-finals of the Coupe de France during the 1945–46 season.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Their professional status was repealed after the 1946–47 season due to financial difficulties.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The club became professional again in 1966.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 1984 saw an expansion, with Stade-Clermontois and AS Montferrand merging to form Clermont-Ferrand Football Club (CFC).Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The club was placed in the third division.
The club was later renamed Clermont Foot Auvergne, having to start again in the Division Honneur. After 13 years, Clermont Foot got promoted multiple times, from the Division Honneur up to Ligue 2 in 1993.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". During these 13 years of success, the club had numerous successes in the Coupe de France. One notable cup run was in 1997, when the Auvergne club eliminated three professional sides, Martigues, Lorient and then Paris Saint-Germain,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". before succumbing to Nice.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The club won the Championnat National in 2007,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". being promoted to Ligue 2 again, from which they had been relegated in 2006.Template:Fact
In 2014, Clermont became the first French professional men's team to appoint a female manager when they appointed Helena Costa.[2][3] Less than a month after taking charge, Costa quit her role,[4] and was replaced by another woman, Corinne Diacre,[5] who would go on to train the French women's team.Template:Fact
Clermont were promoted to Ligue 1 for the 2021–22 season for the first time in their history, having achieved promotion to the league after finishing second in the 2020–21 edition of Ligue 2.[6] After 3 years, the club was relegated following the 2023–24 season.[7]
Honours
Players
Current squad
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Retired numbers
14 - Template:Flagicon Clément Pinault, defender (2008–09) – posthumous honour
Notable former players
For a list of former Clermont Foot players, see Category:Clermont Foot players.
Club officials
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| President | Template:Flagicon Ahmet Schaefer |
| Sporting director | Template:Flagicon Ingo Winter |
| Manager | Template:Flagicon Sébastien Mazeyrat (caretaker) |
| Assistant manager | Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Gas |
| First-team coach | Template:Flagicon Yann Cavezza Template:Flagicon Stéphane Héros Template:Flagicon Jérémy Faug-Porret |
| Goalkeeper coach | Template:Flagicon Eric Gélard |
| Fitness coach | Template:Flagicon Dylan Jamet |
| Match analyst | Template:Flagicon Cyril Poussin |
| Scout | Template:Flagicon Philippe Vaugeois Template:Flagicon Michel Ogier |
| Club doctor | Template:Flagicon Nicolas Lamaudière |
| Physiotherapist | Template:Flagicon Séverine Chapeyron Template:Flagicon Milan Ladjic |
| Medical director physiotherapy | Template:Flagicon Julien Jarlier |
| Performance manager | Template:Flagicon Eric Pégorer |
Coaches
- Albert Rust (2000–01)
- Hubert Velud (2001–04)
- Olivier Chavanon (2004–05)
- Dominique Bijotat (2005)
- Marc Collat (2005–06)
- Didier Ollé-Nicolle (2006–09)
- Michel Der Zakarian (2009–12)
- Régis Brouard (2012–14)
- Helena Costa (7 May 2014 – 24 June 2014)
- Corinne Diacre (28 June 2014 – 30 August 2017)
- Pascal Gastien (1 September 2017 – 19 May 2024)
- Sébastien Bichard (1 July 2024 - 28 October 2024)
- Laurent Batlles (30 October 2024 - 7 April 2025)
References
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