Montpellier HSC

This article is about the men's football club. For the women's football club, see Montpellier HSC (women).

Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (French: [mɔ̃pəlje eʁo spɔʁ klœb]; Occitan: Montpelhièr Erau Sport Club), commonly referred to as Montpellier HSC or simply Montpellier, is a French professional football club based in the city of Montpellier in Occitanie. The original club was founded in 1919, while the current incarnation was founded through a merger in 1974. Montpellier currently plays in Ligue 1, the top level of French football and plays its home matches at the Stade de la Mosson, located within the city. The first team is managed by Michel Der Zakarian and captained by Teji Savanier.

Montpellier

Full name	Montpellier Hérault Sport Club
Nickname(s)	La Paillade^[1]
Short name	MHSC
Founded	1919; 105 years ago (1919) as Stade Olympique Montpelliérain
Ground	Stade de la Mosson
Capacity	32,900
President	Laurent Nicollin
Manager	Michel Der Zakarian
League	Ligue 1
2022–23	Ligue 1, 12th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Montpellier HSC active departments
Football (men's)	Football (women's)

Montpellier is owned by Laurent Nicollin, the son of the late Louis Nicollin, a French entrepreneur, who had been owner since 1974. The club have produced several famous players in its history, most notably Laurent Blanc, who has served as manager of the France national team. Blanc is also the club's all-time leading goalscorer. Eric Cantona, Roger Milla, Carlos Valderrama and Olivier Giroud are other players who have played in Montpellier's colours. In 2001, Montpellier introduced a women's team.

History

Montpellier was founded under the name Stade Olympique Montpelliérain (SOM) and played under the name for most of its existence.^{[citation needed]} In 1989, after playing under various names, the club changed its name to its current form. Montpellier is one of the founding members of the first division of French football.^{[citation needed]} Along with Marseille, Rennes and Nice, Montpellier is one of only a few clubs to have played in the inaugural 1932–33 season and is still playing in the first division.^{[citation needed]} The club won Ligue 1 for the first time in the 2011–12 season. Montpellier's other honours to date include winning the Coupe de France in 1929 and 1990, and the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1999.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2011–12 season, Montpellier won its first Ligue 1 title, finishing the season with 82 points, three points ahead of runners-up Paris Saint-Germain.^{[citation needed]} On 20 May 2012, in a game marred by stoppages for crowd violence, John Utaka scored a brace to secure a 2–1 victory over Auxerre and win the Ligue 1 title for Montpellier.^{[citation needed]} Olivier Giroud, who finished the season with 21 goals and 9 assists, was the league's top goal scorer. Despite being tied on goals with Paris Saint-Germain attacker Nenê, he was named the league's top scorer by the Ligue de Football Professionnel due to finishing with more goals in open play.^[2]

Players

Current squad

As of 1 February 2024^[3]

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   BIH Belmin Dizdarević 3 DF   GUI Issiaga Sylla 4 DF   MLI Boubakar Kouyaté 5 DF   FRA Modibo Sagnan 6 DF   FRA Christopher Jullien 7 FW   FRA Arnaud Nordin 8 FW   NGA Akor Adams 9 FW   JOR Mousa Al-Tamari 10 FW   TUN Wahbi Khazri 11 MF   FRA Téji Savanier (captain) 12 MF   FRA Jordan Ferri (vice-captain) 13 MF   FRA Joris Chotard 16 GK   COD Dimitry Bertaud

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF   FRA Théo Sainte-Luce 18 MF   FRA Léo Leroy 19 MF   FRA Sacha Delaye 22 MF   FRA Khalil Fayad 23 FW   FRA Yann Karamoh (on loan from Torino) 27 DF   SUI Bećir Omeragić 29 DF   CMR Enzo Tchato 35 DF   FRA Lucas Mincarelli Davin 36 DF   SUI Silvan Hefti (on loan from Genoa) 39 FW   FRA Yanis Issoufou 40 GK   FRA Benjamin Lecomte 70 FW   FRA Tanguy Coulibaly 77 DF   MLI Falaye Sacko

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   FRA Maxime Estève (at Burnley until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   SUI Gabriel Barès (at Concarneau until 30 June 2024)

Records

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Matches
1	Souleymane Camara	433
2	Pascal Baills	429
3	Bruno Carotti	377
4	Hilton	354
5	Kader Ferhaoui	349

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Laurent Blanc	84
2	Souleymane Camara	76
3	Jean-Marc Valadier	70
4	Christophe Sanchez	50
5	Víctor Montaño	48
6	Andy Delort	47

Management and staff

Club officials

 

Montpellier HSC headquarters

Senior club staff^[4]

• President: Laurent Nicollin
• Association chairman: Gilbert Varlot
• Sporting Director: Bruno Carotti
• Head of Youth: Francis De Taddeo

Coaching and medical staff^[5]

• Manager: Michel Der Zakarian
• Assistant manager: Grigor Harutyunyan
• First-Team coach: Gagik Simonyan
• Goalkeeper coach: Hovhannes Nazaryan
• Goalkeeper coach: Gevorg Daghbashyan
• Fitness coach: Vardan Babloyan
• Scout: Artak Sargsyan

Coaching history

Tenure^[6] Manager 1924–1925 Victor Gibson 1936–1937 Jules Dewaquez 1937–1938 Istvan Berecz 1938–1939 Georges Azema 1945–1946 Gabriel Bénézech 1946–1948 Georges Kramer 1948–1950 Georges Winckelmans 1950–1951 Jean Bastien 1951–1952 Istvan Zavadsky 1952–1953 Luis Cazarro 1953–1954 Julien Darui 1954–1956 Marcel Tomazover 1956–1958 Istvan Zavadsky 1958–1963 Hervé Mirouze 1963–1968 Louis Favre 1968–1969 Roger Rolhion 1969–1970 Marian Borowski 1970–1974 Hervé Mirouze 1974–1976 André Cristol 1976 Louis Favre 1 July 1976 – 30 June 1980 Robert Nouzaret 1 July 1980 – 30 June 1982 Kader Firoud 1982–1984 Jacques Bonnet 1 July 1983 – 30 June 1985 Robert Nouzaret

Tenure Manager 1 July 1985 – 30 June 1987 Michel Mézy 1 July 1987 – 30 June 1989 Pierre Mosca 1989–1990 Aimé Jacquet 12 February 1990 – 30 June 1990 Michel Mézy 1990–1992 Henryk Kasperczak 1992–1994 Gérard Gili 1 November 1994 – 30 June 1998 Michel Mézy 1 July 1998 – 30 November 1999 Jean-Louis Gasset 30 November 1999 – 1 November 2002 Michel Mézy 1 November 2002 – 10 February 2004 Gérard Bernardet 10 February 2004 – 29 August 2004 Robert Nouzaret 29 August 2004 – 24 April 2007 Jean-François Domergue 29 April 2007 – 30 June 2009 Rolland Courbis 1 July 2009 – 30 June 2013 René Girard 1 July 2013 – 5 December 2013 Jean Fernandez 9 December 2013– 25 December 2015 Rolland Courbis 27 December 2015 – 26 January 2016 Pascal Baills Bruno Martini 26 January 2016 – 30 January 2017 Frédéric Hantz 30 January 2017 – 23 May 2017 Jean-Louis Gasset 23 May 2017 – 24 May 2021 Michel Der Zakarian 1 June 2021 – 17 October 2022 Olivier Dall'Oglio 14 November 2022 – 7 February 2023 Romain Pitau 8 February 2023 – present Michel Der Zakarian

Honours

Domestic

• Ligue 1
  • Champions (1): 2011–12
• Ligue 2
  • Champions (3): 1945–46, 1960–61, 1986–87
• Coupe de France
  • Champions (2): 1928—29, 1989–90
  • Runners-up (2): 1930—31, 1993–94
• Coupe de la Ligue
  • Champions (1): 1992
  • Runners-up (2): 1994, 2010–11
• Division d'Honneur (Languedoc-Roussillon)
  • Champions (2): 1981, 1992^[7]

Europe

• UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • Winners (1): 1999

Other

• Division d'Honneur (Sud-Est)
  • Champions (3): 1928, 1932, 1976

U19

• Coupe Gambardella
  • Champions (3): 1996, 2009, 2017
  • Runners-up (3): 1984, 1985, 1997

References

1. "#273 – Montpellier HSC : la Paillade" (in French). Footnickname. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
2. "Olivier Giroud couronné" (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 20 May 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
3. "Effectif et staff" [Squad and staff] (in French). Montpellier HSC. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
4. "Organigramme" (in French). Montpellier HSC. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
5. (in French). Montpellier HSC. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
6. "France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs on RSSSF". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 July 2007.
7. The two DH titles won were achieved by the club's reserve team.

External links

 

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