Marignane Gignac Côte Bleue FC

Marignane Gignac Côte Bleue Football Club, also known as Marignane GCB, Marignane Gignac CB, Marignane Gignac, or Marignane, is a French football club based in Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône. Competing in the Championnat National, the third-tier of French football, the club plays its home matches at the Stade Saint-Exupéry.

Marignane Gignac Côte Bleue

Full name	Marignane Gignac Côte Bleue Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Aviators
Founded	6 June 1924; 99 years ago (6 June 1924)
Stadium	Stade Saint-Exupéry
Capacity	1,500
Coordinates	43°25′03″N 5°12′39″E / 43.417447°N 5.210765°E / 43.417447; 5.210765
Chairman	Marc Vincendone, Michel Léonardi
Manager	Brahim Hemdani
League	Championnat National
2022–23	National 2 Group C, 1st of 16 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

It was founded in 1924 as Union Sportive Marignanaise. In 2016, US Marignanaise merged with AS Gignac to form Marignane Gignac FC.^[1] In July 2022, the club merged with FC Côte Bleue and became Marignane Gignac Côte Bleue FC (MGCB FC).

At the end of the 2022–23 season, the club achieved promotion from the Championnat National 2 to the Championnat National.^[2]

Current squad

As of 14 August, 2023^[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   FRA Anthony Herbin 4 DF   CIV Ali Bamba 6 DF   FRA Loni Quenabio 7 FW   FRA Guillaume Bosca 8 MF   FRA Charif Benhamza 9 FW   FRA Karim Bouhmidi 10 FW   MLI Diawoye Diarra 11 DF   FRA Diaby Doucouré 12 FW   FRA Mehdi Nagui 13 FW   FRA Bissourou Touré 16 GK   FRA Léo Colin 17 DF   ALG Abdelkrim Khechmar 18 DF   CIV Dany Goprou

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF   FRA Youness Diatta 20 DF   MTN Houssen Abderrahmane 21 DF   FRA Émile Haegeli 22 MF   CGO Randi Goteni 23 FW   FRA Malick Thiaw 24 MF   FRA Joris Mallet 25 DF   COD Osée Diampo Sengele 26 MF   COM Salim Mramboini 27 DF   COM Kassim Abdallah 28 MF   FRA Hugo Vien 29 MF   FRA Mansour Sy 30 GK   ALG Cyril Boukhit

References

1. "Marignane : Fusion validée avec Gignac" (in French). foot-national.com. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
2. "Foot : Marignane Gignac Côte Bleue jouera en National l'an prochain". LaProvence.com (in French). 27 May 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
3. "NATIONAL 2 - EFFECTIF 2022-2023" (in French). Marignane Gignac Côte Bleue FC. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

External links

• Club website