US Orléans

Union Sportive Orléans Loiret Football (pronounced [ynjɔ̃ spɔʁtiv ɔʁleɑ̃]; commonly referred to as US Orléans or simply Orléans) is a French association football club based in Orléans. The club was founded in 1976 and currently play in Championnat National after being relegated from the prematurely-ended 2019–20 Ligue 2. Orléans plays its home matches at the Stade de la Source located within the city.

Orléans

Full name	Union Sportive Orléans Loiret Football
Nickname(s)	USO Les Guêpes (The Wasps)
Founded	1976; 48 years ago (1976) 1889; 135 years ago (1889) as Arago Sport Orléanais
Ground	Stade de la Source, Orléans
Capacity	7,533
Chairman	Philippe Boutron
Manager	Karim Mokeddem
League	Championnat National
2022–23	Championnat National, 10th of 18
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was originally called Arago Sport Orléanais and founded as the football section of a general sports club in the city. In 1976, the club adopted its current name and turned professional in 1980. The club is based at the modern 5,000 capacity all-seated Stade de la Source. The club's record attendance was 11,680 against AS Monaco in 1989 and its colours are red and yellow.

Honours

• Championnat National
  • Winners (1): 2013–14
• Championnat de France amateur
  • Winners (1): 2009–10 (Group D)
• Coupe de France
  • Runners-up (1): 1980

Players

Current squad

As of 30 January 2024.^[1][2]

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 Vincent Viot 3 DF   GLP Steve Solvet 4 DF   GLP Jean-Pierre Morgan 5 DF   FRA Modibo Camara 6 MF   FRA Adama Niakaté 7 FW   FRA Yaya Soumaré 8 MF   GLP Vincent Marcel 9 FW   FRA Johanne Akassou 10 FW   FRA Adrian Dabasse 12 DF   FRA Adrien Pagerie 13 FW   MTQ Kévin Fortuné

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF   GLP Nicolas Saint-Ruf (vice-captain) 15 MF   FRA Loïc Goujon (captain) 16 GK   FRA Owen-Césaire Matimbou 17 FW   GAB Philippe Etoughe 19 MF   FRA Grégory Berthier 20 MF   FRA Ryan Ponti 21 DF   FRA Virgil Thérésin 22 DF   FRA Jimmy Halby-Touré 25 MF   FRA Lucas Bretelle 28 DF   BEN Brandon Agounon 32 FW   FRA Arthur Lallias

Reserve team

As of 12 January 2021^[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 — GK   FRA Owen Matimbou — DF   FRA Naïm Ighbane — DF   FRA Ernest Nsengo — DF   FRA Benjamin Bassong — DF   FRA Hugo Collela — FW   FRA Omar Benyounes

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   FRA Victor Boron — MF   FRA Djibril Bohanne — FW   FRA Jules Varvat — FW   FRA Sofiane Belkheir — FW   FRA Steevy Nogbou

Notable players

Below are the notable former players who have represented Orléans in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1976. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 80 official matches for the club or have represented their respective national team during their stint at the club or after the player's departure.

For a complete list of Orléans players, see Category:US Orléans players.

•   Marius Mbaiam
•   Bruno Germain
•   Jacky Lemée
•   Cyril Théréau
•   Jules Vandooren
•   Robby Langers
•   Laszlo Bölöni
•   Milan Ćalasan
•   Nicolas Pépé

Managers

•   Jacques Lemée (1977–88)
•   Jean-Pierre Destrumelle (1989–91)
•   Henri Atamaniuk (1991–92)
•   Jacques Lemée (1994–97)
•   Bruno Steck (2004–06)
•   Yann Lachuer (2009–12)
•   Olivier Frapolli (2012–16)
•   Didier Olle-Nicolle (2016–20)
•   Cyril Carrière (2020)^[4][5]
•   Claude Robin (2020–21)^[6][7]
•   Xavier Collin (2021–22)^[8]
•   Nicolas Usaï (2022–23)
•   Bernard Casoni (2023–)

References

1. "Effectif Pro USO 2020/2021". US Orléans Official Site. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
2. "Attribution des numéros de maillots pour la saison 20-21". US Orléans Official Site. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
3. "EQUIPE NATIONAL 3" (in French). US Orléans.
4. "Orléans - Carrière : "On a tout à gagner"" (in French). foot-national.com. 17 February 2020.
5. "Orléans : Le club se sépare de ses entraîneurs (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 28 May 2020.
6. "National. Claude Robin est le nouvel entraîneur de l'US Orléans" (in French). footamateur.fr. 5 June 2020.
7. "National. Claude Robin n'entraînera pas l'US Orléans la saison prochaine" (in French). footamateur.fr. 12 May 2021.
8. "Orléans : Xavier Collin est le nouvel entraîneur (off)" (in French). foot-national.ocm. 31 May 2021.

External links

• Official website  

 

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