- FC Lorient
Football club infobox
clubname = FC Lorient
fullname = Football Club Lorient-Bretagne Sud
nickname = Les Merlus
founded = 1926
ground =Stade du Moustoir
capacity = 17 000
chairman = Alain Le Roch
manager =Christian Gourcuff
league =Ligue 1
season = 2007-08
position = Ligue 1, 10th
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFFC Lorient Bretagne Sud is a French football club, based in
Lorient ,Brittany . In 2005-06, it played inLigue 2 . It returned to the top flight for the 2006-07 season and achieved "le maintien", starting 2007-08 in Ligue 1 as well. [ [http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/image_browse?query=Stade%20du%20Moustoir&first=&last=&imgurl=http://stadiony.net/pictures/fra/stade_yves_allainmat/stade_yves_allainmat01m.jpg&refurl=http%3A%2F%2Fstadiony.net%2Fstadium.php%3Fs%3D518&width=200&height=150&requestId=5f21f05a559332ec&clickedItemRank=8&encquery=Stade%20du%20Moustoir&page= AOL Web Search ] ]History
Lorient were formed as an amateur club on 2 April 1926 and known as Football Club Lorientais. [cite web | title=De la Marée sportive au Football Club Lorientais.| work=FC Lorient official website | url=http://www.fclweb.fr/histoire/| accessdate=8 April| accessyear=2007 ] They first played in the regional third division, but progressed to join the Division d'Honneur in 1929.
The club turned professional in 1995, although the club has had two earlier periods as a professional club, between 1967-1977 and 1988-1991.
The club won the French Cup in 2002, and were finalists in the
Coupe de la Ligue the same year. In the 2005-06 season, the club finished third inLigue 2 , earning promotion toLigue 1 .Honours
* Winners of the Coupe de France : 2002
* Finalist of the Coupe de la Ligue : 2002
* Finalist of theTrophée des Champions : 2002
* Participation in theUEFA Cup : 2002-2003
* Champion of the National League (3rd level) : 1995
* Runners-up Division 2 : 1998, 2001
* Runners-up Division 4 : 1984
* Champions Division 3 (West) : 1985, 1987, 1989, 1992
* Champions Division d'Honneur (West) : 1932, 1936, 1957, 1983
* Winners Coupe de l'Ouest : 1960, 1970 (reserve team), 1982Current squad
"As of 16 September 2008" [ [http://www.fclweb.fr/equipe/groupe-pro/ Groupe Pro] ]
Notable former players
For a complete list of FC Lorient players with a Wikipedia article, see .".
Managerial history
References
External links
* [http://www.fclorient.net/ Independent website]
* [http://www.fcl-lorient.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.lfp.fr/club/ficheClub.asp?no_affil_fff=501913 FC Lorient at French league's official site]
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