- FC Martigues
Football club infobox
clubname = FC Martigues
fullname = Football Club de Martigues
nickname =
founded = 1921
ground =Stade Francis Turcan ,Martigues
capacity = 12,000 | chairman =
manager =Patrice Eyraud
league = CFA
season = 2007-08
position =Championnat National , 19th
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leftarm2=ffffff|body2=ffffff|rightarm2=ffffff|shorts2=c60606|socks2=ffffff|FC Martigues ("Football Club de Martigues") play in the
Championnat National , which is the third level of football inFrance . The club was formed in 1921 and played regional football until the early 1970s when the club gained promotion to the professional Second Division.The club's greatest achievement was winning promotion to the French First Division in 1993. The club played for three seasons in the top flight, until it was relegated in 1996. A failed attempt to win promotion at once was followed by relegation to the National (third level) in 1998. Two years later the club won promotion back to the Second Division, but only remained at that level for two seasons.
In 2002, the club was relegated to the National again and after another near miss at promotion in 2003, financial problems saw the club go into liquidation and reform in the regional CFA league. They finished 2006-2007 season in National as 14th. They relegated to CFA in 2007-2008 season as 19th.
The club plays at the
Stade Francis Turcan (capacity 12,000) and their chief rivals areFC Istres .Famous players who have played for Martigues include:
Stéphane Pounewatchy ,Ali Benarbia ,Eric Cantona ,Éric Di Meco ,Noé Pamarot andTomasz Frankowski .Current squad
Notable players
*See|:Category:FC Martigues players
*flagicon|ALGAli Benarbia
*flagicon|FranceEric Cantona
*flagicon|FranceYves Herbet
*flagicon|AlgeriaKamel Ghilas Coaches
[ [http://www.rsssf.com/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html#m France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs ] ]
References
External links
* [http://www.fcmartigues-actu.net fcmartigues-actu.net]
* [http://cfarmery.free.fr/ FC Martigues Homepage]
* [http://www.allezmartigues.net/ Allez Martigues !]
* [http://www.canal-maritima.fr/v2_page1.php3?url=v2_archives.php3?id_rubrique=35 Canal Maritima sports videos]
* [http://www.foot-national.com/classement22.html National championship tables]
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