US Orléans

US Orléans Loiret Football

Full name

Union Sportive Orléans Loiret Football

Founded

1976

Ground

Stade de la Source,
Orléans

Capacity

6,863

Manager

Olivier Frapolli

League

Ligue 2

2015–16

Championnat National, 2nd (promoted)

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Union Sportive Orléans Loiret Football (pronounced: [juːnjən spɔrtɪv 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 Ligue 2 after earning promotion from the Championnat National. Orléans plays its home matches at the Stade de la Source located within the city. The team is managed by Olivier Frapolli and captained by defender Antar Yahia.

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 6 September 2016.^[1]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Thomas Renault
3	DF	Joël Sami
4	MF	Mickaël Barreto
5	MF	Jean-Eudes Aholou
7	DF	Adrien Pagerie
8	MF	Greg Houla
9	FW	Romain Armand
10	MF	Jordi Delclos
11	FW	Kévin Dupuis
13	FW	Khaled Ayari
14	MF	Yannick Gomis
15	DF	Benjaloud Youssouf
16	GK	Oumar Sissoko

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Pierre Bouby
18	DF	Manassé Enza-Yamissi
19	FW	Ferris N'Goma
20	MF	Matthieu Ligoule
21	MF	Karim Ziani
22	DF	Gauthier Pinaud
23	MF	Farid Beziouen
24	DF	Antar Yahia (captain)
25	DF	Edson Seidou
26	DF	Essaïd Belkalem
27	FW	Livio Nabab
28	DF	Matthieu Chemin
30	GK	Sébastien Mpeck-Makendi

Out on loan

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

No.		Position	Player
—		MF	Oumar Camara (on loan to CA Bastia)

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.

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)

References

↑ "Équipe première". usofoot.com. Retrieved 6 September 2016.

External links

Official site (French)

Ligue 2 teams

2016–17 clubs	Ajaccio Amiens Auxerre Bourg-en-Bresse Brest Clermont Gazélec Ajaccio Laval Le Havre Lens Nîmes Niort Orléans Red Star Reims Sochaux Strasbourg Tours Troyes Valenciennes

Former teams	Abbeville Aix-en-Provence Alès Ancenis Angers Angoulême Annecy Antibes Arles-Avignon Avignon CA Bastia SC Bastia Beauvais Besançon Béziers Blénod Blois Boulogne Bourges Bordeaux Caen Calais Cambrai Cannes Charleville Châteauroux Châtellerault Chaumont Cherbourg Cholet Club Français Colmar Corbeil-Essonnes Creil Créteil Dijon Douai Dunkerque Épinal Évian Évreux Fives Fontainebleau Forbach Grenoble GSC Marseille Gueugnon Guingamp Haguenau Hazebrouck Hyères Istres La Ciotat La Roche-sur-Yon La Rochelle Le Mans Le Puy Foot Le Touquet Libourne-Saint-Seurin Lille Olympique Lillois Limoges Foot Lorient Louhans-Cuiseaux Lucé Lyon Lyon OU Malakoff Mantes Marignane Marseille Martigues Melun Merlebach Metz Monaco Montceau-les-Mines Montélimar Montluçon Montmorillon Montpellier Mouzon Mulhouse AS Nancy FC Nancy Nantes Nice Nivers Nœux-les-Mines Paris-Charenton Paris FC Paris-Joinville Paris-Neuilly Paris Saint-Germain Racing Paris Perpignan Poissy Poitiers Quevilly Quimper Rodez Rennes Excelsior Roubaix Racing Roubaix Roubaix-Tourcoing Rouen Saint-Brieuc Saint-Dié Saint-Dizier Saint-Étienne Saint-Quentin Saint-Seurin Sedan Sète Stade Français Tavaux Thionville Thonon-Chablais Toulon Toulouse Toulouse (1937) Troyes AF Troyes ASTS Valence Vannes Vauban Strasbourg Villefranche Viry-Châtillon Vittel Wasquehal

Division 2 / Ligue 2 seasons

Division 2 (1933–2002)	1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

Ligue 2 (2002–present)	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

List of French second division champions

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