FC Martigues

French association football club

Football club

Martigues

Full name

Football Club de Martigues

Nickname(s)

Les Sang et Or (The Blood and Gold)

Founded

1921; 103 years ago (1921)

Ground

Stade Francis Turcan

Capacity

8,290

Chairman

Columbus Morfaw

Manager

Grégory Poirier

League

Championnat National

2022–23

Championnat National, 4th of 18

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

Football Club de Martigues, known as FC Martigues or just Martigues, is a French professional football club which plays in the Championnat National, the third level of football in France.

The club plays at the Stade Francis Turcan, which has a capacity of 11,500, in Martigues. Their principal rivals are Istres.

History

The club was founded in 1921 and played regional football until the early 1970s when they gained promotion to the professional Second Division.

The club's greatest achievement was winning promotion to the First Division in 1993. The club played for three seasons in the top flight, until it was relegated down to Ligue 2 in 1996. A failed attempt to win promotion at once was followed by relegation to the Championnat National (third level) in 1998. Two years later the club won promotion back to Second Division, but only remained at that level for two seasons.

In 2002, the club was relegated again and after another near miss at promotion in 2003, financial problems saw the club go into liquidation and reform in the Championnat de France Amateur. They finished the 2006–07 season in the Championnat National as 14th. They were relegated to CFA in 2007–08 season as 19th in the Championnat National.

The club was promoted back to the Championnat National in 2022, after ten years in lower divisions.^[1]

Current squad

As of 31 January 2024^[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
3	DF	ALB	Rudolf Turkaj
4	DF	COM	Ahmed Soilihi
5	MF	FRA	Raphaël Calvet
6	MF	FRA	Francis Kembolo
7	MF	FRA	Oualid Orinel
8	MF	FRA	Yanis Zouaoui
9	FW	FRA	Romain Montiel
10	FW	FRA	Karim Tlili
11	FW	FRA	Abdoul Diawara
12	MF	FRA	Milan Robin
13	MF	FRA	Amine Hemia
18	FW	GAB	Gaëtan Missi Mezu
20	DF	FRA	Yazid Aït Moujane


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	ALG	Yanis Hadjem
22	DF	COM	Akim Djaha
24	DF	FRA	Léandro Morante
25	DF	CMR	Nasser Mbaé
26	MF	FRA	Samir Belloumou
27	FW	FRA	Ylan Gomes
28	MF	ALG	Foued Kadir
29	FW	FRA	Oucasse Mendy
30	GK	FRA	Jérémy Aymes
40	GK	FRA	Romain Cagnon
—	FW	ALG	Noa Cervantes (on loan from Troyes)
—	FW	CGO	Alain Ipiélé

Coaches

Georges Kramer: 1945–1946
René Dambrine: 1947–1948
Robert Costamagna: 1948–1951
Fernand Voisembert: 1951–1953
Alberto Molina: 1953–1955
René Défossé: 1955–1957
Roger Huart: 1957–1962
Emile Daniel: 1962–1965
Valentin Navarro: 1965–1966
Francis Péri: 1966–1967
Jacques Sucré: 1967–1980
Yves Herbet: 1980–1982
Henri Noël: 1982 – December 1984
Michel Legros: December 1984 – 1985
Yves Herbet: 1985 – January 1988
Paul Orsatti: January 1988 – 1992
Christian Sarramagna: 1992–1994
René Exbrayat: 1994 – March 1996
Patrick Parizon: March 1996 – September 1998
Yves Herbet and Mahmoud Guendouz: September 1998 – 1999
Christian Dalger: 1999 – October 1999
Mahmoud Guendouz: October 1999 – December 2000
Christian Caminiti: December 2000 – October 2001
Guy David: October – December 2001
Baptiste Gentili: December 2001 – 2002
Michel Estevan: 2002 – January 2003
Roland Gransart: January 2003 – 2003
Franck N'Dioro: 2003 – February 2004
Michel Estevan: February – November 2004
Patrice Eyraud: November 2004 – 2008
Claude Calabuig: 2008–2010
Franck Priou: 2010–2011
Jérôme Erceau: 2011–2012
Jean-Luc Vannuchi: 2012–2014
Franck Priou: 2014–2016
Franck N'Dioro: 2016–2017
Farid Fouzari: 2017
Éric Chelle: 2017–2021^[3]
Grégory Poirier: 2021–present^[4]^[5]

Notable players

References

^ "Dix ans après, le FC Martigues retrouve le National !" (in French). footamateur.fr. 21 May 2022.
^ "EFFECTIF" [SQUAD N2] (in French). FC Martigues. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ "National 2. Eric Chelle n'est plus l'entraîneur du FC Martigues" (in French). footamateur.fr. 10 May 2021.
^ "Martigues : le successeur d'Eric Chelle est connu (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 15 May 2021.
^ France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs