Berrichonne of Chateauroux

|- | colspan=" 2" style=" text-align: center; padding: 0.5em; " bgcolor=" white" | |- | Club founded in | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| 1903 (section football) |- | Nickname | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Berri |- | professional Statute | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| since July 1990 |- | Colors | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| red and blue |- | Stage | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Small Gaston Stage
(17 072 places) |- | Multitude record | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| 15.896 spectators
(January 24th 1998,) |- | Seat | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| 10 allée Beaumarchais
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36000 Chateauroux |- |bgcolor=" white" | |bgcolor=" white" | |} The Berrichonne of Chateauroux is a French general sports club, founded in 1883 but the section Football begins its activities only in 1903. Berri evolves/moves this season in Ligue 2. The club is chaired by Michel Denisot, Patrick Trotignon and is pulled by Cédric Daury.

The social center of the club has Beaumarchais in the stage of the same name which is renamed Stade Claude Jamet on Friday, September 7, 2007.

Prize list

Champion of France of D2: 1997.
Champion of France of National (D3): 1994.
Vice-champion of France Amateurs: 1964.
Champion DH Center: 1950, 1959, 1961.
Finalist of the Coupe de France: 2004.
1 participation in the UEFA Cup: 2004.

Historical reference marks

beginnings of Berrichonne
Fondée in 1883, which does one of the oldest French clubs of it, Berrichonne of Chateauroux east, at its beginnings, a shooting club, gymnastics and military preparation. Well later, a section football is created (1903). In fact, it is another club of the city (a.S.C., evolving/moving purple and white) which is the football club headlight until in 1935. On this date, Berrichonne and a.S.C amalgamate, Victor Helin taking the presidency of this “new” club. From now on equipped with a trainer (1938) with Mr. Roder, certain Red and Blue are distinguished such Orfeo Podeschi or Roger Mindonnet (selected in team from France. In 1943, the ex-guard of RC Paris, Roger Cabanis, joined Berrichonne. Three years later, Cabanis is erased, leaving its gloves to Gerard Wozniack. François Lipka or Stanislas Durczinski also joins the club the completed war. Gaining the Cut of the Center in 1949 and 1950, Chateauroux, under the crook of Gerard Woczniack (called the wizard berrichon), manages to join the elite amateur of C.F.A. as of 1950. In 1958 Claude Jamet became president of the club or it will remain there until 1989. It is only into 1965 that the club evolves/moves in a new municipal stage of dimension national which will bear a few years later the name of: Small Gaston Stage which was the former mayor of Chateauroux and faithful to support Club. The club obtained finally its accession in the 2nd Division in 1972 or it will remain there during 13 years. It went back there that in 1991 with the arrival of Michel Denisot as a President.

the era professional
Avec the increase in D2 the club sets up an occupational statute and reorganizes in 2 distinct structures. The named first Association the BERRICHONNE chaired by Thierry Sanselme and the named second the Public limit company Sporting Object chaired by Daniel Baujean. These two structures are directed by a board of directors whose Michel Denisot becomes the Honorary president one season before joining the presidency of the PSG. The club of Berrichonne of Chateauroux due to undergo a relegation in 1993 because of the recasting of the Championnat of 2 {{E}} Division passing from 2 hen of 18 club has a hen of 22 club. It found the D2 the following year took down of it its first championship of France of its history, by finishing Champion of France of Main road. After 2 season played the first parts in D2, it took down the title of Championne of France of D2 at the end of the season 1996-1997 which allowed him for the first time of its history of rise in 1 {{er}} Division with as trainer Victor Zvunka.

This rise in Championnat of France of football saw the restoration of the Stade Gaston Petit which unfortunately did not carry chance to him because the club finishing 17th Championship what involved its relegation in D2. The club of the berrichonne often played the Top of table. In October 2002, the known club a new change of presidency with the return of Michel Denisot, followed return of Victor Zvunka the following year which brought to the club and to the supporters a splendid epopee in Coupe de France of football during the season 2003-2004 which finally finished saturdays May 29th 2004 with the Stade de France with Saint-Denis where it lost 1 to 0 vis-a-vis the PSG. In spite of this defeat finally, the club benefitted from made that the PSG finished 2nd Ligue 1 which qualified it for the league of the Champions which enabled him to dispute the Coupe of the UEFA the following year where it will be unfortunately made eliminate as of the first match return ticket with the 2nd tower from the cut vis-a-vis FC Bruges.

Professional manpower for the season 2007-2008

European course

Finalist of the Coupe de France in 2004 against the PSG, Chateauroux qualifies for the UEFA Cup 2004-2005 thanks to the third place of Parisian in championship which thus disputes the Ligue of the Champions 2004-2005.

Some former players

Its training center

Berrichonne of Chateauroux is a training center located at Tremblère which accommodates the players evolving/moving in 18 years and 16 years old national. This training center left Florent Malouda, elected Joueur of the year of Ligue 1 in 2007, but still Stephan Dalmat, Sebastien Roudet, Razak Boukari, Gilles Sunu and Ludovic Clément.

Its supporters

the Armada (creates in 1987): kop blue and red installed in Crédit Agricole platform. Armada counts approximately 30 charts for the season 2007/08.La larger influence of this kop goes up in 1997 when 80 supporters formed part there.
Your Friends : group friends who supports the berrichonne in platform Renault Gibault. Your Friends are about fifteen for season 2007/08.
Supras Berry :soon (11/30/2007).

External bonds

not-official Forum of Berrichonne of Chateauroux
Official site of the club
Official site of the club of the socios
not-official Site on the career of the former players of Berrichonne of Chateauroux
official Blog of Armada
official Forum of Supras Berry

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