Laval-native stage Mayenne Football Club

|- |bgcolor=" white" | |bgcolor=" white" | |} The Laval-native Stage Mayenne Football Club , or Stage Laval laws , is a club of Football French, founded the July 17th 1902, evolving/moving in 2007-2008 in National. The club mayennais is chaired by Philippe Jan and is pulled by Philippe Hinschberger. By decision of DNCG, the club preserves its professional statute for the season 2007-2008.

Prize list

Vice-champion CFA: 1965
Champion DH Ouest: 1964
Cut of summer: 1982, 1984, 1995

Some former Players

Manpower 2007-2008

Guards: Balijon, Gurnard, Pichot
Back: Blanchard, Buzaré, Gibaud, Ichane, Lamy, Rock, Michel Rodriguez
Mediums: Belaud, Vincent Doukantié, Etiemble, Gazeau, Goncalves, Kisamba, Laurent, Zif
Fronts: Fabien, Kiaku, Vauvy

Historical reference marks

1902 Creation of the club

German Joseph, young person associates technical the Highways Departments, impassioned by this new sport which is the foot, decides to create its club on July 17th, 1902. Emile Sinoir, aggregate of letters and professor of rhetoric to the college Ambroise Paré of Laval, is the first president.

Football was the 1st sporting discipline practiced within this new sports association affiliated with the French Union of Laïques works of popular education (UFOLEP), and whose article first stipulated that it prohibited " any discussion or political or denominational demonstration ".

At this time there, the Laval-native Stage is rather a club “ omnisport ”. However, football quickly becomes the most practiced discipline. At that time, the players evolved/moved with a red shirt, and black shorts. The meetings were played then on a ground located in the district of Senelle at Laval (just beside the cemetery and of the college Robert Buron)

The first official match opposed the Laval-native Stage to the neighbor of the Stade Of Rennes.

1903

Participation in the championship of Brittany As of the year following its foundation, the club is invited to take part in the championship of Brittany. It is at this time that the leaders decided to exchange the red shirt against a green and white behavior.

1918 - Appearance of the color Tango

It is in 1918 that the Tango color appears for the first time on the shoulders of the players mayennais. At the origin of this appearance, a rumor makes state that the leaders wanted a shirt red blood, but with wear, these shirts became pinker than red. The club decided then for a Tango color. As of the end of the war, a first group of supporters is formed.

1930 - Stage Jean Yvinec

As of 1902, Emile Guerin yields his ground (known as “field of cross”) to the municipality which will arrange it to become in 1930, the stage Jean Yvinec (in memory with a player mayennais deceased at the 26 years age).

1931 - First trophy for Laval

Crowned champion of promotion of the West, this first title will definitively launch the club among the best French clubs.

1935 - Accession in DH

Laval continues its rise and thus reaches in Division of honor.

1964 - the rise continues

The second title of the Tango history is conquered in 1964. This team will then obtain the championship of division of honor of the West. She reaches thus in the championship of France amateur. Dominating its championship, it will dispute even the final against Ajaccio with the Park of the Princes

1968 - Michel Milinaire appointed trainer

Milinaire is named trainer of the Laval-native Stage. Former player of the club, and after being located by Henri Bison, it replaces Jean Barré. These 2 men will change the structure of the Laval-native Stage forever, and will do of this club one of best of France during many years.

1969 - The titles accumulate

Michel Milinaire will obtain as of its first year the championship of France of the Western group of CFA.

1971 - Creation of Socios

53 years after the creation of the first group of supporters, the socios take over and become the official club of supporters Laval-native Stage. This succession is born by the passion from Mayennais in front of this so young and so talented team.

1976 - the Stage in the first division

In 1975, Henri Bisson becomes president of the management committee and the team trained by Michel Milinaire is joined by a man and a player of exception, Raymond Kéruzoré. The dream becomes reality for thousands of supporters Lavallois. At the end of a double confrontation against the Red Star, the Laval-native Stage writes one of the most beautiful page of its history while thus reaching the elite.

Remain to convince the reticent ones and they are numerous. One will need all the persuasion of Henri Bisson and the popular support so that the management committee makes the decision of the rise in the 1st division, the June 14th 1976, with the cultural hearth (Federation of laic Works): (25 yes, 8 not, an abstention).

The Laval-native Stage then leaves the statute of amateurs to that of professional club.

Season 1976 - 1977

The Laval-native Stage, for its first year in the First Division succeeds in being maintained against any waiting. The club was classified sixteenth front Valencian, Angers, Lille and Rennes.

Its arrival among the elite of hexagonal football causes much curiosity and skepticism. After a difficult beginning of the season (three matches and three defeats), a first victory vis-a-vis the PSG launches the team. This one is then liked to endorse a role of spoilsport. And, at the beginning of December, in front of 20.000 people, the Tangos, via a triplet of Jacky Alders, are played of mythical Verts of Saint-Etienne (3-1).

The stadists began again themselves and rose in the eighth place before knowing a second part of championship more difficult. But the contract was filled and it was well the most important thing.

Season 1977 - 1978

The second season of the club in the First Division started suitably since at the end of eight matches, mayennais them were third, at three points of the two first. A defeat 5 to 0 Lyon face combined with a not very glorious elimination in Coupe de France in the town of Angouleme brought back the Residents of Laval to the hard reality of the things. Despite everything, the Laval-native Stage finished the season in the tenth place in front of clubs like the PSG, Lyon or Bordeaux. During this season, the OM folded in particular twice vis-a-vis the Residents of Laval. This season was unfortunately endeuillée by the death of Richard Nowacki (28 years).

Season 1978 - 1979

In spite of misfortunes which fell down on the players of Michel Millinaire and the fear of the supporters on the maintenance of the club, the Laval-native Stage ensured essence, its place at the level highest of French football. The maintenance was acquired at the time of before last day vis-a-vis Monaco where mayennais brought back the point which saved them. Three days later, the FC Nantes marked five goals with tired residents of Laval but the objective was achieved. The club finished sixteenth front Valencian, Paris FC and Rheims. This exercise is also the last of Raymond Kéruzoré under the shirt tango. Finistérien, arrived in November 1975 in company of its accomplice Souleymane Camara, takes the direction of Brest.

Season 1979 - 1980

After a departure disappointing and surprising taking into account the recruitment of players of quality, from many waves came to make pitch the small boat mayennais. But, the Laval-native Stage operated a formidable rectification of situation, was classified at the end of this thirteenth championship and thus ensured its maintenance in D1 in spite of a defeat at the time of the last match vis-a-vis the FC Nantes. Another positive point, Erwin Kostedde, which left the club there this year, will finish better striker of this edition 1979 - 1980 with 21 goals like Delio Onnis then in Monaco. The club bade also not very brilliant farewell in Coupe de France with Saint Brieuc (demolished 2-0).

It is also the creation of the training center, initiated by Henri Bisson in 1976. This one is placed under the direction of Bernard Maligorne.

Season 1980 - 1981

At the time of this season, the Laval-native Stage passed well close to the descent since the club finished sixteenth being maintained thanks to the difference in goals. Before German center, Uwe Krause, highly recommended by Georges Tripp (old resident of Laval) marked 23 goals in the season and license with the club to avoid a relegation which tightened the arms in November to him.

Season 1981 - 1982

The Stage does not finish any astonishing. After one difficult season and financial means the relatively weak ones compared to teams like the OM or the PSG, the club will finish the season 1981-1982 in the fifth place with 44 points and 44 goals marked including 18 by only Uwe Krause.

Season 1982 - 1983

New once announced among the relégables, the Laval-native Stage astonished all its world. After a savage brawl with the ACE Monaco, the residents of Laval damnaient the pawn with the players of the Principality and took the fifth place, synonymous with qualification for UEFA Cup. This performance was greeted in all France and by all the national press.

Season 1983 - 1984 - the European Laval-native Stage

Following several seasons in teeth of saw, the club manages to take down the fifth place, synonymous with qualification for the UEFA Cup. The club mayennais succeeds in the exploit to eliminate large the Dynamo Kiev with the first turn (0-0, 1-0) before falling to the following turn, with the honors, against the Austria Vienna (0-2, 3-3 after having led 3-0 to the half-time). In parallel, the Tango make a success of a very honourable championship. The end of season on the other hand is marked by the departure of Bernard Maligorne for divergences from point of view.

Season 1984 - 1985

At the conclusion one season 1984 - 1985 where several young people are launched in the great bath, Henri Bisson announces that it will not renew his mandate in June 1986. On the ground, the team, made up of many players resulting from the training center, secures an easy maintenance.

1986 - 1987

The summer 1986 is marked by the departure of several young people resulting from the training center and whose first professional contract (four years) arrived in the long term: Thierry Goudet, Michel Sorin, Loïc Pérard.

Paul Lépine, a time candidate with the sucession, desists, his will to create a SEM (company of mixed economy) not having found an echo. It is thus Louis Béchu, second candidate, who is elected.

The club buckles the exercise in 9th position but Michel Milinaire does not hide his concern as for the future. In the columns of Ouest-France of the March 3rd 1987, the trainer entrusts: “ I have the conviction that in Laval and in the area, there are people who wait only the day when one will break the figure. There are thousand ways of helping a club. The means placed at the disposal of the other clubs grow. Ours lose of their force. The ditch increases. ”

1987 - 1988

During July 1987, nine players (Patrick Delamontagne, Jacky Ribald, Thierno Youm, Eric Stéfanini…) leave the club. François Omam-Biyik arrives at the club. The beginning of the season is very delicate and the Tango are red lantern after 12 days. Fortunately, those, joined with the autumn by François Brisson, raise the head. They finish in the 14th place, in spite of the wound of François Omam-Biyik finally of the Cut of Africa of the Nations. But this end of season is sadly marked by the death of Henri Bisson, large instigator of the beautiful epopee of the Laval-native Stage.

1989 - Descent in division 2

Jean-Luc Dogon, pure produces house leaves to the Matra Racing. Figure 13 will have carried misfortune at the Laval-native Stage. After 13 last years among the elite, the Laval-native Stage finishes its season reléguable, and thus will find Division 2. Corrected 8-0 at the time of the last day in Lille (of which a goal on penalty of… Bernard Lama!!!), the club mayennais finishes in the 19th place with 35 points, that is to say four less than the Matra Racing precisely, first not relégable.

1989 - 1991

If the first seasons, the Laval-native Stage rubs with the tenors of D2, obtaining even a place of weir-keeper (beaten by Strasbourg) in spring 1991, it returns little by little in the row.

1992

At the end of October 1992, following one season semi-fig, semi-grape, in nine months of the term of its contract and after 24 last years on the bench mayennais, Michel Milinaire is put at the variation by the president Jean Py. Folded up on a Laic tradition , personified by Milinaire and Bisson, the club contrary to A.J. Auxerre of Guy Roux, will be reticent to open towards new partners.

Season 1992 - 1993

The club directed under the crook of Bernard Maligorne takes part in the 1/2 finale of Coupe de France against PSG demolished 1-0

Season 1995 - 1996

The club mayennais to dream again of Division 1, under the orders of Denis Troch. With the neck and neck with the ACE Nancy-Lorraine, the Residents of Laval release taken at the time of the ultimate episode of this championship in 42 acts (D2 counted 22 teams then) while being inclined in Perpignan (2-0).

Season 1996 - 1997

The club takes part in the 1/2 finale of Coupe de France against Nice demolished 0-1

2005

It is the last French professional club which passes from SEMSL (Société of sporting mixed economy) in SASP (professional sporting Public limit company). It thus obtains legal structures in conformity with the requirements of modern football. The shareholders is divided into three entities:

(69,70%) the pole says “industrial” gathers six economic groups mayennais of foreground: the Actual group, the group Lactalis, the center E.Leclerc Laval/Saint-Berthevin, the Lucas Group and the Group Dried,
(24,24%) the regrouping of SME, in fact of twenty-six small and medium-size companies which gathered in a simplified Public limit company with variable capital, SAS Tango Undertaken ,
(6,06%) Association Laval-native Stage.

May 5th 2006

The Laval-native Stage is officially relegated in National. It was the oldest evolving/moving club Leagues 2 of them. After 30 years of professionalism, the Laval-native Stage goes down again while hoping for a direct increase in 2007.

See too

Henri Bison
Michel Millinaire
Francis Smerecki

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