Le Havre AC (women)

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Le Havre
Full nameHavre Athletic Club
Nickname(s)Le club doyen (The Dean Club)
Les Ciel et Marine (The Sky-and-Navy)
Founded1872; 149 years ago (1872)
GroundStade Océane,
Le Havre
Capacity25,181[1]
PresidentVincent Volpe
Head coachThierry Uvenard
LeagueDivision 1
Division 2, Group B, 1st
WebsiteClub website

The women's section of Le Havre Athletic Club, abbreviated as Le Havre AC, is a French women's football club founded in 2014 and located in Le Havre.

The team, coached by Thierry Uvenard, has been evolving since the 2020–2021 season in Division 1.

History[]

At the instigation of the president of the association of Le Havre AC, Jean-Michel Kociszewski and its management committee, the HAC created its own women's section in the years 2010. First, it welcomes young beginners for a few years, before in 2014 opening its doors to licensees and registering U11 and U13 teams in competition.[2] In 2015, the women's section of the HAC had 90 players, forming teams in all age categories from U8 to seniors.[3]

On 27 September 2015, the senior team from Le Havre AC, directly invited to DH, played its first match in official competition on the lawn of Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont. On 5 May 2016, Le Havre won the Coupe de Normandie at the expense of ESM Gonfreville l'Orcher. Against this same opponent, the Le Havre team also won the DMF Cup (Maritime Football District).[4]

At the dawn of the 2017–2018 season, under the leadership of Vincent Volpe, American president of the club, the women's team is reinforced by eight American players. Thanks to these reinforcements, Le Havre achieves an almost perfect Regional 1 championship with 22 wins for a draw (against AG Caen), with 146 goals scored for only seven conceded. In February 2018, Le Havre AC managed to qualify for the quarter-finals of the French Women's Cup. At the end of the season, the HAC played two rounds of play-offs, during which the Havraises defeated Amien SC (women) (1-0, 4-0) then (2-2, 1-0). They thus access for the first time.[5]

For the 2018–2019 season in D2, due to a limit of three extra-community players on a game sheet, the contingent of Americans is reduced to five, only three being able to play each weekend. The Norman leaders then turned to the British market with the signatures of Martha Thomas (American-English), Courtney Brosnan (American-Irish), Lois Heuchan (Scottish), Ellie Leek and Elie Rhian Cleverly (both Welsh). Added to these strangled Frenchwomen Aurélie Gagnet, Margaux Huaumé, Élodie Policarpo, Ikram Adjabi and Léa Kergal. Due in particular to several injuries during preparation, Le Havre began its championship in a mixed way with 2 wins, 3 draws, 3 defeats after eight days before stringing together four consecutive wins until the Christmas break. After 15 days, the club is fourth with 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats and is already behind the leader of Reims (14 points ahead). Les Havraises will end the season in an encouraging second place.

The 2019–2020 season is suspended on 12 March 2020, by the French Football Federation, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] The competition is definitively stopped on 16 April 2020, the final classification is then made according to the average points per match played.[7] As a result, Le Havre being at the top of its group, is promoted to Division 1, at the expense of the Stéphanoises yet leader until the last day played, their last match having been postponed.[8] This final classification was definitively ratified on 15 May[9]

At the dawn of its first season in D1, the women's section of the HAC now welcomes 150 licensees of all ages. While coach Thierry Uvenard is extended until 2022,[10] the HAC keeps only twelve players from the squad which has gained the rise in the elite of French football, including the vast majority of its American players.[11] He is reinforced by several French players who sign for two years: Lina Boussaha, from , Élise Legrout who was in the United States, right-back Santana Sarhaoui (US Orléans) and goalkeeper Olesya Arsenieva. Several foreign internationals also signed: Cameroonian Luce Ndolo Ewelé.,[12] Chilean , Russian Ekaterina Tyryshkina and Icelandic Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir.[13] Despite a workforce decimated by many absences, the HAC began its season perfectly in D1 with a 4–0 victory against the other promoted GPSO 92 Issy. After a defeat against Fleury, the HAC recovers a large part of its workforce and takes a point against Paris FC. The Le Havre club also closed its transfer window by signing its 9th and 10th recruits, the Turkish Melike Pekel and the Icelandic Anna Björk Kristjánsdóttir.[14]

In September 2020, Laure Lepailleur was appointed manager of the women's section of the HAC. Its mission is to continue the development and structuring of women's football within the Le Havre club.[15]

Current squad[]

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF France FRA
6 MF France FRA
7 MF France FRA Lina Boussaha
8 DF France FRA
9 FW United States USA
10 MF Algeria ALG
12 DF United States USA
14 DF Iceland ISL Anna Björk Kristjánsdóttir
16 GK Russia RUS
19 FW France FRA
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Iceland ISL Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir
23 FW Cameroon CMR
27 DF United States USA (captain)
28 MF France FRA
29 DF United States USA
30 GK Canada CAN

Organisation[]

Training centre[]

The HAC women's team trains at Cavée Verte. During the renovation of the Cavée Verte synthetic in 2016, they trained in Sanvic, on the lawn of the GASEG players, an agreement having been signed between the HAC and the company clubs.[4]

But the club wants to separate boys and girls, the Cavée Verte welcoming too many people. Thus, women now train once a week at the Yuri-Gagarin stadium, on hybrid terrain. They must settle there permanently, so changing rooms and a weight room are under construction.[16]

Stadium[]

Les Havraises play most of their home matches at Stade Océane.

Other teams[]

At the initiative of the trainer Thierry Uvenard, a reserve team was created in 2017. In addition, in 2019, the “Ciel et Marine” have national U19s, an obligation appearing in the booklet charges of the Federation.

References[]

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