US Orléans

Orléans

Full name	Union Sportive Orléans Loiret Football
Nickname(s)	USO Les Guêpes (The Wasps)
Founded	1976; 45 years ago (1976) 1889; 132 years ago (1889) as Arago Sport Orléanais
Ground	Stade de la Source, Orléans
Capacity	7,533
Manager	Xavier Collin
League	Championnat National
2020–21	Championnat National, 6th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Union Sportive Orléans Loiret Football (pronounced [ynjɔ̃ spɔʁtiv 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 Championnat National after being relegated from the prematurely-ended 2019–20 Ligue 2. Orléans plays its home matches at the Stade de la Source located within the city.

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 11 February 2021.^[1][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 1 GK  FRA Théo Vermot 2 DF  FRA Sofyane Bouzamoucha 5 DF  FRA Djessine Seba 6 DF  NIG Hervé Lybohy 7 FW  FRA Gaëtan Perrin 8 MF  MLI Ismaël Keïta 10 MF  MAR Amine Talal 11 MF  FRA Tidiane Keita 12 DF  FRA Arnaud Luzayadio 13 MF  MAR Driss Khalid (on loan from Amiens SC) 14 DF  FRA Nicolas Saint-Ruf 15 MF  FRA Loïc Goujon 17 MF  FRA Bryan Teixeira (on loan from Clermont) 18 FW  HAI Carnejy Antoine

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  FRA Alex Marchadier 20 MF  FRA Liamine Mokdad 21 FW  GUI Fodé Guirassy 22 MF  FRA Karim Coulibaly 23 DF  FRA Florian Lapis 24 MF  FRA Yohan Demoncy 25 FW  SEN Moussa Seydi 26 FW  FRA Hicham Benkaid 27 FW  SEN Issa Soumaré 28 DF  MTN Abdoulkader Thiam 29 DF  HAI Stéphane Lambese 30 GK  FRA Franck L'Hostis 40 GK  FRA Ludovic Le Pennec — MF  COD Stone Mambo

Out on loan[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  FRA Salah Bouzrara (on loan to Saint-Pryvé)

Reserve team[]

As of 12 January 2021^[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  FRA Owen Matimbou — DF  FRA Naïm Ighbane — DF  FRA Ernest Nsengo — DF  FRA Benjamin Bassong Ngue — DF  FRA Hugo Collela — FW  FRA Omar Benyounes

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FRA Victor Boron — MF  FRA Djibril Bohanne — FW  FRA Jules Varvat — FW  FRA Sofiane Belkheir — FW  FRA Steevy Nogbou

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)
• (2012–16)
• Didier Olle-Nicolle (2016–20)
• (2020)^[4][5]
• (2020–21)^[6][7]
• Xavier Collin (2021–)^[8]

References[]