Stade Rennais Football Club is a French football club from the city of Rennes, currently playing in their 47th season in Ligue 1 (the top French division). Founded in 1901 as Stade Rennais Université Club they assumed their current name in 1971. In the 2004–2005 Ligue 1 campaign, Rennes managed to finish in a commendable fourth place in the final standings, their best ever position, securing them automatic qualifition for the group stages of the UEFA Cup. In the 2005–2006 season, following a very close race for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup qualifications in France, they finished a disappointing seventh place in Ligue 1.
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| Full name | Stade Rennais Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Les Rouges et Noirs (red and blacks) | ||
| Founded | 1901 | ||
| Ground | Route de Lorient, Rennes | ||
| Capacity | 31,127 | ||
| Chairman | Emmanuel Cueff | ||
| Manager | Pierre Dréossi | ||
| League | Ligue 1 | ||
| 2005-2006 | Ligue 1, 7th | ||
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Honours
Winner: 1965, 1971
- Finalists : 1922, 1935
- Semi-finalists : 1919, 1959, 1967, 1970, 1986, 2003 , 2006
- Quarter-finalists : 1918, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1934, 1952, 1989, 2000, 2004
Coupe Gambardella
- Winner: 1973, 2003
Presence in Europe
- Competitions: 3 competitions (Cup Winners' Cup twice and UEFA Cup once (2005)) - until October 29 2005
Cup Winners' Cup:
- Matches played: 4
- Matches won: 0
- Matches drawn: 2
- Matches lost: 2
- Goals scoreed: 1
- Goals against: 4
- Goal difference: -3
UEFA Cup:
- Matches played: 3
- Matches won: 1
- Matches drawn: 1
- Matches lost: 1
- Goals scoreed: 3
- Goals against: 3
- Goal difference: 0
On September 15 2005, they played their first UEFA Cup match, resulting in a 3-1 home win against CA Osasuna.
Other
- Champions of Ligue 2 : 1956, 1983
- Finalists of the Intertoto Cup : 1999
- Champions of France Interfédéral : 1916
- Champions of DH : 1923
- Winners of the Coupe Odorico : 1920
- Winners of the Coupe des Alliés : 1916, 1917
- Champions of Brittany : 1904
- Champions of Brittany and Normandy : 1909
- Winner of the Interfédérale de l'Ouest cup : 1919
- Champion of the West : 1920
- Champion of Haute-Bretagne : 1921
- Winner of the Coupe de Rennes : 1916
Management Staff
- Manager:
Pierre Dréossi - Assistant Manager: Philippe Redon and Michel Sorlin
- Youth Coach: Laurent Huard
- Goalkeeping Coach: Christophe Lollichon
- Fitness Coach: Christian Schmidt
Current squad
As of July 09 2006 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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2006-2007 Transfers
In
John Mensah - AC ChievoVerona - Free transfer- Daniel Moreira - Toulouse - €5,000,000
- Bruno Cheyrou - Liverpool - Undisclosed fee
- Gregory Tanagro - Sete - Loan return
- Stéphane N'Guema - FC Lorient - Loan return
Mario Melchiot - Birmingham City FC - Free transfer
Out
Abdeslam Ouaddou - Olympiacos - Free transfer- Antoine Ponroy - Rangers FC - Free transfer
- William Stanger - Rangers FC - Free transfer
- Yoann Gourcuff - AC Milan - €3,000,000
- Florent Chaigneau - Sporting Toulon Var - Free transfer
Kim Källström - Olympique Lyonnais - €8,000,000
Alexander Frei - Borussia Dortmund - €4,000,000- Johann Ramaré - US Boulogne - Free transfer
- Cédric Barbosa - Free Agent - Released
- Olivier Siabamfumu - Ascoli Calcio 1898 - Released
- Andreas Isaksson - Manchester City FC
Famous players past and present
Miscellaneous
One of the most popular chants goes:
Galette saucisse je t'aime J'en mangerais des kilos Dans tout Ille et Vilaine Avec du lait ribot
in English:
Galette sausage I love you I eat kilograms In all of Ille-et-Vilaine With the ribot milk