Excelsior AC Roubaix

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fullname = Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix
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founded = 1928
dissolved = 1995
ground = Stade Amédée Prouvost
Roubaix
France
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Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix was a French football team playing in the city of Roubaix, Nord.

History

The team was founded in 1928 in a merger between Football Club de Roubaix and Excelsior Club de Tourcoing.In 1932, the team turned professional and played the first professional football sesaon in 1932/1933 and won the same year its first major trophy, the Coupe de France.Till the World War II, the team managed to stay in Division 1. After the war, the club merged with RC Roubaix and US Tourcoing in CO Roubaix-Tourcoing (1945-1970). After 1970, the team struggled at an amateur level till its demise in 1995. In 1977, the team merged with Sporting Club de Roubaix to create Roubaix Football, then in 1990 with Stade Roubaix (i.e. former RC Roubaix) but never managed to come back to Division 1, only playing the 1983/84 season in Division 2. The team ended due to financial problems.

Names of the club

*1928-1944. Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix.
*1944-1970. in CO Roubaix-Tourcoing.
*1970-1977. Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix.
*1977-1990. Roubaix Football
*1990-1995. Stade Club Olympique de Roubaix (SCOR).

Honours

*Coupe de France : 1933

Notable players

*French international players
*Célestin Delmer (5, 1933-1934)
*Marcel Desrousseaux (2, 1935-1937)
*Jean Gautheroux (1, 1936)
*Henri Hiltl (1, 1944) (he played for Austria as Heinrich Hiltl, then for France as Henri Hiltl)
*Marcel Langiller
*Lucien Leduc
*Noël Liétaer (7, 1933-1934)
**Jean Sécember (1, 1935)
*Foreign players
*flagicon|Scotland John Donoghue, John Baker Muir and Alexander McLennan
*flagicon|Austria Heinrich Hiltl, Adolf Vogl
*flagicon|Belgium Gaston Plovie
*flagicon|Hungary Jenö Kalmar
*flagicon|Kingdom of Yugoslavia Ivan Petrak
*flagicon|Argentina flagicon|France Helenio Herrera

Managerial history

*flagicon|England Griffiths: 1932-1933
*flagicon|France René Dedieu: 1933-1937
* Davidovitch: 1937-1939
*flagicon|France Marcel Desrousseaux: 1970-1972
*flagicon|France Pierre Cnude: 1972-1973
*flagicon|France J. Schmidt: 1973-1975
*flagicon|France Albert Dubreucq: 1975-1977
*flagicon|France Sarrazyn: 1977-1980
*flagicon|France Tony Giaquinto: 1980-April 1987
*flagicon|France Thierry Deneulin: April 1987-?
*flagicon|Algeria Boumedienne Belhadji: 1992-1994
*flagicon|France Pierre Michelin: 1994-1995
*flagicon|Algeria Boumedienne Belhadji: 1995-December 1995 [cite web |url=http://www.rsssf.com/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html#r |title=Excelsior Roubaix coaches on RSSSF | accessdate=2007-06-11]

References

ee also

* CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
* RC Roubaix

External links

* [http://www.pari-et-gagne.com/excelsior.html History]