Luzenac AP

Luzenac AP

Full name	Luzenac Ariège Pyrénées
Founded	1936; 88 years ago (1936)
Ground	Stade Paul Fédou, Luzenac
Capacity	1,200
Chairman	Jérôme Ducros
Manager	Johan Rini
League	Régional 1
2023–24	Régional 1 Group B, 1st of 12 (lost promotion play-off)
Website	luzenacap.com
Home colours Away colours

Luzenac AP (French: Luzenac Ariège Pyrénées) is a French football club based in the commune of Luzenac, Ariège. It was founded in 1936. They play at the Stade Paul Fédou, which has a capacity of 1,600. The colours of the club are red and blue.

History

In the 2013–2014 season, the club competed in the Championnat National, the third highest level of French football. On 18 April 2014 the club clinched promotion to Ligue 2 for the 2014–15 season, in the hopes of becoming the smallest club to ever compete at the second level of French football.^[1] However, the club was ruled to have an inadequate stadium, and so they were not allowed to compete in Ligue 2. They ended up being forced to release their first team players and to use their reserve team squad to play in the seventh tier for 2014-15.^[2] However, in 2017, they were promoted to the 2017-18 Championnat National 3, only to be relegated after finishing bottom of their group.

Current squad

As of 28 December 2019. Note: The following players in this squad are either free agents or signed by other teams.^[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  FRA Adel Taïder — GK  FRA Martin Imbert — DF  FRA Benjamin Trillou — DF  FRA Benjamin Sola — DF  FRA Sébastien Abad — DF  FRA Ousmane Berete — DF  FRA Maxence Guastavino — DF  FRA Assane Karaboualy — DF  FRA Antoine Jouan — DF  FRA Guy-Mel Lasme — MF  FRA Anthony Cauderlier

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FRA Cheick Oumar Traoré — MF  FRA Alexandre Boceno — MF  FRA Thomas Lafaille — FW  FRA Sébastien Chinchilla — FW  FRA Yacine Aouladchaib — FW  FRA Quentin Villen — FW  FRA Paul Pinelli — FW  FRA Matthieu Chipot — FW  FRA Colétin Nguala — FW  MRI John Justin — DF  MTQ Christophe Lowinsky

Honours

• Division 4 Group G championship : 1980
• CFA2 Group E championship : 2005
• Midi-Pyrénées DH championship : 1971, 1985, 2000
• CFA Group C championship : 2009

References

1. "Luzenac en Ligue 2 !".
2. Holyman, Ian (11 September 2014). "Fabien Barthez admits defeat in Luzenac fight". ESPN FC. ESPN.
3. "Luzenac Ariège Pyrénées". www.luzenac-ap.fr. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.

External links

• (in French) Official website