FC Mantois 78

Not to be confused with FC Nantes.

FC Mantois

Full name	Football Club Mantois 78
Founded	1944; 80 years ago (1944)
Ground	Stade Aimé Bergeal Mantes-la-Ville, Yvelines
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Eric Aderdor
Manager	Robert Mendy
League	Régional 1 Paris-Île-de-France
2021–22	National 3 Group L, 13th (relegated)
Website	http://fcmantois.com
Home colours Away colours

Football Club Mantois 78 are a French football club that was founded in 1994. The club is based in Mantes-la-Ville in the suburbs of Paris and is of the Yvelines department. The club's relatively late foundation is due to a merger between three other clubs from the region. The club is often referred to as FC Mantes due to their location, however, their common name is FC Mantois with Mantois being the natural region of the area the club inhabits.

History

The club's parent club before their foundation was Athletic Club de Mantes-la-Ville, who reached the CFA in 1968 and ultimately reached as far as Division 2, where they remained for four years before plunging down to the sixth division of French football. In 1994, the club merged with two other local clubs, Association sportive de Mantes and Association sportive de Buchelay to form the club that exists today.^[1] After a decade at the fourth level of French football, the club was relegated to Championnat National 3 in 2020 after being positioned bottom of 2019–20 Championnat National 2 Group B when the season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] They were relegated again in 2021–22, to the sixth tier, having twice being deducted points during the season.^[3]

Current squad

As of 7 November 2019

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 Christian Basse — GK  FRA Alexandre Menay — DF  FRA Mark Amoah — DF  FRA Malamina Diabira — DF  FRA Mamadou Keita — DF  FRA Dominique Omari — MF  FRA Brahim Baradji — MF  FRA Bakary Diabira — MF  MLI Phousseyne Diaby — MF  BEL Thomas Diaby — MF  FRA Demba Diallo — MF  FRA Arslane Guedioura — MF  FRA Alexandre Isidor — MF  SEN Germain Loppy — MF  FRA Earvin Lungu

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FRA Mamadou Savane — MF  FRA Abdou Thiam — FW  FRA Jeremy Balmy — FW  FRA Diakaria Dembélé — FW  FRA Oumar Diao — FW  FRA Youness El Baillal — FW  FRA Willson Guella — FW  FRA Isaac Mensah — FW  SEN Dominique Miquilan — FW  FRA Nael Selemani —  FRA Yassine Belkdim —  FRA Richard Bonsu —  FRA Othman Kaamouchi —  FRA Erwan Mendy —  FRA Willemin

Notable players

• Ferland Mendy (youth)
• Yann M'Vila (youth)

References

1. "Histoire du Club". Archived from the original on 17 July 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
2. "Yvelines. Football : pas de miracle, le FC Mantois est relégué en N3" (in French). actu.fr. 17 April 2020.
3. "National 3 : une fin de saison marquée par des défaites" (in French). La Gazette en Yvelines. 9 June 2022.

External links

• Official club website (in French)