Clermont Foot

Clermont

Full name	Clermont Foot 63
Nickname(s)	Les Lanciers (The Lancers)
Short name	Clermont, CF63
Founded	1911; 113 years ago (1911)
Ground	Stade Gabriel-Montpied
Capacity	11,980
Owner	Ahmet Schaefer[1]
President	Ahmet Schaefer[1]
Head coach	Vacant
League	Ligue 2
2023–24	Ligue 1, 18th of 18 (relegated)
Website	https://www.clermontfoot.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Clermont Foot 63 (Occitan: Clarmont d'Auvèrnhe; commonly referred to as Clermont Foot) is a French professional football club based in Clermont-Ferrand, France. It competes in Ligue 2. The first incarnation of the club was formed in 1911 and the current club was created in 1990 as a result of a merger.

The club plays its home matches at the Stade Gabriel-Montpied located within the city. Between 2014 and 2017, Clermont was managed by Corinne Diacre, the first woman to manage a men's professional football team.^[2] In 2021, the club achieved promotion to Ligue 1 for the first time in its history. It returned to Ligue 2 in 2024.

The club started in 1911 under the name Stade Clermontois. Despite little league success in the early days, they reached the semi-finals of the Coupe de France during the 1945–46 season.^{[citation needed]} Their professional status was repealed after the 1946–47 season due to financial difficulties.^{[citation needed]} The club became professional again in 1966.^{[citation needed]} 1984 saw an expansion, with Stade-Clermontois and AS Montferrand merging to form Clermont-Ferrand Football Club (CFC).^{[citation needed]} The club was placed in the third division.

The club was later renamed Clermont Foot Auvergne, having to start again in the Division Honneur. After 13 years, Clermont Foot got promoted multiple times, from the Division Honneur up to Ligue 2 in 1993.^{[citation needed]} During these 13 years of success, the club had numerous successes in the Coupe de France. One notable cup run was in 1997, when the Auvergne club eliminated three professional sides, Martigues, Lorient and then Paris Saint-Germain,^{[citation needed]} before succumbing to Nice.^{[citation needed]}

The club won the Championnat National in 2007,^{[citation needed]} being promoted to Ligue 2 again, from which they had been relegated in 2006.^{[citation needed]}

In 2014, Clermont became the first French professional men's team to appoint a female manager when they appointed Helena Costa.^[3][4] Less than a month after taking charge, Costa quit her role,^[5] and was replaced by another woman, Corinne Diacre,^[6] who would go on to train the French women's team.^{[citation needed]}

Clermont were promoted to Ligue 1 for the 2021–22 season for the first time in their history, having achieved promotion to the league after finishing second in the 2020–21 edition of Ligue 2.^[7] After 3 years, the club was relegated following the 2023–24 season.^[8]

• Championnat National
  • Champions (2): 2001–02, 2006–07

As of 30 August 2024^[9][10]

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  SEN Massamba Ndiaye 4 DF  FRA Ethan Kena Kabeya 6 MF  MLI Habib Keïta 7 MF  FRA Yohann Magnin 10 MF  SEN Henri Saivet 11 MF  FRA Maïdine Douane 12 DF  FRA Damien Da Silva 15 DF  MLI Cheick Oumar Konaté 16 GK  FRA Théo Borne 17 FW  SEN Ousmane Diop 18 FW  SEN Famara Diedhiou 19 MF  FRA Mohamed Amine Bouchenaa 20 DF  COD Josué Mwimba Isala 22 DF  FRA Yoël Armougom 24 DF  FRA Soumaela Traoré 25 MF  FRA Johan Gastien (3rd captain) 26 FW  CGO Mons Bassouamina

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 FW  FRA Marks Inchaud 28 DF  CIV Ivan M'Bahia 29 FW  FRA Ilhan Fakili 30 GK  FRA Théo Guivarch 31 DF  SEN Baïla Diallo 34 DF  GHA Sumaila Awudu 40 GK  GNB Ouparine Djoco 44 MF  FRA Allan Ackra 45 DF  FRA Matys Donavin 49 FW  AUS Musa Toure 57 MF  CIV Fred Gnalega 70 FW  GUI Yadaly Diaby 77 FW  ALG Mehdi Baaloudj 92 FW  MAR Aïman Maurer 97 DF  FRA Jérémy Jacquet (on loan from Rennes) 99 GK  SEN Mory Diaw

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  BEL Maximiliano Caufriez (on loan to Valencia) — MF  ALG Stan Berkani (on loan to Austria Lustenau) — MF  FRA Yann Massombo (on loan to Biel-Bienne) — FW  MAR Abdellah Baallal (on loan to Austria Lustenau)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  FRA Abdoulaye Coulibaly (on loan to Biel-Bienne) — FW  FRA Loïc Socka Bongué (on loan to Biel-Bienne) — FW  CIV Ibrahim Junior Ouattara (on loan to Austria Lustenau) — DF  FRA Andy Pelmard (on loan to Lecce)

14 - Clément Pinault, defender (2008–09) – posthumous honour

For a list of former Clermont Foot players, see Category:Clermont Foot players.

Position	Staff
President	Ahmet Schaefer
Sporting director	Thomas Baumschweinstrauss
Head coach	Laurent Batlles
Assistant head coach	Emmanuel Gas Stéphane Héros
First-team coach	Yann Cavezza
Goalkeeper coach	Hervé Didillon
Fitness coach	Jean-Claude Favre
Match analyst	Cyril Poussin
Scout	Philippe Vaugeois Michel Ogier
Club doctor	Nicolas Lamaudière
Physiotherapist	Séverine Chapeyron Milan Ladjic
Medical director physiotherapy	Julien Jarlier
Performance manager	Eric Pégorer

• Albert Rust (2000–01)
• Hubert Velud (2001–04)
• Olivier Chavanon (2004–05)
• Dominique Bijotat (2005)
• Marc Collat (2005–06)
• Didier Ollé-Nicolle (2006–09)
• Michel Der Zakarian (2009–12)
• Régis Brouard (2012–14)
• Helena Costa (7 May 2014 – 24 June 2014)
• Corinne Diacre (28 June 2014 – 30 August 2017)
• Pascal Gastien (1 September 2017 – 19 May 2024)

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