"Bordeaux" - the club Zinedine Zidane, Eric Canton, Didier Deschamps

"Bordeaux" or "Gironde de Bordeaux" is one of the leading French football clubs from the city of Bordeaux, founded in 1881.

Dossier

The Bordeaux club is a six-time champion of France (1950, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1999, 2009), a three-time Cup winner (1941, 1986, 1987) and a two-time winner of the Super Cup (2008, 2009) of the country. The team won the French League Cup three times (2002, 2007, 2009), was the finalist of the UEFA Cup (1996).

Home football matches are held at the stadium "Stud Bordeaux Atlantic", opened on May 18, 2015. Capacity - 43000 spectators.

President - Jean-Louis Trio. Coach - Willie Sagnol. Famous players: Jean Tigana, Alain Giraud, Didier Deschamps, Zinedine Zidane, Pedro Pauletta, Eric Cantona, Sylvain Wiltord, Jean-Pierre Papin. Famous coaches: Eli Bop, Eme Jacquet, Laurent Blanc.

History of the club

At the end of IXX century in many cities of France began to form various sports societies, which include many sports. Bordeaux did not become an exception, having organized in 1881 the association SGTG. Although with football in the city did not work out, 38 years later there was a reunion of several football teams of the city in the form of a club. It began to be called Girondis de Bordeaux. At the same time, the main color gamut of football ammunition was determined: purple T-shirts + white panties. It remained to wait for the first official match of the team. He took place in 1920 and was lost with an indecent score 0:12 team Section Burdigalienne.

In the future, numerous attempts were made to merge the club with different teams, later not justified by competitive results. In 1936 there was a historical unification of teams Bordeaux Football Club and Girondis Guyenne Sport. In the process of reunification, a club called "Bordeaux" turned out. The following year the team wins the French amateur teams championship and applies for the status of a professional club. After satisfying the petition, "Bordeaux" took part in the championship in the second French league.

First trophy

The team won its first trophy (the French Cup) in 1941. Drawing of the prize passed through a multi-stage system. First, a regional winner was determined in three territorial zones. After playing butt matches. The decisive games took place in the Bordeaux occupied by the Nazis. The club from the city of the same name, having consistently won against "Toulouse" and "Thebes", became the first owner of the Cup, played during the war.

The first champion's title

A huge impetus to the development of French clubs was the holding of the 1938 World Cup in France. In many cities new stadiums were built. This also affected the "Bordeaux". The club received the arena of Stade du Pars Lescure. Before the war, the first legionaries came to the team. The Girondins were full of ambition, but the war said it. Some players were mobilized to the front, others left the country. Three more years after the war the club plays in the second French division. And only in 1949 the team was able to break into the first. And the next year, "Bordeaux", the club-rookie, becomes the champion of France. The next success will come only after 35 years.

Time of victories and defeats

The French football club Bordeaux in the mid-80s was not only the strongest team in the country, but also one of the best in Europe. For this period, the conquest of three championships and two Cups of France was necessary. These victories became possible thanks to two key figures of the club: team president Claude Beze and head coach Eme Jacquet. These two charismatic personalities have made a kind of football revolution in the "Bordeaux". The club changed the financial policy, infrastructure, attitude to the football business. The president did not spare money to acquire the best French and foreign players. During this period, the team was played by Marius Trezor, Bernard Lacombe, Patrick Battiston, Jean Tigana, Alain Giresse. Among the foreign stars speaking at the time in the club were: German Dieter Müller, Yugoslav Zlatko Vujovic, Portuguese Fernando Shalana. That "Bordeaux" - a club that reached the semifinals of the Cup of Champions (1985) and the semi-final of the Cup of Cups (1987). The next European success will have to wait a long 10 years.

All the great clubs experienced periods of ups and downs. In the 70s they were "Ajax", "Bavaria" and "Liverpool", in the 80's - "Juventus", in the 90's - "Milan". This fate of Bordeaux has not passed away. The club began to slowly surrender. In 1989, Eme Jacquet left the team, the following year the club was left without Claude Beze. The former president was accused of financial fraud and forgery of documentation. He received a prison term and a large fine. Shortly Claude Beze died, and with it the golden era of Bordeaux ended. The football club began to fall. The result of the fall is a humiliating 10th place in the 1991 championship. Later, the decision of the National Council, which controls the costs of football teams, the club was transferred to the second division due to huge debts.

Help came from businessman Alain Afflelu and coach Rolland Kurbis. The first contributed to the restoration of financial stability, the second provided the appearance of new football stars in the team. The most striking became: Bixant Lizarazu, Christophe Dugarry, Zinedine Zidane.

In 1996, "Bordeaux" - a football club with great ambitions. He wants to conquer the first European Cup top. The team goes to the final of the UEFA Cup, where it is waiting for a crushing defeat from the Munich "Bavaria". And yet the club managed to survive the bitterness of defeat. Three years later, the team won the gold medals of the French championship for the fifth time. The next success in the championship race will come after 10 years.

In the early 2000's the club again began to rapidly lose height. The fourth place was replaced by the twelfth, then the fifteenth. The new savior came in the person of the Brazilian specialist Ricardo Gomez. The team sharply went up, took second place and got the right to compete among the strongest teams in the Champions League.

Currently, the "Bordeaux" - a football club, which is the middle peasant of the French League 1. Last season the team finished sixth, in the season 2015/2016 the club is still in the twelfth place, six points from the relegation zone.