ES Grau-du-Roi explained

Clubname:Le Grau-du-Roi
Stadium:Stade Michel Mézy
Fullname:Émulation Sportive du Grau-du-Roi
League:Régional 1 Occitanie
Group A[1]
Founded:1935
Season:2022–23
Position:Régional 2 Occitanie, 1st (promoted)
Website:https://esgdr.fr/
Chairman:Grégory Mézy
Chrtitle:President
Short Name:ESGDR
Capacity:3,500
Manager:Sébastien Pérédes
Morgan Marion[2]

Émulation Sportive du Grau-du-Roi is a football club located in Le Grau-du-Roi, France. They play in the Régional 1, the sixth tier of French football. The club's colours are yellow and blue.[3]

History

ES Grau-du-Roi was founded in 1935.[4] The highest tier the club has played in is the Division 4, which they reached in the 1992–93 season. However, after 1993, the Division 4 became the National 3. Since 1993, the club has played in two separate seasons of the National 3. One of those was the 1996–97 season, as they had won the Division d'Honneur of Languedoc-Roussillon in the season prior.

The furthest round the club has reached in the Coupe de France is the round of 64, which they did in the 1997–98 season, losing to Istres on penalties.

In 2017, ES Grau-du-Roi was in a bad financial situation. The former president of the club Michel Mézy gave the club eleven match-worn and signed shirts from professional footballers (such as Neymar, Zidane, and Griezmann) to be sold in order to raise money for saving the club.[5] From 2018 to 2023, the club gained successive promotions to go from the tenth tier, the Départemental 2, to the sixth tier, the Régional 1.

Honours

ES Grau-du-Roi honours!Honours!No.!Years
Division d'Honneur Languedoc-Roussillon11995–96
Départemental 2 Occitanie, Gard-Lozère Group B12018–19
Départemental 1 Occitanie, Gard-Lozère12019–20
Régional 3 Occitanie22020–21,[6] 2021–22
Régional 2 Occitanie12022–23

Notable players

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Le Grau-du-Roi en Régional 1 ! . ES Grau-du-Roi . 24 April 2023 . fr.
  2. Web site: Marion Morgan & Sébastien Pérédes nommés entraîneurs . 15 August 2024 . June 2024 . ES Grau-du-Roi . fr.
  3. Web site: Football - Le Grau-du-Roi. 30 April 2021. LesSports.info. fr.
  4. Web site: ES Le Grau-du-Roi. 30 April 2021. Stat Football Club France. fr.
  5. Web site: 15 December 2017. Benoit : " L'ESGDR ne pourra jamais oublier ". Benoit: "ESGDR will never forget". 30 April 2021. Actufoot. fr.
  6. Not promoted due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  7. Web site: ES Grau-du-Roi » Players from A-Z. 30 April 2021. WorldFootball.net.