Excelsior AC (France) explained

Excelsior AC (France) should not be confused with Excelsior AC (Haiti).

Clubname:Excelsior AC
Fullname:Excelsior Athlétic Club
Dissolved: (merged with SCO Roubaix)
Ground:Stade Amédée Prouvost
Roubaix
France
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Excelsior Athlétic Club was a French association football team playing in the city of Roubaix, Nord.

History

The team was founded in 1928 in a merger between Football Club de Roubaix and Excelsior Club de Tourcoing. In 1932, the team turned professional and played the first professional football season in 1932/1933 and won the same year its first major trophy, the Coupe de France. Till the World War II, the team managed to stay in Division 1. After the war, the club merged with RC Roubaix and US Tourcoing in CO Roubaix-Tourcoing (1945–1970). After 1970, the team struggled at an amateur level till its demise in 1995. In 1977, the team merged with Sporting Club de Roubaix to create Roubaix Football, which also merged in 1990 with Stade Roubaix (i.e. former RC Roubaix) but never managed to come back to Division 1, only playing the 1983/84 season in Division 2. The team ended due to financial problems.

Names of the club

Honours

Notable players

Managerial history

1932–1933

1933–1937

1970–1972

1972–1973

1975–1977

1980 – April 1987

April 1987–?

1992–1994

1994–1995

1995 – December 1995[2]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: French Federation profile . 5 September 2014 . 6 May 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170506015048/https://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/tous-les-joueurs/fiche-joueur/825-jean-secember . dead .
  2. Web site: Excelsior Roubaix coaches on RSSSF . 11 June 2007.