Grenoble ( French Grenoble Foot 38 ) is a French football club from the city of the same name . It was founded in 1892 . Spends home games at the Stade de Alpes stadium, which seats 20,068 spectators. In 2011, due to financial difficulties, the club was stripped of its professional status and transferred from League 2 to the second league of the Amateur Championship of France ( BLF ). In the 2017/18 season, Grenoble received the right to return to League 2 in the playoffs of the National Championship.
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| Full title | Grenoble foot 38 | ||
| Nickname | Gf38 | ||
| Based | 1892 | ||
| Stadium | Stade de Alpes , Grenoble | ||
| Capacity | 20,068 | ||
| The president |  Alain Fessler | ||
| Main coach | Phillip Hinsberger | ||
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| Competition | League 2 | ||
| 2017/18 |  3rd in the National Championship(Playoff Winner) | ||
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Team Names
- 1892-1978: Football Club Grenoble.
- 1979-1984: “Football Club - Sports Association of Grenoble” (Football Club Association Sportive de Grenoble).
- 1985-1990: Football Club de Grenoble Dauphiné (Football Club de Grenoble Dauphiné).
- 1990-1993: “Football Club de Grenoble Isère” (Football Club de Grenoble Isère).
- 1994-1997: Olympic Grenoble Isère (Olympique Grenoble Isère).
- 1997 - present: Grenoble Football 38 (Grenoble Foot 38).
History
In 2004, the team was acquired by the Japanese company Index Corporation , becoming the first club owned by foreigners [1] in the history of French football. Having won the bronze medals of the Second League in the 2007–2008 season, the team entered the First League . According to the results of their first championship in the major league of French football, the team took 13th place and reached the semifinals of the French Cup. However, in the next season of 2009-2010, the team began to show very weak results, without gaining a single point in the first 12 rounds, thereby repeating the Manchester United anti-record of 1930-31 [2] . Taking the last place, the team again ended up in the Second League , where it showed a similar result in 2010-2011. The financial problems that started at the club were never resolved by the management, as a result of which the club was declared bankrupt and deprived of the status of a professional team. In the season 2011-2012. GF38 performs in Group E of the Second League of the Amateur Championship of France .
Achievements
- Division 2 / League 2
- Winner (2) : 1959/60 , 1961/62
- 3rd place (1) : 2007/08
- French Cup
- 1/4 finals (3): 1952/53, 2000/01, 2004/05.
- Alpine Cup :
- Finalist (1): 1962
Current squad
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Famous Players
- Yuri Dzhorkaeff
- Olivier Giroud
- Florian Towen
- Gustavo Sing
- Ibrahima Sonko
- Daisuke matsui
- Daniel Luboya