Le Havre AC - last updated on 23 February 2008
(Courtesy of Johnny Beaufays)
Club name: Le Havre Athletic Club Football Association
Foundation: 1872
City: Le Havre
Colours: Sky blue and navy blue
Website: www.hac-foot.com
Honours:
Coupe de France - 1 (1959)
Ligue 2 - 4 (1938, 1959, 1985, 1991)
Champion de France de football USFSA - 3 (1899, 1900, 1919)
A bit of history:
Le Havre Athletic Club Football Association or Havre Athletic Club, is a French football club based in Le Havre, founded in 1872 making it the oldest football and rugby club registered in France. Football began being played on a regular basis in 1894, so technically FC Mulhouse could be considered the first French football team being established in 1893 (however, they were a German team at the time). Le Havre currently play in Ligue 2 of the French league and their home stadium is Stade Jules Deschaseaux.
The club is famous for its notable youth investment program which develops and nurtures young (often local) talent, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show enough promise. A vast amount of good young talent has gone on to make an impact at international level including Ibrahim Ba, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Lassana Diarra and Vikash Dhorasoo.
Le Havre is known as 'les ciel et marine' in France, which translates as 'the sky and navy blues'. These colours were chosen by the club's English founders as they were those of their alma maters, the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
Club crests: (roll on the crest to get more informations)
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