Grenoble Foot 38

GF38
Full name	Grenoble Foot 38
Nickname(s)	GF38
Founded	1892; 132 years ago
Ground	Stade des Alpes,; Grenoble
Capacity	20,068
Manager	Jean-Louis Garcia
League	CFA
2014–15	2
Website	Club home page
Home colours	Away colours

Grenoble Foot 38, commonly referred to as simply GF38, is a French association football club based in Grenoble, a city situated at the foot of the French Alps. The original incarnation of the club was founded in 1892 and, in 1997, was formed into the club that exists today as a result of a merger. Grenoble currently plays in CFA, the fourth level of French football, after having gone into bankruptcy and relegation to the fifth level of French football in 2011.

Grenoble plays its home matches at the Stade des Alpes, a recently built complex based in the heart of the city. The team is managed by Jean-Louis Garcia. Grenoble wear white and blue.

History

The club was founded in 1892 as Football Club de Grenoble. In 1997, a merger of Olympique Grenoble Isère and Norcap Olympique led to the Grenoble Foot 38 incarnation. Olympique Grenoble Isère played in Ligue 1 in the 1960–61 and 1962–63 seasons.

It was acquired in 2004 by the Japanese enterprise Index which soon was able to use a new stadium, Stade des Alpes, that registered an initial capacity of 20,000, and which was opened on February 2008, after which it achieved promotion to Ligue 1 in the 2008–09 season.^[1] However, after losing their first eleven games of the season, Grenoble were eventually relegated despite a handful of impressive wins (most notably 4–0 against Paris Saint Germain).

Name changes

Football Club de Grenoble 1892 (1892–1977)
Football Club Association Sportive de Grenoble (1977–1984)
Football Club de Grenoble Dauphiné (1984–1990)
Football Club de Grenoble Isère (1990–1992)
Football Club de Grenoble Jojo Isère (1992–1993)
Olympique Grenoble Isère (1993–1997)
Grenoble Foot 38 (1997–present)

Players

Current squad

As of 3 August 2015.^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Guillaume Bemenou
		GK	Brice Maubleu
		GK	Nathan Monti
		DF	Bruce Abdoulaye
		DF	Leygley Adou
		DF	Sélim Bengriba
		DF	Hugo Cianci
		DF	Jimmy Giraudon
		DF	Vincent Labissière
		DF	Briphyl Nkouma
		MF	Sofian Belbey

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Samir Diri
		MF	Arsène Elogo Guintangui
		MF	Valentin Focki
		MF	Steven Pinto-Borges
		MF	Frédéric Thomas
		MF	Damien Tibéri
		FW	Nassim Akrour
		FW	Florian David
		FW	Clément Fournier
		FW	Gilmar
		FW	Ali M'Madi

Notable players

Below are the notable former players who have represented Grenoble and its predecessors in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1997. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 80 official matches for the club.

For a complete list of Grenoble Foot 38 players, see Category:Grenoble Foot 38 players