FC Martigues

Football Club de Martigues, known as FC Martigues or just Martigues, is a French professional football club based in Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône. It competes in Ligue 2 , the second level of football in France, having achieved promotion from the Championnat National in 2024.

Martigues
Full nameFootball Club de Martigues
Nickname(s)Les Sang et Or (The Blood and Gold)
Founded1921 (1921)
GroundStade Francis-Turcan
Capacity11,500 (8,289 seated)
ChairmanColumbus Morfaw
ManagerGrégory Poirier
LeagueLigue 2
2023–24Championnat National, 2nd of 18 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

The club plays at the Stade Francis-Turcan, which has a capacity of 11,500, in Martigues. Their principal rivals are Istres.

History

The club was founded in 1921 and played regional football until the early 1970s when they gained promotion to the professional Division 2.

The club's greatest achievement was winning promotion to the First Division in 1993. The club played for three seasons in the top flight, until it was relegated down to Ligue 2 in 1996. A failed attempt to win promotion at once was followed by relegation to the Championnat National (third level) in 1998. Two years later the club won promotion back to Second Division, but only remained at that level for two seasons.

In 2002, the club was relegated again and after another near miss at promotion in 2003, financial problems saw the club go into liquidation and reform in the Championnat de France Amateur. They finished the 2006–07 season in the Championnat National as 14th. They were relegated to CFA in 2007–08 season as 19th in the Championnat National.

The club was promoted back to the Championnat National in 2022, after ten years in lower divisions.[1]

On 18 May 2024, Martigues secured promotion to Ligue 2, ending a 22-year absence from the second tier. They defeated Nîmes Olympique 1–0 on the final matchday of the 2023–24 Championnat National season to earn promotion as runners-up to Red Star.[2]

Current squad
As of 31 January 2024[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF  ALB Rudolf Turkaj
4 DF  COM Ahmed Soilihi
5 MF  FRA Raphaël Calvet
6 MF  FRA Francis Kembolo
7 MF  FRA Oualid Orinel
8 MF  FRA Yanis Zouaoui
9 FW  FRA Romain Montiel
10 FW  FRA Karim Tlili
11 FW  FRA Abdoul Diawara
12 MF  FRA Milan Robin
13 MF  FRA Amine Hemia
18 FW  GAB Gaëtan Missi Mezu
20 DF  FRA Yazid Aït Moujane
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF  ALG Yanis Hadjem
22 DF  COM Akim Djaha
24 DF  FRA Léandro Morante
25 DF  CMR Nasser Mbaé
26 MF  FRA Samir Belloumou
27 FW  FRA Ylan Gomes
28 MF  ALG Foued Kadir
29 FW  FRA Oucasse Mendy
30 GK  FRA Jérémy Aymes
40 GK  FRA Romain Cagnon
— FW  ALG Noa Cervantes (on loan from Troyes)
— FW  CGO Alain Ipiélé

Coaches

Honours

Notable players

References
  1. "Dix ans après, le FC Martigues retrouve le National !" (in French). footamateur.fr. 21 May 2022.
  2. "Martigues composte son billet pour la Ligue 2, Niort reste à quai" (in French). L'Équipe. 18 May 2024.
  3. "EFFECTIF" [SQUAD N2] (in French). FC Martigues. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  4. "National 2. Eric Chelle n'est plus l'entraîneur du FC Martigues" (in French). footamateur.fr. 10 May 2021.
  5. "Martigues : le successeur d'Eric Chelle est connu (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 15 May 2021.
  6. France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs


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