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| Full name | En Avant Guingamp | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Les Guingampais Les Costarmoricains (TheCostamoricans) Les Rouge et Noir (The Red and Blacks) L'En-Avant[1] | |||
| Short name | EAG | |||
| Founded | 1912; 113 years ago (1912) | |||
| Ground | Stade de Roudourou | |||
| Capacity | 19,033 | |||
| President | Frédéric Legrand | |||
| Head coach | Sylvain Ripoll | |||
| League | Ligue 2 | |||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 2, 9th of 20 | |||
| Website | eaguingamp.com | |||
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| En Avant Guingamp departments | |
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| Football (men's) | Football (women's) |
En Avant Guingamp (Breton:War-raok Gwengamp, English:Forward Guingamp), commonly referred to asEA Guingamp,EAG, or simplyGuingamp (French:[ɡɛ̃ɡɑ̃]), is a French professionalfootball club based in thecommune ofGuingamp, in France'sBrittany region. The club was founded in 1912 and play inLigue 2, the second tier ofFrench football. The club has appeared in theLigue 1, the top flight of French football, for 13 seasons, and is known for its relative success given Guingamp's small population of only 7,000 people.
Guingamp are one of only two clubs who have won theCoupe de France while not being in the first division, doing so in 2009, by defeatingRennes, 2–1. They won the same competition in 2014, again with a victory against Rennes, 2–0.
Having been an amateur club for a long time, playing in the regional leagues, the club got promoted three times under the presidency ofNoël Le Graët, who took over in 1972. In 1976, Guingamp reached the Third Division (now calledChampionnat National), and the next season they were promoted to the Second Division (now calledLigue 2), where they stayed until 1993. The club became fully professional in 1984, and in 1990 theStade de Roudourou was opened, with Guingamp hostingParis Saint-Germain in the inaugural match.
The club's first major honour was winning theCoupe de France in 2009, the second team in history not fromLigue 1 to win the competition.[2] The team defeatedBreton rivalsRennes 2–1 inthe final. Also, in 2014, En Avant de Guingamp beatStade Rennais F.C. 2–0 at the Stade de France. Aside from two years of Coupe de France triumph, the club's only other major feat was winning the1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup.[citation needed]
The club has played in the French top flight before, having gained promotion only three times:1995,2000 and2013. Their longest stay in the top flight was between 2013 and 2019. Following the2012–13 season, the club was relegated back to Ligue 2 at the conclusion of the 2018–19 season finishing in 20th place.[citation needed]
Aside from winning the Coupe de France, Guingamp is known for having served as a springboard for prominent players that includeDidier Drogba,Florent Malouda,Fabrice Abriel, andVincent Candela. Managers such asGuy Lacombe,Francis Smerecki, andErick Mombaerts also used the club as springboards during the infancy of their coaching careers. Guingamp is presided over by Bertrand Desplat. The former president,Noël Le Graët, is president of theFrench Football Federation. The club has awomen's team who play in theDivision 1 Féminine, and a reserve team in theCFA2.[citation needed]
In the 2018–19 season, Guingamp reached theCoupe de la ligue final againstRC Strasbourg. Guingamp lost the final losing 4–1 on penalties after the match ended goalless during 120 minutes of play.[3]
On 12 May 2019, Guingamp were relegated toLigue 2 ending a six-year stay in the top division after drawing 1–1 with rivalsStade Rennais F.C.[4]
Guingamp plays its home matches at theStade de Roudourou in the city. It is unusual for a commune of 7,280 inhabitants to have a professional football club, let alone one that plays in the first tier. Also the stadium has a capacity of 18,000 spectators, roughly 2.5 times the commune's population.[citation needed]
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Below are the notable former players who have represented Guingamp inleague and international competition since the club's foundation in 1912. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 80 official matches for the club.[6]
For a complete list of Guingamp players, seeCategory:En Avant Guingamp players
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate | |
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| 1996 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Group 12 |  FK Zemun | 1–0 | 1st |  | |
 FF Jaro | 0–0 | ||||||
 Dinamo Bucharest | 2–1 | ||||||
 Kolkheti Poti | 3–1 | ||||||
| SF |  KAMAZ | 0–2 | 4–0(aet) | 4–2 | | ||
| Finals | Rotor Volgograd | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–21 | | ||
| 1996–97 | UEFA Cup | 1R |  Internazionale | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 |  |
| 2003 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 3R |  1. FC Brno | 2–1 | 2–4(aet) | 4–5 | |
| 2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | PO |  Hamburg | 1–5 | 1–3 | 2–8 | |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | Group K | Fiorentina | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2nd | |
 PAOK | 2–0 | 2–1 | |||||
 Dinamo Minsk | 0–0 | 2–0 | |||||
| R32 |  Dynamo Kyiv | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | | ||
1 Guingamp won the Final on away goals.
| Position | Name |
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| President | Bertrand Desplat |
| Vice-President | Frédéric Legrand |
| Association President | Jean-Paul Briand |
| Head coach | Stéphane Dumont |
| Assistant head coach | Benjamin Genton |
| Goalkeeper coach | Anthony Corre |
| Fitness coach | Benjamin LeBrun |
| Video analyst | Lucas Massello-Heuzé |
| Doctor | Miguel Rosinet |
| Physiotherapist | Quentin Beauvallet Charly Pradeau |
| Intendant | Arnaud Le Briand |
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