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| Full name | Institut National du Football de Vichy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1972 |
| Dissolved | 1988 |
TheInstitut National du Football de Vichy, more commonly known asINF Vichy, was afootball academy based inVichy, France. Founded in 1972 by theFrench Football Federation, it was dissolved in 1990. The academy had a team that competed in theDivision 3.
The Institut National du Football de Vichy opened its doors on 6 November 1972. It was an initiative by theFrench Football Federation, in cooperation with theGroupement du Football Professionnel and theUnion Nationale des Footballeurs Professionnels.[1] It functioned in conjunction with theCREPS [fr] of Vichy, which opened at the same time as the academy. INF Vichy would include 40 players over the age of 16 in its first year.
The first director of the CREPS housing and of INF Vichy was Jean Forestier.[2] The technical management fell toPierre Pibarot, supported by the coachesPierre Balarguet [fr],Francisco Filho,Gérard Banide, andPhilippe Troussier. INF Vichy was included in the national championships of France at both youth and senior level.[3]
Initially, INF Vichy's team played onlyfriendly matches. However, from the 1973–74 season onwards, the team played in theDivision 3, with two reserve sides participating in theDivision 4 andDivision d'Honneur.
In 1988, INF Vichy closed its doors and was relocated toClairefontaine. Over the course of its 16-year history, the academy helped several dozen players turn professional.[4]
Each year, INF Vichy received 200 to 300 players, but only 30 or so were selected to join the academy in July. However, there would only be around 15 players that would leave the academy for a professional club three years later. The players were aged 16 to 18.
The normal duration of studies was three years, and on the side of learning to become footballers, players received accounting, commerce, or mathematics classes. The best players would go play with the team in the Division 3. Each coach wasresponsable (manager) of one generation of players, and would follow them during their three years of study. Although the primary goal of INF Vichy was to train players to help them become professional, the academy also had the goal of preparing its players should they fail to make it professionally, and for their post-retirement careers.[1]
Starting in 1973, INF Vichy had a team that participated in the Division 3, the third tier of French football. The team consisted of the academy's best young players, and gave them an experience in competitive football. The results were not of great importance, as the team could neither be relegated or promoted. Since the team was an academy team with minors in it, it could not become professional, and therefore promotion to theDivision 2 was not handed to INF Vichy despite winning the Division 3 on two occasions (in the 1978–79 and 1982–83 seasons). The furthest round that the team reached in theCoupe de France was the round of 64, which they reached on four occasions.
| Honour | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Coupe Gambardella | 3 | 1977–78, 1979–80, 1987–88 |
| Division 3 | 2 | 1978–79, 1982–83 |
| Division 4 | 1 | 1983–84 (reserve team) |
| Division d'Honneur Auvergne | 1 | 1983–84 (second reserve team) |
Gérard Banide (instructor and coach)Christian Damiano (coach)Pierre Pibarot (technical director)Pierre Barlaguet
Francisco FilhoPierre MoscaPhilippe Troussier Christian DamianoPierre MichelinClaude Dusseau [fr]Frédéric DobrajePaul MarchioniErick MombaertsGuy DussaudJean-Luc EttoriAlain Larvaron [fr]Jean-Pierre TruquiPhilippe Berlin [fr]Christian BorelYves Brécheteau [fr]Dominique ChevalierDidier ChristopheGuy GenetRobert JacquesDominique Bisbal [fr]Simeï IhilyBruno MignotJean-Pierre Mottet [fr]Alain CouriolDominique Deplagne [fr]Patrick ReyAlbert Cartier
Dragan CvetkovićJean-Luc Le MagueressePascal MariiniJean-Michel RaymondPhilippe ThysPierre BianconiAlain Bouflet [fr]Didier DanioPascal MalbeauxPascal OlmetaFrédéric AntonettiAlain CasanovaJean-Michel SimonellaNoël VidotGilles BourgesBernard Ferrer [fr]Jacques PhilipPhilippe SenceDominique Thomas [fr]Frédéric Zago [fr]Philippe Burgio [fr]Thierry Ganthier [fr]Jean-Claude Nadon [fr]Jean-Pierre PapinDidier TholotJacky Vidot [fr]Bernard David [fr]David MarraudYves Mangione
Éric AssadourianClaude BarrabéNicolas DehonChristophe Avril [fr]Patrice Colas [fr]Hubert FournierSylvain Sansone [fr]Bruno ValenconyEmmanuel HutteauOlivier PickeuGuillaume WarmuzEmmanuel RivalFabrice GrangeFabrice AsencioBenoît BeaumetAntoine CervettiChristian BracconiMarc Culetto
Victor Da SilvaDaniel WilczynskiFranck DumasAlain DurandJean-Marie Ferri [fr]Philippe GallasAlain GrumelonSylver HofferDidier KnayerPatrice Loiseau
Giuseppe MontibellerDominique OttatoPatrick PérionJean-Marc PhilipponDavid RobertMichel SanchezÉric MartinFrench Football Federation (President:Philippe Diallo (interim))Ligue féminine de football professionnel (President:Jean-Michel Aulas) | |||||||
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