Athlético Marseille

Athlético Marseille (formerly Groupe Sportif Consolat and sometimes referred to as Marseille Consolat) is a French amateur football club founded in 1964 and based in the city of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone. The club was named until 2018 after Consolat, a neighborhood located in La Calade, in the 15th arrondissement of the city. In July 2022 the club filed for bankruptcy, and will need to reform at District level.

Athlético Marseille

Full name	Athlético Marseille
Nickname(s)	Consolat Le club des Quartiers Nord
Founded	1964; 60 years ago (1964) 2022; 2 years ago (2022) (refounded)
Ground	Stade La Martine, Marseille
Capacity	1,990
Chairman	Jean-Luc Mingallon
Manager	Farid Fouzari
League	District league, Provence (tbc)
2021–22	National 3 Group D, 12th (relegated)
Website	http://www.athleticomarseille.com
Home colours Away colours

History

Founded in 1964 by the residents of Consolat, the club has been run by current club president Jean-Luc Mingallon since 1983. Mingallon pushed the team to success which has led to their promotion from the Division d’Honneur in 1999. In 2006, the club reached the national amateur level of football with its promotion to CFA2. This promotion sparked new derbies with the reserve team of Olympique de Marseille and US Endoume. The desire to become "the second club of Marseille" was one step closer with the promotion to the CFA in 2011. Consolat won the CFA title in 2014, earning promotion to the Championnat National, the third tier of French football. They nearly were promoted to Ligue 2 during the 2015-2016 season, falling short only by a single point behind Amiens SC. They again missed out on possible promotion in the following season, finishing behind division rivals Paris FC due only to goal differential.

In the summer of 2018, Consolat underwent a re-branding process and changed their name to Athlético Marseille.^[1][2]

Despite finishing 5th in the league, Athlético Marseille were relegated to Championnat National 3 in 2019, due to financial issues.^[3]

In 2020 the club secured top position in their group when the 2019–20 season ended prematurely, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4] However, on 9 June 2020, the Commission Régionale de Contrôle des Clubs (CRCC) of the Ligue de Méditerranée announced that the club would be administratively relegated to Régional 2 for financial irregularities.^[5] The club appealed, and on 6 July 2020 the appeals committee of the FFF's DNCG overruled this decision, reinstating the club to National 3, and re-presenting the case for promotion to the CRCC.^[6] The CRCC once again denied the club promotion on 15 July 2020.^[7] The club appealed again to the FFF and, on 27 July 2020, the appeals committee of the FFF's DNCG confirmed the promotion to National 2.^[8] Three days later, the disciplinary committee of the FFF announced that they were demoting the club back to National 3, due to the production of fraudulent documentation at the end of the 2018–19 season.^[9]

In July 2022 the club filed for bankruptcy, with debts of 800,000 Euros, following sporting relegation from Championnat National 3. It will need to reform in the district leagues of Provence to continue playing.^[10]

Current squad

As of 14 February 2019^[11][12]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  COM Salim Ben Boina 2 DF  SEN Idrissa Dibassy 3 DF  FRA Abdelkrim Khechmar 4 DF  FRA Jérémy Nicodème 5 DF  COM Ahmed Soilihi 6 MF  COM Salim Mramboini 7 MF  FRA Deniz Erdogan 8 MF  SEN Papa Ibnou Ba 9 FW  FRA Hamidi Nagui 10 MF  FRA Driss Zidane 11 FW  COM Mohamed M'Changama 17 DF  FRA Mehdi Messaoudi

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  FRA Mickaël Seymand 19 MF  FRA Mouloud Meghzel 20 DF  FRA Mohamed Nehari 21 DF  FRA Bassiri Keita 22 MF  FRA Yamine Amiri 23 MF  FRA Clément Goguey 24 DF  FRA Edgar Alexandre 27 MF  FRA Sander Benchabir 29 MF  COM Omar M'Dahoma 30 GK  FRA Yann Van Minden 33 DF  FRA Hugo Sanchez 34 FW  FRA Mohamed Boutaleb — DF  COM Kassim Abdallah

Notable coaches

• Gaetan Hardouin
• Nordine Essemeri
• Stéphane Haro

References

1. "Le GS Consolat va Devenir L'Athlético Marseille" [GS Consolat will become Athlético Marseille] (in French). SoFoot. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
2. "Football : et si Consolat devenait "l'Athlético Marseille" ?" [Football: and if Consolat became "Athlético Marseille"?] (in French). La Provence. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
3. "Athletico Marseille et Tours rétrogradés en National 3" (in French). foot-national.com. 25 June 2019.
4. "Foot Amateur : Les promus et les relégués en National 2 et National 3" (in French). foot-national.com. 19 April 2020.
5. "L'Athletico Marseille relégué en Régional 2, Aubagne promu en National 2" (in French). footamateur.fr. 9 June 2020.
6. "DNCG. L'Athlético Marseille en sursis, le FC Mulhouse relégué". foot-amateur.fr. 6 July 2020.
7. "Athlético Marseille : Le club interdit d'accéder au National 2" (in French). foot-national.com. 15 July 2020.
8. "L'Athlético Marseille est intégré en National 2" (in French). footamateur.fr. 27 July 2020.
9. "L'Athlético Marseille de nouveau rétrogradé en National 3" (in French). footamateur.fr. 30 July 2020.
10. "L'Athletico Marseille dépose le bilan et va repartir en District" (in French). footamateur.fr. 4 July 2022.
11. "EFFECTIF" (in French). athleticomarseille.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
12. "Athlético Marseille - squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2019.

External links

• Club information Archived 2020-12-07 at the Wayback Machine at FFF