Bourges 18

Not to be confused with Bourges Foot. For the new club founded from the merger of Bourges Foot and Bourges 18, see Bourges Foot 18.

Bourges 18 was a football club based in Bourges, France. In the summer of 2008, FC Bourges, which formerly spent eleven seasons in the Division 2, merged with Bourges-Asnières 18 to create Bourges 18. The club's colours were red and blue. In 2021, a merger with Bourges Foot created the new club Bourges Foot 18.

Bourges 18

Full name	Bourges 18
Nickname(s)	Dix-Huit
Founded	1966 (as FC Bourges) 2008 (as Bourges 18)
Dissolved	2021
Ground	Stade Jacques Rimbault
Capacity	8,000
Website	https://www.bourges18.com
Home colours Away colours

History

• 1966: Foyer Saint-François Bourges and Racing Club de Bourges were amalgamated to form FC Bourges.
• 1970–1994: The club played intermittently in the Division 2
• 1994–1998: The club played in the Championnat National but went bankrupt in January 1998, and was henceforth known as FC Bourges 18
• 2005: after another bankruptcy, the club changed its name to Bourges Football Olympique Club
• 2006: The club is renamed once more and becomes Bourges Football
• 2008: Bourges Football and Bourges Asnières 18 amalgamate to become Bourges 18.
• 2021: Bourges 18 and Bourges Foot merge to create Bourges Foot 18.

Honours

• 1975–76: Champions of the Division 3 Group Centre-West
• 1995–96: Champions of the National 2
• 1966–67, 1998–99, 2008–09: Champions of the Division d'Honneur Centre

Managers

Incomplete list

1967–1968 Noël Gallo 1968–1970 Roger Meerseman 1970–1972 Robert Siatka 1972–1973 César Pancho Gonzales 1973–1974 Robert Siatka 1974–1975 Emile Daniel

1975–1976 Kerim Ibrahim 1976–1978 Pierre Barlaguet 1980–1982 Robert Valette 1982–1983 Robert Nouzaret 1983–1984 Marcel Leborgne 1984–1993 Alain Michel

1993–1994 Alain Michel/Bobby Brown 1994–1998 Bobby Brown 1998–2002 Jean Gomez/Pavle Vostanic 2002–2004 Pavle Vostanic 2004–2005 Pascal Dupuis 2005–2008 Laurent Di Bernardo 2008–2009 Stéphane Drici

External links

• History. Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.
• History (author: Roland Narboux) (archived 17 May 2008)