UF Mâconnais

Union du Football Mâconnais is a football club located in Mâcon, France. They play in Championnat National 2, the fourth tier of French football. The club's president is Alain Griezmann, the father of professional footballer Antoine Griezmann.^[4] Mâcon's club colour is marine blue.^[2]

Mâcon

Full name	Union du Football Mâconnais[1]
Founded	1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Stadium	Stade Pierre Guérin[2]
Capacity	2,000[3]
President	Alain Griezmann
Manager	Romain Paturel
League	National 2 Group D
2022–23	National 3 Group E, 1st of 14 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours

History

Founded in 1997, UF Mâconnais came to be firstly from the merger of Union Sportive de Charnay and ASPTT Mâcon, and secondly from the merger of the newly created Entente Charnay et Mâcon 71 and Football Club Mâcon.^[5] Initially called Mâconnais Football Club, it was renamed to Union du Football Mâconnais in 2000.^[6]

Youth development is an important aspect of UF Mâconnais. The U17 team of the club formerly competed in the Championnat National U17 from 2010 to 2015.^{[citation needed]}

The highest tier the club has played in during its history is the Championnat National 2, the fourth tier in the French football league system, reaching the division for the first time in 2023.^[5] In the 2020–21 season, Mâcon reached the round of 64 of the Coupe de France, the furthest they had ever progressed in the competition.^[4]

Managerial history

• 1997–2001: Christian Romond
• 2001–2002: Diego Garzitto
• 2002–2006: Patrice Monteilh [fr]
• 2006–2008: Joël Greuzet
• 2008–2009: Unknown
• 2009–2012: Jean-Philippe Forêt [fr]
• 2012–2013: Thierry Droin
• 2013–2015: Denis Promonet
• 2015–2017: Frédéric Jay
• 2017–2020: Jean Acédo [fr]
• 2020–present: Romain Paturel

Presidential history

• 1997–1999: Pierre Augagneur
• 1999–2000: Maurice Portrait
• 2000–2002: Alain Rigaudier
• 2002–2011: Serge Rivéra
• 2011–2013: Denis Jacquet
• 2013–2016: Manuel Goncalvès
• 2016–2020: Stéphane Margand
• 2020–present: Alain Griezmann^[7]

Players

Current squad

As of the 2020–21 season^[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 — GK  FRA Jerôme Belleville — GK  FRA Aurélien Tomassi — GK  FRA José Bunga Marcos — DF  FRA Valentin Bizel — DF  FRA Mohamed Doudou — DF  FRA Sindou Karamoko — DF  FRA Toufik Morceli — DF  FRA Jeoffrey Rouabhi — DF  FRA Jules Tribollet — DF  FRA Christophe Boyer — DF  FRA Anthony Dunant — DF  FRA Nicolas Lepesqueux — DF  FRA Julien Perbet

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  MAR Majid Sbai — DF  FRA Martin Voir — MF  FRA Mathieu Barrabourg — MF  FRA Théo Cianfarani — MF  FRA Kévin Dupasquier — MF  BEN Daniel Gbaguidi — MF  FRA Maxime Moisy — MF  FRA Maxence Ravinet — MF  CMR Yannick Teudjou — MF  FRA Theo Vannet — MF  FRA Sofian Benmedjahed — MF  FRA Donatien Cotinet — MF  FRA Mahamet Gassama

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FRA Jessy Ibarra — MF  FRA Kevin Pourprix — MF  FRA Anthony Segaud — MF  CMR Tiko Messina — FW  FRA Alpha Ba — FW  FRA Ugo Boivin — FW  FRA Julien Garcia — FW  FRA Mathéo Renon — FW  FRA Axel Thoumin — FW  ALG Hamza Bekhakh — FW  FRA Luigi Fezzoli — FW  FRA Sakhir Ndiankou Ndoye — FW  FRA Alex Rougeot

Notable former players

• Daniel Gbaguidi
• Antoine Griezmann (youth)^[8]
• Maxime Jasse
• Diangi Matusiwa
• Maxime Moisy
• Youssouf N'Diaye
• Junior Sambia

Honours

UF Mâconnais honours^[9][6]

Teams	No.	Years
Division d'Honneur Bourgogne	2	1998–99, 2002–03
Championnat National 3	1	2022–23

References

1. "UF Mâconnais". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
2. "Football - UF Mâcon". LesSports.info (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2021.
3. "UF Maconnais". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
4. Christophe, Bérard (20 February 2021). "Coupe de France : l'UF Mâconnais, le club de la famille Griezmann, rêve toujours" [Coupe de France: UF Mâconnais, the club of the Griezmann family, still dreams]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2021.
5. "Présentation". UF Mâconnais (in French). Footeo. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
6. "Union du Football Mâconnais". FootballenFrance.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
7. "Alain Griezmann, Mâcon au cœur" [Alain Griezmann, Mâcon in the heart]. French Football Federation (in French). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
8. "Antoine GRIEZMANN "le Mâconnais"" [Antoine GRIEZMANN "the Mâconnais"]. UF Mâconnais (in French). Footeo. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
9. "PALMARES GENERAL" [General awards] (PDF). French Football Federation (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2021.

External links

• Club website