USL Dunkerque

USL Dunkerque
Full name Union Sportive du Littoral de Dunkerque
Nickname(s)
Founded 1919 (1919)
Ground Stade Marcel-Tribut,
Dunkerque
Ground Capacity 4,200
Manager Fabien Mercadal
League Championnat National
2014–15 6th

USL Dunkerque (French: Union Sportive du Littoral de Dunkerque) is a French football club based in the commune of Dunkirk.

They currently play in the Championnat National. The club's nickname is The Doves. Their kit colours are white and blue. They play their home matches at the Stade Tribut in Dunkirk.

History

The club was founded in 1919 and have never played in a higher division than Ligue 2. They have once made it to the semi-finals of the Coupe de France, in 1929, and the quarter finals four times in 1930, 1937, 1968 and 1971.

The club is linked with and has had ties with Dartford FC of Kent, England.

Honours

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
1 France GK Jean-Christophe Bouet
2 France DF Kilian Valderrama
3 Morocco DF Saïd Aït-Bahi
4 England DF Edwin Pindi
5 France DF Marc Fachan
6 France DF Jeremy Huysman
7 France MF Romain Bayard
8 France FW Malik Tchokounte
10 France MF Dimitri Boudaud
11 France MF Bilel El Hamzaoui
12 Togo MF Thomas Dossevi
13 France DF Christian Senneville
14 France MF Cyril Mandouki
No. Position Player
15 France FW Hamady Tamboura
16 France GK Benjamin Rytlewski
17 France MF Hugo Demory
18 France MF Nicolas Bruneel
19 France MF Gaëtano Muraglia
20 France MF Thomas De Parmentier
21 Croatia DF Stjepan Cvitković
22 France MF Melvin Renquin
23 France DF Jean-Philippe Belet
24 France MF Ibrahima Coulibaly
26 France FW Oussoumane Fofana
30 France GK Florian Verplanck

Jean-Marc Bosman

In 1990, Belgian player Jean-Marc Bosman sought to move from RFC Liège in his home country to USL Dunkerque after his Belgian contract expired. However, RFCL demanded a transfer fee, quashing the proposed move. Bosman then sued to have this reserve system outlawed, and in 1995 he won his case before the European Court of Justice. The ECJ ruling, known ever since as the Bosman ruling, led to major structural changes in the business of European footballers' contract sales.

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