Excelsior Athlétic Club was a French association football team playing in the city of

Roubaix Roubaix ( or ; nl, Robaais; vls, Roboais) is a city in northern France, located in the Lille metropolitan area on the Belgian border. It is a historically mono-industrial commune in the Nord department, which grew rapidly in the 19th century ...

, Nord.

History

The team was founded in 1928 in a merger between Football Club de Roubaix and Excelsior Club de Tourcoing. In 1932, the team turned professional and played the first professional football season in 1932/1933 and won the same year its first major trophy, the

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. Till the World War II, the team managed to stay in Division 1. After the war, the club merged with

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and

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CO Roubaix-Tourcoing Club Olympique de Roubaix-Tourcoing was a football club based in Roubaix, France. The team was founded in 1945 in a merge of three clubs: Excelsior AC Roubaix, RC Roubaix and US Tourcoing. In the 1946–47 season, the club won the Division 1. ...

(1945–1970). After 1970, the team struggled at an amateur level till its demise in 1995. In 1977, the team merged with Sporting Club de Roubaix to create Roubaix Football, which also merged in 1990 with Stade Roubaix (i.e. former

) but never managed to come back to Division 1, only playing the 1983/84 season in Division 2. The team ended due to financial problems.

Names of the club

*1928–1944. Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix. *1944–1970. in

. *1970–1977. Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix. *1977–1990. Roubaix Football *1990–1995. Stade Club Olympique de Roubaix (SCOR).

Honours

: 1933

Notable players

*French international players *

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(5, 1933–1934) * Marcel Desrousseaux (2, 1935–1937) *

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(1, 1936) *

Henri Hiltl Henri Hiltl (born Heinrich Hiltl) (8 October 1910 – 25 November 1982) was an Austrian, naturalized French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in ...

(1, 1944) (he played for Austria as Heinrich Hiltl, then for France as Henri Hiltl) *

Marcel Langiller Marcel Langiller (2 June 1908 – 25 December 1980) was a French footballer and is an Olympian. He played in a striker role, and was nicknamed "La Caille". Career Langiller was born in Charenton-le-Pont, Val-de-Marne. During his career, he pla ...

Lucien Leduc Lucien Leduc (30 December 1918 – 17 July 2004) was a French football midfielder and a manager. Honours As a player CO Roubaix-Tourcoing * French championship: 1947 RC Paris * Coupe de France: 1949 As a coach Marseille * French championship ...

* Noël Liétaer (7, 1933–1934) *

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(4, 1935)

Managerial history

* Charles Griffiths: 1932–1933 * René Dedieu: 1933–1937 * Davidovitch: 1937–1939 * Marcel Desrousseaux: 1970–1972 * Pierre Cnude: 1972–1973 *J. Schmidt: 1973–1975 *

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: 1975–1977 *Sarrazyn: 1977–1980 *

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: 1980 – April 1987 * Thierry Deneulin: April 1987–? * Boumedienne Belhadji: 1992–1994 * Pierre Michelin: 1994–1995 * Boumedienne Belhadji: 1995 – December 1995

References

External links

History
Association football clubs established in 1928 Association football clubs disestablished in 1978

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1928 establishments in France 1978 disestablishments in France

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