The Stade Fred-Aubert is a

football stadium Football stadium may refer to: * A stadium used in gridiron football, association football or Australian rules football * A soccer-specific stadium Soccer-specific stadium is a term used mainly in the United States and Canada to refer to a sp ...

located at

Saint-Brieuc Saint-Brieuc (, Breton: ''Sant-Brieg'' , Gallo: ''Saent-Berioec'') is a city in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. History Saint-Brieuc is named after a Welsh monk Brioc, who Christianised the region in the 6th c ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. Inaugurated in 1990, it has since hosted the home games of

Stade Briochin Stade Briochin, founded in 1904, are a French association football team based in Saint-Brieuc, France. As from the 2020–21 season they play in the Championnat National, the third tier in the French football league system. They play at the Stad ...

. This stadium also hosts the home matches of the women's section of

En Avant Guingamp En Avant Guingamp (, en, Forward Guingamp), commonly referred to as EA Guingamp, EAG, or simply Guingamp (), is a professional Football in France, football club based in the Communes of France, commune of Guingamp in France's Brittany region. ...

. It is named after Frederick Louis Charles "Fred" Aubert (19 November 1897 – 14 May 1940). Born in

, Aubert was president of the order of lawyers, municipal councilor of Saint-Brieuc and chairman of

starting in 1929.

Stadium

Fred Aubert stadium has two covered grandstands, on the north and the south side. The seats are blue and yellow, corresponding to the home shirt colors of

Next to the stadium, teams of the club Stade Briochin train, especially on the synthetic field that borders one of the stands. Many schools also use the area during the hours of EPS.

Location

The stadium is located along the expressway RN12 (Rennes-Brest) and line 10 of Transports urbains briochins (TUB).

Anecdotes

* It is in this forum that

had its finest hours in the mid-1990s. * The French women's team defeated Serbia 2-0 in qualifying for the European Nations Championship in 2008. * Despite the age of the stadium, the

Brittany national football team The Brittany national football team (, ) is the representative football team of Brittany, France. It is administered by the Breton Football Association (BFA). It is neither affiliated to FIFA nor UEFA but is characterised as one of the six Celtic ...

has played one match there on 20 May 2008, a friendly against

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(3–1). * During the summer preparation, the Breton professional clubs met for the Paul-Hesran Challenge, created in honor of the former President of the League of Brittany and

. This challenge was won by the

Stade Brestois Stade Brestois 29 or simply Brest, is a French football club based in Brest. It was founded in 1950 following the merger of five local patronages, including Armoricaine de Brest, founded in 1903. In its early years, the club made a rapid rise ...

in 2010 and 2014, and by the

En Avant de Guingamp En Avant Guingamp (, en, Forward Guingamp), commonly referred to as EA Guingamp, EAG, or simply Guingamp (), is a professional football club based in the commune of Guingamp in France's Brittany region. The club was founded in 1912 and play in ...

2011, 2012 and 2013. * This stadium will host some matches of the U20 Women's World Cup in 2018. * The stadium hosted, on December 5, 2015, the Stade Brestois (L2) for the 8th round of the Coupe de France. It had been 18 years since Fred Aubert stadium had not received a professional club. The score resulted in a victory for the Griffons 2–0 and qualifying them for the finals of the Round of 32.

External links

Fred Aubert-stage photos

Stade Briochin
{{Championnat National venues En Avant Guingamp Sports venues completed in 1990 Stade Briochin Football venues in France Sports venues in Côtes-d'Armor