Stade de Reims Féminines () or Stade de Reims Women is a French women's football club from

Reims Reims ( , , ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France. The city lies northeast of Paris on the Vesle river, a tributary of the Aisne. Founded by ...

established in 1968 as FCF Reims . In 1970 it became

Stade de Reims Stade de Reims () is a French professional association football, football club based in Reims. The club was formed in 1910 and plays in Ligue 1, the top level of Football in France, having been promoted from Ligue 2 in 2017–18 Ligue 2, 2018. ...

's women's team, and four years later it was one of the twelve founding teams of the

Division 1 Féminine The Division 1 Féminine, shortened as D1 Féminine or D1F, and currently known as D1 Arkema for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in France. Run by the French Football Federation, the league is contested by twelv ...

. They were the first French team to sign a player from Ireland in the contemporary era of women's football.

History

Stade de Reims was one of the championship's leading teams during its first years, winning five titles between 1975 and 1982.List of champions
in

RSSSF The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) is an international organization dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The foundation aims to build an exhaustive archive of football-related information from around the ...

.com In 1973 Stade de Reims did a tour of Ireland and played a number of matches around the country. They played local teams and had one match against an Irish Selection. They signed Anne O'Brien afterwards making them the first non-Irish team to sign an Irish player, and they wanted to sign other players as well. Some players did not sign because they were under 18 and their parents did not want them to move, and others were never told of the opportunity. The team subsequently declined throughout the 1980s, but is currently playing in

(D1F).

Players

Current squad

Former players

* Colette Guyard *

Élisabeth Loisel Élisabeth Loisel (born 1 August 1963) is a French former football player and manager. Throughout her career she played for Stade de Reims and VGA Saint-Maur. She was a member of the French national team between 1980 and her retirement in 198 ...

* Anne O'Brien * Michèle Monier * Rose Reilly *

Edna Neillis Edna Neillis (15 April 1953 – 13 July 2015) was a Scottish women's association football player, who represented the Scottish women's football team and played in the French and Italian championships. Neillis was born in Glasgow, and raised i ...

Tetyana Romanenko Tetyana Romanenko ( uk, Тетяна Олександрівна Романенко) is a Ukrainian football striker, currently playing for Saint-Étienne in the Division 2 Féminine. She has also played for Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv and Energiya ...

* Marie-Christine Tschopp

Titles

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*Winners (5):

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982

References

External links

* {{Division 1 Féminine

Association football clubs established in 1968 Stade de Reims Division 1 Féminine clubs 1968 establishments in France Reims Fem