Union Sportive Gravelines Football is a French

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team founded in 1941. They are based in

Gravelines Gravelines (, ; ; ) is a commune in the Nord department in Northern France. It lies at the mouth of the river Aa southwest of Dunkirk. It was formed in the 12th century around the mouth of a canal built to connect Saint-Omer with the sea. As ...

, Nord. Their home stadium is the Stade des Huttes in the town. Playing it R2 – Hauts-de-France.

History

1987-1993: Breakthrough to the gates of professional football

From

1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in w ...

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ...

, the Gravelines only makes trips between

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and Division d'Honneur Regional. In

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...

, the Gravelines missed the rise in 4th Division and did the same in

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs ...

. The Gravelines won the first title in its history by winning the DH championship in

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicist ...

. The following year, the USG continued his series winning the CFA. In 1992, the club just missed the rise in Ligue 2. In

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

, in mid-season, the Gravelines was still in good position to reach the top division, the club even managing until 32 Finale

Coupe de France The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...

1993-2008: The fall and the rapid return to Division d'Honneur

Between the Gravelines at

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, the 32nd Finale

, lost with a score of 3 goals to 1, marking the beginning of the descent into the underworld of the club, especially in parallel, the mayor of

, Albert Denvers, decided to lower subsidies club, which made from the majority of players of the Gravelines. The club then finished his penultimate season in

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then went on with a last place in CFA in

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson ...

, synonymous with relegation in CFA2. In

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

, the Gravelines

went down by finishing second last in CFA2 and remained 13 years. The club missed the rise in 2002, but ended up winning the

championship in

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

and ascended to the CFA2.

Since 2008: From Survival in CFA2 return in Division d'Honneur

From

to 2010, the Gravelines fought for the rise in the CFA, but since 2010, the club rather fight to maintain in CFA2. Following confirmation of Le Mans administrative demotion in CFA, Gravelines finally fished for the 2013-2014 season CFA2 in his capacity as the 11th best 8 groups of the division. At the end of the 2013-2014 season, the Gravelines finished in last place synonymous with relegation to

for the 2014-2015 season.

Honours

* Championnat de France Amateur (1) ** Group A Champion : 1991 * Championnat de Division d'Honneur du Nord-Pas-de-Calais (2) ** Champion : 1990, 2008 ** Vice-champion : 1988, 1989, 2002

Players and staff

Current squad

Staff

References

External links

Union Sportive Gravelines Football official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gravelines 1941 establishments in France Sport in Nord (French department) Association football clubs established in 1941 Football clubs in France Football clubs in Hauts-de-France