FC Girondins de Bordeaux

This article is about the men's football club. For the women's football club, see FC Girondins de Bordeaux (women).

Girondins de Bordeaux
Full nameFootball Club des Girondins de Bordeaux
Nickname(s)Les Girondins (The Girondins)
le club au Scapulaire (the Scapular club),[1]
les Marines et Blanc (the Navy and Whites)[2]
Short nameFCGB
Founded1920; 104 years ago (1920) (Association football)
1 October 1881; 143 years ago (1 October 1881) (gymnastics and shooting club)
StadiumMatmut Atlantique
Capacity42,115[3]
ManagerBruno Irles
LeagueNational 2 Group B
2023–24Ligue 2, 12th of 20 (administratively relegated)
Websitewww.girondins.com
Current season
FC Girondins de Bordeaux active departments

Football
(men's)
Football
(women's)

Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux (French pronunciation: [ʒiʁɔ̃dɛ̃ də bɔʁdo]), commonly referred to as Girondins de Bordeaux (Occitan: Girondins de Bordèu) or simply Bordeaux, is a French football club based in the city of Bordeaux in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It competes in the Championnat National 2, the fourth tier of football in France, after an administrative double relegation in 2024.[4]

Bordeaux was founded on 1 October 1881 as a multi-sports club and it is one of the most successful football clubs in France. The club has won six Division 1/Ligue 1 titles, the last in 2009. Bordeaux have also won four Coupe de France titles, three Coupe de la Ligue titles, and three Trophée des champions titles as well. In international competitions Bordeaux has reached the UEFA Cup final in 1996 and the Latin Cup final in 1950. From a year to its inception, the club's stadium was the Stade Chaban-Delmas, from 2015, Bordeaux's home ground is the Matmut Atlantique.[5][6]

  1. ^ "#44 – FCG Bordeaux : le club au Scapulaire" (in French). Footnickname. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  2. ^ "#497 – FCG Bordeaux : les Marines et Blancs" (in French). Footnickname. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  3. ^ "The Stadium | Girondins.com". Archived from the original on 4 August 2017.
  4. ^ Cheval, Bastian (12 August 2024). "Bordeaux's appeal to overturn National 2 demotion is rejected". Get Football News France.
  5. ^ "FC Girondins de Bordeaux". Girondins.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  6. ^ "FC Girondins de Bordeaux: Profile". UEFA.com.