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| Full name | Stade Rennais Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Les Rennais (The Rennais) Les Rouge et Noirs (The Red and Blacks)[1] | |||
| Short name | SRFC, Rennes | |||
| Founded | 10 March 1901 | |||
| Ground | Roazhon Park | |||
| Capacity | 29,778[2] | |||
| Owner | Artémis | |||
| President | Arnaud Pouille | |||
| Head coach | Jorge Sampaoli | |||
| League | Ligue 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1, 10th of 18 | |||
| Website | staderennais.com | |||
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Stade Rennais Football Club (SRFC, French pronunciation: [stad ʁɛnɛ]), commonly referred to as Stade Rennais (Breton: Stad Roazhon) or simply Rennes,[a] is a French professional football club based in Rennes, Brittany. It competes in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football, and plays its home matches at the Roazhon Park. The team's president is Olivier Cloarec, and its owner is Artémis, the holding company of businessman François Pinault.
Rennes was founded in 1901 under the name Stade Rennais and is one of the founding members of the first division of French football. Alongside Nantes, Rennes is one of the top football clubs in the region and the two are among the main clubs that contest the Derby Breton. The club's best finish in the league has been third, accomplishing this feat after the season was ended prematurely in 2019–20. Rennes has won three Coupe de France titles in 1965, 1971 and 2019. After winning the Coupe de France in 1971, Rennes changed its name to its current version, but the club's home colours have been the same since its inception, which are red, black, and white.
Rennes is known for its youth academy, known in English as the Henri Guérin Training Centre, which was formed in 2000. In 2010, the French Football Federation (FFF) recognised Rennes as having the best youth academy in the country.[3] The cornerstone of the academy is the under-19 team, which has won the Coupe Gambardella three times in 1973, 2003 and 2008. The academy has produced several notable talents, such as Ousmane Dembélé, Yacine Brahimi, Eduardo Camavinga, Yoann Gourcuff, Yann M'Vila, Moussa Sow, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Sylvain Wiltord, Jimmy Briand and Mathys Tel.
- ^ "#193 – Stade Rennais : les Rouges et Noirs" (in French). Footnickname. 3 August 2020. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Stade Rennais F.C. > Infrastructures > Roazhon Park" (in French). Stade Rennais F.C. 2 September 2014. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ^ "Rennes, champion de France de la formation". MaxiFoot. 9 June 2010. Archived from the original on 21 December 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
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