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Montpellier

Full name	Montpellier Herault Sport Club
Nickname(s)	La Paillade [1]
Short name	MHSC
Founded	1919 ; 105 years ago  ( 1919 ) (as Stade Olympique Montpellierain )
Ground	Stade de la Mosson
Capacity	32,900
President	Laurent Nicollin
Manager	Michel Der Zakarian
League	Ligue 1
2023?24	Ligue 1, 12th of 18
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Montpellier HSC active departments
Football (men's)	Football (women's)

Montpellier Herault Sport Club ( French: [m??p?lje e?o sp?? klœb] ; Occitan : Montpelhier Erau Sport Club ), commonly referred to as Montpellier HSC , is a French professional football club based in the city of Montpellier in Occitanie . The original club was founded in 1919, while the current incarnation was founded through a merger in 1974. Montpellier currently plays in Ligue 1 , the top level of French football and plays its home matches at the Stade de la Mosson , located within the city. The first team is managed by Michel Der Zakarian and captained by Teji Savanier .

Montpellier is owned by Laurent Nicollin, the son of the late Louis Nicollin, a French entrepreneur, who had been owner since 1974. The club have produced several famous players in its history, most notably Laurent Blanc , who has served as manager of the France national team . Blanc is also the club's all-time leading goalscorer. Eric Cantona , Roger Milla , Carlos Valderrama and Olivier Giroud are other players who have played in Montpellier's colours. In 2001, Montpellier introduced a women's team .

History [ edit ]

Montpellier was founded under the name Stade Olympique Montpellierain (SOM) and played under the name for most of its existence. ^{[ citation needed ]} In 1989, after playing under various names, the club changed its name to its current form. Montpellier is one of the founding members of the first division of French football. ^{[ citation needed ]} Along with Marseille , Rennes and Nice , Montpellier is one of only a few clubs to have played in the inaugural 1932?33 season and is still playing in the first division. ^{[ citation needed ]} The club won Ligue 1 for the first time in the 2011?12 season . Montpellier's other honours to date include winning the Coupe de France in 1929 and 1990 , the Coupe de la Ligue in 1992, and the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1999 . ^[2]

In the 2011?12 season, Montpellier won its first Ligue 1 title, finishing the season with 82 points, three points ahead of runners-up Paris Saint-Germain . On 20 May 2012, in a game marred by stoppages for crowd violence, John Utaka scored a brace to secure a 2?1 victory over Auxerre and win the Ligue 1 title for Montpellier. Olivier Giroud , who finished the season with 21 goals and 9 assists, was the league's top goal scorer. Despite being tied on goals with Paris Saint-Germain attacker Nene , he was named the league's top scorer by the Ligue de Football Professionnel due to finishing with more goals in open play. ^{[3] [4]}

Players [ edit ]

Current squad [ edit ]

As of 21 June 2024 ^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   BIH Belmin Dizdarevi? 3 DF   GUI Issiaga Sylla 4 DF   MLI Boubakar Kouyate 5 DF   MLI Modibo Sagnan 6 DF   FRA Christopher Jullien 7 FW   FRA Arnaud Nordin 8 FW   NGA Akor Adams 9 FW   JOR Mousa Al-Tamari 10 FW   TUN Wahbi Khazri 11 MF   FRA Teji Savanier ( captain ) 12 MF   FRA Jordan Ferri ( vice-captain ) 13 MF   FRA Joris Chotard 16 GK   COD Dimitry Bertaud

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF   FRA Theo Sainte-Luce 19 MF   FRA Sacha Delaye 22 MF   FRA Khalil Fayad 23 FW   FRA Yann Karamoh (on loan from Torino ) 27 DF   SUI Be?ir Omeragi? 28 FW   CMR Glenn Ngosso 29 DF   CMR Enzo Tchato 36 DF   SUI Silvan Hefti (on loan from Genoa ) 39 FW   FRA Yanis Issoufou 40 GK   FRA Benjamin Lecomte 70 FW   FRA Tanguy Coulibaly 77 DF   MLI Falaye Sacko

Out on loan [ edit ]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   FRA Maxime Esteve (at Burnley until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   SUI Gabriel Bares (at Concarneau until 30 June 2024)

Reserves [ edit ]

As of 19 May 2024 ^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   TAH Keahinui Heinis — GK   FRA Axel Kedvesi — GK   FRA Jules Peres — DF   FRA Teo Allix — DF   FRA Kevin Foleu-Tene — DF   FRA Dorian Guerreiro — DF   FRA Lucas Mincarelli — DF   FRA Dylan Sia — DF   CMR Ryan Tchato — MF   FRA Milan Ales — MF   FRA Edvin Bongemba — MF   FRA Theo Chennahi

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   CMR Yvan-Junior Djemba-Mbappe — MF   SRB Stefan D?odi? — MF   CMR Tyrone Sakho — MF   ALG Mohamed Zeghadi — FW   FRA Yanis Azouazi — FW   FRA Simon Cara — FW   FRA Axel Gueguin — FW   FRA Thibaut Guerreiro — FW   FRA Yanis Issoufou — FW   MAR Othmane Maamma — FW   FRA Junior Ndiaye

Records [ edit ]

Most appearances [ edit ]

Rank	Player	Matches
1	Souleymane Camara	433
2	Pascal Baills	429
3	Bruno Carotti	377
4	Vitorino Hilton	354
5	Kader Ferhaoui	349

Top scorers [ edit ]

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Laurent Blanc	84
2	Souleymane Camara	76
3	Jean-Marc Valadier	70
4	Christophe Sanchez	50
5	Victor Montano	48
6	Andy Delort	47

Management and staff [ edit ]

Club officials [ edit ]

Senior club staff ^[7]

• President : Laurent Nicollin
• Association chairman : Gilbert Varlot
• Sporting Director : Bruno Carotti
• Head of Youth : Francis De Taddeo

Coaching and medical staff ^[8]

• Manager : Michel Der Zakarian
• Assistant manager : Grigor Harutyunyan
• First-Team coach : Gagik Simonyan
• Goalkeeper coach : Hovhannes Nazaryan
• Goalkeeper coach : Gevorg Daghbashyan
• Fitness coach : Vardan Babloyan
• Scout : Artak Sargsyan

Coaching history [ edit ]

Honours [ edit ]

Domestic [ edit ]

• Ligue 1
  • Champions (1): 2011?12
• Ligue 2
  • Champions (3): 1945?46 , 1960?61 , 1986?87
• Coupe de France
  • Champions (2): 1928?29 , 1989?90
  • Runners-up (2): 1930?31 , 1993?94
• Coupe de la Ligue
  • Champions (1): 1992
  • Runners-up (2): 1994 , 2010?11
• Division d'Honneur (Languedoc-Roussillon)
  • Champions (2): 1981, 1992 ^[10]

Europe [ edit ]

• UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • Winners (1): 1999

Other [ edit ]

• Division d'Honneur (Sud-Est)
  • Champions (3): 1928, 1932, 1976

U19 [ edit ]

• Coupe Gambardella
  • Champions (3): 1996, 2009, 2017
  • Runners-up (3): 1984, 1985, 1997

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Montpellier Herault Sport Club .

• Official website (in French)