Bourges 18
Appearance
Full name | Bourges 18 | ||
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Nickname(s) | Dix-Huit | ||
Founded | 1966 (as FC Bourges) 2008 (as Bourges 18) | ||
Dissolved | 2021 | ||
Ground | Stade Jacques Rimbault | ||
Capacity | 8,000 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Bourges 18 was a football club based in Bourges, France. In the summer of 2008, FC Bourges, which formerly spent eleven seasons in the Division 2, merged with Bourges-Asnières 18 to create Bourges 18. The club's colours were red and blue. In 2021, a merger with Bourges Foot created the new club Bourges Foot 18.
History
[edit]- 1966: Foyer Saint-François Bourges and Racing Club de Bourges were amalgamated to form FC Bourges.
- 1970–1994: The club played intermittently in the Division 2
- 1994–1998: The club played in the Championnat National but went bankrupt in January 1998, and was henceforth known as FC Bourges 18
- 2005: after another bankruptcy, the club changed its name to Bourges Football Olympique Club
- 2006: The club is renamed once more and becomes Bourges Football
- 2008: Bourges Football and Bourges Asnières 18 amalgamate to become Bourges 18.
- 2021: Bourges 18 and Bourges Foot merge to create Bourges Foot 18.
Honours
[edit]- 1975–76: Champions of the Division 3 Group Centre-West
- 1995–96: Champions of the National 2
- 1966–67, 1998–99, 2008–09: Champions of the Division d'Honneur Centre
Managers
[edit]Incomplete list
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External links
[edit]- History. Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.
- History (author: Roland Narboux) (archived 17 May 2008)