# Bourges 18

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French football club, based in Bourges

Not to be confused with [Bourges Foot](/source/Bourges_Foot). For the new club founded from the merger of Bourges Foot and Bourges 18, see [Bourges Foot 18](/source/Bourges_Foot_18).

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Football club

Bourges 18 Full name Bourges 18 Nickname Dix-Huit Founded 1966; 60 years ago (1966) (as FC Bourges) 2008; 18 years ago (2008) (as Bourges 18) Dissolved 2021; 5 years ago (2021) Ground Stade Jacques Rimbault Capacity 8,000 Website https://www.bourges18.com Home colours Away colours

**Bourges 18** was a [football](/source/Association_football) club based in [Bourges](/source/Bourges), France. In the summer of 2008, FC Bourges, which formerly spent eleven seasons in the [Division 2](/source/Ligue_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](/source/Bourges_Foot) created the new club [Bourges Foot 18](/source/Bourges_Foot_18).[1]

## History

Historical league performance chart of Bourges football clubs

- 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](/source/Ligue_2)

- 1994–1998: The club played in the [Championnat National](/source/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

- 1975–76: Champions of the [Division 3](/source/French_Division_3_(1971%E2%80%931993)) Group Centre-West

- 1995–96: Champions of the [National 2](/source/Championnat_National_2)

- 1966–67, 1998–99, 2008–09: Champions of the [Division d'Honneur](/source/Division_d'Honneur) Centre

## Managers

*Incomplete list*

1967–1968 Noël Gallo 1968–1970 Roger Meerseman 1970–1972 Robert Siatka 1972–1973 César Pancho Gonzales 1973–1974 Robert Siatka 1974–1975 Emile Daniel 1975–1976 Kerim Ibrahim 1976–1978 Pierre Barlaguet 1980–1982 Robert Valette 1982–1983 Robert Nouzaret 1983–1984 Marcel Leborgne 1984–1993 Alain Michel 1993–1994 Alain Michel/Bobby Brown 1994–1998 Bobby Brown 1998–2002 Jean Gomez/Pavle Vostanic 2002–2004 Pavle Vostanic 2004–2005 Pascal Dupuis 2005–2008 Laurent Di Bernardo 2008–2009 Stéphane Drici

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Accueil - FOOTBALL BOURGES 18"](https://bourgesfoot18.fr/). *Burges Foot 18*. L’Essor d’un Club Structuré et Ambitieux. Retrieved 2025-06-19.

## External links

- [History](http://www.footballenfrance.fr/clubs/liste/bourges.php). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172401/http://www.footballenfrance.fr/clubs/liste/bourges.php) 2016-03-03 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine).

- [History (author: Roland Narboux)](https://web.archive.org/web/20080517115831/http://encyclopedie.bourges.net/football.htm) (archived 17 May 2008)

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