Bourges Foot 18

{{Short description|Football club in Bourges, France}} {{For|the former clubs that merged to create Bourges Foot 18|Bourges Foot|Bourges 18}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Bourges | image = Bourges FC crest.svg | image_size = 130px | upright = 0.8 | mgrtitle = Head Coach | owner = [[Sadio Mané]] | chrtitle = Co-presidents | chairman = Olivier Rigolet<br>Cheikh Sylla | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|18 May 2021}} | manager = [[Laurent Di Bernardo]] | ground = [[Stade Jacques Rimbault]] | capacity = 7,500 | league = [[Championnat National 2|National 2]] Group B | season = [[2022–23 Championnat National 2|2022–23]] | position = National 2 Group D,<br/>8th of 16 | | pattern_la1 = _Kappa_red | pattern_b1 = _Kappa_red | pattern_ra1 = _Kappa_red | pattern_sh1 = _Kappa_red | pattern_so1 = _Kappa_white | leftarm1 = FFFFFF | body1 = FFFFFF | rightarm1 = FFFFFF | shorts1 = FFFFFF | socks1 = FF0000 | pattern_la2 = _Kappa_red | pattern_b2 = _Kappa_red | pattern_ra2 = _Kappa_red | pattern_sh2 = _Kappa_red | pattern_so2 = _Kappa_white | leftarm2 = 000000 | body2 = 000000 | rightarm2 = 000000 | shorts2 = 000000 | socks2 = 000000 | website = https://www.bourgesfc.fr/ }}

'''Bourges Foot 18''' ({{IPA|fr|buʁʒ|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-Bourges.wav}}) is a [[Association football|football]] club located in [[Bourges]], France. It was created as a result of the merger between [[Bourges Foot]] and [[Bourges 18]] in 2021.

== History == In July 2020, the merger of the two most significant football clubs in Bourges, [[Bourges 18]] and [[Bourges Foot]], was proposed by mayor [[Yann Galut]]. The merger was agreed in principle between the two clubs in September 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foot-national.com/foot-n2-vers-une-fusion-de-deux-clubs-pour-la-saison-prochaine-140747.html|title=N2 : Vers une fusion de deux clubs pour la saison prochaine ?|publisher=foot-national.com|language=fr|date=23 September 2020}}</ref>

Details of the merger were confirmed in April 2021, when the membership of the two constituent clubs voted to approve it. Presidents of the merged clubs would become co-presidents of the new club, called Bourges Foot 18. The club would field its first team in [[Championnat National 2]] (where both constituent teams had last played) and a second team in [[Championnat National 3]]. The women's first team would play in Régional 1 Feminine. The club colours would be red and white.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.footamateur.fr/bourges-foot-et-bourges-18-fusionnent-pour-devenir-bourges-foot-18/|title=Bourges Foot et Bourges 18 fusionnent pour devenir Bourges Foot 18|publisher=footamateur.fr|language=fr|date=18 April 2021}}</ref>

On 5 May 2021, the club confirmed [[Laurent Di Bernardo]], former coach of Bourges Foot, as its head coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foot-national.com/foot-bourges-un-nouveau-coach-pour-le-club-154535.html|title=Bourges : un nouveau coach pour le club|publisher=foot-national.com|language=fr|date=5 May 2021|access-date=5 May 2021|archive-date=5 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505102046/https://www.foot-national.com/foot-bourges-un-nouveau-coach-pour-le-club-154535.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 25 October 2023, Bourges was bought by [[Senegal national football team|Senegalese]] international footballer [[Sadio Mané]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-25 |title=Was Sadio Mane inspired by Wrexham? Al-Nassr star completes takeover of lower-league French side Bourges 18 {{!}} Goal.com |url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/sadio-mane-al-nassr-star-completes-takeover-lower-league-french-bourges-18/blt7ab1aa89780aaf4a |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=GOAL |language=en}}</ref> [[File:Bourges Foot 18 League Performance.png|thumb|Historical league performance chart of Bourges football clubs]]

== Squad == {{Updated|10 April, 2026}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bourgesfoot18.fr/masculin/ |title=L'élite masculin |date=20 July 2021 |trans-title=The masculin elite |access-date=20 February 2022 |publisher=Bourges Foot 18 |lang=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://us.soccerway.com/teams/france/bourges-foot-18/54816/ |title=Bourges Foot 18 |access-date=20 February 2022 |website=Soccerway}}</ref> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|other=|no= 1 |nat=FRA|pos=GK|name=Léopold Maitre}} {{Fs player|other=|no= 3 |nat=MTQ|pos=DF|name=[[Florian Lapis]]}} {{Fs player|other=|no= 5 |nat=MLI|pos=MF|name=Abdoulaye Baradji}} {{Fs player|other=|no= 6 |nat=SEN|pos=MF|name=Ibou Faye}} {{Fs player|other=|no= 7 |nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=[[Yaya Soumaré]]}} {{Fs player|other=|no= 8 |nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=[[Alexis Mané]]}} {{Fs player|other=|no=10 |nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=Julien Charpentier}} {{Fs player|other=|no=11 |nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=El Hadj Coly}} {{Fs player|other=|no=12 |nat=SEN|pos=MF|name=[[Mayoro N'Doye]]}} {{Fs player|other=|no=14 |nat=SEN|pos=MF|name=Mamadou Massaly}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|other=|no=15 |nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=Enzo Couto}} {{Fs player|other=|no=16 |nat=FRA|pos=GK|name=El Nasry Mistoihi}} {{Fs player|other=|no=17 |nat=TOG|pos=FW|name=[[Guillaume Yenoussi]]}} {{Fs player|other=|no=20 |nat=CPV|pos=MF|name=[[Kelvin Patrick]]}} {{Fs player|other=|no=21 |nat=MRI|pos=DF|name=[[Rosario Latouchent]]}} {{Fs player|other=|no=22 |nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=Paul Mbelek}} {{Fs player|other=|no=23 |nat=MLI|pos=DF|name=Sekou Traoré}} {{Fs player|other=|no=24 |nat=GAB|pos=FW|name=[[Gaëtan Missi Mezu]]}} {{Fs player|other=|no=28 |nat=BFA|pos=FW|name=[[Hamed Belem]]}} {{Fs player|other=|no=29 |nat=DRC|pos=MF|name=Christian Nsundi}} {{Fs player|other=|no=40 |nat=FRA|pos=GK|name=[[Valentin Rabouille]]}} {{Fs end}}

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