{{short description|French football club}} [[File:SC Douai logo.svg|thumb|right|Team logo]] '''Sporting Club de Douai''' is a French [[association football|football]] club based in [[Douai]], which was founded in 1919. It competed in [[Ligue 2]] from 1945 to 1949, and the team currently plays in the 3rd division of its regional league, the 8th tier of French football.
[[Kostas Negrepontis]], former manager of AEK Athens, played for SC Douai at the start of the 20th century. Its stadium, Stade Demeny, has a capacity of 2500.
One of SC Douai's best current players, [[Selim Benaissi]] is a Franco-Algerian attacking midfielder, who has had multiple spells in both France and Belgium. Also in their squad is Hugo Legrand, a 24-year-old French attacking midfielder, who formerly played for [[Le Touquet AC]].
In the 2024–25 season, SC Douai went only as far as the second round of the [[Coupe de France]], losing to [[FC Rouen 1899]] 5–1 at home.
== Managers == * 1945–1946: {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre Parmentier]] * 1940s: {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Albert Delcourt]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://lalegendedesgirondins.com/bordeaux-saison-1947-1948.html |title=La saisons 1947/1948 des Girondins de Bordeaux: Tout les chiffres |trans-title=The 1947/1948 Girondins de Bordeaux season: All the figures |language=fr |website=lalegendedesgirondins.com |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref> * 1968–1993 : {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bernard Ledru]] * 2005–2007 : {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Luc Dewet * 2009–2010 : {{flagicon|FRA}} Patrice Selle * 2010–10/2010 : {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Reynald Dabrowski]] * 10/2010–2011 : {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Fabien Ibangue]] * 2011–2012 : {{flagicon|DRC}} [[Mwinyi Zahera]] * 2012–2013 : {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Mehdi Benaïssi]] * 2013–2017 : {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Xavier Méride]] * 2017 : {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Daniel Leclercq]] * 11/2017–11/2018 : {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Ludovic Delporte]] * 12/2018–2022 : {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Xavier Méride]] * 2022–Present: [[Lahcen Najih]]
== Notable players == *{{flagicon|FRA}} [[César Ruminski]] *{{flagicon|GER}} [[Stanislas Staho]] *{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bruno Zboralski]] *{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Romain Pitau]] *{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Philippe Lefebvre (football)|Philippe Lefebvre]] *{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Léon Glovacki|Léon Glowacki]] *{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Guillaume Bieganski]]
==External links== * {{official|https://sc-douai.footeo.com}}
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