AC Boulogne-Billancourt (football)

AC Boulogne-Billancourt
Full nameAthletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt
Nickname(s)ACBB
Founded1943 (1943)
StadiumStade Alphonse Le Gallo
Stade Marcel Bec
Parc sportif du Pré Saint-Jean
CapacityLe Gallo: 3,000 (500 seated)
ManagerQuentin Thoreau
LeagueRégional 2, Ligue Paris-Ile-de-France, Group D
2022–23Régional 2, Paris-Île-de-France, Group D, 9th of 12th[1]
Websitehttps://www.acbbfoot.com/

AC Boulogne-Billancourt shortened ACBB is a French association football club based in Boulogne-Billancourt. Playing his matches in many grounds, including Stade Alphonse Le Gallo or Stade Marcel Bec. ACBB completes in Régional 2 of Ligue Paris-Ile-de-France, the seventh level of French football league system and is managed by Quentin Thoreau.

History

ACBB were founded in 1942.

Promotion to national level (2014–2018)

In 2014, ACBB were promoted in CFA 2, the next year, the club was promoted in CFA.

Between 2015 and 2019, ACBB spent these seasons in Championnat National 2, achieving their remaining in each season.

Back to regional level (2018–present)

At the end of the 2018–19 Championnat National 2, ACBB were relegated to National 3.[2]

Beginning in March 2020, the club could no longer played matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France which affected all French competitions. On 28 April 2020, the Prime Minister Édouard Philippe announced the end of sports competitions in France, and as a result the ACBB was relegated to Régional 1.

The 2021–22 season is considered the worst season for ACBB due to poor results performances, without be able to perform a win for 2021, who resulted as a sackment of the manager, despite the recruitment of a new manager, the club cannot afford to win. On 14 May 2022, ACBB were relegated to Régional 2 after a 0–2 loss against CO Vincennes.[3]

For their 2022–23 season, despite starting by a 8–3 away win against Sucy-en-Brie, ACBB will down in the next fixtures, falling in the relegation zone because of poor results. However, ACBB won many league matches in 2023 and escaped from a terrible relegation to Régional 3 by finished ninth, with three points above the first relegable, Francoville.[4]

Players

Seniors

As of 21 September 2024[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  FRA Adem Boussif
12 GK  FRA Arnaud Guilbert
31 GK  FRA Louis Pouplard
41 GK  FRA Rémy Lecomte
DF  FRA Mathis Kissanga
DF  FRA Gaston Westhingolo
DF  FRA Tristan Envuli
DF  FRA Jeffrey Manzongani
DF  FRA Uche Ozazuwa
DF  FRA Tom Faral
DF  FRA Julien Afronso
DF  FRA Wael Zehhar
DF  FRA Lassana Dembélé
DF  FRA Karim Doumbia
MF  FRA Oumar Wané
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  FRA Nathan Durand
MF  FRA Pierre Potel
MF  FRA Emile Sireau
MF  FRA Grégory Soupramanien
MF  FRA Soufian Redissi
MF  FRA Guillaume Ebongue
FW  CIV Wilfried Tagbo
FW  FRA Sounkalo Traoré
FW  FRA Dan Maurizi
FW  FRA Corentin Barreteau
FW  FRA Kylian Dossat
FW  FRA Abdou Karim Dramé
FW  FRA Sabri Haddadou
FW  FRA Abdoulaye Haidara
FW  FRA Loïc Assen A Zang

Young system

U18

As of 25 October 2024[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  FRA Malo Boleda
12 GK  FRA Romain Peridelle
31 GK  FRA Malik Marrakchi
 FRA Abdoulaye Sackhone
 FRA Ziyad Nazar
 FRA Envel Amardeilh
 FRA Hadi Kleit
 FRA Thomas Caban
 ISL Sverrir Ögmundsson
 FRA Sonko Moustapha
 FRA Samuel de Almeida
 FRA Rayan Afilal
 FRA Rafaël Guerin
 FRA Mathieu Oulouma
 FRA Mathis Tulasne
 FRA Mouhamed Mboup
 FRA Muhammad Beego
 FRA Noab Belhari
 FRA Patrick Ngalle Mouelle
No. Pos. Nation Player
 FRA Kyllian Briandet
 FRA Mael Quince
 FRA Lorvens Racine
 FRA Leyri Diawara
 FRA Lenny Edo
 FRA Julein Ruiz Castro
 FRA Erwan Zadi
 FRA Ekollo Noham Lewis
 FRA Cheickne Deme
 FRA Adan Boutoustous
 FRA Amene Kridane
 FRA Aylan Baha
 FRA Balthazar Louis Entraygues
 FRA Balthazar Wiberg
 FRA Chadrak Kone
 FRA Adam Boulahna
 FRA Adam Bidja
 FRA Labib Aatman
 FRA Samuel Aman
 FRA Nathan Joret

Seasons

Key

This section is a list of ACBB seasons.

List

List of seasons, including league division and statistics, cup results, and top league scorer(s)
Season League Group Level Results Coupe de France Coupe de Paris-Île-de-France
P W D L F A Diff. Pts Pos
2014–15 CFA 2 Group C 5 26 15 2 9 51 39 +12 73 1st - DNP
2015–16 CFA Group A 4 30 10 2 12 43 40 +3 68 10th R6
2016–17 CFA Group B 30 15 4 11 48 42 +6 49 4th -
2017–18 National 2 Group D 30 9 10 11 44 58 -14 34 13th -
2018–19 National 2 Group C 30 8 5 17 36 51 -15 29 15th -
2019–20 National 3 - Paris-IDF - 5 18 2 6 10 8 29 -21 7 14th -
2020–21 Régional 1 - Paris-IDF Group B 6 6 0 0 4 2 7 -5 0 14th - -
2021–22[3] Régional 1 - Paris-IDF Group B 6 26 2 7 17 18 44 -26 13 14th R4 SF
2022–23[4] Régional 2 - Paris-IDF Group B 7 27 8 3 11 39 44 -5 22 9th R2 -

Grounds

AC Boulogne-Billancourt have many grounds due to high amount of squads, it includes: Veterans, Seniors, Young sector, Women and their reserves.

Stade Alphonse Le Gallo

Stade Alphonse Le Gallo is located at Rue de Sèvres, Boulogne-Billancourt.

The ground is connected with RATP bus route,  467  at Stade, remotely with routes  52   72   126   160   175   260  at Rhin-et-Danube and Paris Métro station, Boulogne–Pont de Saint-Cloud with line ,

Complexe sportif de Marcel Bec

Complexe sportif de Marcel Bec is located at Meudon, Due to high amount of senior and youth sector teams played on Saturdays/Sundays, AC Boulogne-Billancourt played these matches at Complexe Sportif de Marcel Bec, this ground is splitted with other Hauts-de-Seine association football sides.

This ground is along with Stade Alphonse Le Gallo' one of many grounds mostly used for matches of ACBB, but this ground is also used when Stade Alphonse Le Gallo is unavailable due to technical incidents, renovation or due to a neutral venue of another association football side, likely in 2010s while the stadium was renovated with an expansion of the capacity or during the 2023–24 Championnat National 2 season, when RC France moved to Boulogne-Billancourt due to renovation of their main groundn Stade Yves du Manoir.

This ground is connected with RATP bus route  569  or  TIM , and remotely with  179  at Rond-point des Bruyères.

Parc sportif du Pré Saint-Jean

Parc sportif du Pré Saint-Jean is located at Saint-Cloud, the ground is rarely used.

This ground is connected with  471  at Parc du Pré Saint-Jean.

Other teams

Youth Sector

ACBB have a Youth Sector composed of high amount of Under-18, Under-17, Under-16, Under-15 and Under-14 teams, the number of teams is variable according the seasons. the club is also one of the best Development team, many players pass through the academy/youth sector for achieve high experience before their departure for other French or European association football teams.

U18

ACBB Under-18s is an under-18 team of AC Boulogne-Billancourt. Two squads are engaged for the 2024–25 season.[7]

  • The first U18 squad completes the Régional 3 and Coupe de Paris-Île-de-France de football organized by Ligue de Paris-Île-de-France, it also completes the Coupe Gambardella.[7]
  • The reserve U18 squad completes the Départemental 1 and Coupe des Hauts-de-Seine organized by District des Hauts-de-Seine.[7]
U16

ACBB Under-16s is an under-16 team of the club. Four teams are engaged for the 2024–25 season.[7]

  • The first and reserve squads completes respectively the Régional 1, Régional 3 and Coupe de Paris-Île-de-France de football organized by Ligue de Paris-Île-de-France.
  • The third and fourth squads completes respectively the Départemental 2, Départemental 3 and Coupe des Hauts-de-Seine of District des Hauts-de-Seine.[7]

The first squad has previously playing for the Championnat National U17, consisting of under-17 players prior suffering a relegation to U16 Régional 1 at the end of the 2021–22 season.

U14

ACBB Under-14s is an under-14 team at the club. Six teams are engaged for the 2024–25 season.[7]

  • The first squad is the only under-14 team who play in the Ligue de Paris-Île-de-France, completing the Régional 2 and Coupe de Paris-Île-de-France. The five other teams completes in the District des Hauts-de-Seine.[7]
U13 and below

ACBB's Academy is the academy of AC Boulogne-Billancourt, consisting of Under-13s to Under-6s teams, completing the Critérium, Plateaux or Challenges organized by Ligue de Paris-Île-de-France or District des Hauts-de-Seine.

Women

Seniors

AC Boulogne-Billancourt also operate a women's football team including their women's academy, founded in the mid-2010s, completing in the Régional 3, Coupe de Paris-Île-de-France Féminine hosted by Ligue de Paris-Île-de-France, Coupe de France Féminine hosted by Fédération Française de Football, ACBB Women also completes Coupe des Hauts-de-Seine Féminine due to lack of teams.[7]

Due to lack of sides in Hauts-de-Seine, ACBB Women who completes in Régional 3, Paris-Île-de-France is allow to be engaged in the Coupe des Hauts-de-Seine Féminine, they reached three times in a row the final between 2022 and 2024, facing Départemental 1 sides, losing 0–1 against FC Rueil-Malmaison Women 2 in 2022.[8] winning 4–3 against GPSO 92 Issy 3 in 2023.[9] and 1–0 against RC France in 2024.[10]

On November 2, 2024, AC Boulogne-Billancourt advanced for the first of their history at first round proper of the Coupe de France féminine after defeating Mitry-Compans Goëlly on penalties.[11][12][13]

Young sector

AC Boulogne-Billancourt also operates a women's development academy with Under-18s, Under-15s, Under-13s, Under-11s and 8-a-side.[7]

In 2024, Under-18s were crowned champions of Régional 3, Ligue Paris-Île-de-France, granting a promotion to Régional 2.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Régional 2, Ligue Paris-Ile-de-France, Group B table" (in French). Ligue Paris-Ile-de-France.
  2. ^ "ACBB relégué, Fleury et PSG B sauvés" (in French). Le Parisien. 18 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b "2021–22 final season table".
  4. ^ a b "2022–23 final season table".
  5. ^ "OBJECTIF 2025 POUR LES SENIORS R2". ACBB. July 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  6. ^ "U18 ACBB FOOTBALL". acbbfoot.com (in French). 25 October 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i "ACBB - Squads". Ligue Paris-Ile-de-France.
  8. ^ "FC Rueil Malmaison Women 2 – ACBB Women". district-foot92.fff.fr (in French).
  9. ^ "Au terme d'une finale prolofique, nos joueuses se sont imposées 4-3 face à une belle équipe du GPSO 92 ISSY et se sont adjugées la Coupe des Hauts-de-Seine !". Facebook (in French). June 14, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  10. ^ "CHAMPIONNES". acbbfoot.com (in French). May 2024.
  11. ^ "Coupe de France féminine. Les résultats des finales régionales". footamateur.ouest-france.fr (in French). November 3, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
  12. ^ "Coupe de France (F) : Les résultats des finales régionales". www.foot-national.com (in French). November 3, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
  13. ^ "HISTORIQUE !". Facebook. November 3, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
  14. ^ "U18 FEMININES SONT CHAMPIONNES". acbbfoot.com (in French). 9 May 2024.