Olympique d'Alès en Cévennes

Olympique Alès is a French football club founded in 1923, based in the commune of Alès. The Cévennes club currently playing in the Division d'Honneur Régionale - the seventh division - of the Ligue du Languedoc; the club in the past has played for six seasons in Ligue 1. The OAC is currently at a low point in its history, having been relegated to the 7th division at the end of last season, whereas it played in the Ligue National - the 3rd division - just three seasons ago. Over the last, disastrous, season, the club saw as many as three managers. In January 2006, Patrick Synaeghel was dismissed and replaced by Rudy Gargallo, who was then replaced in April by Henri Orlandini. Club president Claude Crégut resigned in March, when it was clear the club would not escape further relegation. The new trainer is Jose Carrascosa, and the new general manager is Jean-Marie Pasqualetti, a former player of the club. L'Olympique Alès è una squadra di calcio francese. Fondata nel 1923, fino a tre stagioni fa militava nella terza divisione, ma l'ultimo, disastroso, periodo, con difficoltà economiche e societarie, ha fatto sì che la squadra, con 6 stagioni di Ligue 1 alle spalle, precipitasse sino alla settima divisione, nella Division d'Honneur Règionale, in Languadoca.

Palmares

• Vincitrice della D2 : 1957
• Vincitrice della D2-Sud: 1934
• Vice-campione della D2 : 1947
• Semifinalista nella Coupe de France: 1987 (eliminata dal Girondins de Bordeaux 0-0, 2-2)

Giocatori celebri

• Pierre Pibarot, (1934-1940),
• Roman Ogaza (1984-1986)
• Franck Rizzetto (1991-1992)
• Sabri Lamouchi (1991-1994)
• Cédric Barbosa (1994-1997)
• Sébastien Soulas (1993-2002)
• Sylvain Sansone (1999-2003)
• André Basile (1998-2003), manager 2003-2005
• Franck Ribéry (2002-2003)
• Kodjo Homon (1997- oggi), attuale capitano