Grenoble Foot 38

This article is about the men’s football team. For the women’s football team, see Grenoble Foot 38 (women). For the rugby team, see FC Grenoble.

Grenoble
Full nameGrenoble Foot 38
NicknameGF38
Founded1911 (1911)
GroundStade des Alpes
Capacity20,068
ChairmanJoël Avignon
Head coachFranck Rizzetto
LeagueLigue 2
2024–25Ligue 2, 9th of 18
Websitewww.gf38.fr

Grenoble Foot 38, commonly referred to as simply Grenoble or GF38, is a French association football club based in Grenoble. The club plays its home matches at the Stade des Alpes, a sports complex based in the heart of the city, and wears white and blue.

The original incarnation of the club was founded in 1911 and, in 1997, was formed into the club that exists today as a result of a merger. Grenoble currently plays in Ligue 2, the second level of French football, after having gone into bankruptcy and relegation to the fifth level of French football in 2011.

History

The club was founded in 1911 as Football Club de Grenoble. In 1997, a merger of Olympique Grenoble Isère and Norcap Olympique led to the current Grenoble Foot 38 incarnation. Olympique Grenoble Isère played in Ligue 1 in the 1960–61 and 1962–63 seasons.

Until 2004, Grenoble Foot was owned by the municipality of Grenoble. In that year, the club was acquired by Index Holdings, a Japanese mobile software company, becoming the first French football club with foreign owners. The price of the takeover was around €2 million.[1][2] The new owners invested in the Stade des Alpes, a new ground with an initial capacity of 20,000 which opened in February 2008.[3]

Grenoble Foot finished the 2007–08 Ligue 2 season in third place, thus returning to Ligue 1 for the first time since 1963. In the 2008–09 Ligue 1 season, Grenoble finished 13th.[2] Grenoble also reached the semi-final of the Coupe de France for the first and only time, after beating AS Monaco 2–0 at home in the quarter-final.[4] Grenoble then lost 0-1 to Stade Rennais in the semi-final.[5]

In the 2009–10 Ligue 1 season, Grenoble Foot were eventually relegated with six games remaining amidst severe financial problems.[6][7]

The professional football club was liquidated in July 2011 with debts of €2.9 million, and relegated administratively to Championnat de France Amateur 2, the fifth tier.[8][9] Index provided false financial statements during their ownership of the club.[2][10] Grenoble Foot was once again owned by the municipality of Grenoble until 2015 when the current owner - Stéphane Rosnoblet - acquired the club.

As an amateur side, Grenoble Foot won promotion from Championnat de France Amateur 2 at the first attempt in 2012, and were champions of the 2016–17 Championnat de France Amateur, returning to Championnat National for the 2017–18 season.[11]

Grenoble Foot secured their promotion to Ligue 2 on 27 May 2018, after an aggregate play-off victory over Bourg-en-Bresse.[12]

Name changes

  • Football Club de Grenoble (1911–1977)
  • Football Club Association Sportive de Grenoble (1977–1984)
  • Football Club de Grenoble Dauphiné (1984–1990)
  • Football Club de Grenoble Isère (1990–1992)
  • Football Club de Grenoble Jojo Isère (1992–1993)
  • Olympique Grenoble Isère (1993–1997)
  • Grenoble Foot 38 (1997–present)

Players

Current squad

As of 2 February 2026[13]

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 Maxime Pattier
2 FW  SEN Moussa Djitté
4 DF  FRA Stone Mambo
5 DF  FRA Clément Vidal
6 MF  FRA Lucas Bernadou
7 FW  GUI Yadaly Diaby
8 MF  FRA Jessy Benet
9 FW  FRA Arthur Lallias
11 FW  BFA Mamady Bangré
12 FW  FRA Ugo Bonnet
13 GK  MTN Mamadou Diop
15 MF  FRA Baptiste Mouazan
16 GK  FRA Bobby Allain
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF  FRA Shaquil Delos
19 DF  FRA Nesta Zahui
20 FW  FRA Evans Mourin
21 DF  FRA Allan Tchaptchet
22 DF  CIV Ange-Loïc N'Gatta
24 DF  FRA Loris Mouyokolo
26 DF  FRA Mathieu Mion
27 DF  FRA Matthéo Xantippe
29 DF  FRA Gaëtan Paquiez
30 MF  SEN Samba Lélé Diba
37 FW  FRA Mohamed Bechikh
49 MF  ENG Charlie Dressel

Out on loan

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
33 DF  TUR Efe Sarıkaya (at Çorum until 30 June 2026)
— FW  FRA Alan Kerouedan (at Rouen until 30 June 2026)

Notable players

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Franck Rizzetto
Assistant coach Francisco Palladino
Frédéric Guéguen
Goalkeeping coach Arnaud Genty
Physical coach Michaël Diaferia
Mathieu Eyssard
Video analyst Adrien Bister
Doctor Eric Garrel
Physiotherapist Morgan Renaudin
Ugo san Julian
Team manager Grégory Kurkeden

Managers

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Football. Il était une fois... le GF38, le rêve de Grenoble" [Football. Once upon a time there was... GF38, Grenoble's dream] (in French). France 3. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "La tragique déroute du Grenoble Foot 38" [The tragic decline of Grenoble Foot 38] (in French). France 24. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Grenoble Foot 38 celebrates the long awaited opening of its new professional soccer stadium, "Stade des Alpes"". Index Holdings. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
  4. ^ "Coupe de France de foot: Grenoble et Rennes dans le dernier carré". La Dépêche. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  5. ^ "Historic final spot for Rennes". Sky Sports. 21 April 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Grenoble relégué en L2" [Grenoble relegated to L2]. Le Figaro (in French). 10 April 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Le GF38 relégué en Ligue 2... Grenoble, et maintenant ?" [GF38 relegated to Ligue 2... Grenoble, and now?]. Le Dauphiné (in French). 12 April 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Le club de football de Grenoble en liquidation judiciaire" [Grenoble's football club in judicial liquidation]. Le Monde (in French). 7 July 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Grenoble: Le GF38 relégué en CFA2" [Grenoble: GF38 relegated to CFA2] (in French). Canal+. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  10. ^ Guiho, Mickael (28 May 2014). "Arrestation du président d'Index, ex-propriétaire japonais du Grenoble foot 38" [Arrest of president of Index, Japanese former owner of Grenoble Foot 38] (in French). France 3. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Le GF38 officiellement promu en National !" [GF38 officially promoted to National!]. Le Dauphiné (in French). 13 May 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Grenoble monte en L2, Bourg-en-Bresse descend en National" [Grenoble climb to L2, Bourg-en-Bresse fall to National]. L'Équipe (in French). 27 May 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  13. ^ "Effectif GF38: Découvrez Notre Équipe Première". Grenoble Foot 38. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
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