Le Havre is an urban French commune and city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northwestern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux. Le Havre is the most populous commune of Upper Normandy, although the total population of the greater Le Havre conurbation is smaller than that of Rouen. After Reims, it is also the second largest subprefecture in France. The name Le Havre means "the harbour" or "the port". Its inhabitants are known as Havrais or Havraises.
Ligue 2, also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship by Domino's Pizza, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), the other being Ligue 1, the country's top football division. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with both Ligue 1 and the third division Championnat National. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 38 games each totalling 380 games in the season. Most games are played on Fridays and Mondays, with a few games played during weekday and weekend evenings. Play is regularly suspended the last weekend before Christmas for two weeks before returning in the second week of January.
Paul Joseph Marie Le Guen is a French professional football manager and former player. He is the manager of Ligue 2 club Le Havre.
Le Havre Athletic Club is a French association football club based in Le Havre, Normandy. The club was founded as an athletics and rugby club in 1872, making Le Havre Athletic Club the oldest French football club. Le Havre plays in Ligue 2, the second level of French football, and plays its home matches at the Stade Océane.
Saint Thomas Basket Le Havre or simply STB Le Havre is a basketball club based in Le Havre, France that plays in the Pro B division of the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB). Their home arena is Dock Océane.
In many countries the term local derby, or simply just derby means a sporting fixture between two rivals, particularly in Association Football. In North America, crosstown rivalry is a more common term.
Guillaume Hoarau is a French professional footballer who plays for Young Boys in the Swiss Super League and formerly for the France national football team as a striker.
Marc Douglas Salyers is an American retired professional basketball player. He played at the small forward and power forward positions.
Katty Tolla Piejos, is a French handball player.
Abderrahmane Soukane was an Algerian footballer who played as a striker.
Henri Bedimo Nsamé is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a left-back. He represented the Cameroon national team internationally from 2009 to 2016 making 51 appearances and scoring once.
Cédric Daury is French football manager and current player. He is currently the sporting director of Auxerre.
Gueïda Fofana is a former French footballer. He was a French youth international and has captained at all levels of youth. In 2010, he captained the France team that won the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship on home soil. He operated as a defensive midfielder, but could also play as a defender and was known for his physical style of play. Fofana had been compared to Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira, however he was forced to retire on 18 January 2017 due to ongoing injury problems.
Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graça is a Cape Verdean professional football winger who plays for Sharjah.
Pierrick Lebourg is a French professional footballer. He currently plays for FC Rouen
Zinedine Ferhat is an Algerian footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Nîmes Olympique and the Algeria national team.
Joseph Mendes is a professional footballer who plays for AC Ajaccio as a forward. Born in France, Mendes represents the Guinea-Bissau national football team internationally.
Jordan Ikoko is a Congolese footballer who plays as a right-back for Bulgarian First League club Ludogorets Razgrad and the DR Congo national team.
Tinotenda "Tino" Kadewere is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays for Ligue 2 side Le Havre on loan from Olympique Lyonnais in Ligue 1 and the Zimbabwe national team as a striker.
The 2016–17 Ligue 2 season is the 78th season since its establishment. The fixtures were announced on 6 June 2016.
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