Jean-Pierre Papin is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a forward and is the current technical advisor of Ligue 1 club Marseille. Considered to be one of the best centre-forwards of his generation, he won the Ballon d'Or in 1991.
Laurent Robert Blanc is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back, and was most recently the manager of Ligue 1 club Lyon. He has the nickname Le Président, which was given to him following his stint at Marseille in tribute to his leadership skills.
Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire, commonly known as A.S.S.E. or simply Saint-Étienne, is a professional football club based in Saint-Étienne in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. The club was founded in 1933 and competes in Ligue 2, the second division of French football. Saint-Étienne plays its home matches at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.
Montpellier Hérault Sport Club, commonly referred to as Montpellier HSC or simply Montpellier, is a French professional football club based in the city of Montpellier in Occitanie. The original club was founded in 1919, while the current incarnation was founded through a merger in 1974. Montpellier currently plays in Ligue 1, the top level of French football and plays its home matches at the Stade de la Mosson, located within the city. The first team is managed by Michel Der Zakarian and captained by Teji Savanier.
Racing Club de France Football is a French association football club based in Colombes, a suburb of Paris.
Alioune Kissima Touré is a French former professional footballer. He is an attacking midfielder but can play both as a forward or as a winger.
René Girard is a French football manager and former player.
Daniel Xuereb is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker. He earned eight international caps for France during the 1980s, scoring one goal. As a player of RC Lens (1981–1986), he appeared for France in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, after France won the gold medal match at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, scoring in the match himself.
Albert Rust is a former French footballer, who last worked as goalkeeper coach for AS Saint-Étienne.
Frédéric Hantz is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Franck Passi is a French retired footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the assistant manager of Ligue 1 club Lyon.
Thierry Laurey is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a defender and midfielder.
Abdelhamid El Kaoutari is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and currently plays for Super League Greece 2 club P.A.E. G.S. Diagoras. Born in France, he plays for the Morocco national team.
Camille Anne Françoise Abily is a French football manager and former player, best known as a star midfielder for both the French women's national team and for the Lyon club in the Division 1 Féminine. She currently is the assistant manager of Olympique Lyonnais.
Sonia Bompastor is a French football manager and former player who currently manages Lyon of the French Division 1 Féminine. She is the first person to win the UEFA Women's Champions League as both a player and a manager.
Younès Belhanda is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Turkish Süper Lig club Adana Demirspor. Born in France, he initially represented his native country internationally at youth level before switching to Morocco at senior level.
Élise Bussaglia is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for French club Dijon of the Division 1 Feminine. She was a member of the France national team. Bussaglia is a former winner of the National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) Female Player of the Year having won the award after a successful 2010–11 season with Paris Saint-Germain.
Sabrina Marie-Christine Viguier is a retired French football player. She played as a centre back and has played for the France women's national football team making her debut in 2000. She last played for IF Limhamn Bunkeflo Malmö of the Elitettan until she announced her retirement from football in 2017. She has won the UEFA Women's Champions League twice with Olympique Lyonnais in 2011 and 2012.
Louis Nicollin was a French entrepreneur and director of the Nicollin Company, which specializes in the collection and reprocessing of household and industrial waste. Nicollin notably served as chairman of Montpellier Hérault Sport Club, a football team, from 1974 to his death.
Gaëtan Laborde is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Nice. He played for the France national youth teams up to France U20 level.
