Stade Jacques Rimbault

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Stade Jacques Rimbault
Stade Jacques Rimbault
Former namesStade des Grosses Plantes
(1991–1993)
LocationChemin des Grosses Plantes
18000 Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Coordinates 47°06′57.9″N2°23′44.0″E / 47.116083°N 2.395556°E / 47.116083; 2.395556 Coordinates: 47°06′57.9″N2°23′44.0″E / 47.116083°N 2.395556°E / 47.116083; 2.395556
OwnerCity of Bourges
Capacity 13,000 (7,500 seated)
Record attendance8,187 (Bourges Foot vs Lyon, 5 January 2019) [1]
Construction
Opened29 June 1991 [2]
Construction cost58 million FRF (1986)
Tenants
Bourges 18 (0000–2021)
Bourges Foot (0000–2021)
Bourges Foot 18 (2021–present)

The Stade Jacques Rimbault is a football stadium located in Bourges, France. [3] It is the home ground of Championnat National 2 club Bourges Foot 18.

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Opened in 1991, the stadium was initially called the Stade des Grosses Plantes before being renamed after Jacques Rimbault  [ fr ], the mayor of Bourges who died in 1993. [4]

Notable matches

The Stade Jacques Rimbault hosted all professional Division 2 home fixtures of FC Bourges during the 1993–94 season. [5]

The stadium notably hosted a match between the France U21 and Estonia U21 national teams on 27 May 2009, the game ending in a 3–0 victory for the French. The final of the 2011–12 Coupe de France Féminine was also hosted here, when Lyon beat Montpellier by a score of 2–1. Lastly, the semi-finals of the 2016–17 Coupe Gambardella took place at the stadium, which was a neutral venue. [4]

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  2. "Le Grand Stade de Bourges" [The Great Stadium of Bourges]. L'Encyclopédie de Bourges (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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  5. "Bourges 18 » Fixtures & Results 1993/1994". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 4 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)