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Rivals	Stade Rennais & EA Guingamp
Club Profile	Club Website Twitter: @SB29 Facebook: @sb29off Address: Stade Francis-Le Blé, 26 Rue de Quimper, 29200 Brest, France Nickname: Les Ty' Zefs
Stadium	Stade Brestois have played all their home games in the Stade de l’Armoricaine since 1922. The name was taken from a youth club from which the football club itself was founded in 1950. L’Armoricaine had a capacity of 1,800 when it was first built. With good results in the 1980s came the expansion and improvement of the Stadium. A stand along the length of the pitch was added with a capacity of 10,000, 5700 of which were seated. At this time the stadium was acquired by the local council and was renamed Francis Le-Blé after the former mayor of Brest. There were whispers of a new stadium in the 2,000s to coincide with Brest’s return to professional football, however these ambitions never got beyond the planning stage. A new project was proposed by the mayor of the city in the early 2010s and all being well will be completed by 2022.
Recent History	Having spent their early years playing at amateur level, Stade Brestois only made it to Ligue 2 in 1970 and Ligue 1 1979. Between 1981 and 1991 they enjoyed the most successful spell in their history managing to retain their top flight status for 9 out of 10 campaigns. During that time they also made it to the quarterfinals of the Coupe de France (1983) and an 8th place finish in 1987. In 1991 the club was liquidated due to bankruptcy and was forced to begin a new chapter from the amateur leagues. In 2004 with a young Franck Ribery on the pitch they managed to return to Ligue 2. 6 years later they earned promoted to Ligue 1. Their presence in the top flight would be short lived as they fell back to Ligue 2 in 2013. In March 2016, the entrepreneur Denis Le Saint acquired the club with a goal of a return to the Ligue 1. It took 3 years but, by the conclusion of the 2018-2019 campaign, Stade Brestois were promoted once again to the top flight.
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2022/2023

Stade Brestois

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Pierre Lees-Melou (mid) (Norwich); Noah Fadiga (def) (Heracles); Mathias Pereira Lage (mid) (Angers); Karamoko Dembele (mid) (Celtic);

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Denys Bain (sp)(def) (Auxerre); Paul Lasne (sp)(mid) (Paris); Sebastien Cibois (sp)(gk) (Rodez); Julien Faussurier (sp)(def) (Sochaux); Noe Sow (def) (Pau); Gauthier Larsonneur (gk) (Valenciennes, loan);

Brest survived last season largely off the back of a six-game winning streak in early winter, in which they earned nearly a third of the points they claimed all season. It was a particularly remarkable achievement given that they had not won a single match of their first 11 of the season, and at that point appeared to be heading towards the drop. A change to a 4-4-2 formation, requested by the players, was what it took to change their fortunes. Brest survived and so did head coach Michel Der Zakarian, who has managed to retain the bulk of the first-team starters from last season. Of course, Inter pair Lucien Agoume and Martin Satriano have both returned to San Siro after loan deals, with the forward having particularly impressed in his brief stay during the second half of the season. Now the onus is back on Steve Mounie, Irvin Cardona or the much-improved Jeremy Le Douaron to find the net. Wingers were a key strength of Brest last season and so far they have retained Youcef Belaili, Franck Honorat and Romain Del Castillo. With youngster Karamoko Dembele added from Celtic, they have plenty of x-factor and quality in these areas. Indeed, this is their major strength. Pierre-Lees Melou has arrived from Norwich as their main midfield recruit, having failed to make the breakthrough in the Premier League last season. He should be a solid signing, and along with Haris Belkebla, is capable of helping the younger player in this sector of the field. There is little to report by way of change in the defence, which remains a well-balanced part of the side. However, there is a change at right-back, where Noah Fadiga has joined up on loan from Heracles. Brest will hope that he can hit the ground running. Typically strong at home, they had a losing record at Stade Francis-Le Ble last season, and this will be an aspect of their game they will have targeted for improvement this time around.

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