Excelsior Athlétic Club was a French association football team playing in the city of

Roubaix Roubaix ( , ; ; ; ) is a city in northern France, located in the Lille metropolitan area on the Belgian border. It is a historically mono-industrial Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, depar ...

, Nord.

History

The team was founded in 1928 in a merger between Football Club de Roubaix and Excelsior Club de Tourcoing. In 1932, the team turned professional and played the first professional football season in 1932/1933 and won the same year its first major trophy, the

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. Till the World War II, the team managed to stay in Division 1. After the war, the club merged with

RC Roubaix Racing Club de Roubaix was a French association football team that played in Roubaix, Nord. History The team was founded in 1895 and was very successful before the establishment of professionalism in France. In 1933, after losing twice in a ...

and

US Tourcoing Union Sportive Tourquennoise, commonly shortened to US Tourcoing, is a French football club founded in 1902 and based in Tourcoing. The club played in the Championnat National 3 (and its previous incarnation at the fifth level) for five seasons s ...

CO Roubaix-Tourcoing Club Olympique de Roubaix-Tourcoing was a football club based in Roubaix, France. The team was founded in 1945 in a merge of three clubs: Excelsior AC Roubaix, RC Roubaix and US Tourcoing. In the 1946–47 season, the club won the Division 1 ...

(1945–1970). After 1970, the team struggled at an amateur level till its demise in 1995. In 1977, the team merged with Sporting Club de Roubaix to create Roubaix Football, which also merged in 1990 with Stade Roubaix (i.e. former

) but never managed to come back to Division 1, only playing the 1983/84 season in Division 2. The team ended due to financial problems.

Names of the club

*1928–1944. Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix. *1944–1970. in

. *1970–1977. Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix. *1977–1990. Roubaix Football *1990–1995. Stade Club Olympique de Roubaix (SCOR).

Honours

**Winners (1): 1933

Notable players

*French international players *

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(5, 1933–1934) * Marcel Desrousseaux (2, 1935–1937) * Jean Gautheroux (1, 1936) *

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(1, 1944) (he played for Austria as Heinrich Hiltl, then for France as Henri Hiltl) *

Marcel Langiller Marcel Langiller (2 June 1908 – 25 December 1980) was a French footballer and is an Olympian. He played in a striker role, and was nicknamed "La Caille". He was part of France’s squad for the 1930 FIFA World Cup Club career Langiller was ...

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Noël Liétaer Noël Liétaer (17 November 1908 – 21 February 1941) was a French association footballer. He played for U.S. Tourcoing and Excelsior AC Roubaix, and earned 7 caps for the France national football team, and played in the 1934 FIFA World Cup. A ...

(7, 1933–1934) *

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(4, 1935)

Managerial history

* Charles Griffiths: 1932–1933 *

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: 1933–1937 * Davidovitch: 1937–1939 * Marcel Desrousseaux: 1970–1972 * Pierre Cnude: 1972–1973 *J. Schmidt: 1973–1975 * Albert Dubreucq: 1975–1977 *Sarrazyn: 1977–1980 * Tony Giaquinto: 1980 – April 1987 * Thierry Deneulin: April 1987–? * Boumedienne Belhadji: 1992–1994 * Pierre Michelin: 1994–1995 * Boumedienne Belhadji: 1995 – December 1995

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History
Association football clubs established in 1928 Association football clubs disestablished in 1978 Excelsior AC 1928 establishments in France 1978 disestablishments in France

Excelsior AC Roubaix Excelsior Athlétic Club was a French association football team playing in the city of Roubaix, Nord. History The team was founded in 1928 in a merger between Football Club de Roubaix and Excelsior Club de Tourcoing. In 1932, the team turne ...

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