Sporting Club de Douai is a French

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club based in

Douai Douai ( , , ; ; ; formerly spelled Douay or Doway in English) is a city in the Nord (French department), Nord département in northern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the department. Located on the river Scarpe (rive ...

, which was founded in 1919. It competed in

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from 1945 to 1949 and the team currently plays in the 3rd division of their regional league, the 8th tier of French football.

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, former manager of AEK Athens, played for SC Douai at the start of the 20th century. Its stadium, Stade Demeny, has a capacity of 2500. One of SC Douai's best current players, Selim Benaissi is a Franco-Algerian attacking midfielder, who has had multiple spells in both France and Belgium. Also in their squad is Hugo Legrand, a 24-year-old French attacking midfielder, who formerly played for

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. In the 2024–25 season, SC Douai went only as far as the second round of the

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, losing to FC Rouen 1899 5–1 at home.

Managers

* 1945–1946: Pierre Parmentier * 1940s: Albert Delcourt * 1968–1993 : Bernard Ledru * 2005–2007 : Jean-Luc Dewet * 2009–2010 : Patrice Selle * 2010–10/2010 : Reynald Dabrowski * 10/2010–2011 : Fabien Ibangue * 2011–2012 : Mwinyi Zahera * 2012–2013 : Mehdi Benaïssi * 2013–2017 : Xavier Méride * 2017 : Daniel Leclercq * 11/2017–11/2018 : Ludovic Delporte * 12/2018–2022 : Xavier Méride * 2022–Present: Lahcen Najih

Notable players

* César Ruminski * Stanislas Staho * Bruno Zboralski * Romain Pitau * Philippe Lefebvre * Léon Glowacki * Guillaume Bieganski

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References

Football clubs in France Association football clubs established in 1919 1919 establishments in France SC Douai Football clubs in Hauts-de-France Sport in Nord (French department) Douai {{France-footyclub-stub