Etoile FC
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Etoile Football Club is a professional football
club
which was formed to play in Singapore
's S.League
in 2010.
Etoile FC is the first team of players all born in Europe
to ply their trade in Singapore's professional league, and the first in Asia
. The team is mostly made up of players of French origin.
Etoiles FC became the eighth team defined by foreign team composition to compete in the S.League
after Sinchi FC
(2003), Albirex Niigata
(2004), Sporting Afrique (2006), Liaoning Guangyuan and Super Reds (both 2007), Dalian Shide (2008) and DPMM FC (2009).
Etoile FC's debut season was one for the team to remember as they were not only crowned Champions of the Singapore League Cup
, but also the Champions of the S-League and 3rd Position in the Singapore Cup
.
Etoile FC became the first foreign team to win the Singapore League following a 4-2 win over Albirex Niigata Singapore FC at Jurong East Stadium
. On that fateful night, Kobayashi had scored twice to give the Japanese satellite team a 2-1 lead at half time. However, goals by Frédéric Mendy
(2 goals) and Matthias Verschave
sealed the title win for Etoile FC
.
Etoile FC was the 'brainchild' of ex-Gombak United midfielder Johan Gouttefangeas. He was the chairman of Etoile FC since its formation in 2010. However, in June 2011, Johan relinquishes his position as Chairman and Hicham Moudden takes over.
(C)
The Ultras are proud to be the FIRST fan club to come out with their own merchandise (T-Shirt, Scarf, Club Badge and Banners). The Ultras are also the first non-drumming fan club in S-League. However, drums were used on 9th June 2010 when Etoile beat Tampines Rovers 4-0 in front of a 2056 crowd. They were also caught in the drumming act on 8th April 2011 in front of a LIVE TV Audience, where they lost 2-1 to Tampines Rovers.
The Etoile Ultras are currently headed by Pierre, Bruno and Joel. The youngest committee member is Baby Louis, who is the son of Pierre.
Their motto is "We support Queenstown Stars FC whether they win or lose".
Their official blog is http://etoilefcfans.blogspot.com/ and their twitter is @etoilefcfans.
The Etoile Ultras became the first fan club to have a twitter account updating on the team's development. This sentence was contradicted by the fact that their first blog post came on the 9th February 2011 while Hougang United fans’ first blog post was up on the 23rd January 2011.
The @etoilefcfans twitter account made history on 17 February 2011 when they tweeted 'live' the whole game of Geylang United vs Etoile FC in a S-League clash at the Bedok Stadium. This is the first time in S-League history that a whole S-League game was tweeted live on Twitter by an independant fan club.
The Etoile Ultras are also currently the only fan-club to be tweeting on live updates on games that Etoile FC is involved. Courts Young Lions and Albirex Niigata (S) twitter account are managed by the event company and management of the respective clubs.
, as the Club's Ambassador. In the process, Etoile FC becomes the first S-League Club to have an ambassador appointed to represent the club. Sidney and his brother, Jules, arrived in Singapore on 8 June 2011 and conducted a soccer clinic for children.
Algeria
Cameroon
France
Laos Laos
Réunion Reunion
Etoile FC is currently sponsored by HRMS Consulting. Their kit sponsor is Michezo.
In 2010, Etoile FC secured Ayam Brand
as their sponsor after sports marketing company, The Red Card, dropped their sponsorship on 22 April 2010. Their jersey will feature the Ayam Brand logo on the front of their shirts for one match against defending champions SAFFC at the Jalan Besar Stadium
on 23 April, on a match-day sponsorship deal. The deal includes advertisement boards and match-day hospitality. This deal make Etoile FC the first S-League side to have a match-day sponsorship deal. After the match, the logo will be printed on the sleeve instead of the front.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club
Club
A club is an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal. A service club, for example, exists for voluntary or charitable activities; there are clubs devoted to hobbies and sports, social activities clubs, political and religious clubs, and so forth.- History...
which was formed to play in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
's S.League
S.League
The S.League is the top men's professional association football league in Singapore. The league was launched in 1996 and currently involves 12 clubs.-History:...
in 2010.
Etoile FC is the first team of players all born in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
to ply their trade in Singapore's professional league, and the first in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. The team is mostly made up of players of French origin.
Etoiles FC became the eighth team defined by foreign team composition to compete in the S.League
S.League
The S.League is the top men's professional association football league in Singapore. The league was launched in 1996 and currently involves 12 clubs.-History:...
after Sinchi FC
Sinchi FC
Sinchi Football Club is a professional soccer club from China which played as a foreign team in Singapore's S.League from 2003-2005. The club played its home games in Singapore at the Jurong Stadium. The team's best league finish was seventh-place in 2003...
(2003), Albirex Niigata
Albirex Niigata
is a Japanese J. League Division 1 association football team. Despite the club's relative youth, only joining the J. League in 1999, Albirex are one of Japan's best supported teams. In 2003, while still playing in the second tier of Japanese football , Albirex attracted the best average crowd in...
(2004), Sporting Afrique (2006), Liaoning Guangyuan and Super Reds (both 2007), Dalian Shide (2008) and DPMM FC (2009).
Etoile FC's debut season was one for the team to remember as they were not only crowned Champions of the Singapore League Cup
Singapore League Cup
The Singapore League Cup is an annual soccer competition in Singapore. It was launched in 2007, and is open to teams who play in the S.League.The 2007 competition was sponsored by SingTel, and officially titled the SingTel League Cup...
, but also the Champions of the S-League and 3rd Position in the Singapore Cup
Singapore Cup
The Singapore Cup is an annual soccer competition in Singapore.The Singapore Cup is the major cup competition in Singapore football, and has existed since the 1997 ....
.
Etoile FC became the first foreign team to win the Singapore League following a 4-2 win over Albirex Niigata Singapore FC at Jurong East Stadium
Jurong East Stadium
Jurong East Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Jurong East, Singapore. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Albirex Niigata FC. The stadium holds 2,700 people and opened in 1998. It is one of only two stadiums in Singapore that does not have a running...
. On that fateful night, Kobayashi had scored twice to give the Japanese satellite team a 2-1 lead at half time. However, goals by Frédéric Mendy
Frédéric Mendy (born in 1988)
Frédéric Mendy is a professional footballer currently playing for Home United in the Singapore S.League.-Career:Mendy was born in France, and is of Senegalese Heritage...
(2 goals) and Matthias Verschave
Matthias Verschave
Matthias Verschave is a former French footballer.-Career:Verschave began his playing career with Paris Saint-Germain, and played on loan for Football League Second Division side Swansea City A.F.C. and Clermont Foot. He later played for Ligue 2 sides Stade Reims and Stade Brestois 29.-References:...
sealed the title win for Etoile FC
Etoile FC
Etoile Football Club is a professional football club which was formed to play in Singapore's S.League in 2010.Etoile FC is the first team of players all born in Europe to ply their trade in Singapore's professional league, and the first in Asia...
.
Etoile FC was the 'brainchild' of ex-Gombak United midfielder Johan Gouttefangeas. He was the chairman of Etoile FC since its formation in 2010. However, in June 2011, Johan relinquishes his position as Chairman and Hicham Moudden takes over.
Current squad
as of 20 September 2011(C)
- Note: All players in the Etoile FC Squad either are French, or have dual-nationality.
Etoile Ultras
Founded in March 2010 by Bruno, Yann and Pierre (an Olympique de Marseille ULTRA since 1987), the Ultras have grown from a 3 French men tag-team to a squad of more than 10 fans - local and French.The Ultras are proud to be the FIRST fan club to come out with their own merchandise (T-Shirt, Scarf, Club Badge and Banners). The Ultras are also the first non-drumming fan club in S-League. However, drums were used on 9th June 2010 when Etoile beat Tampines Rovers 4-0 in front of a 2056 crowd. They were also caught in the drumming act on 8th April 2011 in front of a LIVE TV Audience, where they lost 2-1 to Tampines Rovers.
The Etoile Ultras are currently headed by Pierre, Bruno and Joel. The youngest committee member is Baby Louis, who is the son of Pierre.
Their motto is "We support Queenstown Stars FC whether they win or lose".
Their official blog is http://etoilefcfans.blogspot.com/ and their twitter is @etoilefcfans.
The Etoile Ultras became the first fan club to have a twitter account updating on the team's development. This sentence was contradicted by the fact that their first blog post came on the 9th February 2011 while Hougang United fans’ first blog post was up on the 23rd January 2011.
The @etoilefcfans twitter account made history on 17 February 2011 when they tweeted 'live' the whole game of Geylang United vs Etoile FC in a S-League clash at the Bedok Stadium. This is the first time in S-League history that a whole S-League game was tweeted live on Twitter by an independant fan club.
The Etoile Ultras are also currently the only fan-club to be tweeting on live updates on games that Etoile FC is involved. Courts Young Lions and Albirex Niigata (S) twitter account are managed by the event company and management of the respective clubs.
Club Ambassador
Etoile FC had, on 22 March 2011, appointed Sidney GovouSidney Govou
Sidney Rodrigue Noukpo Govou is a French international footballer of Beninese descent who currently plays for Évian Thonon Gaillard FC. Govou is a naturally attacking player but rarely plays as a striker, he is more commonly deployed as a winger. His main attribute is his pace...
, as the Club's Ambassador. In the process, Etoile FC becomes the first S-League Club to have an ambassador appointed to represent the club. Sidney and his brother, Jules, arrived in Singapore on 8 June 2011 and conducted a soccer clinic for children.
Singapore League Cup Record
- 20102010 Singapore League CupThe 2010 Singapore League Cup will be held between 20 February to 7 March. The draw was held on Tuesday, 9 February 2010 in Singapore. The matches are played on a one match basis.-Bracket:-Preliminary Stage:The winners advance to the Quarter-Final stage.----...
- Champions - 20112011 Singapore League CupThe 2011 Singapore League Cup will be held between 19 to 30 July. The draw was held on Friday, 1 July 2011 in Singapore. The matches are played on a one match basis....
- Quarter-finals
Notable players
Algeria
- Khaled KharroubiKhaled KharroubiKhaled Farid Kharroubi is an Algerian footballer. He currently plays for Osotspa Saraburi in the Thai Premier League.-Biography:...
- Mansour Lakehal
Cameroon
- Stephane N’cho
- Daniel N'na
France
- Cyril Bagnost (Currently with Tanjong Pagar United FCTanjong Pagar United FCTanjong Pagar United Football Club is a professional football club in Singapore. The club took part in Singapore's S.League from 1996 to 2004. The club withdrew from the S.League after the 2004 season because of financial problems but returned to the S.League in 2011.Prior to the formation of the...
) - Mathieu Delahaigue
- Julien Delétraz
- Yohann Lacroix (Currently with Tampines Rovers FCTampines Rovers FCTampines Rovers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Tampines, Singapore, that play in the S.League. Founded in 1945, they have won the national league championship five times, the Singapore Cup thrice and the ASEAN Club Championship once...
) - Loic Leclercq
- Leeroy Anton Matesanz
- Frédéric MendyFrédéric Mendy (born in 1988)Frédéric Mendy is a professional footballer currently playing for Home United in the Singapore S.League.-Career:Mendy was born in France, and is of Senegalese Heritage...
(Currently with Home United FCHome United FCHome United Football Club is a professional soccer club which plays in Singapore's S.League.-History:The Police Sports Association was founded in the mid-1940s to organise football activities for the Singapore Police Force. They sent two teams to compete in the Singapore Amateur Football...
) - Flavian Michelini
- Brice Moriandini
- Mouty OusseniMouty OusseniMouteo Ousseni Mouteo Ousseni Mouteo Ousseni (born 3 April 1986 in Sèvres (Hauts-de-Seine) is a French footballer, who currently plays for AS Djiboue de Gaoua Réo.-Career:...
- Matthias VerschaveMatthias VerschaveMatthias Verschave is a former French footballer.-Career:Verschave began his playing career with Paris Saint-Germain, and played on loan for Football League Second Division side Swansea City A.F.C. and Clermont Foot. He later played for Ligue 2 sides Stade Reims and Stade Brestois 29.-References:...
- Kevin Yann
- Romain Zewe
Laos Laos
- Anousone Prasitharath
Réunion Reunion
- Stan Troisne-Fougeroud
Honor Roll of Coaches
Patrick Vallée (Feb 2010 - Dec 2010) Guglielmo Arena (Jan 2011 - Current)Sponsors
- Kit Supplier: Michezo
- Sponsor: HRMS Consulting
Etoile FC is currently sponsored by HRMS Consulting. Their kit sponsor is Michezo.
In 2010, Etoile FC secured Ayam Brand
Ayam Brand
Ayam Brand or Ayam is one on the oldest consumer brands in Asia. Ayam means “rooster” in Malay and the iconic product is historically the canned sardines in tomato sauce....
as their sponsor after sports marketing company, The Red Card, dropped their sponsorship on 22 April 2010. Their jersey will feature the Ayam Brand logo on the front of their shirts for one match against defending champions SAFFC at the Jalan Besar Stadium
Jalan Besar Stadium
Jalan Besar Stadium is a football stadium located along Jalan Besar, in the Kallang area of Singapore and is the current home stadium of Young Lions, a S.League football team. The stadium can also be used for any Singapore national football team matches as the National Stadium, Singapore is being...
on 23 April, on a match-day sponsorship deal. The deal includes advertisement boards and match-day hospitality. This deal make Etoile FC the first S-League side to have a match-day sponsorship deal. After the match, the logo will be printed on the sleeve instead of the front.
External links
- Official Website
- S.League.Com: Étoile FC and Beijing Guoan to play in S.League 2010
- TODAYonline.Com: Sports: "Voila, and the French are here"
- TODAYonline.Com: Sports: Get ready for some French flair
- ChannelNewsAsia.Com: France's Etoile FC named as 11th team for 2010 S.League season
- ChannelNewsAsia.Com: Football: French and Chinese team expected to add more buzz to S.League
- TheNewPaper: Bonjour, S-League
- AsiaOne.Com: French club Etoile one of two new S-League teams
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- Tempointeraktif.Com - Liga Singapura Sertakan Klub Eropa
- Reuters: French and Chinese sides enter Singapore league for 2010
- Kallangroar.com: Etoile FC
- Foot69: Singapore, a trampoline for the stars (French)