Gap Hautes-Alpes Football Club (Gap Auts-Aups; commonly referred to as simply Gap) is a French

France

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 association football club based in Gap

Gap, Hautes-Alpes

Gap is a commune in southeastern France, the capital of the Hautes-Alpes department.-Geography:An Alpine crossroads at the intersection of D994 and Route nationale 85 the Route Napoléon, Gap lies above sea level along the right bank of the Luye River...

, the capital city

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 of the Hautes-Alpes

Hautes-Alpes

Hautes-Alpes is a department in southeastern France named after the Alps mountain range.- History :Hautes-Alpes is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...

 department. The club was formed in 1970 as a result of a merger between Sporting Club Olympique Gapençais (founded in 1962) and CSL Louis Jean (founded in 1969) and currently play in the Championnat de France amateur Group C, the fourth level of French football

Football in France

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. The club achieved promotion to the Championnat National

Championnat National

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 following the 2009–10 season

2009–10 Championnat de France amateur

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. On 29 May 2000, Gap changed its name to its current version. Gap plays its home matches at the Stade Municipal de Gap located within the commune. The team is managed by Patrick Bruzzichessi and captained by goalkeeper Clément Rigaud.

Current squad

As of January 2011.

Notable former players

For a list of former Gap players, see :Category:Gap FC players.

Current coaching staff

Head Coach:

• Patrick Bruzzichessi

Assistant Coach:

• Choukry Atroubi

Team Chef:

• Cédric Carrez

Athletic Coach:

• Nicolas Jean Dit Gautier

Kinésithérapeut

• Julien Demey

Honours

• Championnat de France amateur
  • Champions (1): 2010
    2009–10 Championnat de France amateur
    The 2009–10 Championnat de France Amateurs season is the 12th edition of the competition since its establishment. The competition officially began on 8 August and will end in May 2010. The competition consists of 73 clubs spread into 4 parallel groups of 18 with one of the groups containing 19 clubs...
    
    
• Championnat de France amateur 2
  • Champions (1): 2003
• Division d'Honneur (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)
  • Champions (1): 2001

External links

• Official website