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Montpellier Hérault SC

Montpellier Hérault SC
Montpellier players celebrate last season's Ligue 1 triumph ©AFP/Getty Images

Montpellier Hérault SC

Formed: 1974
Nicknames: Les Pailladins, Les Héraultais (people from the Hérault area)

UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)
• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1999

Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)
• League title: 1 (2012)
• French Cup: 1 (1990)

History
• Montpellier were formed in the mid-1970s by current president Louis Nicollin, who merged Sport Club Montpelliérain and Stade Olympique Montpelliérain, winners of the 1929 Coupe de France and part of the first French professional season three years later.

• Playing at the compact Stade de la Mosson, named after the nearby river, Montpellier reached the top flight in 1980 following three promotions, their cause inspired by the goals of Fleury Di Nallo, who joined in 1975 from Olympique Lyonnais, the club from the city where Nicollin was born.

• The late 1980s heralded something of a golden era for the club. Under Michel Mézy, Pierre Mosca and Aimé Jacquet, players such as Laurent Blanc, Roger Milla and Éric Cantona thrived and the team was rewarded with a French Cup triumph in 1990. The following season, Montpellier defeated PSV Eindhoven and FC Steaua Bucureşti in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup before succumbing to Manchester United FC in the quarter-finals.

• Les Pailladins, named after the suburb they play in and their famous kop Butte Paillade, spent five seasons in Ligue 2 following relegation in 2004. René Girard replaced Rolland Courbis upon the club's return to the top flight in 2009 and led a young team, inspired by the goals of now departed striker Olivier Giroud, to an unexpected first Ligue 1 title triumph in 2011/12.

Club records Most appearances: Pascal Baills (429)
Most goals: Laurent Blanc (84)
Record victory: Grenoble Abbaye 0-7 Montpellier (French Cup, 20 November 2004), Montpellier 7-0 FC Sète 34 (Ligue 2, 25 April 1987)
Record defeat: FC Nantes 7-0 Montpellier (Ligue 1, 12 December 1981)

Last updated: 13/09/12 15.02CET

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Matches

HomeAway
The home team is listed first.Last updated: 19/05/2013 01:45 CET
10 August 2012 - French Ligue 1
Montpellier1-1Toulouse
Referee: not available
08/25/2012 23:16:45
18 August 2012 - French Ligue 1
Lorient2-1Montpellier
Referee: not available
08/25/2012 23:18:00
26 August 2012 - French Ligue 1
Montpellier0-1Marseille
Referee: not available
08/26/2012 22:06:02
1 September 2012 - French Ligue 1
Sochaux1-3Montpellier
Referee: not available – Stadium: , Montbeliard ()
11/25/2012 23:20:58
14 September 2012 - French Ligue 1
Reims3-1Montpellier
Referee: not available – Stadium: , Reims ()
11/25/2012 23:20:42
Montpellier1-2Arsenal
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP) – Stadium: La Mosson, Montpellier (FRA)
12/07/2012 06:39:47
21 September 2012 - French Ligue 1
Montpellier1-1St-Etienne
Referee: not available
09/21/2012 21:40:08
29 September 2012 - French Ligue 1
Nancy0-2Montpellier
Referee: not available
09/29/2012 22:44:21
Schalke2-2Montpellier
Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS) – Stadium: Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen (GER)
12/07/2012 06:39:48
6 October 2012 - French Ligue 1
Montpellier2-3Évian
Referee: not available – Stadium: , Montpellier ()
11/25/2012 23:20:42
20 October 2012 - French Ligue 1
Rennes2-1Montpellier
Referee: not available – Stadium: , Rennes ()
11/25/2012 23:21:12
Montpellier1-2Olympiacos
Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA) – Stadium: La Mosson, Montpellier (FRA)
12/07/2012 06:40:08
27 October 2012 - French Ligue 1
Montpellier3-1Nice
Referee: not available
10/27/2012 22:23:48
31 October 2012 - French League Cup, Fourth round
Montpellier1-0Bordeaux
Referee: not available
11/01/2012 04:42:09
3 November 2012 - French Ligue 1
Troyes1-1Montpellier
Referee: not available
11/03/2012 23:20:03
Olympiacos3-1Montpellier
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (CRO) – Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus (GRE)
12/07/2012 06:39:51
11 November 2012 - French Ligue 1
Montpellier1-1PSG
Referee: not available
11/11/2012 23:41:59
17 November 2012 - French Ligue 1
Valenciennes1-1Montpellier
Referee: not available
11/17/2012 22:27:12
Arsenal2-0Montpellier
Referee: Fırat Aydınus (TUR) – Stadium: Arsenal Stadium, London (ENG)
12/07/2012 06:40:09
25 November 2012 - French Ligue 1
Montpellier1-0Bordeaux
Referee: not available – Stadium: , Montpellier ()
11/25/2012 17:10:55
28 November 2012 - French League Cup, Quarter-finals
Montpellier3-2Nice
Referee: not available – Stadium: , Montpellier ()
11/28/2012 19:54:02
1 December 2012 - French Ligue 1
Lyon1-0Montpellier
Referee: not available – Stadium: , Lyon ()
12/01/2012 22:12:09
Montpellier1-1Schalke
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP) – Stadium: La Mosson, Montpellier (FRA)
01/19/2013 10:35:00
8 December 2012 - French Ligue 1
Montpellier3-0Ajaccio
Referee: not available – Stadium: , Montpellier ()
12/08/2012 22:12:43
12 December 2012 - French Ligue 1
Brest1-2Montpellier
Referee: not available – Stadium: , Brest ()
12/12/2012 21:59:15
15 December 2012 - French Ligue 1
Montpellier4-0Bastia
Referee: not available – Stadium: , Montpellier ()
12/15/2012 21:15:10
22 December 2012 - French Ligue 1
LOSC4-1Montpellier
Referee: not available – Stadium: , Lille ()
12/24/2012 12:14:06
6 January 2013 - French Cup, Ninth round
Bourg-Péronnas1-2Montpellier
Referee: not available
01/07/2013 11:08:42
12 January 2013 - French Ligue 1
Montpellier

2-0Lorient

Referee: not available – Montpellier
01/12/2013 21:34:36
16 January 2013 - French League Cup, Semi-finals
Rennes

2-0Montpellier

Referee: not available – Rennes
01/16/2013 21:54:05
19 January 2013 - French Ligue 1
Marseille

3-2Montpellier

Referee: not available – Marseille
01/19/2013 21:14:28
23 January 2013 - French Cup, Tenth round
Montpellier

2-3Sochaux

Sochaux win after extra time
Referee: not available – Montpellier
01/23/2013 21:55:23
26 January 2013 - French Ligue 1
Montpellier

2-0Sochaux

Referee: not available – Montpellier
01/26/2013 21:07:41
3 February 2013 - French Ligue 1
Montpellier

3-1Reims

Referee: not available – Montpellier
02/03/2013 23:05:26
9 February 2013 - French Ligue 1
St-Étienne

4-1Montpellier

Referee: not available – St Etienne
02/09/2013 21:22:15
16 February 2013 - French Ligue 1
Montpellier

1-0Nancy

Referee: not available – Montpellier
02/16/2013 21:36:18
23 February 2013 - French Ligue 1
Évian

0-1Montpellier

Referee: not available – Annecy
02/23/2013 21:41:27
1 March 2013 - French Ligue 1
Montpellier

2-0Rennes

Referee: not available – Montpellier
03/01/2013 21:29:26
10 March 2013 - French Ligue 1
Nice

2-0Montpellier

Referee: not available – Nice
03/10/2013 15:54:31
16 March 2013 - French Ligue 1
Montpellier

1-1Troyes

Referee: not available – Montpellier
03/16/2013 22:17:55
29 March 2013 - French Ligue 1
PSG

1-0Montpellier

Referee: not available – Paris
03/29/2013 21:29:25
6 April 2013 - French Ligue 1
Montpellier

3-1Valenciennes

Referee: not available – Montpellier
04/06/2013 21:58:42
13 April 2013 - French Ligue 1
Bordeaux

4-2Montpellier

Referee: not available – Bordeaux
04/13/2013 22:20:04
19 April 2013 - French Ligue 1
Montpellier

1-2Lyon

Referee: not available – Montpellier
04/19/2013 21:46:24
27 April 2013 - French Ligue 1
Ajaccio

2-1Montpellier

Referee: not available – Ajaccio
04/27/2013 21:18:02
4 May 2013 - French Ligue 1
Montpellier2-1Brest
Referee: not available – Montpellier
05/04/2013 21:03:57
11 May 2013 - French Ligue 1
Bastia3-1Montpellier
Referee: not available – Bastia
05/11/2013 21:47:13
18 May 2013 - French Ligue 1
Montpellier0-0LOSC
Referee: Fredy Fautrel
26 May 2013 - French Ligue 1
ToulouseMontpellier
Referee: TBD – Toulouse
04/26/2013 17:30:43

Trophy cabinet

  • UEFA Intertoto Cup

    Titles
    1

Club record in UEFA competitions

  • Biggest win in UEFA competition:
    10/07/1999, Montpellier 6-0 Qarabağ, Montpellier
  • Biggest defeat in UEFA competition:
    07/09/1988, Montpellier 0-3 Benfica, Montpellier
  • Appearances in UEFA Champions League:  1
  • Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:  1
  • Appearances in UEFA Europa League:  4
  • Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup:  2
  • Player with most UEFA appearances: 19
    Pascal Baills ( France FRA)
    Pascal Fugier ( France FRA)
  • Top scorers in UEFA club competitions: 5
    Patrice Loko ( France FRA)
    Philippe Delaye ( France FRA)
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