Nimes

Nimes Olympique (commonly referred to as simply Nimes) is a French association football club based in Nimes. The club was founded on 10 April 1937 and currently plays in Ligue 2, the second level of French football. The club's most important achievements were winning Ligue 2 in 1950 and the Championnat National in 1997 and in 2012. Nimes plays its home matches at the Stade des Costieres located within the city.

History

The Sporting Club Nimois (SCN) was founded in 1901 by Henri Monnier, who, at the age of 21, had just returned from a two-year trip to England. He decided to start a new team in Nimes, his home town. Originally, the team was for young Protestants only.

In 1908, the SCN played FC Sete for the title of 'Champions of Languedoc'. Nimes won, qualifying for the final phase of the French championship, which they lost to Marseille in the first round.

The club suspended activities due to World War I. After the war ended, it resumed its activities on 15 April 1919. In 1922, SCN united with another club from Nimes, F.A. Nimois, becoming a single club.

The new team, still under the name of Sporting Club Nimois, was runner-up in the South-East championship in 1925. In 1927, les Nimois won a place in the highest championship, then known as the Division d'Honneur.

In October 1931, the then-president of the Republic of France, Gaston Doumergue, inaugurated the Jean Bouin stadium.

Due to financial problems, SCN abandoned their professional activities in 1937. Following efforts from local businessmen, the club moved to the district of Lozere-Gard in Nimes, and was reformed as Nimes Olympique.

The team moved to the Stade des Costieres on 15 February 1989. The first league match at the stadium was on 4 March 1989, against Montceau in a Ligue 2 game, with 3,647 spectators in attendance. The record attendance to date was 25,051, which was recorded in the 1991–92 season, in a Ligue 1 game against Marseille.

In December 1991, during a match for Nim

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