Nîmes Olympique (commonly referred to as simply Nîmes) is a French association football club based in Nîmes. The club was founded on 10 April 1937 and currently plays in the Championnat National, the third tier of French football. The Stade des Antonins is the club’s home stadium.

History

In the 1995–96 season, then playing in the third division (non-professional level), Nîmes reached the final of the Coupe de France, allowing them to compete the following year in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. In September 1996, in the Round of 32, Nîmes beat Budapest Honvéd (5–2 on aggregate), before losing to AIK in the next round (2–3 on aggregate). On 5 May 2018, Nîmes secured promotion back to Ligue 1 for the first time since the 1992–93 season after finishing second in Ligue 2. In the 2018–19 season, Nimes finished comfortably above the relegation zone in Ligue 1, placing 9th among 20 teams. In the 2020–21 Ligue 1 season, Nimes finished second from bottom and were relegated to Ligue 2. On 5 November 2022, Nîmes played its final match at the Stade des Costières, a 1–0 Ligue 2 victory over Bordeaux. The club would move into the Stade des Antonins on a temporary basis, before the demolition of the Stade des Costières would pave the way for the construction of the Stade Nemausus, for a projected completion in 2026. In the 2022–23 Ligue 2 season, Nimes finished second from the bottom and were relegated to the Championnat National.

Players

Current squad

Notable players

Below are the notable former players who have represented Nîmes in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1937. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 80 official matches for the club or represented the national team for which the player is eligible during his stint with Nîmes or following his departure. For a complete list of Nîmes Olympique players, see Category:Nîmes Olympique players • 🇫🇷 France • Jean-Pierre Adams • William Ayache • Ivan Bek • Pierre Bernard • Laurent Blanc • Bernard Boissier • Éric Cantona • André Chardar • Johann Charpenet • Paul Chillan • Patrick Cubaynes • Johnny Ecker • Jean-Marc Ferratge • Jordan Ferri • Kader Firoud • René Girard • Edmond Haan • Mahi Khennane • Maurice Lafont • Michel Mézy • Jacky Novi • Christian Perez • Frédéric Piquionne • Benoît Poulain • Bernard Rahis • Téji Savanier • Henri Skiba • Joseph Ujlaki • Philippe Vercruysse • Jacky Vergnes • Alexandre Villaplane • Anthony Vosahlo • 🇩🇿 Algeria • Omar Belbey • Ali Boulebda • Rabah Gamouh • Mahi Khennane • Faouzi Mansouri • Djamel Menad • Mehdi Mostefa • Abder Ramdane • Amokrane Oualiken • Abderraouf Zarabi • 🇦🇷 Argentina • José Luis Cuciuffo • Jorge Domínguez (footballer) • José Daniel Ponce • 🇦🇹 Austria • Heinz Schilcher • 🇧🇪 Belgium • Roger Van Gool • 🇧🇯 Benin • Mouritala Ogunbiyi • Steve Mounié • 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina • Mehmed Baždarević • 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso • Issouf Ouattara • 🇨🇲 Cameroon • Benjamin Moukandjo • 🇨🇫 Central African Republic • Eloge Enza-Yamissi • Manassé Enza-Yamissi • 🇰🇲 Comoros • Mohamed M'Changama • 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire • Guy Demel • 🇭🇷 Croatia • Darko Vukić • Czechoslovakia • Adolf Scherer • Dušan Tittel • Democratic Republic of Congo • Alain Masudi • 🇩🇰 Denmark • Kristen Nygaard • 🇬🇦 Gabon • Denis Bouanga • 🇬🇭 Ghana • Arthur Moses • 🇬🇷 Greece • Panagiotis Vlachodimos • 🇭🇺 Hungary • Vilmos Kohut • 🇱🇷 Liberia • Edward Weah Dixon • 🇲🇰 Macedonia • Milko Gjurovski • Vlatko Stojanovski • 🇲🇱 Mali • Dramane Coulibaly • Alphousseyni Keita • Moussa Sidibé • 🇲🇷 Mauritania • Moïse Kandé • 🇲🇦 Morocco • Hassan Akesbi • Rachid Alioui • Adil Hermach • Hassan Kachloul • Mohammed Mahroufi • Mustapha Merry • 🇳🇱 Netherlands • Ton Lokhoff • Jan Poortvliet • 🇳🇬 Nigeria • Wilson Oruma • 🇳🇴 Norway • Birger Meling • Palestine • Imad Zatara • 🇵🇾 Paraguay • Andrés Cubas • Sebastián Fleitas • José Parodi • 🇵🇱 Poland • Jan Domarski • Stanisław Karwat • Republic of the Congo • Ladislas Douniama • François Makita • Republic of Ireland • Jacko McDonagh • 🇷🇴 Romania • Ion Pârcălab • Florea Voinea • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland • Alec Cheyne • Andrew Wilson • 🇸🇳 Senegal • Aliou Cissé • Lamine Sakho • Mamadou Seck • 🇷🇸 Serbia • Nenad Kovačević • 🇸🇰 Slovakia • Dušan Tittel • 🇸🇪 Sweden • Niclas Eliasson • 🇹🇬 Togo • Komlan Amewou • Jonathan Ayité • Robert Malm • Yugoslavia • Ivan Bek • Milko Gjurovski • Josip Pirmajer • Fadil Vokrri

Coaches

• Vilmos Kohut (1939–40) • Marcel Gebelin (1940–42) • Louis Gabrillargues (1942–46) • René Dedieu (1946–48) • Pierre Pibarot (1948–55) • Kader Firoud (1955–64) • Pierre Pibarot (1964–67) • Marcel Rouvière (1967) • Marcel Tomazover (1967–69) • Kader Firoud (1969–78) • Henri Noël (1978–82) • Pierre Barlaguet (1982–84) • Marcel Domingo (1984–86) • Kristen Nygaard (1986–87) • Jean Sérafin (1987–88) • Bernard Boissier (1988–90) • Daniel Romeo (1990–91) • René Girard (1991–92) • Michel Mézy (1992) • Léonce Lavagne (1992–93) • Michel Mézy (1993) • René Exbrayat (1993–94) • Josip Skoblar (1994) • René Girard (1994) • Pierre Barlaguet (1994–96) • Pierre Mosca (1996–99) • Serge Delmas (1999–00) • Dominique Bathenay (2000) • Bernard Boissier (2001–02) • François Brisson and Armand Sene (2002–03) • Patrick Champ (2003) • Didier Ollé-Nicole (2003–05) • Régis Brouard (2005–07) • Laurent Fournier (2007) • Jean-Luc Vannuchi (2007–08) • Jean-Michel Cavalli (2008–10) • Noël Tosi (2010–11) • Thierry Froger (2011–12) • Victor Zvunka (2012–13) • René Marsiglia (2013–14) • José Pasqualetti (2014–15) • Bernard Blaquart (2015–20) • Jérôme Arpinon (2020–21) • Pascal Plancque (2021–22) • Nicolas Usaï (2022) • Frédéric Bompard (2022–2024) • Adil Hermach (2024–present)

Honours

League

Cup