Rodez AF

Rodez AF
Full name	Rodez Aveyron Football
Nickname(s)	Le RAF; Les Sangs et Or (The Blood and Golds)
Founded	1929; 95 years ago
Ground	Stade Paul-Lignon,; Rodez
Capacity	5,955
President	Pierre-Olivier Murat
Head coach	Didier Santini
League	Ligue 2
2023–24	Ligue 2, 4th of 20
Website	Club website
	Current season

Rodez Aveyron Football (Occitan: Rodés Avairon; commonly referred to as le Raf^[1] or simply Rodez) is a French association football club based in Rodez. The club was founded in 1929 and currently plays in Ligue 2, the second level of French football. The club plays its home matches at the Stade Paul Lignon located within the city. The women's squad was founded in 1993 and are known as the Rafettes.^[2] They play in the Division 1 Féminine, the top division in France.

From 1988–1993, Rodez played in Ligue 2, and on 11 April 2019 secured promotion back to this level after 26 years in the lower divisions.^[3]

Players

Current squad

As of 22 August 2024.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Sébastien Cibois
2	DF	FRA	Éric Vandenabeele
3	DF	FRA	Raphaël Lipinski
4	DF	COD	Stone Mambo
5	MF	FRA	Giovanni Haag
6	DF	CHA	Ahmad Ngouyamsa
7	MF	FRA	Mohamed Achi
8	MF	CMR	Wilitty Younoussa
9	FW	FRA	Timothé Nkada
10	MF	FRA	Waniss Taïbi
11	DF	BEL	Mohamed Bouchouari
16	GK	COD	Lionel Mpasi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	FRA	Aurélien Pelon
18	FW	FRA	Ibrahima Baldé
19	MF	FRA	Derek Mazou-Sacko
20	FW	HAI	Dany Jean (on loan from Strasbourg)
21	DF	FRA	Joris Chougrani
22	FW	MAR	Tawfik Bentayeb (on loan from Union Touarga)
23	DF	FRA	Cheick Doumbia
24	DF	FRA	Loni Quenabio
26	FW	FRA	Yannis Verdier
28	DF	COM	Akim Abdallah
29	DF	FRA	Grégory Coelho
30	GK	FRA	Enzo Crombez

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	FRA	Hatim Far (at La Roche until 30 June 2024)

Notable players

For a list of former Rodez players, see Category:Rodez AF players.

Staff

Management

Chairman: Pierre-Olivier Murat
General Manager: Grégory Ursule

Sports

Head Coach: Didier Santini
Assistant Coaches: Jérôme Fournier
Alassane Sawadogo
Goalkeeper Coach: David Manhaval

Honours

Division 3
- Runners-up (1): 1990
- Winners (3): 1988 (Southwest group), 1990 (Central West group), 2018–19
Championnat de France amateur
- Winners (1): 2007 (Group C)
Championnat de France amateur 2
- Winners (1): 2004 (Group F)
Division 4
- Winners (1): 1984 (Group G)
Division d'Honneur (Midi-Pyrénées)
- Champions (3): 1956, 1969, 1982

References

^ "National. Vainqueur, le Rodez AF se rend la vie plus facile". La Depeche (in French). 29 September 2010. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
^ "Rafettes maintenues". La Depeche (in French). 5 July 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
^ "26 ans plus tard, Rodez est en Ligue 2" (in French). foot-national.com. 11 April 2019. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
^ "Effectif" (in French). rodezaveyronfootball.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ "Rodez Aveyron Football – Squad". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ "Ligue 2 BKT : Le point complet sur l'effectif !" (in French). Rodez AF. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

[1] "National. Vainqueur, le Rodez AF se rend la vie plus facile". La Depeche (in French). 29 September 2010. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

[2] "Rafettes maintenues". La Depeche (in French). 5 July 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

[3] "26 ans plus tard, Rodez est en Ligue 2" (in French). foot-national.com. 11 April 2019. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

[4] "Effectif" (in French). rodezaveyronfootball.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[5] "Rodez Aveyron Football – Squad". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[6] "Ligue 2 BKT : Le point complet sur l'effectif !" (in French). Rodez AF. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

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v t e Division 2 / Ligue 2 seasons
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Ligue 2 (2002–present)	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
List of French second division champions

Authority control databases
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