FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

The club, whose colours include blue and yellow and which has a stylised lion's head in its emblem, was founded in 1928, then still under the name FC Sochaux. Based in the town of Montbéliard near the Swiss border, the home stand at the Stade Auguste Bonal comfortably accommodates twenty thousand spectators. FCSM, as the team's name is sometimes reported in the media, was founded by Jean-Pierre Peugeot, a member of the famous car company's founding family.

The club's greatest achievements are rather bearded - it won the premier league title in 1935 and 1938, the French Cup was won by Les Lionceaux for the first time in 1937, and for the second time seventy years later. The 2004 League Cup can also be added to the collection of trophies. Famous names of the past? Faruk Hadžibegić, former Yugoslavian international, Jérémy Mathieu, who later played for Barcelona, and Jérémy Ménez. El-Hadji Diouf, the 70-time Senegalese international, also grew up in the club's academy.