List of RC Strasbourg Alsace players

This page lists a selection of RC Strasbourg Alsace players who have achieved sufficient notability according to several criteria which are defined below. For a list of all RC Strasbourg players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:RC Strasbourg Alsace players, and for the current first-team squad, see RC Strasbourg Alsace#Current squad.

Notable players for the club edit

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for RC Strasbourg from when the club turned professional in 1933 to the present. Generally, this means all players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club.[1] However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included. This includes those who have represented their country whilst playing for the club,[2] and players who have set a club playing record, such as goalscoring or transfer fee records.[3]

Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances are for first-team competitive matches only, including substitute appearances, while wartime and cup matches are excluded. Players who captained the club for 10 or more games during a season are included. Statistics are correct as of November 25, 2008.

  Club captains who have won a major senior competition (competitions noted in notes section).
  Players who represented their country while at the club.
Name Nationality Position[4] Strasbourg career Captaincy Appearances Goals Notes
Albert Freyermuth   France Forward 1921–1935 1933–1934 11 3 [5]
Lucien Halter   France Midfielder 1929–1932
1933–1939
1935–1938 188 0
Fritz Keller   France Forward 1933–1939 1934–1935 165 74 [6]
Oscar Heisserer   France Forward 1934–1938
1945–1949
1945–1949 238 64 [7]
Oskar Rohr   Germany Forward 1934–1939 150 118 [8]
Alexander Schwartz   Romania Defender 1936–1938 67 0 [9]
Ernest Waechter   France Defender 1936–1940
1945–1947
127 12
Alphonse Rolland   France Forward 1945–1948 119 46
Marcel Lergenmuller   France Goalkeeper 1945–1949 117 0
Joseph Lang   France Midfielder 1945–1949 140 2
Secundo Pascual   Spain Defender 1945–1949 159 1
Paco Mateo   Spain Defender 1945–1950 118 17
Frédéric Woehl   France Forward 1945–1950 1949–1950 148 55 [10]
Aleksandrs Vanags   Latvia Midfielder 1946–1947
1949–1954
140 10
Charles Heiné   France Forward 1946–1949 94 20
Lucien Schaeffer   France Goalkeeper 1947–1953 137 0
Raymond Krug   France Forward 1947–1956 211 8
Edmond Haan   France Forward 1947–1949
1950–1961
1951–1952
1954–1956
1958
329 76 [11]
François Remetter   France Goalkeeper 1948
1960–1964
141 0
Michel Vavriniak   Poland Midfielder 1949–1952 1950–1951 93 0 [12]
René Hauss   France Defender 1949–1967 1962–1967 580 13 [13]
Raymond Kaelbel   France Defender 1950–1956
1964–1969
277 11
Jean Wendling   France Defender 1951–1956 92 0 [14]
Antoine Hertrich   France Midfielder 1951–1959 131 38
Jean-Pierre Kress   France Goalkeeper 1953–1956 48 0
Ernst Stojaspal   Austria Midfielder 1954–1957 115 58 [15]
Louis Schweitzer   France Midfielder 1955–1961 122 4
Stéphane Brezniak   France Midfielder 1956–1959 1958–1969 122 14
Maurice Visioli   France Goalkeeper 1957–1960 104 0
Casimir Koza   France Forward 1959–1964 161 83
Pierre Nabat   France Midfielder 1959–1964 112 7
Denis Devaux   France Defender 1959–1966 176 3
Raymond Stieber   France Midfielder 1959–1967 245 5
Robert Jonquet   France Defender 1960–1962 1960–1962 59 3
Roland Merschel   France Midfielder 1960–1962
1964–1969
216 19 [16]
Gilbert Gress   France Forward 1960–1966
1973–1975
1974–1975 257 26
Gérard Hausser   France Forward 1960–1967
1971–1974
1971–1974 317 78
Michel Leblond   France Defender 1961–1964 104 3
Gines Gonzales   France Defender 1961–1966 108 4
Pierre Sbaiz   France Defender 1961–1967 131 0
Jean Schuth   France Goalkeeper 1961–1971 1969–1971 277 0
Ramon Muller   Argentina Forward 1962–1963
1966–1968
140 22
José Farías   Argentina Forward 1963–1967 138 47
Marcel Lazarus   France Midfielder 1965–1973 187 1
Philippe Piat   France Forward 1965–1966
1967–1970
152 48
Gérard Burcklé   France Defender 1966–1970 139 2
José Lopez   Spain Defender 1966–1970 125 1
Jean-Noël Huck   France Midfielder 1968–1971
1984–1985
1984–1985 118 8 [17]
Dario Grava   France Defender 1968–1973 151 3
Marc Molitor   France Forward 1969–1973 93 43
René Deutschmann   France Midfielder 1969–1984 352 14
Ivica Osim   Yugoslavia Midfielder 1970–1972
1976–1978
1976–1977 104 20
Maurice Serrus   France Defender 1971–1975 145 1
Gérald Zamojski   France Defender 1971–1976 134 0
Michel Sénéchal   France Forward 1972–1977 108 12
Roland Wagner   France Forward 1973–1982 201 48
Giora Spiegel   Israel Midfielder 1973–1976 1975–1976 107 25
Jacky Duguépéroux   France Defender 1973–1979 1977–1979 322 4 [18]
Albert Gemmrich   France Forward 1973–1979
1983–1984
253 94
Dominique Dropsy   France Goalkeeper 1973–1984 1980–1981 461 1 [19]
Léonard Specht   France Defender 1973–1982
1987–1989
1987–1989 372 23
Yves Ehrlacher   France Midfielder 1974–1979 202 29
Joël Tanter   France Forward 1974–1982 182 18
Jean-Jacques Marx   France Defender 1975–1982 248 22
Jacky Novi   France Defender 1977–1980 1979–1980 92 1
Raymond Domenech   France Defender 1977–1981 146 4
Francis Piasecki   France Midfielder 1977–1985 1984–1985 322 64
Roger Jouve   France Midfielder 1978–1980 43 0
Jacques Glassmann   France Defender 1978–1984 57 3 [20]
Rémy Vogel   France Midfielder 1978–1987 1985–1987 266 7
Jean-François Jodar   France Defender 1979–1984 147 0
Vicky Peretz   Israel Forward 1980–1982 81 29 [21]
Serge Jenner   France Defender 1980–1987
1990–1992
233 7
Denis Schaer   France Forward 1980–1988 184 18
Didier Six   France Forward 1980–1981
1986–1987
33 3
Carsten Nielsen   Denmark Forward 1981–1985 1985 120 17
Jean-Marc Knapp   France Defender 1981–1987 127 1
Porfirio Armando Betancourt   Honduras Forward 1982–1984 38 5
Vincent Cobos   France Defender 1982–1991 1989–1991 227 3
Andrey Zhelyazkov   Bulgaria Midfielder 1985–1986 27 1 [22]
Marc Andrieux   France Midfielder 1985–1989 108 7
Peter Reichert   Germany Midfielder 1986–1989 108 39
Jean-Jacques Etamé   France Midfielder 1986–1988
1990–1993
121 22
Cyriaque Didaux   France Midfielder 1987–1992
128 21
José Cobos   France Defender 1987–1993 157 10
Jean-François Péron   France Forward 1988–1992 141 12
Didier Monczuk   France Forward 1989–1993 105 72
Sylvain Sansone   France Goalkeeper 1989–1994 156 0
Ivan Hasek   Czech Republic Midfielder 1990–1994 79 27 [23]
Frank Leboeuf   France Defender 1990–1996 1995–1996 204 40
Stephen Keshi   Nigeria Defender 1991–1993 64 9 [24]
Marc Keller   France Forward 1991–1996 162 35 [25]
Yvon Pouliquen   France Midfielder 1991–1996 1991–1995 172 4
Pascal Baills   France Defender 1992–1995 108 3
Michael Hughes   Northern Ireland Midfielder 1992–1994 84 9 [26]
Frank Farina   Australia Forward 1992–1994 48 14 [27]
Yannick Rott   France Defender 1993–1998 140 1
Olivier Dacourt   France Midfielder 1993–1998 136 4
David Régis   France Defender 1993–1996 102 2
Valérien Ismaël   France Defender 1993–1998
2001
2002–2003
142 3
Aleksandr Mostovoi   Russia Midfielder 1994–1996 61 15 [28]
Alexander Vencel   Slovakia Goalkeeper 1994–2000 199 0 [29]
Gérald Baticle   France Forward 1995–1998 1996–1998 112 21 [30]
Philippe Raschke   France Defender 1995–1998 100 2
David Zitelli   France Forward 1995–1998
1999–2000
131 35
Godwin Okpara   Nigeria Defender 1996–1999 102 6 [31]
Jan Suchopárek   Czech Republic Defender 1996–1999 81 1 [32]
Stéphane Collet   France Midfielder 1996–1999
2001–2002
117 2
Seo Jung-Won   South Korea Forward 1998–1999 18 4 [33]
Corentin Martins   France Midfielder 1998–1999
2000–2004
2000–2004 133 16 [34]
Gharib Amzine   Morocco Midfielder 1998–2001 44 2 [35]
Péguy Luyindula   France Forward 1998–2001 84 19 [36]
Teddy Bertin   France Defender 1998–2003 1998–2000 151 23
Fabrice Ehret   France Midfielder 1998–2004 124 8
Habib Beye   Senegal Defender 1998–2003 133 8 [37]
Akmal Rizal   Malaysia Forward 1999–2000 22 5
Mario Haas   Austria Forward 1999–2001 29 4 [38][39]
Joseph N'Do   Cameroon Midfielder 1999–2001 27 0 [40]
Pierre N'Janka   Cameroon Defender 1999–2003 64 0 [41]
Pascal Camadini   France Midfielder 1999–2005
2006–2007
137 4
Mamadou Bagayoko   Mali Forward 1999–2003 72 4 [42]
Pascal Johansen   France Midfielder 2000–2002
2004–2008
144 6
Cédric Kanté   Mali Defender 2000–2001
2003–2006
2004–2005 96 3 [43][44]
Danijel Ljuboja   Serbia Forward 2000–2003 121 34 [45][46]
Jean-Christophe Devaux   France Defender 2000–2007 128 1
Vincent Doukantié   Mali Midfielder 2000–2002 25 0 [47]
José Luis Chilavert   Paraguay Goalkeeper 2000–2002 50 0 [48]
Yacine Abdessadki   Morocco Midfielder 2000–2002
2003–2005
2006–2008
2006–2007 128 12 [49]
Christian Bassila   France Midfielder 2001–2005 2004 89 7
Guillaume Lacour   France Midfielder 2002–Present 2005–2006
2007
2009–Present
201 2 [50]
Yves Deroff   France Defender 2002–2007 2006 147 2
Ulrich Le Pen   France Forward 2002–2006 105 16
Václav Drobný   Czech Republic Defender 2002–2004 42 0 [51]
Eric Mouloungui   Gabon Forward 2003–2005
2006–2008
102 17 [52]
Mamadou Niang   Senegal Forward 2003–2005 56 21 [53]
Pontus Farnerud   Sweden Forward 2003–2004
2005–2006
63 3 [54]
Salim Arrache   Algeria Forward 2003–2006 64 1 [55]
Alexander Farnerud   Sweden Forward 2003–2006 80 6 [56]
Mickaël Pagis   France Forward 2004–2006 2005 45 19
Karim Haggui   Tunisia Defender 2004–2006 43 2 [57]
Arthur Boka   Ivory Coast Defender 2004–2006 66 2 [58]
Stéphane Cassard   France Goalkeeper 2004–Present 162 0
Sidi Keita   Mali Midfielder 2004–2006 27 0 [59]
Haykel Gmamdia   Tunisia Forward 2005–2006 13 0 [60]
Hosni Abd Rabo   Egypt Midfielder 2005–2006 22 1 [61]
Ahmed Abou Moslem   Egypt Defender 2006–2007 26 0 [62]
Szilárd Németh   Slovakia Forward 2006 9 0 [63]
Jeff Strasser   Luxembourg Defender 2006–2007 26 1 [64]
Wason Rentería   Colombia Forward 2007–2008 28 9 [65]
Rodrigo   Brazil Midfielder 2007–2008 2007–2008 34 1
Grégory Paisley   France Defender 2007–Present 2008–2009 57 0
Jacob Mulenga   Zambia Forward 2007–2008 22 1 [66]
Zoltán Szélesi   Hungary Defender 2007–Present 38 0 [67]
Mamadou Bah   Guinea Midfielder 2008–Present 24 0 [68]

Club captains edit

Name Period
  Rémy Vogel 1985–1987
  Léonard Specht 1987–1989
  Vincent Cobos 1989–1991
  Yvon Pouliquen 1991–1995
  Franck Lebœuf 1995–1996
  Gérald Baticle 1996–1998
  Corentin Martins 1998–1999
  Teddy Bertin 1999–2000
  Corentin Martins 2000–2004
  Christian Bassila 2004
  Cédric Kanté 2004–2005
  Mickaël Pagis 2005
  Guillaume Lacour 2005–2006
Name Period
  Yves Deroff 2006
  Yacine Abdessadki 2006–2007
  Guillaume Lacour 2007
  Rodrigo 2007–2008
  Grégory Paisley 2008–2009
  Guillaume Lacour 2009–2010
  Milovan Sikimić 2010–2011
  Ludovic Golliard 2011–2012
  Milovan Sikimić 2012–2014
  Ernest Seka 2014–2018
  Stefan Mitrović 2018–present

French internationals edit

Below is a list of all RC Strasbourg players who have been capped for France.[69]

Italics: Formed at RC Strasbourg's academy
*: Still active

World Cup winner
Name Position Caps with Strasbourg Total Caps
1 Oscar Heisserer Forward 18 25
2 Dominique Dropsy Goalkeeper 17 17
3 Léonard Specht Defender 16 18
4 Gérard Hausser Forward 14 14
5 Frank Lebœuf Defender 8 50
6 Fritz Keller Forward 8 8
7 Jean-Noël Huck Midfielder 6 17
8 Marc Molitor Forward 6 10
9 Albert Gemmrich Forward 5 5
10 Didier Six Forward 4 52
11 Raymond Kaelbel Defender 4 35
12 Edmond Haan Forward 4 4
13 Roger Jouve Midfielder 3 7
14 Francis Piasecki Midfielder 3 3
15 Raymond Domenech Defender 2 8
16 Charles Heiné Forward 2 2
17 Marc Keller Forward 1 6
18 Jean-Pierre Kress Goalkeeper 1 1
19 Casimir Koza Forward 1 1
20 Denis Devaux Defender 1 1
21 Roland Wagner Forward 1 1
22 Youri Djorkaeff Forward 0 82
23 Robert Jonquet Defender 0 58
24 Franck Sauzée Midfielder 0 39
25 François Remetter Goalkeeper 0 26
26 Jean Wendling Defender 0 26
27 Olivier Dacourt* Midfielder 0 21
28 Jacky Novi Defender 0 20
29 François Bracci Defender 0 18
30 Olivier Rouyer Forward 0 17
31 Jean-François Larios Midfielder 0 17
32 Lucien Muller Midfielder 0 16
33 Gérard Soler Midfielder 0 16
34 Corentin Martins Midfielder 0 14
35 Lucien Laurent Forward 0 10
36 André Rey Goalkeeper 0 10
37 Henri Baillot Forward 0 8
38 René Bihel Forward 0 6
39 Jean-François Jodar Defender 0 6
40 Rémi Garde Midfielder 0 6
41 Martin Djetou Midfielder 0 6
42 Robert Szczepaniak Midfielder 0 5
43 Éric Pécout Forward 0 5
44 Michel Leblond Midfielder 0 4
45 Xavier Gravelaine Forward 0 4
46 Péguy Luyindula* Forward 0 4
47 Henri Skiba Forward 0 3
48 Gilbert Gress Forward 0 3
49 Henri Roessler Defender 0 2
50 François Brisson Forward 0 2
51 Curt Keller Forward 0 1
52 Alfred Dambach Goalkeeper 0 1
53 Bolek Tempowski Midfielder 0 1
54 Georges Sesia Forward 0 1
55 Dario Grava Defender 0 1
56 Jacques Vergnes Forward 0 1
57 Rémi Vogel Forward 0 1
58 Pascal Baills Defender 0 1
59 Jean-Luc Dogon Defender 0 1
60 Richard Dutruel Goalkeeper 0 1

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Number of appearances and goals for the club are obtained from Racingstub player history. For sources about the captaincy, see individual footnotes (work in progress)
  2. ^ For French players see their profile at FFF database, for foreign players see the individual footnote (work in progress)
  3. ^ See RC Strasbourg#Records for complete information and sources as well as individual footnotes (work in progress)
  4. ^ For a full description of positions see Football Positions.
  5. ^ Club's first professional captain.[citation needed]
  6. ^ First player to receive full international honours for France while registered for the club, playing for against The Netherlands in 1934.[citation needed]
  7. ^ Most games with France's national team while at the club (19)[citation needed]
  8. ^ All-time top scorer (118)
    Most goals in a single season (30)[citation needed]
  9. ^ Romanian soccer lists a game played by Schwartz against Yugoslavia in 1937
  10. ^ Pierre Perny, Racing 100 ans, 2006, p. 146.
  11. ^ Pierre Perny, op. cit., p. 175
  12. ^ Led the team to win the Coupe de France in 1951[citation needed]
  13. ^ Led the team to win the Coupe de France in 1966
    Most caps for the club (580)
    Oldest player (39)[citation needed]
  14. ^ Club chairman (1992–1994)[citation needed]
  15. ^ Austriasoccer
  16. ^ Most European games with the club (18)[citation needed]
  17. ^ Player-manager during the end of the 1984–1985 season[citation needed]
  18. ^ Led the team to win the Championship in 1979[citation needed]
  19. ^ Most appearances in a row for the club (336)[citation needed]
  20. ^ Youngest player (16 years and 95 days)[citation needed]
  21. ^ Played for Israel in 1982 WC qualifier
  22. ^ Played in Bulgaria's qualification campaign for WC 1986 in 1985, for example against GDR
  23. ^ Played for Czechoslovakia between 1990-1993 Archived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ^ Played for example in the African Cup of Nations in 1992
  25. ^ Club Director (2001–2006)[citation needed]
  26. ^ Northern Ireland caps in 1992-1994
  27. ^ Caps for Australia in 1993
  28. ^ International appearances at RSSSF
  29. ^ Appearances for Slovakia National Team at RSSSF
  30. ^ Led the team to win the Coupe de la Ligue in 1997[citation needed]
  31. ^ He played for example for Nigeria during World Cup 1998
  32. ^ Played for Czech Republic between 1996 and 1999 Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
  33. ^ Played for Korea during the World Cup 1998 Archived 2009-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
  34. ^ Led the team to win the Coupe de France in 2001[citation needed]
  35. ^ International caps in 1998-2001
  36. ^ Record transfer fee received[citation needed]
  37. ^ had his first cap with Senegal in 2001 while he was still at Strasbourg
  38. ^ Record transfer fee paid
  39. ^ International cap on Austriansoccer
  40. ^ [1] Cameroon world cup qualifying matches detail
  41. ^ [2] Cameroon world cup qualifying matches detail
  42. ^ Had his first cap for Mali while at Strasbourg (2000)
  43. ^ Led the team to win the Coupe de le Ligue in 2005
  44. ^ International appearances for Kanté while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)[citation needed]
  45. ^ Top active goalscorer (34)
  46. ^ International appearances for Ljuboja while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  47. ^ Played for Mali at the 2002 African cup of Nations
  48. ^ Chilavert international appearances at RSSSF
  49. ^ International appearances for Abdessadki while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  50. ^ Active player with the most caps for the club[citation needed]
  51. ^ First cap in February 2004
  52. ^ International appearances for Mouloungui while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  53. ^ International appearances for Niang while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  54. ^ International appearances for P. Farnerud while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  55. ^ First cap in 2004
  56. ^ International appearances for A. Farnerud while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  57. ^ International appearances for Haggui while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  58. ^ International appearances for Boka while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  59. ^ International appearances for Keita while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  60. ^ International appearances for Gmamdia while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  61. ^ International appearances for Hosni while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  62. ^ International appearances for Abou Moslem while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  63. ^ International appearances for Nemeth while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  64. ^ International appearances for Strasser while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  65. ^ International appearances for Renteria while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  66. ^ International appearances for Mulenga while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  67. ^ International appearances for Szelesi while at Strasbourg are listed on Racingstub (from 2003)
  68. ^ Had his first cap for Guinea while at Strasbourg (2008)
  69. ^ Compiled from FFF Player history and Allez les Bleus player history

References edit