Albert Batteux

Albert Batteux (2 July 1919 – 28 February 2003) was a French football midfielder and a manager. He is the most successful manager in the history of Ligue 1 having won eight domestic titles with Reims and Saint-Étienne at club level, as well as reaching the European Cup final twice with Reims, and also leading France to a third-place finish at the 1958 FIFA World Cup at international level.^[1]

Albert Batteux

Albert Batteux as France player, in April 1949
Personal information
Full name	Albert Batteux
Date of birth	2 July 1919
Place of birth	Reims, France
Date of death	28 February 2003(2003-02-28) (aged 83)
Place of death	Meylan, France
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1930–1937	Stade Portelois
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1937–1950	Reims	287	(35)
International career
1948–1949	France	8	(1)
Managerial career
1950–1963	Reims
1955–1962	France
1963–1967	Grenoble
1967–1972	Saint-Étienne
1976–1977	Avignon Foot 84
1979	Nice
1980–1981	Marseille
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Honours

Player

Reims

• Division 1: 1948–49
• Coupe de France: 1950

Manager

Reims

• Division 1: 1952–53, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1961–62
• Coupe de France: 1958
• Latin Cup: 1953
• European Cup runner-up: 1955–56, 1958–59

France

• FIFA World Cup third place: 1958
• UEFA European Championship fourth place: 1960

Saint-Étienne

• Division 1: 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70
• Coupe de France: 1968, 1970