Olympique Alès

Olympique Alès is a French association football club founded in 1923, based in the commune of Alès. The Cévennes club currently plays in Championnat National 2, the fourth division of the French football league system. The club in the past has played for six seasons in Ligue 1.

Olympique Alès

Full name	Olympique Alès en Cévennes
Nickname(s)	L'OAC
Founded	1923; 102 years ago (1923)
Ground	Stade Pierre Pibarot (La Prairie) Alès (Gard)
Capacity	12,000
Chairman	Didier Bilange
Manager	Philippe Mallaroni
League	National 3 Group J
2023–24	National 2 Group A, 10th of 14 (relegated)
Website	olympique-ales-cevennes.fr
Home colours Away colours

Honours

• Champion of France D2: 1957
• Champion of France D2-Sud, the Ligue 2's predecessor: 1934
• Vice-champion of France D2: 1947
• Semi finalists at the Coupe de France: 1987 (eliminated by Girondins de Bordeaux 0–0, 2–2)

Coaches

• 2007–2008: Olivier Dall'Oglio
• 2021-2022: Stéphane Saurat
• 2022-2025 : Hakim Malek
• 2025- : Philippe Mallaroni

Current squad

As of 5 December 2024^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  FRA Yanis Maamouche — GK  FRA Éric Moreau — GK  FRA Cédric Boustouler — DF  FRA Jeffrey Assoumin — DF  FRA Datoumcaroul Dole — DF  FRA Thibault Hamel — DF  FRA Hamza El Koubaiti — DF  FRA Ayachi Missaoui — DF  FRA Ali Mouandhu — DF  FRA Makan Traoré — DF  FRA Antar Yalaoui — MF  FRA Jérémy Balmy

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FRA Uygar Barut — MF  FRA Cheikh-Alan Diarra — MF  FRA Benjamin Duvoux — FW  FRA Wilfried Baana Jaba — FW  FRA Nicolas Benezet — FW  CIV Rayane Ekra — FW  FRA Mickaël Fari — FW  FRA Lucas Franco — FW  FRA Mohamed Hamek — FW  JPN Alpha Kubota — FW  FRA Yohan Mollo — FW  FRA Evan Paulet

Notable players

• Laurent Blanc (youth)
• James Debbah
• Sabri Lamouchi
• Franck Ribéry