US Orléans

Union Sportive Orléans Loiret Football (pronounced [ynjɔ̃ spɔʁtiv ɔʁleɑ̃]; commonly referred to as US Orléans, Orléans or simply, USO^[1]) is a French association football club based in Orléans. The club was founded in 1976 and currently play in Championnat National after being relegated from the prematurely-ended 2019–20 Ligue 2. Orléans plays its home matches at the Stade de la Source located within the city.

Orléans

Full name	Union Sportive Orléans Loiret Football
Nickname(s)	USO Les Guêpes (The Wasps)
Founded	1976; 49 years ago (1976) 1889; 136 years ago (1889) as Arago Sport Orléanais
Ground	Stade de la Source, Orléans
Capacity	7,533
Chairman	Cyril Courtin
Manager	Hervé Della Maggiore
League	Championnat National
2024–25	Championnat National, 7th of 17
Website	orleansloiretfoot.com
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was originally called Arago Sport Orléanais and founded as the football section of a general sports club in the city. In 1976, the club adopted its current name and turned professional in 1980. The club is based at the modern 5,000 capacity all-seated Stade de la Source. The club's record attendance was 11,680 against AS Monaco in 1989 and its colours are red and yellow.

Recent history

In the 2013–14 Championnat National season Orléans finished as champions, returning to the second tier for the first time since 1991–92 season.

In the 2014–15 season, they were relegated back to the Championnat National, only to be promoted back to the Ligue 2 the following season. The 2016–17 season saw Orléans finish 18th, whilst they finished 12th in the 2017–18 season. They finished 8th in the 2018–19 season.

Honours

• Championnat National
  • Winners (1): 2013–14
• Championnat de France amateur
  • Winners (1): 2009–10 (Group D)
• Coupe de France
  • Runners-up (1): 1980

Players

Current squad

As of 9 August 2025.^[2][3]

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 1 GK  FRA Fei-Hong Faham 3 DF  CGO Marvin Baudry 5 DF  FRA Mamadou Sylla 6 MF  FRA Maxime D'Arpino 7 MF  FRA Florent Sanchez Da Silva 8 DF  FRA Jimmy Giraudon 9 FW  FRA Fahd El Khoumisti 10 MF  FRA Guillaume Khous 11 MF  FRA Grégory Berthier 14 DF  FRA Gwilhem Tayot 16 GK  FRA Arsène Courel

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  FRA Celal Bozkurt 19 FW  FRA Arthur Lallias 20 FW  FRA Clément Rodrigues (on loan from Bastia) 21 MF  FRA Mamadou Diako 22 MF  FRA Jordan Morel 23 DF  FRA Esteban Mouton 24 DF  GAB Sidney Obissa 27 DF  FRA Marius Lemaitre 29 DF  GAB Johann Obiang 30 GK  FRA Charly Jan 31 MF  FRA Youness Aouladzian

Notable players

Below are the notable former players who have represented Orléans in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1976. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 80 official matches for the club or have represented their respective national team during their stint at the club or after the player's departure.

For a complete list of Orléans players, see Category:US Orléans players.

• Marius Mbaiam
• Bruno Germain
• Jacky Lemée
• Cyril Théréau
• Jules Vandooren
• Robby Langers
• Laszlo Bölöni
• Milan Ćalasan
• Nicolas Pépé

Managers

• Jacques Lemée (1977–88)
• Jean-Pierre Destrumelle (1989–91)
• Henri Atamaniuk (1991–92)
• Jacques Lemée (1994–97)
• Bruno Steck (2004–06)
• Yann Lachuer (2009–12)
• Olivier Frapolli (2012–16)
• Didier Olle-Nicolle (2016–20)
• Cyril Carrière (2020)^[4][5]
• Claude Robin (2020–21)^[6][7]
• Xavier Collin (2021–22)^[8]
• Nicolas Usaï (2022–23)
• Bernard Casoni (2023–)