Stade_Jacques_Rimbault

Stade Jacques Rimbault

Stade Jacques Rimbault

Football stadium in Bourges, France

The Stade Jacques Rimbault is a football stadium located in Bourges, France.[3] It is the home ground of Championnat National 2 club Bourges Foot 18.

Quick Facts Former names, Location ...

Opened in 1991, the stadium was initially called the Stade des Grosses Plantes before being renamed after Jacques Rimbault [fr], the mayor of Bourges who died in 1993.[4]

Notable matches

The Stade Jacques Rimbault hosted all professional Division 2 home fixtures of FC Bourges during the 1993–94 season.[5]

The stadium notably hosted a match between the France U21 and Estonia U21 national teams on 27 May 2009, the game ending in a 3–0 victory for the French. The final of the 2011–12 Coupe de France Féminine was also hosted here, when Lyon beat Montpellier by a score of 2–1. Lastly, the semi-finals of the 2016–17 Coupe Gambardella took place at the stadium, which was a neutral venue.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Bourges vs Lyon (0-2)". FootballCritic. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Le Grand Stade de Bourges" [The Great Stadium of Bourges]. L'Encyclopédie de Bourges (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Stade Jacques Rimbault, Bourges (France)". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  4. [4]
    "[Bourges] Stade Jacques Rimbault (13,000)". Info-Stades (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Bourges 18 » Fixtures & Results 1993/1994". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 4 March 2021.


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