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In 1999, the Stade Rennais, qualified for the Intertoto Cup thanks to their fifth position in the league, host the Juventus Turin of Zidane, Del Piero & Inzaghi, coming out of a really disappointing season...

Six years after their first Coupe de France, won in 1965, the Stade Rennais, still coached by Jean Prouff, win its second Coupe de France...

After two lost finals, in 1922 and 1935, the Stade Rennais finally wins their first Coupe de France...

Despite its recent creation, the League Cup (Coupe de la Ligue) as acquired a certain importance, due to the European Cup qualification awarded to its winner. Since the 1994-95 season and the first “regular” edition (previously, it was episodically played in the Summer period), the Stade Rennais never really did well in the competition, at the exception of a semi-final in 2002.

The most important of national competitions, the French League, Division 1 or Ligue 1, remains the best marker of a team's good health. The Stade Rennais is one of its historical members, and the “Rouge et Noirs” have known a few highs, but also many lows, including 8 relegations in second division, the last one in 1992. This is now water under the Vilaine's bridges, and Rennes has reached a national standing it only knew in the 1960's. But let's not forget where we come from.

Trained at the Le Havre Academy after a spell at Paris FC, the Paris-born goalkeeper spends four seasons in Normandy, in the shadows of Alexander Vencel, the Slovakian international, without playing a single game with the first team. _Finally loaned to Chateauroux, Douchez seizes the opportunity to accumulate games and experience in Ligue 2. Scouted by Toulouse, he then joins the “Pink City” for a first season as a substitute to Christophe Revault. On his second season, he reveals himself in the limelight, thanks to excellent performances, leading him to become the first choice in the Toulouse goals. Transferred to the Stade Rennais after a less convincing 2007-2008 season, Douchez soon took his marks in the “Rouge et Noir” goals. Multiple and decisive saves are his usual lot, and his hard work was rewarded in October 2009 with a debut call-up in the French National Squad.

An introduction to the Stade Rennais Academy, best Football Academy in France for the fourth year in a row.

Information and Pictures on the Stade de la Route de Lorient...

Description and Pictures of the Henri Guérin training centre, training headquarters for the Stade Rennais...