Club Information
Founded
1950
City
Brest, France
Stadium
Stade Francis-Le Ble
Capacity
15,220
Manager
Eric Roy
League
Club History
Stade Brestois 29 were founded in 1950 in the port city of Brest on the western tip of Brittany. The club spent most of their history in the lower divisions of French football before earning promotion to Ligue 1 in 2019. Their extraordinary 2023-24 season saw them finish third in Ligue 1 and qualify for the Champions League for the first time, one of the most remarkable stories in French football.
Trophy Cabinet
- Ligue 2: 2
Did You Know?
- Brest's Champions League qualification in 2024 was one of the greatest surprise stories in French football
- The Stade Francis-Le Ble holds just 15,220 fans — one of the smallest grounds to host Champions League football
- Brest is located on the western tip of Brittany at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean
- The club was in the third division as recently as 2016
- Brest's rise from Ligue 2 to the Champions League took just 5 years
- The city of Brest is an important French naval port
- Eric Roy transformed Brest into one of the most exciting teams in French football