Stade de Reims (French pronunciation [stad d@ Res]) is an French professional club of football located in Reims. The club was established in 1910, and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top level of Football in France after being moved out of Ligue 2 in 2018. Reims is home to in the Stade Auguste Delaune as well as is run by Oscar Garcia.
Reims is among the clubs with the highest success in French football history, having achieved seven Ligue 1 titles, two Coupe de France trophies, and five Trophee of Champions titles. The club also has performed excellently at European stage, finishing as runners-up in both the 1958 and 1959 editions of the European Cup, and winning the Latin Cup and Coppa delle the Alpi in the years 1953 and 1977 respectively. But, since early in the 1980s Reims has struggled to return to their peak. They sat within Ligue 2 and the Championnat National for more than 30 years following their fall from the top league in 1979. In 2012 they were promoted into Ligue 1, were relegated in the year 2016 but were reinstated two years after.
Reims is considered to be a legend within French football circles, and not just because of it's national and European awards, but also due to its contribution to that of the France national team during in the 1950s as well as 1940s. They were in the majority responsible for the very first Golden Generation of French football including Reims team members Roger Marche, Raymond Kopa, Just Fontaine, Jean Vincent, Robert Jonquet, Armand Penverne, Dominique Colonna as well as Roger Piantoni in the team that made it to the semi-finals in 1958's FIFA World Cup (third place).
