August (2011-12) season French Ligue 1 Managers list

• Ajaccio: Olivier Pantaloni (DoB: December 13, 1966) (Nationality: French) (Since Feb 2009)
• Auxerre: Laurent Fournier (DoB: 14 September 1964) (Nationality: French) (newly appointed this summer)
• Bordeaux: Francis Gillot (DoB: February 9, 1960) (Nationality: French) (newly appointed this summer)
• Brest: Alex Dupont (DoB: May 30, 1954) (Nationality: French) (since 2009)
• Caen: Franck Dumas (DoB: January 9, 1968) (Nationality: French) (since 2005)

• Dijon: Patrice Carteron (DoB: July 30, 1970) (Nationality: French) (since june 2009)
• Évian: Bernard Casoni (DoB: 4 September 1961) (Nationality: French) (since Jan 2010)
• Lille: Rudi Garcia (DoB: 20 February 1964) (Nationality: French) (since 2008)
• Lorient: Christian Gourcuff (DoB: 5 April 1955) (Nationality: French) (since 2003)
• Lyon: Remi Garde (DoB: April 3, 1966) (Nationality: French) (newly appointed this summer)
• Marseille: Didier Deschamps (DoB: 15 October 1968) (Nationality: French) (since summer of 2009)
• Montpellier: René Girard (DoB: April 3, 1954) (Natioanlity: French) (since june 2009)
• Nancy: Jean Fernandez (DoB: October 8, 1954) (Nationality: French) (newly appointed this summer)
• Nice: Éric Roy (DoB: September 26, 1967) (Nationality: French) (since 2010)
• Paris Saint-Germain: Antoine Kombouaré (DoB: 16 November 1963) (Nationality: French) (since may 2009)
• Rennes: Frédéric Antonetti (DoB: 19 August 1961) (Nationality: French) (since 2009)
• Saint-Étienne: Christophe Galtier (DoB: 28 August 1966) (Nationality: French) (since 2009)
• Sochaux: Mehmed Baždarevic (DoB: 28 September 1960) (Nationality: Bosnian) (newly appointed this summer)
• Toulouse: Alain Casanova (DoB: 18 September 1961) (Nationality: French) (since may 2008)
• Valenciennes Daniel Sanchez (DoB: November 21, 1953) (Nationality: French) (newly appointed this summer)

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Facts:

• 6 new managers will be starting this season in the French Ligue 1
• Lorient’s manager Christian Gourcuff is the longest serving manager in the French Ligue 1
• Dijon’s manager Patrice Carteron is the youngest manager in the French Ligue 1 aged (41 years), While Valenciennes’s tactician Daniel Sanchez is the oldest (57 years)