Stade Auguste Bonal

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Auguste-Bonal Stadium or Bonal Stadium is a sports stadium located in the commune of Montbéliard (Doubs). Main sports equipment of the agglomeration, it is also the largest stadium of Burgundy-Franche-Comté in capacity. Built in 1931 under the name of stadium of the Forge, the enclosure adjoins the Peugeot plants whose brand was the shareholder of the FC Sochaux-Montbéliard until 2015.

His story is intimately linked to that of the Frankish club. The stadium has since 1945 been named Auguste Bonal, who was a former Sochalian leader and was killed by the Germans in World War II. Renovated on several occasions, the current compound was inaugurated in 2000 on the occasion of the Champions Trophy between FC Nantes and AS Monaco.

The Bonal Stadium hosts all FC Sochaux-Montbéliard home matches and, more episodicly, regional clubs in the Coupe de France. He also hosted the French football team in 2006, rugby in 2008 and two tours by singer Johnny Hallyday in 2009 and 2012. The record for affluence was held by the former stadium in a championship match between FC Sochaux and AS Saint-Étienne on 16 May 1976 (four...