Today is the 69th birthday of a famous French coach, Alsenne Wenger.
Many people know that Wenger once coached Monaco, he led Monaco to win the Ligue 1 title, so what kind of team was Monaco he coached at that time?
In 1987, Wenger, who had coached nancy for three seasons, came to Monaco. In the eyes of the outside world, this is a more surprising decision, because the previous season, Nancy was demoted in his coaching...
After coming to Monaco, Wenger signed two England players, Glenn Hoddell and Mark Hartley. In the 1987–88 season, Monaco pushed Bordeaux to win the Ligue 1 title, while Hartley was the team's top scorer, scoring 14 goals and ranking third in the Ligue 1 top scorer list.
In the 1988–89 season, Monaco finished third in the league, just three points behind the champions Marseille. In the cup, Monaco reached the final of the French Cup, but lost 3-4 to Marseille in the final, where Marseille's Papen scored a hat-trick. That season, a group of young players began to emerge, such as Petit, such as George Weah.
In the 1989–90 season, the Ligue 1 champion was still Marseille, and Wenger's Monaco was still in third place. Monaco reached the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup, but lost to the final champion, Sampdoria, in the semi-finals.
In the 1990–91 season, Marseille continued its absolute dominance in Ligue 1, with Monaco finishing second by four points. However, in the French Cup that season, Monaco beat Marseille 1-0 to win the championship, and French midfielder Parsi completed the game towards the end of the game. It was Wenger's second title for Monaco and later became the last.
In the summer of 1991, Hoddle and Hartley left the team in succession, and the 25-year-old George Wea ushered in his peak season in Monaco, scoring 18 goals in the league, but Monaco still could not shake the strong position of Marseille. That season, Wenger's Monaco also reached the finals of the French Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup, which was not held because of the Amand Cesari Stadium massacre. The accident was a big blow to Wenger and his team, as many of the families and friends of the Monaco players and staff were on the scene. Wenger's request for the Cup Winners' Cup final could be postponed was not approved. Monaco, who was ultimately distracted by the accident, lost to Werder Bremen in the final. The European war has also become a pain that Wenger's coaching career is difficult to heal.
In the 1992-93 Ligue 1 season, there were many stories, Georges Wea left Monaco to join Paris Saint-Germain, and his replacement was the German "golden bomber" Klinsmann. Marseille's bribery scandal came to light, not only deprived of that season's league title, but also relegated; the league committee had hoped to award the league title to paris saint-germain in second place, but canal+ tv was afraid that its subscribers in Provence would be dissatisfied with Paris Saint-Germain's domination of Marseille's Champions League seat and forced Paris Saint-Germain to give up the Champions League qualification. There was no official league title that season, with third-placed Monaco replacing Marseille for next season's Champions League.
In the 1993–94 season, Monaco finished only ninth in the league, the first time Wenger had fallen out of the top three since he took charge of Monaco. The only takeaway was an extremely good djokov who scored 20 goals in the league and became the top scorer in Ligue 1 that season. In the Champions League, Monaco successfully reached the final group stage, and in the end, Monaco ranked after Barcelona and advanced to the semi-finals with the second place in the group. In the semi-finals, Monaco lost to the soaring ac Milan, the last Champions League winner of the year.
In the 1994–95 season, Wenger lost five of his first eight games in Monaco. On September 17, 1994, the Monaco boss decided to fire Wenger. Wenger left the Ligue 1 scene like this, and it has been 24 years since this separation...
News suggests Arsene Wenger will return to work in January next year
Where do you think his next stop will be?