Stade Jacques Rimbault

{{Short description|Football stadium in Bourges, France}}

{{Infobox venue|name=Stade Jacques Rimbault|former names=Stade des Grosses Plantes
(1991–1993)|tenants=Bourges 18 ({{0|0000}}–2021)
Bourges Foot ({{0|0000}}–2021)
Bourges Foot 18 (2021–present)|location=Chemin des Grosses Plantes
18000 Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France|coordinates={{coord|47|06|57.9|N|2|23|44.0|E

|type:landmark

|display=inline,title}}|opened=29 June 1991{{Cite web |url=http://www.encyclopedie-bourges.com/grandstade.htm |title=Le Grand Stade de Bourges |trans-title=The Great Stadium of Bourges |access-date=4 March 2021 |website=L'Encyclopédie de Bourges |language=fr}}|capacity=13,000 (7,500 seated)|owner=City of Bourges|cost=58 million FRF (1986)|record_attendance=8,187 (Bourges Foot vs Lyon, 5 January 2019){{Cite web |url=https://www.footballcritic.com/coupe-de-france-bourges-foot-olympique-lyonnais/match-stats/1489228 |title=Bourges vs Lyon (0-2) |date=5 January 2019 |access-date=4 March 2021 |website=FootballCritic}}}}

The Stade Jacques Rimbault is a football stadium located in Bourges, France.{{Cite web|title=Stade Jacques Rimbault, Bourges (France)|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/venues/stade-jacques-rimbault-bourges/|access-date=4 March 2021|website=WorldFootball.net}} It is the home ground of Championnat National 2 club Bourges Foot 18.

Opened in 1991, the stadium was initially called the Stade des Grosses Plantes before being renamed after {{Interlanguage link|Jacques Rimbault|lt=Jacques Rimbault|fr|Jacques Rimbault}}, the mayor of Bourges who died in 1993.{{Cite web|title=[Bourges] Stade Jacques Rimbault (13,000)|url=http://www.info-stades.fr/forum/football-amateur/bourges-stade-jacques-rimbault-t1774.html|access-date=4 March 2021|website=Info-Stades|language=fr}}

Notable matches

The Stade Jacques Rimbault hosted all professional Division 2 home fixtures of FC Bourges during the 1993–94 season.{{Cite web|title=Bourges 18 » Fixtures & Results 1993/1994|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/bourges-18/1994/3/|access-date=4 March 2021|website=WorldFootball.net}}

The stadium notably hosted a match between the France U21 and Estonia U21 national teams on 27 May 2009, the game ending in a 3–0 victory for the French. The final of the 2011–12 Coupe de France Féminine was also hosted here, when Lyon beat Montpellier by a score of 2–1. Lastly, the semi-finals of the 2016–17 Coupe Gambardella took place at the stadium, which was a neutral venue.

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