Oswald Tanchot, coach of Grenoble Foot 38, was laid off this Wednesday, December 18 “pending the evolution of an ongoing procedure”, announced the club. Arriving at the start of the season, he had previously managed FC Sochaux for a year.
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The Ligue 2 club Grenoble Foot 38 announced, Wednesday December 18, that it had temporarily laid off its coach Oswald Tanchot, who arrived at the start of the season. He was laid off.”while awaiting developments in an ongoing procedure“, indicated the Grenoble club in a press release, without further details.
According to information from Dauphiné Libérérecurring tensions between the 51-year-old coach and the club’s management are said to be at the origin of this rupture. Oswald Tanchot would have irritated the Grenoble management by his statements in the press, criticizing training conditions which he considered insufficient for a Ligue 2 team.
The coach had previously managed FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (National, 3e division) during the 2023-2024 season. During his year at Sochaux, the club experienced a spectacular recovery, going from 8e at 4e place in the Coupe de France rankings. “He did a very good job with our young people“, greeted Jean-Claude Plessis, the president of FC Sochaux, upon his departure.
Oswald Tanchot had also been coach of Le Havre (2016-2019) and Amiens (2020-2021).
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Grenoble Foot 38 has not won in the league since October 18 against Metz (2-0) and remains in six matches without a victory. The Grenoble club is currently 12e of Ligue 2 with a record of five victories, three draws and eight defeats. He had finished the previous season at 11e place.
Grenoble Foot 38 must face Cannes (National 2, 4e division), Saturday December 21, in 32e final of the Coupe de France and has not communicated about Oswald Tanchot’s replacement. If his ouster were confirmed, it would be the third departure of a coach from the Grenoble club in just over three years.
