return to Ligue 1 after being administratively relegated to the Championnat National in 2001. Les Girondins also contest the Derby de l'Atlantique with their other main rival FC Nantes with the derby's name stemming to the two club's proximity to that of the Atlantic Ocean. The history of this rivalry also transcends to over 50 years and 90 derby games played between the two clubs altogether.
Bordeaux also holds a 40-year-old record against another big rival, Olympique de Marseille. As a matter of fact, Bordeaux has not lost a single Ligue 1 home game to Marseille since 1977.

Sponsors
Bordeaux is currently sponsored by clothing retailer Puma, newspaper firm Sud-Ouest, telecommunications corporation Orange as well as South Korean automobile manufacturer Kia.

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As of 18 July 2020

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ManagementHistory

HISTORYIn the late 18th Century, shipping between Sydney and Newcastle was perilous. Thick fog, fierce gales, jagged rocks and black-out conditions often encountered along the coast, claimed the lives of many seamen.

Edward Hammond Hargraves, a noted Noraville resident (credited with starting the first Australian Gold Rush in 1851) started the impetus for a lighthouse after witnessing a number of shipwrecks along the coast including the coal-carrier Esperanza in 1868. The loss of the steamer Gwydir in 1884 hardened the resolve of maritime officials to construct a light at Norah Head.

The lightstation was officially designed by Charles Assinder Harding but credit for the architectural style was taken by James Barnet, regarded by some as the father of colonial architecture in NSW. Barnet designed the Sydney GPO and more than