Stade Malherbe Caen

Stade Malherbe de Caen is a French football club based in the city of Caen, Normandy. They currently feature in the French Ligue 1 and are named after Francois de Malherbe, a poet, critic and translater who hailed from Caen and used to live during the 16th and 17th centuries.

SM Caen were established in 1913. In the 2003-2004 season, they finished second in the French Ligue 2 and were promoted to the French Ligue 1. But they were relegated from the French top flight at the end of the 2004-2005 season but did feature in the final of the Coupe de la Ligue for the maiden time in their history, losing to Strasboug in the final.