Angers SCO
Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest
1919 creation
1919 named Sporting Club du Crédit de l'Ouest (SCCO Angers)
1919-1994? named Sporting Club de l'Ouest (SCO Angers)
1924 football section defunct
1929 football section revival
1945-1998 professional section
2000-2006 professional section
2007 professional section
stadium : stade Raymond-Kopa, Angers (19,800)
32nd season in D1/L1 (best rank: 3rd in 1967), 40 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: finalist in 2017, 1957; semi-finalist in 2014, 2011, 1969, 1966, 1962; quarter-finalist in 2025, 2021, 1976, 1975, 1970, 1967, 1931
Coupe de la Ligue: quarter-finalist in 2018
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AJ Auxerre
Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise
1905 club creation
1906 football section creation
1980 professional section
stadium : stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre (17,924)
34th season in D1/L1 (winner in 1996), 17 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 2005, 2003, 1996, 1994; finalist in 2015, 1979; semi-finalist in 1989; quarter-finalist in 2010, 2001, 1986, 1980
Coupe de la Ligue: semi-finalist in 2011, 2008, 2004, 1998; quarter-finalist in 2005, 1999
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Stade Brestois 29
Stade Brestois 29
1950 creation, merge of L'Armoricaine de Saint-Louis, L'Avenir de Saint-Martin, La Flamme du Pilier Rouge, La Milice de Saint-Michel and Les Jeunes de Saint-Marc
1950-1982 named Stade Brestois (Stade Brestois)
1979 professional section
1982-1993 named Brest Armorique Football Club (Brest Armorique FC)
1991 bankruptcy
2004 professional section
stadium : stade Francis-Le-Blé, Brest (15,220)
19th season in D1/L1 (best rank: 3rd in 2024), 23 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 2025, 2015, 1983
Coupe de la Ligue: quarter-finalist in 2020
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Le Havre AC
Le Havre Athletic Club Football Association
1884 creation
1884-1894 named Le Havre Athletic Club (Le Havre AC)
1894 football section
1933-1964 professional section
1981 professional section
stadium : stade Océane, Le Havre (25,180)
26th season in D1/L1 (best rank: 3rd in 1951), 46 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 1959; finalist in 1920; semi-finalist in 1960, 1938, 1924; quarter-finalist in 1955, 1951, 1947, 1932
Coupe de la Ligue: semi-finalist in 1995; quarter-finalist in 2019, 2009, 1996
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RC Lens
Racing Club de Lens
1906 creation
1906-1969 named Racing Club Lensois (RC Lens)
1934-1969 professional section
1970 professional section
stadium : stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens (38,223)
63rd season in D1/L1 (winner in 1998), 21 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: finalist in 1998, 1975, 1948; semi-finalist in 2010, 1994, 1981, 1972, 1958, 1943, 1942, 1940; quarter-finalist in 2023, 2018, 2014, 2013, 2007, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1984, 1977, 1967, 1964, 1956, 1945, 1941
Coupe de la Ligue: winner in 1999; finalist in 2008; semi-finalist in 1998; quarter-finalist in 2009, 2005, 2004, 1997
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Lille OSC
Lille Olympique Sporting Club
1944 creation, merge of Sporting Club Fivois and Olympique Lillois
1944 named Stade Lillois (Stade Lillois)
1945-1969 professional section
1970 professional section
1998-2012 named LOSC Lille Métrople (Lille OSC)
stadium : Decathlon Arena, Villeneuve-d'Ascq (50,187)
65th season in D1/L1 (winner in 2021, 2011, 1954, 1946), 14 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 2011, 1955, 1953, 1948, 1947, 1946; finalist in 1949, 1945; semi-finalist in 1985, 1983, 1952; quarter-finalist in 2017, 2014, 2009, 2006, 1996, 1988, 1987, 1981, 1979, 1960, 1957, 1950
Coupe de la Ligue: finalist in 2016; semi-finalist in 2020, 2015, 2013; quarter-finalist in 2012, 2011, 2010, 2003
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Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais
1950 creation, from football section of Lyon Olympique Universitaire
1950 professional section
stadium : Groupama Stadium, Décines-Charpieu (59,186)
66th season in D1/L1 (winner in 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002), 9 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 2012, 2008, 1973, 1967, 1964; finalist in 2024, 1976, 1971, 1963; semi-finalist in 2023, 2020, 2019, 1998, 1956; quarter-finalist in 2021, 2018, 2006, 2001, 2000, 1974, 1959
Coupe de la Ligue: winner in 2001; finalist in 2014, 2012, 2007, 1996; quarter-finalist in 2019, 2016, 2010, 2008, 2000
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Olympique de Marseille
Olympique de Marseille
1899 creation
1932 professional section
stadium : stade Vélodrome, Marseille (67,394)
75th season in D1/L1 (winner in 2010, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1972, 1971, 1948, 1937), 12 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 1989, 1976, 1972, 1969, 1943, 1938, 1935, 1927, 1926, 1924; finalist in 2016, 2007, 2006, 1991, 1987, 1986, 1954, 1940, 1934; semi-finalist in 1996, 1995, 1992, 1990, 1971, 1930; quarter-finalist in 2023, 2022, 2020, 2018, 2012, 1994, 1993, 1979, 1978, 1975, 1973, 1962, 1946, 1925
Coupe de la Ligue: winner in 2012, 2011, 2010; semi-finalist in 2003; quarter-finalist in 2016, 2014, 2008, 1998, 1996
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français, om4ever, om1899

AS Monaco FC
Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club
1924 creation, merge of Swimming Club, Monaco Sport, AC Riviera, Etoile de Monaco and AS Beausoleil
1924-1992 named Association Sportive de Monaco (AS Monaco)
1933-1933 professional section
1948 professional section
stadium : stade Louis-II, Monaco (18,523)
66th season in D1/L1 (winner in 2017, 2000, 1997, 1988, 1982, 1978, 1963, 1961), 12 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 1991, 1985, 1980, 1963, 1960; finalist in 2021, 2010, 1992, 1989, 1984, 1974; semi-finalist in 2022, 2017, 2014, 2005, 2000, 1978, 1958; quarter-finalist in 2015, 2009, 2004, 2002, 1998, 1971, 1967, 1962, 1952
Coupe de la Ligue: winner in 2003; finalist in 2018, 2017, 2001; semi-finalist in 2019, 2015, 2006, 2005, 1997; quarter-finalist in 2011, 2002, 1996, 1995
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Montpellier HSC
Montpellier Hérault Sport Club
1974 creation, merge of AS Paillade and Montpellier-Littoral Sport Club and la Formation Sportive de Nettoiement
1974-1976 named Montpellier La Paillade Sport Club Littoral (Montpellier PSCL)
1976-1989 named Montpellier La Paillade Sport Club (Montpellier PSC)
1978 professional section
stadium : stade de la Mosson, Montpellier (22,000)
33rd season in D1/L1 (winner in 2012), 14 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 1990; finalist in 1994; semi-finalist in 2021, 1997, 1996, 1980; quarter-finalist in 2012, 2006, 1993, 1981
Coupe de la Ligue: finalist in 2011; semi-finalist in 2018, 2013, 1999, 1997, 1995; quarter-finalist in 2005
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FC Nantes
Football Club de Nantes
1943 creation, merge football sections of of La Mellinet, La Saint-Pierre de Nantes, Association Sportive Ouvrière Nantaise, les Ateliers et Chantiers de la Basse Loire, les Batignolles and Stade Nantais Université Club
1945 professional section
1992 bankruptcy
1992-2007 named Football Club de Nantes Atlantique (FC Nantes Atlantique)
stadium : stade de la Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau, Nantes (35,322)
57th season in D1/L1 (winner in 2001, 1995, 1983, 1980, 1977, 1973, 1966, 1965), 23 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 2022, 2000, 1999, 1979; finalist in 2022, 1993, 1983, 1973, 1970, 1966; semi-finalist in 2019, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2001, 1994, 1985, 1984, 1977, 1964; quarter-finalist in 2016, 1991, 1978, 1974
Coupe de la Ligue: finalist in 2004; semi-finalist in 2014, 2001; quarter-finalist in 2017, 2015, 2003
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OGC Nice
Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice - Côte d'Azur
1904 creation
1904-1908 named Gymnaste Club de Nice (Gymnaste Club Nice)
1908-1910 named Gymnastes Amateurs Club de Nice (GAC Nice)
1908 football section
1910-1924 named Gymnaste Club de Nice (Gymnaste Club Nice)
1919 merge with Gallia Football Athlétic Club
1924 merge with Football Vélo Club de Nice
1924-1992 named Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice
1932 professional section
stadium : Allianz Riviera, Nice (35,624)
66th season in D1/L1 (winner in 1959, 1956, 1952, 1951), 20 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 1997, 1954, 1952; finalist in 2022, 1978; semi-finalist in 2011, 1988, 1977, 1957, 1955, 1945, 1932, 1931; quarter-finalist in 2024, 1972, 1965, 1964, 1961, 1960, 1956, 1953, 1951, 1949, 1933
Coupe de la Ligue: finalist in 2006; semi-finalist in 2012, 2009; quarter-finalist in 2018, 2014, 2013, 2004
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Paris Saint-Germain FC
Paris-Saint-Germain Football Club
1970 creation, merge of Stade Saint-Germain and Paris Football Club
1971 professional section
1972 split, professional section leaving to merge with CA Montreuil to recreate Paris Football Club
1974 professional section
stadium : parc des Princes, Paris (47,929)
52nd season in D1/L1 (winner in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 1994, 1986), 2 seasons in D2/L2 (including 1970/72 Paris Football Club results)
Coupe de France: winner in 2024, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2010, 2006, 2004, 1998, 1995, 1993, 1983, 1982; finalist in 2019, 2011, 2008, 2003, 1985; semi-finalist in 1986, 1975; quarter-finalist in 2013, 2012, 2007, 2002, 1994, 1976, 1974
Coupe de la Ligue: winner in 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2008, 1998, 1995; finalist in 2000; semi-finalist in 2011, 2009, 2002; quarter-finalist in 2019, 2013, 1999
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français, psg70

Stade de Reims
Stade de Reims
1931 creation, from Société Sportive du Parc Pommery
1935 professional section
1938 merge with Sporting Club Rémois
1991 bankruptcy
1991-1992 named Stade de Reims Champagne Football Club (Stade de Reims CFC)
1992 bankruptcy
1992-1999 named Stade de Reims Champagne (Stade de Reims Champagne)
2002 professional section
stadium : stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims (21,684)
40th season in D1/L1 (winner in 1962, 1960, 1958, 1955, 1953, 1949), 31 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 1958, 1950; finalist in 1977; semi-finalist in 1988, 1987, 1974, 1972, 1963, 1960; quarter-finalist in 2011, 2001, 1966, 1962, 1961, 1956, 1947, 1942, 1939
Coupe de la Ligue: semi-finalist in 2020, 2007
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Stade Rennais FC
Stade Rennais Football Club
1901 creation
1901-1904 named Stade Rennais (Stade Rennais)
1904 merge with Football Club Rennais
1904-1972 named Stade Rennais Université Club (Stade Rennais UC)
1932 professional section
stadium : Roazhon Park, Rennes (29,194)
68th season in D1/L1 (best rank: 3rd in 2020), 19 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 2019, 1971, 1965; finalist in 2014, 2009, 1935, 1922; semi-finalist in 2024, 2020, 2012, 2006, 2003, 1986, 1970, 1967, 1959, 1919; quarter-finalist in 2004, 2000, 1989, 1952, 1934, 1929, 1924, 1923, 1918
Coupe de la Ligue: winner in ; finalist in 2013; semi-finalist in 2018, 2002; quarter-finalist in 2019, 2015, 2007, 1999, 1997
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AS Saint-Etienne
Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire
1919 creation
1919-1920 named Amicale des Employés de la Société des magasins Casino
1920-1927 named Amicale Sporting Club
1927 merge with Stade Forézien Universitaire
1927-1933 named Association Sportive Stéphanoise (AS Stéphanoise)
1933 professional section
1933-1996? named Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne
stadium : stade Geoffroy-Guichard (40,000)
70th season in D1/L1 (winner in 1981, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1964, 1957), 16 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 1977, 1975, 1974, 1970, 1968, 1962; finalist in 2020, 1982, 1981, 1960; semi-finalist in 2015, 1993, 1990, 1965, 1953, 1951; quarter-finalist in 2016, 2013, 2010, 1985, 1980, 1973, 1961, 1956, 1941
Coupe de la Ligue: winner in 2013; semi-finalist in 2005, 2004; quarter-finalist in 2020, 2015, 2011, 2007, 2003, 2001
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français, wiki en français (historique)

RC Strasbourg Alsace
Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace
1906 creation
1906-1918 named Football Club de Neudorf (FC Neudorf)
1918-1919 named Racing Club de Strasbourg-Neudorf
1919-1940 named Racing Club de Strasbourg (RC Strasbourg)
1933 professional section
1940-1944 named Rasensportclub Strasbourg (RSC Strasbourg)
1944-1970 named Racing Club de Strasbourg (RC Strasbourg)
1945 professional section
1949 merge with professional section of Sports Réunis Colmar
1970 merge with Club Sportif des Pierrots de Strasbourg and Association Sportive Culturelle de la Meinau
1970-1976 named Racing Pierrots Strasbourg Meinau (RP Strasbourg-Meinau)
1976 split with Club Sportif des Pierrots de Strasbourg
1976-2012 named Racing Club de Strasbourg Football (RC Strasbourg)
2011 bankruptcy
2016 professional section
stadium : stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg (32,000)
64th season in D1/L1 (winner in 1979), 16 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 2001, 1966, 1951; finalist in 1995, 1947, 1937; semi-finalist in 1981, 1979, 1955; quarter-finalist in 2024, 2018, 2002, 2000, 1996, 1987, 1975, 1969, 1968, 1965, 1958
Coupe de la Ligue: winner in 2019, 2005, 1997; quarter-finalist in 2020, 2002, 2000
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Toulouse FC
Toulouse Football Club
1970 creation
1970-1979 named Union Sportive Toulouse (US Toulouse)
1982 professional section
Stadium municipal, Toulouse (33,150)
35th season in D1/L1 (best rank: 3rd in 2007, 1987), 18 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 2023; semi-finalist in 2009, 1985; quarter-finalist in 2021, 1993
Coupe de la Ligue: semi-finalist in 2016, 2010; quarter-finalist in 2018, 2006, 1999, 1995
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Ligue 2 2024/25 (2nd level, 18 clubs)

AC Ajaccio
Athletic Club Ajaccien
1910 creation
1965-1974 professional section
1998 professional section
stadium : stade François-Coty, Ajaccio (10,660)
14 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 6th in 1971), 22nd season in D2/L2
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1966
Coupe de la Ligue: quarter-finalist in 2006
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Amiens SCF
Amiens Sporting Club Football
1901 creation
1901-1961 named Amiens Athlétic Club (Amiens AC)
1933-1937 professional section
1945-1952 professional section
1961 merge with Amiens Sports
1961-1985 named Amiens Sporting Club (Amiens SC)
1987 bankruptcy
1991-2014 professional section
2016 professional section
stadium : stade de la Licorne, Amiens(13,000)
3 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 13th in 2018), 43rd season in D2/L2
Coupe de France: finalist in 2001; semi-finalist in 2008, 1930; quarter-finalist in 2022, 2004, 1934, 1931, 1928, 1925
Coupe de la Ligue: quarter-finalist in 2020, 2018, 2001
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FC Annecy
Football Club d'Annecy
1927 creation
1942-1943 professional section
1988-1993 professional section
1993 bankruptcy
1993-2013 named Annecy Football Club (Annecy FC)
2022 professional section
stadium : Parc des Sports, Annecy (15,660)
8th season in D2/L2 (best rank: 14th in 2024, 9th in their group in 1991)
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 2023
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SC Bastia
Sporting Club de Bastia
1905 creation
1962 merge with Etoile Filante de Bastia
1962-1992 named Sporting Etoile Club de Bastia (SEC Bastia)
1965-2017 professional section
1971 split with Etoile Filante de Bastia
2017 bankruptcy
2017-2019 named Sporting Club Bastiais (SC Bastia)
2021 professional section
stadium : stade Armand-Cesari, Furiani (16,048)
34 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 3rd in 1977), 21st season in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 1981; finalist in 2002, 1972; semi-finalist in 1992, 1982, 1975; quarter-finalist in 2022, 1978, 1976, 1974, 1967
Coupe de la Ligue: finalist in 2015, 1995; semi-finalist in 2000; quarter-finalist in 2013, 2002
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français, ForzaBastia

SM Caen
Stade Malherbe Caen Calvados Basse-Normandie
1913 creation, merge of Club Malherbe Caennais and Club Sportif Caennais
1913-1988 named Stade Malherbe Caennais (SM Caen)
1934-1938 professional section
1985 professional section
stadium : stade Michel-d'Ornano, Caen (20,300)
18 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 5th in 1992), 34th season in D2/L2
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 2018; quarter-finalist in 2019, 1998, 1996, 1992
Coupe de la Ligue: finalist in 2005; quarter-finalist in 2012, 1997
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Clermont Foot 63
Clermont Foot 63
1984 creation, merge of Stade Clermontois and Association Sportive Montferrandaise
1984-1990 named Clermont Football Club (Clermont FC)
1990 bankruptcy
1990-1997 named Clermont Foot (Clermont Foot)
1997-2007 named Clermont Foot Auvergne (Clermont Foot Auvergne)
2002 professional section
2007-2013 named Clermont Foot Auvergne 63 (Clermont Foot Auvergne)
stadium : stade Gabriel-Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand (10,700)
3 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 8th in 2023), 19th season in D2/L2
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 2005, 1997
Coupe de la Ligue: quarter-finalist in 2005
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USL Dunkerque
Union Sportive du Littoral de Dunkerque
1919 creation, merge of Stade Dunkerquois and Union Sportive de Malo les Bains
1919-1927 named Union Sportive Dunkerque-Malo (US Dunkerque-Malo)
1927 merge with Racing Club Dunkerquois
1927-1934 named Union Racing Dunkerque-Malo (UR Dunkerque-Malo)
1934 merge with Club des Amis de la Balle Dunkerquoise
1934-1954 named Olympique Dunkerquois (Olympique Dunkerquois)
1935-1939 professional section
1954 merge with Dunkerque Etudiant Club
1954-1987 named Union Sportive de Dunkerque (US Dunkerque)
1966-1987 or 1997 professional section
1987 bankruptcy
2020 professional section
stadium : stade Marcel-Tribut (4,933)
38th season in D2/L2 (best rank: 8th in 1994 and 1995, 3rd in their group in 1979)
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 2025, 1929; quarter-finalist in 1971, 1968, 1937, 1930
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En Avant Guingamp
En Avant de Guingamp
1912 creation
1984 professional section
stadium : stade municipal du Roudourou, Guingamp (19,060)
13 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 7th in 2003), 33rd season in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 2014, 2009; semi-finalist in 2017, 2015, 1998; quarter-finalist in 2025, 1999, 1983
Coupe de la Ligue: finalist in 2019; semi-finalist in 1996; quarter-finalist in 2017, 2016, 2015, 2010, 2006, 1995
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Grenoble Foot 38
Grenoble Foot 38
1911 creation
1911-1977 named Football Club de Grenoble (FC Grenoble)
1942-1944 professional section
1945-1946 professional section
1951-1971 professional section
1977-1984 named Football Club Association Sportive de Grenoble (FCAS Grenoble)
1984-1990 named Football Club de Grenoble Dauphiné (FC Grenoble Dauphiné)
1990-1992 named Football Club de Grenoble Isère (FC Grenoble Isère)
1992 merge with Football Club de Jojo
1992-1993 named Football Club de Grenoble Jojo Isère
1993-1997 named Olympique Grenoble Isère
1997 bankruptcy
1997 merge with Norcap Grenoble
1997-1997 named Sporting Club de Grenoble
2001-2011 professional section
2011 bankruptcy
2018 professional section
stadium : stade des Alpes, Grenoble (20,068)
4 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 13th in 2009), 44th season in D2/L2
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 2009, quarter-finalist in 2023, 2005, 2001, 1953
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Stade Lavallois MFC
Stade Lavallois Mayenne Football Club
1902 creation
1902-1989 named Stade Lavallois (Stade Lavallois)
1976-2008 professional section
1989-1994 named Stade Lavallois Football Club (Stade Lavallois FC)
2009-2019 professional section
2022 professional section
stadium : stade Francis-Le Basser, Laval (11,107)
13 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 5th in 1982, 1983), 34th season in D2/L2
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 1997, 1993; quarter-finalist in 1999, 1987, 1984, 1982
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FC Lorient
Football Club Lorient Bretagne Sud
1926 creation
1926-1990 named Football Club Lorientais (FC Lorient)
1967-1977 professional section
1978 bankruptcy
1989-1991 professional section
1990-1995 named Football Club 56 Lorient (FC 56 Lorient)
1995 professional section
stadium : stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat, Lorient (18,500)
17 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 7th in 2010), 27th season in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 2002; semi-finalist in 2016, 2013; quarter-finalist in 2011, 2003, 1977
Coupe de la Ligue: finalist in 2002; semi-finalist in 2012, 2010; quarter-finalist in 2016
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FC Martigues
Football Club de Martigues
1921 creation
1983-2003 professional section
2003 bankruptcy
stadium : stade Francis-Turcan, Martigues (8,289)
3 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 11th in 1995), 25th season in D2/L2
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 2003, 1981
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FC Metz
Football Club de Metz
1932 creation, from Cercle Athlétique Messin
1932 professional section
1934 merge with Association Sportive Messine and Cercle Athlétique Messin
1934-1936 named Club des Sports de Metz (CS Metz)
1936 scission with Association Sportive Messine and Cercle Athlétique Messin
stadium : stade municipal Saint-Symphorien, Longeville-lès-Metz (28,786)
64 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 2nd in 2020), 22nd season in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 1988, 1984; finalist in 1938; semi-finalist in 1995, 1976, 1962, 1949; quarter-finalist in 2008, 1975, 1970, 1968, 1959, 1947, 1935
Coupe de la Ligue: winner in 1996; finalist in 1999; semi-finalist in 2003; quarter-finalist in 2017, 2009, 1998
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Pau FC
Pau Football Club
1959 creation
1959-1995 named Football Club de Pau (FC Pau)
1995 bankruptcy
stadium : Nouste Camp, Pau (3,859)
5th season in D2/L2 (best rank: 10th in 2022 and 2024)
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Paris FC
Paris Football Club
1969 creation, as a void entity
1970 merge with Club Sangermanois to create Paris Saint-Germain Football Club
1972 recreated from Paris Saint-Germain Football Club professional section
1972 merge with Cercle Athlétique de Montreuil
1972-1974 professional section
1976-1983 professional section
1978-1982 named Paris 1 (Paris 1)
1982-1983 named Racing Paris 1 (Racing Paris 1)
1983 split, professional section leaving to merge with Racing Club de France to create Racing Club de Paris
1983-1991 named Paris Football Club 83 (Paris FC 83)
1991-1996 named Paris Football Club 98 (Paris FC 98)
1996-2005 named Paris Football Club 2000 (Paris FC 2000)
2015 professional section
stadium : stade Charléty, Paris (19,151)
3 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 12th in 1973), 17th season in D2/L2 (4+18th if including 1970/72 Paris Saint-Germain Football Club results)
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 1980; quarter-finalist in 1983
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Red Star FC
Red Star Football Club
1897 creation
1897-1901 named Red Star Club (Red Star Club)
1898 merge with Union Pédestre de la Rive Gauche
1891-1907 named Red Star Club français (Red Star CF)
1906 merge with Amical Football Club
1907-1920 named Red Star Amical Club (Red Star AC)
1920-1926 named Red Star Club (Red Star Club)
1926 merge with Olympique de Paris
1926-1946 named Red Star Olympique (Red Star Olympique)
1932-1948 professional section
1946 merge with Sports Olympiques Audoniens
1946-1948 named Red Star Olympique Audonien (Red Star OA)
1948 professional section merge with professional section of Stade Français to create Stade Français-Red Star
1950 split
1950-1967 named Red Star Olympique Audonien (Red Star OA)
1952-1960 professional section
1961-1978 professional section
1967 merge with Toulouse Football Club
1967-1978 named Red Star Football Club (Red Star FC)
1978 bankruptcy
1978-1984 named Association Sportive Red Star (AS Red Star)
1984-2003 named Association Sportive Red Star 93 (AS Red Star 93)
1992-2001 professional section
2003 bankruptcy
2003-2012 named Red Star Football Club 93 (Red Star FC 93)
2015-2021 professional section
stadium : stade Bauer, Saint-Ouen (3,000-10,000)
16 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 7th in 1947), 38th season in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 1942, 1928, 1923, 1922, 1921; finalist in 1946; semi-finalist in 1936, 1935; quarter-finalist in 1992, 1973, 1972, 1964, 1941, 1938, 1937, 1920
Coupe de la Ligue: semi-finalist in 2000
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Rodez AF
Rodez Aveyron Football
1929 creation
1929-1987 named Stade Ruthénois (Stade Ruthénois)
1987-1993 named Stade Rodez Football (Stade Rodez Football)
1993 bankruptcy
2019 professional section
stadium : stade Paul-Lignon (3,400)
10th season in D2/L2 (best rank: 4th in 2024)
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 1991; quarter-finalist in 2023, 2009
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

ESTAC Troyes
Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagne
1986 creation
1986-2000 named Association Troyes Aube Champagne (ATAC Troyes)
1996 professional section
stadium : stade de l'Aube, Troyes (21,000)
11 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 7th in 2001, 2002), 17th season in D2/L2
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 2013, 2001; quarter-finalist in 1997
Coupe de la Ligue: semi-finalist in 2014; quarter-finalist in 2013, 2001
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

National 2024/25 (3rd level, 17 clubs)

Aubagne FC
Aubagne Football Club
1989 creation, merge of Entente Aubagnaise and Jeunesse Sportive Aubagnaise
stadium : Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny (1,000)
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

US Boulogne-sur-Mer CO
Union Sportive Boulogne Côte d'Opale
1898 creation
1898-1969 named Union sportive Boulonnaise (US Boulogne-sur-Mer)
1935-1939 professional section
1959-1979 professional section
1969-1997 named Union sportive du Grand Boulogne (USG Boulogne-sur-Mer)
2007-2014 professional section
stadium : stade de la libération, Boulogne-sur-Mer (9,534)
1 season in D1/L1 (best rank: 19th in 2010), 28 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 1937; quarter-finalist in 2015, 2010, 2005, 1929
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

FBBP 01 Bourg-Péronnas
Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01
1942 creation, merge of Football Club de Bourg and Union Sportive de Péronnas-Bourg
1942-2015 named Football Club Bourg-Péronnas (FC Bourg-Péronnas)
2015-2020 professional section
stadium : Stade Marcel-Verchère, Bourg-en-Bresse (8,840)
3 seasons in D2/L2 (best rank: 11th in 2016)
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1998
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

LB Châteauroux
La Berrichonne de Châteauroux
1935 creation, merge of Association Sportive de Châteauroux and Berrichonne Avenir Club
1991-2023 professional section
stadium : stade Gaston-Petit, Châteauroux (14,500)
1 season in D1/L1 (best rank: 17th in 1998), 42 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: finalist in 2004; quarter-finalist in 1995
Coupe de la Ligue: quarter-finalist in 2009, 2001, 1995
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

US Concarneau
Union Sportive Concarnoise
1911 creation
1930-2017 named Union Sportive Concarnoise-Beuzécoise (US Concarneau)
2023 professional section
stadium : stade Guy-Piriou (1,206)
1 season in D2/L2 (best rank: 19th in 2024)
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 2015
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Dijon FCO
Dijon Football Côte d'Or
1998 creation, merge of Cercle Dijon Football and Dijon Football Club
2004 professional section
stadium : Parc Municipal des Sports Gaston-Gérard, Dijon (18,376)
6 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 11th in 2018), 13 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 2004; quarter-finalist in 2020, 2019, 2008
Coupe de la Ligue: quarter-finalist in 2012
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Le Mans FC
Le Mans Football Club
1985 creation, merge of Stade Olympique du Maine and Union Sportive du Mans
1985-2010 named Le Mans Union Club 72 (Le Mans UC 72)
1988-1989 professional section
1990-2013 professional section
2013 bankruptcy
2019-2022 professional section
stadium : stade Marie-Marvingt, Le Mans (25,064)
6 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 9th in 2008), 19 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 1999; quarter-finalist in 2011
Coupe de la Ligue: semi-finalist in 2008, 2007, 2006; quarter-finalist in 2012, 2004
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

AS Nancy-Lorraine
Association Sportive Nancy - Lorraine
1910 creation
1910-1928 named Union Sportive Frontière (US Frontière)
1928-1967 named Association Sportive Lorraine (AS Lorraine)
1967 professional section
stadium : stade Marcel-Picot (20,087)
30 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 4th in 1977, 2008), 25 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 1978; finalist in 1995; semi-finalist in 1976; quarter-finalist in 2013, 1992, 1972
Coupe de la Ligue: winner in 2006; semi-finalist in 2017; quarter-finalist in 2008, 2007, 2002, 2000
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français, ASNLstory

Nîmes Olympique
Nîmes Olympique
1937 creation
1937-1943 professional section
1944-2004 professional section
2008 professional section
stadium : stade des Antonins, Nîmes (8,033)
36 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 2nd in 1958, 1959, 1960, 1972), 35 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: finalist in 1996, 1961, 1958; semi-finalist in 2005, 2002, 1999, 1973, 1959, 1950; quarter-finalist in 2000, 1977, 1957, 1949, 1943
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

US Orléans LF
Union Sportive Orléans Loiret Football
1976 creation, merge of Union Sportive d'Orléans and Arago Sport Orléans
1976-1979 named Union Sportive d'Orléans Arago (US Orléans Arago)
1979-1992 named Union Sportive d'Orléans (US Orléans)
1980-1992 professional section
1992 bankruptcy
1992-2011 named Union Sportive d'Orléans 45 Football (US Orléans 45)
2014-2022 professional section
stadium : stade municipal de la Source (7,533)
19 seasons in D2/L2 (best rank: 8th in 2019, 4th in their group in 1985)
Coupe de France: finalist in 1980; quarter-finalist in 2019, 1989
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français, blog USO Arago

Paris 13 Atletico
Paris 13 Atletico
1968 creation
1968-2012 named Football Club des Gobelins (FC Gobelins)
2012 merge with Stade Olympique de Paris
2012-2020 named Football Club des Gobelins Paris 13 (FC Gobelins Paris 13)
stadium : stade Pelé, Paris 13 (995)
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

US Quevilly RM
Union Sportive Quevilly Rouen Métropole
1902 creation
1902-2015 named Union Sportive Quevillaise (US Quevilly)
1978 bankruptcy
2015 merge with Football Club de Rouen 1899
2017-2020 professional section
2018 split with Football Club de Rouen 1899
2021 professional section
stadium : Stade Robert-Diochon, Le Petit-Quevilly (8,372)
6 seasons in D2/L2 (best rank: 11th in 2023, 7th in their group in 1971)
Coupe de France: finalist in 2012, 1927; semi-finalist in 2010, 1968
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

FC Rouen 1899
Football Club de Rouen 1899
1899 creation, merge of Football Club Rouennais, Union Sportive Sottevillaise and Union Sportive Rouennaise
1899-1995 named Football Club de Rouen (FC Rouen)
1933-1995 professional section
1995 bankruptcy
1995-1997 named Football Club du Grand Rouen (FCG Rouen)
1997 bankruptcy
1997-2000 named Olympique du Grand Rouen (OG Rouen)
2003-2013 professional section
2013 bankruptcy
2015 merge with Union Sportive Quevilly
2017 split
stadium : stade Robert-Diochon, Le Petit Quevilly (8,372)
19 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 4th in 1937, 1938, 1961, 1969), 36 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: finalist in 1925; semi-finalist in 1952, 1940, 1937, 1924, 1923, 1922; quarter-finalist in 2024, 1999, 1983, 1973, 1964, 1954, 1945, 1935, 1934, 1932, 1926
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
Football Club de Sochaux-Montbéliard
1928 creation
1928-1930 named Football Club de Sochaux (FC Sochaux)
1930 merge with AS Montbéliardaise
1932 professional section
1942 merge with Association Sportive de Valentigney to create Sochaux-Valentigney
1944 split
stadium : stade Auguste-Bonal, Montbéliard (20,005)
66 seasons in D1/L1 (winner in 1935, 1938), 19 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 2007, 1937; finalist in 1988, 1967, 1959; semi-finalist in 2016, 1989, 1978, 1974, 1971, 1936; quarter-finalist in 2010, 2005, 1991, 1985, 1980, 1977, 1968, 1966, 1952, 1950, 1948, 1940, 1935, 1933
Coupe de la Ligue: winner in 2004; finalist in 2003; semi-finalist in 1999; quarter-finalist in 2017, 2007, 1998
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Valenciennes FC
Valenciennes Football Club
1913 creation
1913-1929 named Football Club Valenciennois (FC Valenciennes)
1929-1987 named Union Sportive Valenciennes-Anzin (US Valenciennes-Anzin)
1933-1996 professional section
1987-1996 named Union Sportive de Valenciennes-Anzin Arrondissement (US Valenciennes-Anzin)
1996 bankruptcy
2005 professional section
stadium : stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes (25,172)
33 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 3rd in 1965, 1966), 41 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: finalist in 1951; semi-finalist in 2024, 1970, 1964; quarter-finalist in 2012, 1994, 1982, 1978, 1976, 1965, 1952, 1941
Coupe de la Ligue: quarter-finalist in 2011, 2008
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

FC Versailles 78
Football Club de Versailles 78
1989 creation, merge of RC Versailles and CS Versailles
stadium : stade jean-Bouin, Paris (20,000)
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 2022
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

FC Villefranche Beauj.
Football Club Villefranche Beaujolais
1927 creation
1 season in D2/L2 (best rank: 19th in their group in 1984)
stadium : Stade Armand Chouffet, Villefranche-sur-Saône (3,500)
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

National 2 2024/25 (4th level, 3x16 clubs)

Groupe A

Andrézieux-Bouthéon fc
Andrézieux-Bouthéon Football Club
1947 creation
1947-2019 named Association Sportive Forézienne Andrézieux-Bouthéon (ASF Andrézieux-Bouthéon)
stadium : Envol Stadium (5,000)
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Angoulême Charente FC
Angoulême Charente Football Club
1920 creation
1920-1925 named Sporting Club Angoulême (SC Angoulême)
1925-1948 named Association Sportive des Charentes (AS Charentes)
1945-1947 professional section
1947-1992 named Association Sportive d'Angoulême (AS Angoulême)
1965-1984 professional section
1992-2005 named Association Sportive Angoulême Charente 92 (AS Angoulême Charente 92)
stadium : Stade Camille-Lebon, Angoulême (6,500)
3 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 4th in 1970), 19 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 1979, 1968, 1967; quarter-finalist in 2003, 1999, 1980, 1947
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Les Genêts d'Anglet
Les Genêts d'Anglet
1910 creation
internet : club

Bergerac Périgord FC
Bergerac Périgord Football Club
1916 creation
1916-1982 named Enfants de France de Bergerac (EF Bergerac)
1982-2012 named Bergerac Foot (Bergerac Foot)
stadium : Stade de Campréal, Bergerac (1,400)
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 2022
internet : , wiki, wiki en français

AS Cannes
Association Sportive de Cannes Football
1902 creation
1905 football section
1932-2004 professional section
2011 bankruptcy
stadium : stade Pierre-de-Coubertin (9,819)
22 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 2nd in 1933), 41 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 1932, semi-finalist in 2025, 1992, 1942, 1933, 1931, 1920; quarter-finalist in 2014, 1991, 1990, 1984, 1960, 1957, 1954, 1938, 1937, 1929, 1921
Coupe de la Ligue: semi-finalist in 1996
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

EFC Fréjus St-Raphaël
Etoile Football Club Fréjus Saint-Raphaël
2009 creation, merge of Etoile Sportive Fréjusienne and Stade Raphaëlois
stadium : stade Louis Hon (3,000)
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 2017
internet : club wiki, wiki en français

GOAL FC
Grand Ouest Association Lyonnaise Football Club
2000 creation, merge of Union Sportive Anse Ambérieu and Chasselay Foot
2000-2005 named Beaujolais Monts d'Or
2005-2017 named Monts d'Or Azergues Foot
2006 merged with Club Sportif Chazay-Civrieux
2017-2020 named Monts d'Or Anse Foot
2018 merged with Beaujolais Azergues Futsal Club
2020 merged with Tassin FC, Champagne Sport and Futsal Saône Mont d'Or
stadium : stade Ludovic Giuly, Chasselay (2,000)
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

RC Pays de Grasse
Racing Club Pays de Grasse
1959 creation, merge of Gallia Club de Grasse and Red Star Grasse
1959-2022 named Racing Club de Grasse (RC Grasse)
stadium : Stade de la Paoute (3,500))
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Hyères 83 FC
Hyères 83 Football Club
1911 creation
1911-2021 named Hyères Football Club (Hyères FC)
1932-1934 professional section
stadium : stade Perruc, Hyères (2,000)
1 season in D1/L1 (best rank: 9th in their group in 1933), 1 season in D2/L2
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Istres FC
Istres Football Club
1920 creation
1920-1969 named Section Sportive Istréenne (SS Istres)
1969 merge with Istres Sports
1969-1990 named Istres Sports Football (Istres SF)
1990-2004 named Football Club d'Istres Ville Nouvelle (FC Istres VN)
1993-2015 professional section
2004-2016 named Football Club Istres Ouest Provence (FC Istres OP)
stadium : stade Parsemain, Fos-sur-Mer (12,500)
1 season in D1/L1 (best rank 20th in 2005), 18 seasons in D2/L2
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Jura Sud Foot
Jura Sud Foot
1991 creation, merge of AS Moirans-en-Montagne, CS Molinges-Chassal and Entente Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude-Saint-Lupicin
2009 merge with Association Saint-Claude Val de Bienne
stadium : stade Municipal, Moirans-en-Montagne (2,000)
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne
Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne
1903 creation
1903-1974 named Asociation Sportive Le Puy (AS Le Puy)
1974-1991 named C.O du Puy (CO Le Puy)
1984-1989 professional section
1991 bankruptcy
1991-1992 named S.C.O. Le Puy (SCO Le Puy)
1992-2009 named Union Sportive Football Le Puy en Velay (USF Le Puy en Velay)
2009 merge with AS Taulhac
stadium : stade Charles-Massot (4,800)
5 seasons in D2/L2 (best rank: 7th in their group in 1986)
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 2024
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Marignane GCB FC
Marignane-Gignac-Côte Bleue Football Club
1924 creation
1924-2016 named Union Sportive de Marignane (US Marignane)
1965-1966 professional section
2016 merge with Association Sportive de Gignac
2016-2022 named Marignane Gignac Football Club (Marignane Gignac FC)
2022 merge with Football Club Côte Bleue
stadium : stade Saint-Exupéry, Marignane (1,500)
1 season in D2/L2 (best rank: 19th in 1966)
internet : club wiki, wiki en français

GFA Rumilly Vallières
Groupement football de l'Albanais 74
2018 creation, merge of Football club sportif de Rumilly and ES Vallières
stadium : stade des Grangettes, Rumilly
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 2021
internet : club wiki en français

AS Saint-Priest
Association Sportive de Saint-Priest
1945 creation
stadium : stade Jacques Joly, Saint-Priest (3,000)
internet : club wiki, wiki en français

SC Toulon
Sporting Club de Toulon
1944 creation, merge of Sporting Club du Temple and Jeunesse Sportive Toulonnaise
1944-1984 named Sporting Club de Toulon (SC Toulon)
1945-1947 professional section
1948-1993 professional section
1984-1993 named Sporting Club de Toulon et du Var (SC Toulon Var)
1993 bankruptcy
1993-1998 named Sporting Club de Toulon 83 (SC Toulon 83)
1996-1998 professional section
1998 bankruptcy
1998-2016 named Sporting Toulon Var (Sporting Toulon Var)
2011 bankruptcy
2016 merge with SC Toulon-Le Las
stadium : stade Bon-Rencontre (8,2000)
12 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 5th in 1988), 36 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 1984, 1963; quarter-finalist in 1982, 1965
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Groupe B

US Avranches
Union sportive Avranches Mont-Saint-Michel
1897 creation
1897-1990 named Union sportive d'Avranches
stadium : Stade René Fenouillère (2,650)
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 2017
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Blois Football 41
Blois Football 41
1912 creation
1912-1999 named Association Amicale de la Jeunesse Blésoise (AAJ Blois)
1999 merge with Blois Union Sportive
stadium : Stade des Allées jean Leroi (5,000)
9 seasons in D2/L2 (best rank: 8th in their group in 1971)
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1971
internet : , wiki, wiki en français

FC Girondins de Bordeaux
Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux
1881 club creation
1881-1919 named Société de Gymnastique et de tir des Girondins
1910 football section creation
1911 football section deletion
1920 football section new creation
1919 ? merge with Argus Sport
1924-1936 named Girondins Guyenne Sport (Girondins Guyenne Sport)
1936 ? merge with Bordeaux Football Club
1936-1940 named Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club (Girondins de Bordeaux FC)
1937 professional section
1940 merge with Association Sportive du Port
1940-1950 named Girondins Association Sportive du Port (Girondins ASP)
1950-1991 named Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club (Girondins de Bordeaux FC)
stadium : Stade Matmut Atlantique, Bordeaux (42,115)
69 seasons in D1/L1 (winner in 2009, 1999, 1987, 1985, 1984, 1950), 12 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 2013, 1987, 1986, 1941; finalist in 1969, 1968, 1964, 1955, 1952, 1943; semi-finalist in 2003, 2000, 1961, 1957, 1947; quarter-finalist in 2017, 2008, 1997, 1995, 1993, 1990, 1982, 1981, 1971, 1963, 1958, 1954, 1948, 1946, 1944
Coupe de la Ligue: winner in 2009, 2007, 2002; finalist in 2010, 1998, 1997; semi-finalist in 2019, 2017, 2016; quarter-finalist in 2014, 2006
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Bourges Foot 18
Bourges Foot 18
2021 creation, merge of Bourges 18 and Bourges Foot
stadium : Stade Jacques-Rimbault, Bourges (7,500)
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Voltigeurs Châteaubriant
Voltigeurs de Châteaubriant
1907 creation
stadium : stade de la Ville en Bois (3,500)
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Dinan Léhon FC

US Granville
Union sportive granvillaise
1918 creation
stadium : stade Louis-Dior, Granville (3,200)
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 2016
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

La Roche VF
La Roche Vendée Football
1989 creation, merge of Football Club Yonnais and Amicale des Ecoles Publiques de Bourg-sous-la-Roche (AEPB La Roche)
stadium : Stade Henri-Desgrange, La Roche-sur-Yon (9,000)
4 seasons in D2/L2 (best rank: 12th in their group in 1991)
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Vendée Poiré-sur-Vie
Vendée Poiré sur Vie Football
1954 creation
1954-2007 named Sainte Jeanne d'Arc le Poiré Football (SJA Le Poiré-sur-Vie)
2007-2010 named Le Poiré-sur-Vie Vendée Football (Le Poiré-sur-Vie VF)
stadium : Stade de l'Idonnière, Le Poiré-sur-Vie (2,900)
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français, Football en France

Vendée Les Herbiers
Vendée Les Herbiers Football
1949 creation, merge of Les Herbiers Sports and Les Coqs du Bocage
1949-2002 named Entente Sportive Herbretaise
2002-2006 named Les Herbiers Vendée Football
stadium : Stade Massabielle, Les Herbiers (5,000)
Coupe de France: finalist in 2018
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français,

Saint-Colomban Locminé

Stade Poitevin FC
Stade Poitevin Football Club
1952 creation, merge of Sporting Club Poitevin and Patronage des Ecoles Publiques de Poitiers
1952-2002 named Stade Poitevin Patronage des Ecoles Publiques (Stade Poitevin PEP)
1995-1998 professional section
1998 bankruptcy
2003-2006 named Stade Poitevin Football (Stade Poitevin)
2006 bankruptcy
2006-2007 named Poitiers Foot 86 (Poitiers F86)
2007-2018 named Poitiers Football Club (Poitiers FC)
stadium : stade Michel-Armand, Buxerolles (12,000)
5 seasons in D2/L2 (best rank: 19th in 1996, 5th in their group in 1973)
Coupe de la Ligue: quarter-finalist in 1998
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Stade Briochin
Stade Briochin
1904 creation
1904-1912 named Stade et Véloce Club Briochin (SVC Briochin)
1912-1945 named Stade Briochin Université Club (Stade Briochin UC)
1993-1997 professional section
1993-1997 named Saint-Brieuc-Côtes-d'Armor (Saint-Brieuc CA)
1997 bankruptcy
stadium : stade Fred-Aubert, Saint-Brieuc (5,878)
3 seasons in D2/L2 (best rank: 6th in 1994)
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 2025
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

US Saint-Malo
Union Sportive de Saint-Malo
1902 creation
1902-1945 named Union Sportive Saint-Servannaise et Malouine (US Saint-Servan et Malo)
also named Saint-Servan athlétique association
1933-1935 professional section
stadium : stade de Marville (2,350)
1 season in D2/L2 (best rank: 11th in their group in 1934)
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1924
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Saint-Pryvé Saint-Hilaire FC
Saint-Pryvé Saint-Hilaire Football Club
2000 creation, merge of US Saint-Hilaire and Saint-Pryvé CFC
stadium : Le Grand Clos, Saint-Pryvé Saint-Mesmin (1,800)
internet : club wiki, wiki en français,

Olympique Saumur FC
Olympique Saumur Football Club
2000 creation, merge of Racing Club de Saumur, AS Saumur and ASPTT Saumur
stadium : Stade des Rives du Thouet, Saumur (2,500)
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Groupe C

FCM Aubervilliers
Football Club Municipal d'Aubervilliers
1948 creation
stadium : stade André Karman (2,500)
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

FC Balagne

AS Beauvais Oise
Association Sportive Beauvais Oise
1945 creation, merge of Union Sportive de Beauvais (merge of Véloce Club Beauvaisien and Union Sportive de Voisinlieu) and Groupe Sportif de Marissel
1945-1986 named Association sportive Beauvais Marissel (AS Beauvais Marissel)
1986-1989 named Association sportive Beauvais (AS Beauvais)
1986-2004 professional section
1988 bankruptcy
stadium : stade Pierre-Brisson, Beauvais (10,178)
16 seasons in D2/L2 (best rank: 6th in their group in 1987, 1990, 7th in 1997, 2002)
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1989
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

ASC Biesheim

FC 93 BBG
Football Club 93 Bobigny-Bagnolet-Gagny
2013 creation
2013-2020 named Académie de Football de Bobigny (AF Bobigny)
2020 merge with Bagnolet Académie and USM Gagny
stadium : stade Auguste-Delaune, Bobigny (406)
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

FC Chambly Oise
Football Club de Chambly Oise
1989 creation
1989-2006 named Football Club de Chambly (FC Chambly)
2007-2016 named Football Club de Chambly Thelle (FC Chambly Thelle)
2019-2022 professional section
stadium : stade Walter Luzi, Chambly (4,550)
2 seasons in D2/L2 (best rank: 10th in 2020)
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 2018
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

US Chantilly

US Créteil-Lusitanos
Union Sportive de Créteil Lusitanos
1936 creation
1936-2002 named Union Sportive Créteil Football (US Créteil)
1999-2009 professional section
2002 merge with Union Sportive Lusitanos Saint-Maur
2013-2018 professional section
stadium : stade Dominique-Duvauchelle, Créteil (12,150)
15 seasons in D2/L2 (best rank: 8th in 2006)
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

SA Epinal
Stade Athlétique Spinalien
1941 creation, merge of Stade Saint-Michel and Athlétique Club Spinalien
1990-1998 professional section
1998 bankruptcy
stadium : stade de la Colombière (2,250)
10 seasons in D2/L2 (best rank: 18th in 1996, 6th in their group in 1978)
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 2020
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Entente Feignies Aulnoye FC

FC Fleury 91
Football Club Fleury 91
1970 creation
1970-2015 named Union Sportive de Fleury-Mérogis (US Fleury-Mérogis)
2017-2019 named Football Club Fleury 91 Coeur d'Essonne (FC Fleury 91 CE)
stadium : stade Walter-Felder (2,490)
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

AS Furiani-Agliani
Association Sportive Furiani-Agliani
1987 creation
stadium : stade Erbajolo (2,000) and Stade du Bastio (1,500), Bastia
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

FCSR Haguenau
Football CLub Sports Réunis Haguenau
1987 creation, merge of Football Club Haguenau and Sports Réunis Haguenau
stadium : Parc des sports (7,000)
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

US Thionville-Lusitanos
Union Sportive Thionville-Lusitanos
1905 creation
1905-1919 named Fußball-Club Diedenhofen (FC Diedenhofen)
1919-1981 named La Sportive Thionvilloise (La Sportive Thionvilloise)
1979-1981 professional section
1981-2021 named Thionville Football Club (Thionville FC)
2021 merge with Thionville AS Portugais Saint-François
2 seasons in D2/L2 (best rank: 6th in their group in 1980)
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Villers Houlgate

Wasquehal Football
Wasquehal Football
1924 creation
1924-1945 named Union Sportive de Wasquehal (US Wasquehal)
1945 merge with Association Sportive de Wasquehal
1945-2017 named Entente Sportive de Wasquehal (ES Wasquehal)
1997-2004 professional section
stadium : stade Lucien-Montagne (500)
6 seasons in D2/L2 (best rank: 13th in 2001)
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Other clubs having played in Ligue 1 / Division 1

AS Aix-en-Provence
Association Sportive d'Aix-en-Provence
1941 creation, merge of Football Club Aixois and Union Sportive Aixoise
1941-2014 named Association Sportive Aixoise (AS Aix-en-Provence)
2014-2020 named Pays d'Aix Football Club (Pays d'Aix FC)
1953-1972 professional section
stadium : stade Georges-Carcassonne, Aix-en-Provence (3,700)
1 season in D1/L1 (best rank: 20th in 1968), 18 seasons in D2/L2
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Olympique Alès-Cévennes
Olympique d'Alès en Cévennes
1923 creation, merge of Red Star Aix, Boxing Aix and C.S. des Cheminots
1923-1926 named Olympique Alaisien (Olympique Alaisien)
1926-1963 named Olympique Alésien (Olympique Alésien)
1932-1961 professional section
1963 merge with Cévennes Sport
1977-1997 professional section
2003 bankruptcy
6 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 13th in 1935, 10th in their group in 1933), 35 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 1987
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FC Antibes
Football Club d'Antibes
1912 creation
1912-1933 named Olympique d'Antibes (Olympique d'Antibes)
1933-1940 named Football Club d'Antibes (FC Antibes)
1932-1947 professional section
1940-1966 named Olympique d'Antibes Juan-les-Pins (Ol. Antibes Juan-les-Pins)
1966 merge with Espérance and US Antiboise
1966-2011 named Football Club d'Antibes Juan-les-Pins (FC Antibes Juan-les-Pins)
stadium : stade du Fort Carré (4,000)
7 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 7th in 1934, 5th in their group in 1940), 2 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1933
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AC Arles
Athlétic Club Arlésien
1912 creation, merge of La Pédale Joyeuse, Arles Auto-vélo and Arles Sports
1912-2009 named Athlétic Club Arlésien (AC Arles)
2009-2015 professional section
2009-2016 named Athlétic Club Arles-Avignon (AC Arles-Avignon)
2015 bankruptcy
stadium : Stade Fernand-Fournier, Arles (2,500)
1 season in L1 (best rank: 20th in 2011), 12 seasons in D2/L2
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AC Avignon
Avenir Club Avignonnais
1931 creation
1931-1948 named Association Sportive Avignonnaise (AS Avignon)
1942-1948 professional section
1948 merge with club from Saint-Jean borough
1948-1992 named Olympique Avignonnais (Olympique Avignonnais)
1965-1981 professional section
1989-1991 professional section
1992 merge with Sporting Club Avignonnais
1992-1996 named Sporting Club Olympique Avignonnais (SCO Avignon)
1996 bankruptcy
1996-2003 named Football Club Avignon (FC Avignon)
2003 merge with MJC Avignon
2003-2010 named Avignon Football 84 (Avignon F84)
2010 bankruptcy
stadium : Stade Léon-Dulcy, Avignon (500)
1 season in D1/L1 (best rank: 20th in 1976), 20 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 1973; quarter-finalist in 1990, 1979, 1972
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AS Béziers
Association Sportive de Béziers
1911 creation
1911-1918 named Stade Béziers Sport (Stade Béziers Sport)
1918-1932 named Stade Olympien Biterrois (SO Béziers)
1932 merge with Association Sportive de Béziers Omnisports
1932-1933 named Association Sportive de Béziers (AS Béziers)
1933 split
1933-1934 professional section
1933-1935 named Stade Olympien Biterrois (SO Béziers)
1935-1939 named Entente Sportive Biterroise (ES Béziers)
1939 merge with Association Sportive de Béziers Omnisports
1945-1969 professional section
1970-1972 professional section
1973-1987 professional section
1990 bankruptcy
1 season in D1/L1 (best rank: 18th in 1958), 40 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1962
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Gazélec FC Ajaccio
Gazélec Football Club Ajaccio
1960 creation, merge of Football Club Ajaccio and Gazélec Ajaccio and
1968-1970 professional section
1996 merge with Olympique d'Ajaccio
1996-2012 named Gazélec Football Club Olympique Ajaccio (Gazélec FCO Ajaccio)
2012-2020 professional section
stadium : stade Ange-Casanova, Ajaccio (4,167)
1 season in D1/L1 (best rank: 19th in 2016), 21 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 2012; quarter-finalist in 2016, 1992
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Club Français
Club Français
1892 creation
1932-1934 professional section
1934 defunct
1 season in D1/L1 (best rank: 8th in their group in 1933), 1 season in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 1931; quarter-finalist in 1927, 1926, 1918
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SR Colmar
Stadium Racing Colmar
1920 creation
1920-1940 named Sports Réunis Colmar (SR Colmar)
1940-1944 named SpVgg Kolmar (SpVgg Kolmar)
1937-1939 professional section
1945-1962 named Sports Réunis Colmar (SR Colmar)
1945-1949 professional section
1949 professional section merge with Racing Club de Strasbourg
1962-1963 named Sports Réunis Colmar Wittisheim (SR Colmar Wittisheim)
1963-1964 named Association sportive de Colmar (AS Colmar)
1964-2016 named Sports Réunis Colmar (SR Colmar)
2016 bankruptcy
stadium : Colmar Stadium, Colmar (2,300)
1 season in D1/L1 (best rank: 11th in 1949), 5 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 1948
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SC Fives
Sporting Club Fivois
1901 creation
1944 merge with Olympique lillois to create Stade Lillois
7 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 2nd in 1934)
Coupe de France: finalist in 1941; semi-finalist in 1939, 1938, 1935; quarter-finalist in 1940, 1936
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FC Gueugnon
Football Club de Gueugnon or Football Club Gueugnonnais
1940 creation
1987-2011 professional section
2011 bankruptcy
stadium : stade Jean-Laville, Gueugnon (14,753)
1 season in D1/L1 (best rank 18th in 1996), 37 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 1991; quarter-finalist in 1979, 1969
Coupe de la Ligue: winner in 2000; quarter-finalist in 2004, 2003
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Olympique Lillois
Olympique lillois
1902 creation
1932-1943 professional section
1941 merge with Iris Club Lillois
1941-1944 named Olympique Iris Club Lillois (OIC Lillois)
1944 merge with Sporting Club Fivois to create Stade Lillois
7 seasons in D1/L1 (winner in 1933)
Coupe de France: finalist in 1939; semi-finalist in 1934; quarter-finalist in 1943, 1942, 1938, 1936, 1932, 1928, 1927, 1922, 1920
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Limoges Football
Limoges Football Club
1947 creation, merge of Red Star Athlétique de Limoges and Union Sportive Athlétique de Limoges
1947-1987 named Limoges Football Club (Limoges FC)
1957-1987 professional section
1987 bankruptcy
1987-2003 named Limoges Foot 87 (Limoges Foot 87)
2003 bankruptcy
2003-2020 named Limoges Football (Limoges Football)
2020 bankruptcy
3 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank 10th in 1960), 23 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1970, 1963
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Lyon OU
Lyon Olympique Universitaire
1899 creation
1899-1913 named Lyon Olympique
1942-1950 professional section
1950 football section becomes independent to create Olympique Lyonnais
1952 football section recreated
2008 amateur football section becomes independent
1 season in D1/L1 (best rank 15th in 1946), 4 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1946
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SO Montpellier
Stade Olympique Montpelliérain
1919 creation
1919 merge with la Vie au Grand Air du Médoc de Bordeaux
1926-1937 named Sports Olympiques Montpelliérains (SO Montpellier)
1932-1943 professional section
1937 bankruptcy
1941-1944 named Union des Sports Olympiques Montpelliérains (USO Montpellier)
1945-1969 professional section
1970 merge with Montpellier Sport-Club to create Montpellier-Littoral Sport Club
10 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank 8th in 1962, 1934, 3rd in their group in 1940), 21 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 1929; finalist in 1931; semi-finalist in 1961; quarter-finalist in 1942, 1939, 1933, 1930
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FC Mulhouse
Football Club de Mulhouse
1893 creation
1893-1918 named Fussball Club Mülhausen 93 (FC Mülhausen 93)
1919-1940 named Football Club de Mulhouse 93 (FC Mulhouse 93)
1932-1939 professional section
1940-1945 named Fussball Club Mülhausen 93 (FC Mülhausen 93)
1945-1989 named Football Club de Mulhouse 93 (FC Mulhouse 93)
1945-1946 professional section
1981-1999 professional section
1989-2000 named Football Club de Mulhouse Sud-Alsace (FC Mulhouse Sud-Alsace)
2000-2006 named Football Club de Mulhouse 2000 (FC Mulhouse 2000)
stadium : stade de l'Ill (11,303)
6 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank 6th in 1935), 27 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 1928; quarter-finalist in 1998, 1995, 1990, 1989, 1984, 1969
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FC Nancy
Football Club de Nancy
1901 creation
1901-1935 named Stade Universitaire Lorrain (SU Lorrain)
1935-1943 professional section
1943-1945 named Stade Lorrain (Stade Lorrain)
1945-1964 professional section
1968 defunct
15 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank 4th in 1962), 8 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: finalist in 1962, 1953; semi-finalist in 1956, 1951, 1948; quarter-finalist in 1955, 1939
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SC Nîmes
Sporting Club Nîmois
1901 creation
1932-1937 professional section
1937 bankruptcy
3 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank 9th in 1934, 5th in their group in 1933)
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1923
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Chamois Niortais FC
Chamois Niortais Football Club
1925 creation
1925-1991 named Chamois Niortais (Chamois Niortais)
1985-2009 professional section
1991 bankruptcy
2012 professional section
stadium : stade René-Gaillard (6,398)
1 season in D1/L1 (best rank: 18th in 1988), 31 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1991
Coupe de la Ligue: semi-finalist in 2001; quarter-finalist in 1996
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CAP Charenton
Cercle Athlétique de Paris Charenton
1892 creation
1896 football section
1892-1899 named Nationale de Saint-Mandé
1899-1906 named Football Club de Paris (FC Paris)
1906 merge with U.S. XIIe and Paris Athlétic Club
1906-1964 named Cercle Athlétique de Paris (CA Paris)
1932-1963 professional section
1964 merge with Stade Olympique Charentonnais to create Cercle Athlétique de Paris-Charenton
2 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank 14th in 1934, 5th in their group in 1933), 23 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 1920; finalist in 1928; semi-finalist in 1927; quarter-finalist in 1940, 1931, 1930, 1929, 1921, 1919
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RC Paris
Racing Club de Paris

1882 creation of Racing Club de France (Racing CF)
1896 football section
Coupe de France: finalist in 1930; semi-finalist in 1932, 1921; quarter-finalist in 1918

1932 Racing Club de France creates professional section Racing Club de Paris (RC Paris)
1932-1966 professional section
1966 merge with Union Athlétique Sedan-Torcy to create Racing Club de Paris-Sedan (RC Paris-Sedan)
25 seasons in D1/L1 (winner in 1936), 3 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 1949, 1945, 1940, 1939, 1936; finalist in 1950; quarter-finalist in 1961, 1959, 1951, 1948, 1946, 1938, 1937

1983 Racing Club de France football section merges with Racing Paris 1 (previously Paris Football Club) professional section to recreate Racing Club de Paris
1983-1990 professional section
1983-1987 named Racing Club de Paris (Racing CP)
1987-1989 named Matra Racing (Matra Racing)
1989-1991 named Racing Paris 1 (Racing Paris 1)
1991-1991 named Racing 92 (Racing 92)
1991-1995 named Racing 92 Football Club (Racing 92 FC)
5 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 7th in 1988), 3 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1994, 1990, 1986, 1985

1995 Racing 92 Football Club back to Racing Club de France omnisports club
1995-1999 named Racing Club de France 92 (Racing CF 92)
1999-2002 named Racing Club de Paris (RC Paris)
2002-2005 named Racing Club de France 92 (Racing CF 92)
2005-2007 named Racing Club de France (Racing CF)
2007-2009 named Racing Club de France Football 92 (Racing CF 92)
2009-2012 named Racing Club de France-Levallois 92 (Racing CF Levallois 92)
2012-2018 named Racing Club de France Colombes 92 (Racing CF Colombes 92)
2018- named Racing Club de France Football (Racing CF)

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Roubaix Football
Roubaix Football
1945 creation, merge of US Roubaix, Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix professional section, Racing Club de Roubaix professional section and Union Sportive de Tourcoing professional section
1945-1970 named Club Olympique de Roubaix-Tourcoing (CO Roubaix-Tourcoing)
1945-1963 professional section
1957 split with Union Sportive de Tourcoing
1963 split with Racing Club de Roubaix
1970-1977 named Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix (Excelsior AC Roubaix)
1977 merge with Sporting Club Roubaisien
1990 merge with Racing Stade Roubaisien to create Stade Club Olympique Roubaix
10 seasons in D1/L1 (winner in 1947), 9 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1958
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RC Roubaix
Racing Club de Roubaix
1895 creation
1933-1945 professional section
1945 professional section leaving to merge with Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix professional section, Union Sportive de Tourcoing professional section and US Roubaix to create Club Olympique de Roubaix-Tourcoing
1948 merge with Club Olympique de Roubaix-Tourcoing
1964 split from Club Olympique de Roubaix-Tourcoing
1964 merge with Stade Roubaisien to create Racing Stade de Roubaix
3 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank 8th in 1938), 3 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: finalist in 1933, 1932; semi-finalist in 1934; quarter-finalist in 1939, 1923
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Excelsior Roubaix
Excelsior de Roubaix
1922 creation
1922-1929 named Excelsior Club de Tourcoing (Excelsior Club Tourcoing)
Move from Tourcoing to Roubaix
1929-1935 named Excelsior Athlétic Club (Excelsior AC Roubaix)
1932-1943 professional section
1935-1945 named Excelsior de Roubaix-Tourcoing (Excel. Roubaix-Tourcoing)
1944-1945 professional section
1945 professional section leaving to merge with Racing Club de Roubaix professional section, Union Sportive de Tourcoing professional section and US Roubaix to create Club Olympique de Roubaix-Tourcoing
1948 merge with Club Olympique de Roubaix-Tourcoing
7 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank 5th in 1934)
Coupe de France: winner in 1933; semi-finalist in 1941; quarter-finalist in 1936, 1931
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CS Sedan Ardennes
Club Sportif Sedan Ardennes
1919 creation
1919-1966 named Union Athlétique Sedan-Torcy (UA Sedan-Torcy)
1953-1976 professional section
1966 merge with Racing Club de Paris
1966-1970 named Racing Club de Paris-Sedan (RC Paris-Sedan)
1974 merge with Amical Club Mouzon
1974-1975 named Club Sportif Sedan Mouzon Ardennes (CS Sedan Mouzon Ardennes)
1985-1996 professional section
1998-2013 professional section
stadium : stade Louis-Dugauguez, Sedan (23,189)
23 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank 3rd in 1970, 1963), 22 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 1961, 1956; finalist in 2005, 1999, 1965; semi-finalist in 2008, 2002, 1969, 1954; quarter-finalist in 2009, 2007, 1963, 1957, 1950
Coupe de la Ligue: quarter-finalist in 2010, 2000
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SC Sète
Sporting Club Sètois
1914 creation
1914-1928 named Football Club de Cette (FC Cette)
1928-1989 named Football Club de Sète (FC Sète)
1932-1960 professional section
1989-2023 named Football Club de Sète 34 (FC Sète 34)
2005-2008 professional section
2009 bankruptcy
2023 bankruptcy
stadium : stade Louis-Michel, Sète (8,705)
16 seasons in D1/L1 (winner in 1939, 1934), 20 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 1934, 1930; finalist in 1942, 1929, 1924, 1923; semi-finalist in 1939, 1933, 1925; quarter-finalist in 1960, 1958, 1953, 1949, 1940, 1935, 1928, 1926
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Stade Français
Stade Français
1883 creation
1900 football section
1883-1942 named Stade Français (Stade Français)
1942-1968 professional section
1942-1944 named Stade Français-CA Paris (Stade Français-CA Paris)
1944-1945 named Stade Français-Capitale (Stade Français-Capitale)
1945-1948 named Stade Français (Stade Français)
1948 merge with Red Star OA to create Stade Français-Red Star
1950 split from Stade Français-Red Star
1950-1966 named Stade Français FC (Stade Français FC)
1966-1968 named Stade de Paris FC (Stade de Paris FC)
1968-1981 named Stade Français (Stade Français)
1981-1985 professional section
1981-1985 named Stade Français 92 (Stade Français 92)
13 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank 5th in 1948, 1947), 11 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 1946, 1928, 1926; quarter-finalist in 1965, 1953, 1951, 1948, 1947, 1943, 1925, 1924
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Stade Français-Red Star
Stade Français-Red Star
1948 creation, merge of Stade Français professional section and Red Star OA professional section
1948-1950 professional section
1950 defunct
2 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank 10th in 1949)
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 1949
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Thonon Evian Grand Genève
Thonon Evian Grand Genève Football Club
2007 creation, merge of Football Croix-de-Savoie 74 and Olympique Thonon-Chablais
2007-2009 named Olympique Croix de Savoie 74 (Olympique Croix de Savoie)
2009-2016 named Evian Thonon Gaillard Football Club (Evian Thonon Gaillard FC)
2010-2016 professional section
2016 bankruptcy
2017-2018 named Thonon Evian Savoie Football Club (Thonon Evian Savoie FC)
2018-2019 named Thonon Evian Football Club (Thonon Evian FC)
stadium : Stade Joseph-Moynat, Thonon-les-Bains (3,600)
4 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 9th in 2012), 2 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: finalist in 2013
Coupe de la Ligue: quarter-finalist in 2014
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Toulouse FC ('37)
Toulouse Football Club
1937 creation
1937-1967 professonal section
1967 merge with Red Star Olympique Audonien
19 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank 2nd in 1955), 5 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: winner in 1957; semi-finalist in 1966, 1945, 1941; quarter-finalist in 1959, 1955, 1942
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Tours FC
Tours Football Club
1933 creation
1933-1942 named Union Sportive du Centre (US Centre)
1942-1951 named Association Sportive du Centre (AS Centre)
1951-1993 named Football Club de Tours (FC Tours)
1978-1993 professonal section
1993 bankruptcy
2006-2019 professonal section
stadium : stade de la Vallée-du-Cher, Tours (16,247)
4 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 11th in 1982), 25 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 1983, 1982; quarter-finalist in 1986
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Troyes AF
Troyes Aube Football
1931 creation, merge of Union Sportive Troyenne and Association Sportive de Sainte-Savine
1931-1967 named Association Sportive Troyenne et Savinienne (AS Troyes-Sainte-Savine)
1935-1963 professional section
1967-1970 named Troyes Omni-Sports (Troyes OS)
1971-1979 professional section
1979 merge with Patronage Laïque de Troyes
8 seasons in D1/L1 (best rank: 15th in 1977), 23 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: finalist in 1956, 1954, 1953; semi-finalist in 1950
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Other clubs having played in Ligue 2 / Division 2

SC Abbeville CP
Sporting Club Abbevillois Côte Picarde
1901 creation
1901-1902 named Football Abbevillois
1902-1987 named Sporting Club Abbevillois (SC Abbeville)
1936-1937 professional section
1986-1990 professional section
1989 bankruptcy
10 seasons in D2/L2
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RC Ancenis 44
Racing Club d'Ancenis Grand Nantes 44
1910 creation
1910-???? named Racing Club d'Ancenis (RC Ancenis)
????-???? named Racing Club d'Ancenis 44 (RC Ancenis 44)
2 seasons in D2/L2
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Arras Football
Arras Football Association
1901 creation
1901-1997 named Racing Club d'Arras (RC Arras)
1936-1939 professional section
1997 merge with Union Sportive Arras Ouest
2 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1949
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Racing Besançon
Racing Besançon
1904 creation
1904-1986 named Racing Club Franc-Comtois Besançon (RCFC Besançon)
1905 football section
1945-1986 professional section
1986 bankruptcy
1986-2012 named Besançon Racing Club (Besançon RC)
2003-2005 professional section
2012 bankruptcy
stadium : stade Léo-Lagrange, Besançon (11,500)
42 seasons in D2/L2 (best rank: 4th in 1978)
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1954, 1950
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AS Béziers
Avenir Sportif Béziers
2007 creation, merge of Avenir sportif Saint-Chinian, Football club Béziers Méditerranée and Béziers-Méditerranée Football Cheminots
2018 professional section
stadium : Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers (18,555)
1 season in D2/L2
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CS Blénod
Club Sportif de Blénod et Pont-à-Mousson
1919 creation
1 season in D2/L2
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CA Bastia
Cercle Athlétique Bastiais
1920 creation
2013-2016 professional section
2017 merge with Borgo Football Club
stadium : stade Armand-Cesari, Furiani (16,078)
1 season in D2/L2
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SC Bastidienne Bordeaux
Sporting Club de la Bastidienne
1904 creation
1904-19xx named Etoile Sportive de la Bastide (ES La Bastide)
1934 merge with Club Deportivo Espagnol de Bordeaux to create Football Club Hispano-Bastidienne
1935 split
1 season in D2/L2
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Club Deportivo Bordeaux
Club Deportivo Espagnol de Bordeaux
1934 merge with Sporting Club de la Bastidienne to create Football Club Hispano-Bastidienne
1935 split
1940 defunct
1 season in D2/L2
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FC Hispano-Bastidienne
Football Club Hispano-Bastidienne
1934 creation, merge of Club Deportivo Espagnol de Bordeaux and Sporting Club de la Bastidienne
1935 defunct
1 season in D2/L2

Bourges 18
Bourges 18
1966 creation, merge of Bourges Athlétique Club, Foyer Sportif Saint-François and Racing Club Berruyer
1966-1998 named Football Club de Bourges (FC Bourges)
1978 bankruptcy
1995 bankruptcy
1998 bankruptcy
1998-2004 named Football Club de Bourges 18 (FC Bourges 18)
2004-2005 named Bourges Football Olympique Club (Bourges FOC)
2005 bankruptcy
2005-2008 named Bourges Football (Bourges Football)
2008 merge with Asnières-lès-Bourges 18
2021 merge with Bourges Foot to create Bourges Foot 18
stadium : Stade Jacques-Rimbault, Bourges (13,000)
11 seasons in D2/L2
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ESA Brive
Etoile Sportive Aiglons Briviste
1930 creation, merge of Aiglons Brivistes and Etoile Sportive Briviste
stadium : Stade André-Pestourie, Brive-la-Gaillarde (3,000)
1 season in D2/L2
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 2004, 1943
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Calais RUFC
Calais Racing Union Football Club
1974 creation, merge of Racing Club de Calais and Union Sportive de Calais
2018 defunct
stadium : stade Julien-Denis, Calais (4,882)
1 season in D2/L2
Coupe de France: finalist in 2000; quarter-finalist in 2006
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RC Calais
Racing Club de Calais
1902 creation, merge of Sporting Club de Calais and Football Club de Calais
1933-1938 professional section
1974 merge with Union Sportive de Calais to create Calais Racing Union Football Club
5 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1921

AC Cambrai
Athlétic Club de Cambrai
1919 creation
5 seasons in D2/L2
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Canet Roussillon FC
Canet Roussillon Football Club
1934 creation
1934-1949 named Club Olympique Perpignanais (CO Perpignan)
1945-1947 professional section
1949-1952 named Stade Olympique Perpignanais (SO Perpignan)
1952-1997 named Perpignan Football Club (Perpignan FC)
1952-1959 professional section
1959 defunct
7 seasons in D2/L2

1983 merge of Association Sportive Perpignan-Foyer and Football Club Moulin-à-vent
1997 bankruptcy
1997-2001 named Sporting Perpignan-Roussillon (SPR Perpignan)
2001-2002 named Perpignan Football Catalan (Perpignan FC)
5 seasons in D2/L2

2002 merge with Union Sportive Canet Football
2002-2014 named Perpignan Canet Football Club (Perpignan Canet FC)

2014 Perpignan city gives up, move to Canet-en-Roussillon
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 2021
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OFC Charleville-Mézières
Olympique Football Club de Charleville-Mézières
1932 creation, merge of Football CLub de Charleville and Olympique de Charleville
1932-1966 named Football Club Olympique de Charleville (FCO Charleville)
1935-1939 professional section
1994-1997 professional section
1966-1997 named Football Club Olympique de Charleville-Mézières (FCO Charleville-Mézières)
1997 bankruptcy
2018 merge with Media-Terre, La Houillère-Renouveau and Neufmanil-Aiglemont to create Olympique de Charleville Aiglemont-Neufmanil
9 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: finalist in 1936
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

SO Châtellerault
Stade Olympique Châtelleraudais
1941 creation, merge of Club Amical Sportif Châtelleraudais, US Châtellerault and CO Châtellerault
1941-1942 named Club Amical Sportif Châtelleraudais-Union Sportive (CASC-US Châtellerault)
stadium : stade de la Montée-Rouge, Châtellerault (4,800)
1 season in D2/L2 (best rank: 18th in their group in 1988)
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1988
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Chaumont FC
Chaumont Football Club
1957 creation, merge of Entente Chaumontaise Cheminots Gazélec and Chaumont Athlétic Club
1957-1991 named Entente Chaumontaise Athletic Cheminots Football ((ECAC Chaumont)
1991 bankruptcy
16 seasons in D2/L2
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

AS Cherbourg
Association Sportive de Cherbourg Football
1906 creation
1906-1945 named Stella de Cherbourg (Stella Cherbourg)
1945-1960 named Association Sportive de Cherbourg-Stella (AS Cherbourg-Stella)
1960-1967 professional section
stadium : stade Maurice-Postaire, Cherbourg (7,000)
7 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1966
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

SO Cholet
Stade Olympique Choletais
1913 creation
1913-1946 named Club Olympique Choletais ((CO Cholet)
1 season in D2/L2 (best rank: 17th in their group in 1976)
stadium : stade omnisports Jean Bouin, Cholet (2,635)
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Stade Clermontois
Stade Clermontois
1911 creation
1942-1947 professional section
1984 merge with AS Montferrand to create Clermont-Ferrand Football Club
2 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1946

Clermont-Ferrand FC
Clermont-Ferrand Football Club
1984 creation, merge of Stade Clermontois and AS Montferrand
1988-1990 professional section
1990 bankruptcy
1 season in D2/L2

AS Corbeil-Essonnes
Association Sportive Corbeil-Essonnes
1951 creation, merge of Football Club de Corbeil Sporting Club d'Essonne
1951-1963 named Union Sportive de Corbeil ((US Corbeil)
2018 defunct
2 seasons in D2/L2
internet : wiki en français

AFC Creil
Association des Football Clubs de Creil
1906 creation
1906-1959 named Association Sportive de Creil (AS Creil)
1959-1972 named ASC Creil (ASC Creil)
1972-1993 named Association Sportive de Creil (AS Creil)
1993-2004 named Football Club de Creil (FC Creil)
2 seasons in D2/L2
internet : club, wiki en français

FC Dieppe
Football Club Dieppois
1896 creation
stadium : stade Jean Dasnias, Dieppe (2,600)
1 season in D2/L2 (best rank 20th in 1938)
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

CSL Dijon
Cercle Sportif Laïque Dijonnais
1945 creation
1998 merge with Dijon Football Club to create Dijon Football Côte d'Or
4 seasons in D2/L2

SC Douai
Sporting Club de Douai
1919 creation
1946-1949 professional section
4 seasons in D2/L2
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Evreux AC
Evreux Athletic Club
1909 club creation
1909-1942 named Sporting Club d'Evreux (SC Evreux)
2009 merge with ALM Evreux to create Evreux Football Club 27
1 season in D2/L2
internet : wiki en français

Entente Fontainebleau
Entente Fontainebleau-Bagneaux-Nemours
1966 creation, merge of Club Sportif de Fontainebleau and Association Sportive de Bagneaux-Nemours
1978 split
8 seasons in D2/L2

RCP Fontainebleau
Racing Club du Pays de Fontainebleau
1912 creation
1912-1966 named Club Sportif de Fontainebleau (CS Fontainebleau)
1966 merge with Association Sportive de Bagneaux-Nemours to create Entente Fontainebleau-Bagneaux-Nemours (Entente Fontainebleau)
1978 split from Entente Fontainebleau-Bagneaux-Nemours
1978-1987 named Club Sportif de Fontainebleau (CS Fontainebleau)
1987 merge with Union Sportive de Melun to create Entente Melun-Fontainebleau 77 (Ent. Melun-Fontainebleau)
1988 split from Entente Melun-Fontainebleau 77
1988-???? named Racing Club de Fontainebleau (RC Fontainebleau)
2 seasons in D2/L2
internet : club, wiki en français

US Forbach
Union Sportive de Forbach
1909 creation
1909-1919 named Sport-Club Forbach
9 seasons in D2/L2
internet : wiki, wiki en français

SR Haguenau
Sports Réunis Haguenau
1920 creation
1987 merge with Football Club Haguenau to create Football Club Sports Réunis Haguenau
1 season in D2/L2
internet : wiki en français

AS Hautmont
Association Sportive Hautmontoise
1911 creation
1936-1939 professional section
2 seasons in D2/L2
internet : wiki en français

SC Hazebrouck
Sporting Club Hazebrouckois
1907 creation
4 seasons in D2/L2
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Bataillon de Joinville
Bataillon de Joinville
1956 creation
2002 defunct
2 seasons in D2/L2
internet : wiki en français

ES La Ciotat
Etoile Sportive de La Ciotat
1921 creation
1921-1942 named Etoile Sportive de La Ciotat
1942-1978 named Etoile Sportive et Club Naval de La Ciotat (ESCN La Ciotat)
3 seasons in D2/L2
internet : club, wiki en français

FC Yonnais
Football Club Yonnais
1933 creation
1989 merge with Amicale des Ecoles Publiques du Bourg de La Roche-sur-Yon to create La Roche Vendée Football
1 season in D2/L2
internet :

AEPB La Roche
Amicale des Ecoles Publiques du Bourg de La Roche-sur-Yon
1947 creation
1947-1984 named Amicale des Ecoles Publiques du Bourg-sous-la-Roche (AEP Bourg)
1989 merge with Football Club Yonnais to create La Roche Vendée Football
4 seasons in D2/L2
internet : wiki, wiki en français

ES La Rochelle
Entente Sportive La Rochelle
1904 creation
1904-1945 named Entente Sportive Rochelaise
1945 merge with other clubs to create Entente Sportive des Cheminots Rochelais1949 split
1949-2006 named Entente Sportive Rochelaise (ES La Rochelle)
1992 bankruptcy
2006 bankruptcy
2006-2007 named Espoir La Rochelle
2007 merge with AM Laleu La Pallice
2007-2010 named Laleu / La Rochelle Football Club
2010-2012 named Football Atlantique Rochelais
2 seasons in D2/L2
internet : club, wiki en français

US Le Mans
Union Sportive du Mans
1899 club creation
1902 or 1903 football section creation
1942 professional section creation
1952 professional section deletion
1985 football senior section merge with Stade Olympique du Maine to create Le Mans UC 72
11 seasons in D2/L2
internet : wiki en français

Le Touquet ACFCO
Le Touquet Athlétic Club Football Côte-d'Opale
1933 creation, merge of Olympique Touquettois and Union Sportive du Touquet Paris-Plage
1933-1996 named Le Touquet Athlétic Club (Le Touquet AC)
1 season in D2/L2
internet : club, wiki en français

Libourne FA 2024
Libourne Football Association 2024
1935 creation
1935-1966 named Football Club Libourne (FC Libourne)
1966-1998 named Amicale Sportive Libournaise (AS Libourne)
1998 merge with AS Saint-Seurin to create Football Club Libourne - Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle
2009 split
2009-2024 named Football Club Libourne (FC Libourne)
2024 split
stadium : stade Jean-Antoine Moueix, Libourne (7,000)
4 seasons in D2/L2 (best rank: 14th in their group in 1981, 1982, 1983)
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin
Football Club Libourne - Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle
1998 creation, merge of Amicale Sportive Libournaise and Amicale Sportive de Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle
2006-2009 professional section
2009 split
stadium : Stade Jean Antoine Moueix, Libourne (8,200)
2 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 2002
internet : wiki, wiki en français

USB Longwy
Union Sportive du Bassin de Longwy
1921 creation
1921-1936 named Cercle des Sports de Longwy (CSL Longwy)
1937-1939 professional section
2 seasons in D2/L2
internet : wiki en français

Louhans-Cuiseaux FC
Louhans-Cuiseaux Football Club
1970 creation, merge of Club Sportif de Cuiseaux and Club Sportif de Louhans-Entente
1970-1989 Club Sportif Cuiseaux-Louhans (CS Cuiseaux-Louhans)
1989-2013 Club Sportif Louhans-Cuiseaux- 71 (CS Louhans-Cuiseaux 71)
1995-2003 professional section
2013 merged with Football Club de Louhans to create new Louhans-Cuiseaux Football Club
stadium : Parc des Sports du Bram, Louhans (9,750)
17 seasons in D2/L2 (best rank: 11th in 1996, 4th in their group in 1992)
Coupe de la Ligue: quarter-finalist in 1997
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

ALF Lucé
Amicale de Lucé Football
1938 creation
4 seasons in D2/L2
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

FC Lyon
Football Club de Lyon
1893 creation
1896 football section
1933 professional section
1934 football section merge with AS Villeurbanne to create Lyon-Villeurbanne
1935 split
stadium : Stade Roger Ebrard, Lyon
1 season in D2/L2
Coupe de France: finalist in 1918, quarter-finalist in 1945
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Lyon-Villeurbanne
Lyon-Villeurbanne
1934 creation, merge of Football Club de Lyon and AS Villeurbanne
1935 split
1 season in D2/L2

USM Malakoff
Union Sportive Municipale de Malakoff
1945 creation
1 season in D2/L2
internet : wiki en français

CA Mantes-la-Ville
Club Athlétique de Mantes-la-Ville
1953 creation
1994 merge with Association Sportive Mantoise and Association Sportive Buchelay to create Football Club Mantois 78
4 seasons in D2/L2
internet : wiki en français

GSC Marseille
Groupe Sporting Club Marseillais
1949 creation
1951 defunct
1 season in D2/L2
internet : wiki en français

FC Melun
Football Club de Melun
1921 creation
1921-1987 named Union Sportive de Melun (US Melun)
1987 merge with Racing Club de Fontainebleau to create Entente Melun-Fontainebleau 77
1988 split from Entente Melun-Fontainebleau 77
1988 merge with Dammarie to create Sporting de Melun-Dammarie 77
1993 rebirth
2 seasons in D2/L2
internet : club, wiki en français

Ent. Melun-Fontainebleau
Entente Melun-Fontainebleau 77
1987 creation, merge of Club Sportif de Fontainebleau and Association Sportive de Bagneaux-Nemours
1988 split
1 season in D2/L2

SO Merlebach
Stade Olympique de Merlebach
1926 creation, from Union Lorraine football section
1927 merge with Société Sportive de Merlebach
1 season in D2/L2
internet : wiki en français

FC Montceau Bourgogne
Football Club Montceau Bourgogne
1948 creation, merge of Sporting Club Montcellien and Union Sportive Blanzy
1948-1978 named Union Sportive Blanzy-Montceau
1978-1984 named Entente Montceau
1985-1990 professional section
stadium : stade des Alouettes (6,000)
7 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 2007
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

UMS Montélimar
Union Montilienne Sportive
1920 creation
3 seasons in D2/L2
internet : wiki en français

EDS Montluçon
Etoile des Sports Montluçonnais Football
1940 creation, merge of Dunlop Sports and Etoile Sportive Montluçonnaise
stadium : Stade Dunlop, Montluçon (9,000)
10 seasons in D2/L2
internet : club, edsmfoot, wiki en français

UES Montmorillon
Union Etoile Sportive Montmorillonnaise
1919 creation
2 seasons in D2/L2
internet :

Montpellier-Littoral SC
Montpellier-Littoral Sport Club
1970 creation, merge of Stade Olympique de Montpellier and Montpellier Sport-Club
1974 merge with AS Paillade then with la formation sportive de nettoiement to create Montpellier La Paillade Sport Club
2 seasons in D2/L2

AC Mouzon
Amical Club Mouzon
creation
1974 merge with Club Sportif Sedan Ardennes
1 season in D2/L2

JGA Nevers
Jeune Garde Athlétique Nivernaise Football
creation
1994 bankruptcy
2 seasons in D2/L2
internet : wiki en français

US Noeux-les-Mines
Union Sportive Noeuxoise
1909 creation
6 seasons in D2/L2
internet :

RFC Paris-Joinville
Racing Football Club de Paris-Joinville
1969 creation
1969-1970 named Racing Football Club de Paris-Neuilly (RFC Paris-Neuilly)
1970 merge with CO Joinville
1974 defunct
3 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1970

USAP Perpignan
Union des Sports Athlétiques Perpignanais
1940 creation
1942-1943 professional section
1945-1947 professional section
1947 defunct
2 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1943

AS Poissy
Amicale Sportive de Poissy
1904 creation
stadium : stade Léo-Lagrange, Poissy (3,500)
1 season in D2/L2
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Quimper CFC
Quimper Cornouaille Football Club
1905 creation
1905-1987 named Stade Quimpérois (Stade Quimpérois)
1987-2000 named Quimper Cornouaille FC (Quimper CFC)
1990 bankruptcy
1997 bankruptcy
2000-2008 named Stade Quimpérois 2000 (Stade Quimpérois)
16 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1988
internet : wiki en français

SR Saint-Dié
Sports Réunis Déodatiens
7 seasons in D2/L2
internet :

CO Saint-Dizier
Club Olympique de Saint-Dizier
1933 creation, merge of Jeunesse Prolétarienne and C.S. Compagnie des Forges
1933-193? named Association Sportive de Saint-Dizier (AS Saint-Dizier)
193? merge with U.S. Marnavalaise
193?-1960 named Association Sportive de Saint-Dizier-Marnaval (AS Saint-Dizier-Marnaval)
1960 merge with E.R.C.B.
1960-1987 named Club Omnisports de Saint-Dizier (CO Saint-Dizier)
2012 bankruptcy
2 seasons in D2/L2
internet : wiki, wiki en français

Olympique Saint-Quentinois
Olympique Saint-Quentinois
1920 creation
stadium : stade Paul-Debrésie (2,500)
2 seasons in D2/L2 (best rank: 18th in their group in 1991, 1992)
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

AS Saint-Seurin
Amicale Sportive de Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle
1927 creation
1998 merge with AS Libourne
stadium : stade municipal (4,000)
3 seasons in D2/L2

US Tavaux-Damparis
Union Sportive Tavaux-Damparis
1932 creation
1991 merge with Football Club de Dole to create Dole-Tavaux Racing Club
3 seasons in D2/L2

Olympique Thonon-Chablais
Olympique de Thonon-Chablais
1909 creation
1909-1987 named Club Sportif de Thonon (CS Thonon)
1987 bankruptcy
2007 merge with Croix de Savoie 74 to create Olympique Croix de Savoie 74
8 seasons in D2/L2

US Tourcoing FC
Union Sport Tourcoing Football Club
1902 creation
1902-1945 named Union Sportive de Tourcoing (US Tourcoing)
1945 professional section leaving to merge with Racing Club de Roubaix professionnal section, Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix professionnal section and US Roubaix to create Club Olympique de Roubaix-Tourcoing
1957 split from Club Olympique de Roubaix-Tourcoing
1957-1990 named Union Sportive de Tourcoing (US Tourcoing)
1990 merge with AS Jean-Macé Tourcoing
1990-2010 named Tourcoing Football Club (Tourcoing FC)
3 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 1921; quarter-finalist in 1934, 1926, 1922
internet : club,, wiki en français

Vannes OC
Vannes Olympique Club
1998 creation, merge of Véloce Vannetais and Vannes FC
2008-2013 professional section
stadium : Stade Municipal de la Rabine, Vannes (11,415)
3 seasons in D2/L2 (best rank 10th in 2009)
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 2007
Coupe de la Ligue: finalist in 2009
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

FC Valence 07-26
Football Club de Valence 07-26
1946 creation, from Valence Sportif football section
1946-1951 named Football Club de Valence (FC Valence)
1951 merge with La Voulte to create La Voulte-Valence
1961 split from La Voulte-Valence
1961-1984 named Football Club de Valence (FC Valence)
1992 merge with Union Sportive de la Jeunesse d'Origine Arménienne de Valence to create Association Sportive d'Origine Arménienne de Valence
1 season in D2/L2

ASOA Valence
Association Sportive d'Origine Arménienne de Valence
1992 creation, merge of Union Sportive de la Jeunesse d'Origine Arménienne de Valence and Football Club de Valence 07-26
2005 bankruptcy
10 seasons in D2/L2
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1996
internet : wiki, wiki en français

AS Villeurbanne
Association Sportive de Villeurbanne
1934 merge with Football Club de Lyon to create Lyon-Villeurbanne
1935 split
1948 merge with Eveil Lyonnais to create Association Sportive de Villeurbanne et Eveil Lyonnais
1 season in D2/L2

RC Vichy
Racing Club de Vichy Football
1945 creation, merge of Union Sportive de Vichy, Sporting Club de Vichy and Boxing Club de Vichy
????-1926 named Union Sportive de Vichy (US Vichy)
1926 merge with Club Nautique de Vichy
1926-???? named Union Sportive Club de Vichy (USC Vichy)
????-???? named Union Sportive des Clubs de Vichy (USC Vichy)
????-???? named Sporting Club de Vichy (SC Vichy)
???? merge with Racing Club de Vichy
????-???? named Racing Club de Vichy (RC Vichy)
1 season in D2/L2
internet : wiki en français

ES Viry-Châtillon
Entente Sportive Viry-Châtillon
1958 creation, merge of Union Sportive de Viry and Football Club Viry
1 season in D2/L2
internet : club, wiki wiki en français

CS Vittel
Club Sportif Vittelois
1935 creation
1 season in D2/L2
internet :

Other clubs having reached cup quarter-finals

ASM Belfort FC
Association Sportive Municipale Belfortaine Football Club
1947 creation
1947-1971 named Association Sportive des Patronages Belfortains
1971 merge with US Belfort
stadium : stade Roger-Serzian, Belfort (5,500)
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 2020
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

AS Brest
Association Sportive Brestoise
1905 creation
1905-1914 named Association Sportive Lambézellec (AS Lambézellec)
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1963, 1936
internet : Jean-Guy Moreau's

USJA Carquefou
Union Sportive de la Jeanne d'Arc de Carquefou
1922 creation
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 2008
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

SO Chambéry
Stade Olympique de Chambéry
1926 creation
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 2011
internet : club, wiki en français

USA Clichy
Union Sportive et Amicale de Clichy
1900 creation
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1920
internet : club

SC Draguignan
Sporting Club de Draguignan
1904 creation
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1955
stadium : Stade Raoul Brulat, Draguignan (3,000)
internet : wiki en français

Stade Havrais
Stade Havrais
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1927

AF La Garenne-Colombes
Association Football de La Garenne-Colombes
1907 creation
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1925

AS Le Perreux - F
Association Sportive Le Perreux - Francilienne 94
1896 creation
1896-194? named Association Sportive Française (AS Française)
194?-198? named Association Sportive Le Perreux - Française (AS Le Perreux - Française)
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 1918; quarter-finalist in 1919
internet : wiki en français

FC Levallois
Football Club de Levallois
1894 creation
1894-???? named Football Etoile Club de Levallois (FEC Levallois)
1950 merge with Racing Club de Colombes to create Racing Club de Levallois
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1923

Iris Club Lillois
Iris Club Lillois
1941 merge into Olympique lillois
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1932

AS Lyonnaise
A.S. Lyonnaise
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1919

AS Moulins
Association Sportive Moulins Football 03 Auvergne
1927 creation
2016 bankruptcy
stadium : stade Hector-Rolland, Moulins (2,000)
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 2014
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

Arago Sport Orléans
Arago Sport Orléans
1976 merge with Union Sportive d'Orléans to create Union Sportive d'Orléans Arago
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1945

Olympique de Paris
Olympique de Paris
1895 creation
1895-1918 named Olympique de Pantin (Olympique de Pantin)
1926 football section merged with Red Star Amical Club
Coupe de France: winner in 1918; finalist in 1921, 1919; semi-finalist in 1925, 1923, 1922; quarter-finalist in 1924

Paris Jean-Bouin
Paris Jean-Bouin
1903 creation
1903-1919 named Club Athlétique de la Société Générale Paris (CASG Paris)
1919-2002 named Club Athlétique des Sports Généraux (CA Sports Généraux)
Coupe de France: winner in 1925, 1919; semi-finalist in 1918; quarter-finalist in 1922, 1920

Raincy Sports
Raincy Sports
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1918

Stade Raphaëlois
Stade Raphaëlois
1905 creation
stadium : Stade de l'Esterel, Saint-Raphael (2,000)
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 1929, 1927; quarter-finalist in 1930, 1928
internet : wiki en français

Stade Saint-Germain
Stade Saint-Germain
1904 creation
1970 merge with Paris Football Club to create Paris Saint-Germain FC
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1969
internet : wiki en français

SC Schiltigheim
Sporting Club de Schiltigheim
1914 creation
1914-1915 named Sports-Albeitung des Evangelischen Jugenbundes Schiltigheim
1915-1918 named Fussball-Klub Schiltigheim
stadium : Stade de l'Aar, Schiltigheim (2,500)
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 2003
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

US Suisse
Union Sportive Suisse
1894 creation
1894-1906 named United Sport Club
1906 merge with Football Club Suisse
1933-1934 professional section
Withdrawal during Division 2 season 1933-34
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1927, 1921

CS Terreaux
C.S. Terreaux de Lyon
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 1919

AS Valentigney
Association Sportive de Valentigney
1920 creation
1942 merge with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard to create Sochaux-Valentigney
1944 split
Coupe de France: finalist in 1926
internet : wiki en français

VGA Médoc
La Vie au Grand Air du Médoc de Bordeaux
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 1920, 1919; quarter-finalist in 1922
internet : wiki en français

AS Vitré
Amicale sportive de Vitré
1907 creation
stadium : Stade Municipal (3,500)
Coupe de France: quarter-finalist in 2019
internet : club, wiki, wiki en français

CA Vitry
Club Athlétique de Vitry
1897 creation
Coupe de France: semi-finalist in 1926

Miscellaneous

Dijon FC
Dijon Football Club or Football Club Dijon
1978 creation
1998 merge with Cercle Dijon Football to create Dijon Football Côte d'Or

SO Maine
Stade Olympique du Maine
1985 football section merge with Union Sportive du Mans to create Le Mans UC 72
internet : club

CA Metz
Cercle Athlétique Messin
1919 creation
1934 merge into FC Metz with Association Sportive Messine
1936 split with FC Metz

FC Roubaix
Football Club de Roubaix
1928 merge with Excelsior Club de Tourcoing to create Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix

Racing Stade Roubaisien
Racing Stade Roubaisien
1964 creation, merge of Racing Club de Roubaix and Stade Roubaisien
1990 merge with Roubaix Football to create Stade Club Olympique Roubaix

SC Roubaix
Sporting Club Roubaisien
1977 merge with Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix to create Roubaix Football

SCO Roubaix
Stade Club Olympique Roubaix
1990 creation, merge of Roubaix Football and Racing Stade Roubaisien
1995 bankruptcy

Stade Roubaisien
Stade Roubaisien
1964 merge with Racing Club de Roubaix to create Racing Stade Roubaisien

Sochaux-Valentigney
Sochaux-Valentigney
1942 creation, merge of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and Association Sportive de Valentigney
1944 split

Excelsior Club Tourcoing
Excelsior Club de Tourcoing
1928 merge with Football Club de Roubaix to create Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix