Entente Feignies Aulnoye Football Club is a

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club based in

Feignies Feignies () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Feignies is twinned with the English village of Keyworth. Population Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department * Fort de Leveau The Fort de Leveau, also known as ...

, France. Founded in 1951 as Sporting Club de Feignies , the club plays in the

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, the fifth tier in the

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, as of the 2021–22 season.

History

Sporting Club de Feignies was founded in 1951. Feignies had a run of promotions in the first decade of the 21st century. As recently as 1999, they were playing in regional divisions at the ninth tier of French football, rising to the fourth tier of the French leagues, the

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in 2005, where they played one season. In the summer of 2016 SC Feignies merged with neighbouring side AS Aulnoye-Aymeries, who were relegated from CFA 2 at the end of the 2015–16 season, to form the current club. In the round of 64 of the

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, Feignies Aulnoye met

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. The match, played at the

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, ended in a 3–0 victory for the Parisians.

References

External links

Official Site of SC Feignies (last updated January 2016)

Official Site of AS Aulnoye, now official site of Entente Feignies Aulnoye FC
Football clubs in France Association football clubs established in 1951 1951 establishments in France Sport in Nord (French department) Football clubs in Hauts-de-France {{France-footyclub-stub