Arras Football Association is a French

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

team founded in 1901. It is based in

Arras Arras ( , ; pcd, Aro; historical nl, Atrecht ) is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department, which forms part of the regions of France, region of Hauts-de-France; before the regions of France#Reform and mergers of ...

, France and plays in the

Régional 1 The Régional 1 (previously known as ''Division d'Honneur'') is the common generic name for the highest level association football, football league competitions run by each of the 13 French football league system#Regional Leagues, Regional Lea ...

, the sixth tier in the

French football league system The French football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in France and Monaco, and includes one Spanish side. At the top two levels of the system is the Ligue de Football Professionnel, which consists of two pro ...

. It plays at the

Degouve-Brabant Stadium The Degouve-Brabant Stadium is one of the main stadiums of the city of Arras with the stadiums Pierre Bolle ( Arras Football Club Féminin) and Grimaldi ( Rugby club Arras). The field is used by the Arras Football club and the Women's Arras ...

. From 1901–1997, the club was called RC Arras. In 2013, the club made the ninth round of the

Coupe de France The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...

and lost against

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As Fr ...

4–3.

References

External links

* Football clubs in France Association football clubs established in 1901 1901 establishments in France Arras Sport in Pas-de-Calais Football clubs in Hauts-de-France {{France-footyclub-stub