Bourges Foot 18 is a

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club located in

Bourges Bourges () is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre. It is the capital of the department of Cher, and also was the capital city of the former province of Berry. History The name of the commune derives either from the Bituriges, t ...

, France. It was created as a result of the merger between

Bourges Foot Bourges Foot was a association football, football club based in Bourges in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. The club was founded in 1983 as ''L'Amicale des Algériens de Bourges'', was renamed in 2003 as ''Jeunes de Bourges Nord'', and t ...

and

Bourges 18 Bourges 18 was a football club based in Bourges, France. In the summer of 2008, FC Bourges, which formerly spent eleven seasons in the Division 2, merged with Bourges-Asnières 18 to create Bourges 18. The club's colours were red and blue. In 202 ...

in 2021.

History

In July 2020, the merger of the two most significant football clubs in Bourges,

and

, was proposed by mayor Yann Galut. The merger was agreed in principle between the two clubs in September 2020. Details of the merger were confirmed in April 2021, when the membership of the two constituent clubs voted to approve it. Presidents of the merged clubs would become co-presidents of the new club, called Bourges Foot 18. The club would field its first team in

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(where both constituent teams had last played) and a second team in

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. The women's first team would play in Régional 1 Feminine. The club colours would be red and white. On 5 May 2021, the club confirmed Laurent Di Bernardo, former coach of Bourges Foot, as its head coach. On 25 October 2023, Bourges was bought by

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international footballer

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Squad

References

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