Football Club de Guichen is a

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club based in Guichen, France. As of the 2021–22 season, it competes in the

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, the sixth tier of the

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. The team plays its home games at the Stade Charles Gautier. Red and white are the club colours.

History

FC Guichen was founded in 1959. In 2017, the club was promoted to the

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for the first time.In 2018, a relegation to the

was followed by promotion to the National 3 in 2019. In the 2019–20 season, Guichen was again relegated from the National 3. In the

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, Guichen reached the round of 64, where they lost 1–0 to

Saumur Saumur () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. The town is located between the Loire and Thouet rivers, and is surrounded by the vineyards of Saumur itself, Chinon, Bourgueil, Coteaux du Layon, etc.. Saumur statio ...

References

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