Football Club Limonest Dardilly Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or commonly known as FC Limonest Dardilly Saint-Didier or FC Limonest is a French

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club based in

Limonest Limonest () is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. Geography Limonest is located northwest of Lyon in the Monts d'Or hills. Its people are known as the ''Limonois''. See also *Communes of t ...

in the

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region of France. The club was founded in 1969 and since 1994 plays its games at Stade Courtois Fillot in the commune. The club has climbed steadily through the amateur divisions, winning promotion to the seventh tier in 1979 and the sixth tier in 2007. In 2016, the club won promotion for the first time to the fifth tier,

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, after winning the final match of the season against FC Vaulx-en-Velin. In the

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, the club reached the Round of 64, beating fourth tier Créteil before losing 1–0 to

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. In the following year's competition they went two rounds better, beating third tier clubs Villefranche and Le Puy, eventually losing to

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side

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in the Round of 16 at home, to a goal in the last minute of extra time. In July 2021, the club merged with a neighbouring club, AS Dardilly and became the FC Limonest Dardilly Saint-Didier.

Honours

* Division d'Honneur, Rhône-Alpes: 2016

References

External links

* Association football clubs established in 1969 1969 establishments in France Sport in Lyon Metropolis Football clubs in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes {{France-footyclub-stub