Football Club de Vesoul 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 1921. They are based in

Vesoul Vesoul () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté located in eastern France. It is the most populated municipality of the department with inhabitants in 2014. The same year, the Communauté d'agglo ...

, France and are currently playing in the

Championnat de France Amateurs The Championnat National 2, commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a football league competition. The league serves as the fourth tier of the French football league system behind Ligue 1, Ligue ...

Group A. They play at the

Stade René Hologne Stade René Hologne is a stadium located in Vesoul, in Haute-Saône (France). It is the home stadium of the football club Vesoul Haute-Saône Football Club de Vesoul is a French association football team founded in 1921. They are based in Ves ...

, which has a capacity of 6,000.

History

Founded in 1921 as ''Racing Club Vésulien'', the club took the name ''US Vesoul''. In 1950 the club merged with 'ASPTT Vesoul'', becoming ''ASPTT/US Vesoul''. Another merger in 1973 with an existing club named ''FC Vesoul'' saw the name ''USFC Vesoul'' taken. In 1994 the club were promoted to the fifth tier of the French football pyramid for the first time, followed by further promotion to the fourth tier in 2001. In 2002 the club took the new name ''Vesoul Haute Saône Football''. Following several promotions and relegations between the fourth and fifth tiers, the club suffered a bankruptcy event in 2014 and was automatically relegated back to the regional league. It took today's name, ''Football Club de Vesoul'' at that point. In 2023, the club regained the national level, with promotion to

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Notable players

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(one cap for the Algeria national team) * Jacques Olivier Etonde-Ebelle (two caps for the Cameroon national team) * Pape Mamadou Diouf (four caps for the Senegal national team) * Affo Erassa (four caps for the Togo national team)

References

External links

FC Vesoul Official Website
Sport in Vesoul Association football clubs established in 1921 1921 establishments in France Football clubs in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté {{France-footyclub-stub