Jeanne d'Arc FC is a Malian

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club based in

Bamako Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌'', ff, 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮 ''Bamako'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on t ...

History

They will play in the

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, the top division in Malian football. They are owned by former supporters of the Bamako club

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Creation

At the end of the 2006–07 season, a group of Stade supporters broke away to form their own football club, taking the "Jeanne d'Arc" name with them. The name is a reference to one of two defunct clubs which combined to form Stade Malien, ''Jeanne d'Arc du Soudan'' (founded 1938) in 1960. In late 2007 this group formed Jeanne d'Arc FC Bamako, which competed in lower division football during the 2007–08 season.

Promotion

In September 2008, Jeanne d'Arc became champions of the Malian Groupe B league soccer tournament, one of two regional tournaments which promotes teams to the

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, and will compete against their former counterparts during the 2008–09 season.

Achievements

* Malian Groupe B League: 1 ::2008Mali – List of Champions
Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, retrieved 4 March 2008.

References

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