Football Club Libourne, formerly known as AS Libourne or Libourne Saint-Seurin-sur-L'Isle, is a French

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team from the town of

Libourne Libourne (; oc, label= Gascon, Liborna ) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is the wine-making capital of northern Gironde and lies near Saint-Émil ...

Nouvelle-Aquitaine Nouvelle-Aquitaine (; oc, Nòva Aquitània or ; eu, Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Novéle-Aguiéne'') is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by t ...

. The club plays in the

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, the fifth tier of French football.

History

The club was founded by Georges Kany in 1935 as Football Club Libourne. The club then became

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in 1966 and thus changed its name to Association Sportive Libournaise or simply AS Libourne. Nearly three decades later, in 1998, the club merged with and became Football Club de Libourne Saint-Seurin-sur-L'Isle. However, in October 2009, this merger was undone: AS Libourne returned to its old name of Football Club Libourne and AS Saint-Seurin disappeared. The club, nicknamed the penguins, were promoted to

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from

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after the 2005–06 season, but relegation followed after finishing 19th in 2007–2008. The downfall continued as far as the seventh tier, which the club were champions of in 2013, earning promotion to the DH Ligue d'Aquitaine for the 2013–14 season. Since then, the club has twice won promotion to the

, in 2017 and 2020.

Name changes

*Football Club Libourne (1935–1966) *Association Sportive Libournaise or AS Libourne (1966–1998) *Football Club de Libourne Saint-Seurin-sur-L'Isle (1998–2009) *Football Club Libourne (since 2009)

Former coaches

Stéphane Ziani Stéphane Ziani (born 9 December 1971) is a French former professional Association football, footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder with scoring ability. Following his career as a player, he managed FC Libourne, FC Libourne-Saint-Seuri ...

Jean-Marc Furlan Jean-Marc Furlan (born 20 November 1957) is a French football manager and former player who played as a defender. Club career Born in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Furlan started his career at Bordeaux, where he signed his first professional contract i ...

Former players of note

Mathieu Valbuena Mathieu Valbuena (born 28 September 1984) is a French professional footballer who plays for Super League Greece club Olympiacos. He plays as an attacking midfielder and a winger and is known for his pace, technical ability, and tenacious style ...

References

Association football clubs established in 1998 1998 establishments in France Sport in Gironde Football clubs in Nouvelle-Aquitaine {{france-footyclub-stub