Luzenac AP (french: Luzenac Ariège Pyrénées) is a French
football
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club based in the commune of
Luzenac
Luzenac (; oc, Lusenac) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Luzenac-Garanou station has rail connections to Toulouse, Foix and Latour-de-Carol.
Population
Sports
* Luzenac is also home to the football club Luz ...
(650 inhabitants) (
Ariège). It was founded in 1936. They play at the
Stade Paul Fédou
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, which has a capacity of 1,600. The colours of the club are red and blue.
History
In the
2013–2014 season, the club competed in the
Championnat National
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, the third highest level of French football. On 18 April 2014 the club clinched promotion to
Ligue 2
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for the 2014–15 season, in the hopes of becoming the smallest club to ever compete at the second level of French football. However, the club was ruled to have an inadequate stadium, and so they were not allowed to compete in Ligue 2. They ended up being forced to release their first team players and to use their reserve team squad to play in the seventh tier for 2014-15.
Current squad
''As of 28 December 2019. Note: The following players in this squad are either free agents or signed by other teams.''
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Honours
* Division 4 Group G championship : 1980
*
CFA2 Group E championship : 2005
* Midi-Pyrénées DH championship : 1971, 1985, 2000
*
CFA Group C championship : 2009
References
External links
*
Official website
Association football clubs established in 1936
1936 establishments in France
Sport in Ariège (department)
Football clubs in Occitania (administrative region)
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