Grand Ouest Association Lyonnaise Football Club (''short'': GOAL FC, or Goal FC) 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 ...

club founded in 2000. It took its current name in 2020 when Monts d'Or Azergues Foot merged with smaller amateur clubs ''Tassin FC'', ''Champagne Sport FC'' and ''Futsal Saône Monts d'Or''. They are based in the towns of Chasselay, Anse,

Tassin-la-Demi-Lune Tassin la Demi-Lune () is a commune in Lyon Metropolis in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central-eastern France. In 2017, it had a population of 22,297. Its inhabitants are named ''Tassilunois'' in French. Geography The town of Tassin-la-Dem ...

, and Champagne-au-Mont-d'Or in the

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (ARA; ; frp, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes; oc, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups; it, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi) is a region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Au ...

region, and their main home stadium is the Stade Ludovic Giuly in Chasselay, named after France international

Ludovic Giuly Ludovic Vincent Giuly (born 10 July 1976) is a French former professional footballer who played as a winger. Giuly represented France at international level, gaining 17 caps over a five-year period and was a member of their 2003 FIFA Confedera ...

. Since the 2016–17 season, they play in the

Championnat National 2 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 ...

. On 4 January 2014, the team beat

Istres Istres (; Occitan: Istre) is a commune in southern France, some 60 km (38 mi) northwest of Marseille. It is in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture. Location Istr ...

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in a penalty shootout in the last 32 of the

Coupe de France The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...

Current squad

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* Association football clubs established in 2000 2000 establishments in France Chasselay, Rhône Sport in Rhône (department) Football clubs in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes {{France-footyclub-stub