Olympique Grande-Synthe Football (; commonly referred to as OGS or simply Grande-Synthe) is a French

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club based in

Grande-Synthe Grande-Synthe (; vls, Groot-Sinten) is a Communes of France, commune in the Nord (département), Nord Departments of France, department in the Nord-Pas de Calais Regions of France, region in northern France. It is the third-largest suburb of t ...

in the

Nord-Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais (); pcd, Nord-Pas-Calés); is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Hauts-de-France. It consisted of the departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais. Nord-Pas-de-Cala ...

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. The club was founded in 1963 and is a part of a

sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

that consists of several other sports. The club plays in the

Régional 1 The Régional 1 (previously known as ''Division d'Honneur'') is the common generic name for the highest level association football, football league competitions run by each of the 13 French football league system#Regional Leagues, Regional Lea ...

, the sixth tier of

French football Association football is the most popular sport in France. The French Football Federation (FFF, Fédération Française de Football) is the national governing body and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of association football in the cou ...

, after being relegated from

2019–20 Championnat National 3 The 2019–20 Championnat National 3 was the third season of the fifth tier in the French football league system in its current format. The competition was contested by 168 clubs split geographically across 12 groups of 14 teams. The teams includ ...

. The club is known for being the starting point for the careers of

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

Rémy Vercoutre Rémy René Paul Vercoutre (born 26 June 1980) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He's currently the goalkeeping coach of Olympique Lyonnais. Career Vercoutre was born in Grande-Synthe, Nord. He previously play ...

centre back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan (born 26 July 1975) is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Career A central defender, Pierre-Fanfan was born in Saint-Pol-sur-Mer and began his career at USL Dunkerque, where he playe ...

, and

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Geoffrey Dernis Geoffrey Dernis (born 24 December 1980) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for RCO Agde RCO Agde () is a French football club. The club is based at the 3500-seat Stade Louis Sanguin in Agde. RCO Agde was created in 1999 from the ...

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* {{official website, https://ogsfootball.footeo.com Association football clubs established in 1963

1963 establishments in France Sport in Nord (French department) Football clubs in Hauts-de-France