Union Sportive d'Ivry are a French
multi-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.
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based in
Ivry-sur-Seine
Ivry-sur-Seine () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.
Paris's main Asian district, the Quartier Asiatique in the 13th arrondissement, borders the co ...
,
Val-de-Marne
Val-de-Marne (, "Vale of the Marne") is a department of France located in the Île-de-France region. Named after the river Marne, it is situated in the Grand Paris metropolis to the southeast of the City of Paris. In 2019, Val-de-Marne had a pop ...
. The club is primarily known for its football team and
handball team. US Ivry play their home matches at the Stade Clerville, which seats 2,000 spectators.
History
The club was founded in 1919 by
Socialist Youth activists in the name of ''Union Sportive du Travail d'Ivry'' (USTI). The club's first chairman was Gaston Richard. Early in the club's foundation, they primarily focused on the football, athletics, and basketball sections of the club. As the club grew in size, so did the membership and the club eventually developed new sporting sections such as cycling, gymnastics, boxing, and tennis. In 1934, the club merged with two local clubs to form a new club called ''Etoile Sportive du Travail d'Ivry''.
After the
second World War
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, in 1949, the club changed its name to its current form ''Union Sportive d'Ivry''. Three years later, the club's stadium, Stade Clerville, was built. In 2006, the club had 36 sections of sport with over 6,000 members.
Honours
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Coupe de Paris: 1995, 2008
*Coupe de Val-de-Marne: 1995, 2008
*Promotion d'Honneur Champion: 1992
*Division d'Honneur Regionale Champion: 1995
*Division d'Honneur Champion: 1998
Players
Current squad
See also
*
US d'Ivry Handball
References
Association football clubs established in 1919
Multi-sport clubs in France
1919 establishments in France
Ivry
Ivry
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