Football Club de Melun is a
football
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club located in
Melun
Melun () is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region, north-central France. It is located on the southeastern outskirts of Paris, about from the kilome ...
, France.
As of the 2021–22 season, it competes in the
Régional 2
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, the seventh tier of French football.
History
The club was founded as US Melun in 1894.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the club competed mostly in the
Division 3, but reached the
Division 2 on two occasions, during the
1977–78 and
1987–88 seasons.
The second occasion the club reached the Division 2, it was as
Entente Melun-Fontainebleau 77, the club that formed from a merger in 1987 between
CS Fontainebleau and US Melun. However, in 1988, the Entente split, and Melun merged with Dammarie-lès-Lys to create a new club called in Sporting Melun-Dammarie 77.
In 1992, the club took the new name of FC Melun and was administratively relegated several divisions.
Name changes
* 1894–1987: US Melun
* 1987–1988:
Entente Melun-Fontainebleau 77 (merged with
CS Fontainebleau for one season)
* 1988–1992: Sporting Melun-Dammarie 77 (merged with Dammarie-lès-Lys)
* 1992–present: FC Melun
Notable former players
*
Arassen Ragaven
*
Lilian Thuram
Ruddy Lilian Thuram-Ulien (; born 1 January 1972) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender.
He began playing football professionally in his homeland with Monaco and played in the top flight in France, Italy and Spai ...
Honours
References
Football clubs in France
Association football clubs established in 1894
1894 establishments in France
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Sport in Seine-et-Marne
Football clubs in Île-de-France
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