Velay Football Club is a

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club based in the communes of Blanzac, Polignac, and

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in the Haute-Loire department of France. As of the 2022–23 season, it competes in the sixth tier of the French football league system.

History

In 2016, AS Polignac merged with Saint-Paulien Blanzac FC to create Velay FC. In 2020, the club achieved promotion to the

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for the first time in its history.

References

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