Union Sportive du Littoral de Dunkerque is a French

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club based in the commune of

Dunkirk Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.

. It will compete in the

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in the 2022–23 season. Their kit colours are

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and

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, and they play their home matches at the Stade Marcel-Tribut.

History

The club was founded in 1909 and have never played in a higher division than

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. They have once made it to the semi-finals of the

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, in 1929, and the quarter finals four times in 1930, 1937, 1968 and 1971. The club was promoted to Ligue 2 in 2020, when the

2019–20 Championnat National The 2019–20 Championnat National season was the 27th season since the establishment of the Championnat National, and the 22nd in its current format, which serves as the third division of the French football league system. The season was suspende ...

season ended prematurely, due to the

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. Dunkerque were second in the table at the time, and were promoted by the FFF executive committee. The club was relegated back to the Championnat National at the conclusion of the

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season, spending two seasons in the second tier.

Name changes

* 1909–1919: Stade Dunkerquois * 1919–1927: Union Sportive Dunkerque-Malo * 1927–1934: Union Racing Dunkerque-Malo * 1934–1954: Olympique Dunkerquois * 1954–1987: Union Sportive de Dunkerque * 1987–present: Union Sportive du Littoral de Dunkerque

Honours

*Division Honneur:

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-Calais ...

Group **Champions: 1960

Current squad

References

Football clubs in France Association football clubs established in 1909 Usl 1909 establishments in France Football clubs in Hauts-de-France {{France-footyclub-stub