Besançon Football is a French

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club based in

Besançon Besançon (, ; , ; archaic ; ) is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerland. Capi ...

. It plays at the

Stade Léo Lagrange Stade Léo Lagrange () is a stadium in Besançon, France. It is currently used for football matches and is the home stadium of Racing Besançon. The stadium holds 10,500 spectators. On 31 January 2014, it hosted a Six Nations Under 20s Champi ...

and plays in the

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, the fifth tier in the

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. The club was formed in June 2014 as Besançon FC, having evolved from the football section of Besançon ASPTT, whose place in

Championnat de France Amateur 2 The Championnat National 3, commonly referred to as simply National 3 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur 2, is a football league competition. The league serves as the fifth division of the French football league system behind ...

it took for the 2014–15 season. In May 2017, Besançon FC merged with local club Promo Sports Besançon to form Besançon Football.

Current squad

References

External links

* * ESPN Reference: https://africa.espn.com/football/player/matches/_/id/232004/jorys-adjakly

Football clubs in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté {{France-footyclub-stub