UJA Maccabi Paris Métropole is a French

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club based in

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, a

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. The current club was formed in 2012 through a merger of UJA Alfortville (formed in 1926) and SC Maccabi du Paris (formed in 1948). The club currently play in the

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Paris Île-de-France, effectively the sixth level of

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. It plays its home matches at the Parc Départemental des Sports in the nearby commune of

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. The club has played one season in the

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, having been awarded promotion in the 2009–10 season.

History

SC Maccabi de Paris

Maccabi Paris was a club established in 1948 as a social-sport club for the Jewish community in Paris, it acted in modern times as a simple sport club for a wider French community.

UJA Alfortville

UJA Alfortville was formed in 1926 under the name ''Union de la Jeunesse Arménienne d'Alfortville'' (known simply as Alfortville). Over the course of a decade, Alfortville has quickly ascended up the

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. In 1998, the club was promoted from Promotion d'Honneur. In the following season, Alfortville earned promotion to the Division d'Honneur Régionale and proceeded to advance to the Division Supérieure Régionale two seasons later in 2000. The club remained in the seventh division for six years before achieving promotion to the Division d'Honneur of the

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. After one season, Alfortville ascended to the 5th level of the system,

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. The club won its group in the first season, thus earning promotion to the

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for the 2008–09 season. After two seasons in the CFA, Alfortville were administratively promoted to the Championnat National due to the demotion through financial issues of

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. The club was relegated at the end of the

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UJA Maccabi Paris Métropole

In June 2012, UJA Alfortville completed the merger with Maccabi Paris, a club from the Division Supérieure Régional. The new club was relegated to the CFA 2 in its first season, and has maintained that level since.

Players

Former players

''For a list of former UJA Alfortville players, see :UJA Maccabi Paris Métropole players.''

Honours

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 ...

: 2008 * Division d'Honneur (Île-de-France): 2007 * Division Supérieure Régional (Île-de-France): 2006

References

External links

Maccabi Paris - a multinational team
(in French) (archived)
New Voices
(in English) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maccabi Paris Metropole Association football clubs established in 1926 1926 establishments in France Association football clubs established in 1948

Jewish football clubs Jews and Judaism in Paris 1948 establishments in France 2012 establishments in France Association football clubs established in 2012 Maccabi Paris