Football Club de Martigues, known as FC Martigues or just Martigues, is a French professional

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club which plays in the

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, the third level of

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. The club plays at the Stade Francis Turcan, which has a capacity of 11,500, in

Martigues Martigues ( in classical norm, ''Lou Martegue'' in Mistralian norm) is a commune northwest of Marseille. It is part of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the eastern end of the Canal de Caronte. A di ...

. Their principal rivals are

Istres Istres (; Occitan: Istre) is a commune in southern France, some 60 km (38 mi) northwest of Marseille. It is in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture. Location ...

History

The club was founded in 1921 and played regional football until the early 1970s when they gained promotion to the professional

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. The club's greatest achievement was winning promotion to the First Division in 1993. The club played for three seasons in the top flight, until it was relegated down to

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in 1996. A failed attempt to win promotion at once was followed by relegation to the

(third level) in 1998. Two years later the club won promotion back to Second Division, but only remained at that level for two seasons. In 2002, the club was relegated again and after another near miss at promotion in 2003, financial problems saw the club go into liquidation and reform in the

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. They finished the 2006–2007 season in the Championnat National as 14th. They were relegated to CFA in 2007–2008 season as 19th in the Championnat National. The club was promoted back to the Championnat National in 2022, after ten years in lower divisions.

Current squad

Coaches

References

Association football clubs established in 1921 Sport in Bouches-du-Rhône 1921 establishments in France Football clubs in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Ligue 1 clubs {{France-footyclub-stub