Arras Football Association is a French

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team founded in 1901. It is based in

Arras Arras ( , ; ; historical ) is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department, which forms part of the region of Hauts-de-France; before the reorganization of 2014 it was in Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The historic centre of the Artois region, with a ...

, France and plays in the

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, the sixth tier in the

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. It plays at the Degouve-Brabant Stadium in

. From 1901 to 1997, the club was called RC Arras. In 2013, the club made the ninth round of the

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and lost against

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4–3.

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* Football clubs in France Association football clubs established in 1901 1901 establishments in France Arras Sport in Pas-de-Calais Football clubs in Hauts-de-France {{France-footyclub-stub