Entente Sportive de Bonchamp Football (; commonly referred to as ES Bonchamp or simply Bonchamp) is a French

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club based in

Bonchamp-lès-Laval Bonchamp-lès-Laval (, literally ''Bonchamp near Laval'') is a commune in the Mayenne department in northwestern France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overs ...

in the

Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire (; but can also mean 'Lower Loire') is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital an ...

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. The club was founded in 1964 and is a part of a

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that features over ten other sports. Bonchamp currently plays in the

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 ...

, the fifth division of

French football Association football is the most popular sport in France. In 2024, 53% of people in France declared an interest in football, with 26% being very interested. The French Football Federation (FFF, Fédération Française de Football) is the natio ...

, after achieving promotion from the Division d'Honneur in the 2009–10 season. Bonchamp reached the 1/32-finals of the 2009–10

Coupe de France The Coupe de France (), also known in English language, English as the French Cup or less commonly as the France Cup, is the premier Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in French football organised by the French Football Fed ...

, losing 2–0 to title-holders

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 7,115 as of 2020, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guin ...

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* . . {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonchamp Association football clubs established in 1964 1964 establishments in France Football clubs in Pays de la Loire Sport in Mayenne