Entente Sportive Thaon-les-Vosges, known as ES Thaon or Thaon, is a French

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club based in

Thaon-les-Vosges Thaon-les-Vosges (; before 2022: ''Capavenir Vosges'') is a commune in the Vosges department of northeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Thaon-les-Vosges, Girmont and Oncour ...

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. It was founded in 1920. The club currently plays in the

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, the fifth tier of the

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History

The club was founded in 1920. On 7 January 2023, Thaon, while playing in the fifth-tier of

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, eliminated professional

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side

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from the

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. Despite being down to ten men, Thaon held a 0–0 draw before winning 4–2 on penalties. The club repeated themselves with a 0–0 draw against

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side

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, however the game end with a loss in the penalties after Théo Gazagnes and Victor Didierjean's mistakes.

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