, it was dissolved in 1990. The academy had a team that competed in the
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History
The Institut National du Football de Vichy opened its doors on 6 November 1972. It was an initiative made by the
. It functioned in conjunction with the of Vichy, which opened at the same time as the academy. INF Vichy would include 40 players over the age of 16 in its first year.
The first director of the CREPS housing and of INF Vichy was Jean Forestier. The technical management fell to
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, and Philippe Troussier. INF Vichy was included in the national championships of France at both youth and senior level.
Initially, INF Vichy's team played only friendly matches. However, from the 1973–74 season onwards, the team played in the
Division 3
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, with two reserve sides participating in the Division 4 and Division d'Honneur.
In 1990, INF Vichy closed its doors. Over the course of its 18-year history, the academy helped several dozen players make it professional.
Academy
Each year, INF Vichy received 200 to 300 players, but only 30 or so were selected to join the academy in July. However, there would only be around 15 players that would leave the academy for a professional club three years later. The players were aged 16 to 18.
The normal duration of studies were three years, and on the side of learning to become footballers, players received accounting, commerce, or mathematics classes. The best players would go play with the team in the Division 3. Each coach was ''responsable'' (manager) of one generation of players, and would follow them during their three years of study. Although the primary goal of INF Vichy was to train players to help them become professional, the academy also had the goal of preparing its players should they fail to make it professionally, and for their post-retirement careers.
Team
Starting in 1973, INF Vichy had a team that participated in the Division 3, the third tier of French football. The team consisted of the academy's best young players, and gave them an experience in competitive football. The results were not of great importance, as the team could neither be relegated or promoted. Since the team was an academy team with minors in it, it could not become professional, and therefore promotion to the Division 2 was not handed to INF Vichy despite winning the Division 3 on two occasions (in the 1978–79 and 1982–83 seasons). The furthest round that the team reached in the Coupe de France was the round of 64, which they reached on four occasions.
(instructor and coach)
* 1986–1990: Christian Damiano (coach)
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