Luçon Football Club is a French

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club, located in

Luçon Luçon () is a Communes of France, commune in the Vendée Departments of France, department, Pays de la Loire Regions of France, region, western France. Its inhabitants are known as Luçonnais. Luçon Cathedral is the seat of the Diocese of Luço ...

. It was founded in 1924 as Stade Luçonnais. In 2003 it changed name to Vendée Luçon Football. In 2013 it rebranded to its current name. As of the 2017–18 season, the club plays in the Division Régionale Honneur of the

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regional league, at the eighth tier of French football.

History

The club was founded in 1924. It became champion of the

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of the Centre-West regional league for the first time in 1933. In 1966 it joined the newly formed Atlantic regional league and competed in the Division d'Honneur there until 1978. In 1978 the club finished second in the Atlantic Division d'Honneur and won promotion to inaugural season of Division 4 of the new French football league system, finishing fourth. In 1982 the club was relegated back to the Division d'Honneur, but won promotion again as champions a year later. In 1986 the club was relegated again. In 1989 and 1990 the club won back to back promotions, reaching for the first time the third level of the French football league system, then called Division 3. They stayed at this level for three seasons, until the league was reorganised in 1993, and they were placed in National 2 at the fourth level. Relegation followed again in 1994 to the fifth level, where the club stayed until 2000 when they were relegated again, back to the Division d'Honneur Atlantic region. In 2002, at the second attempt, the club were champion of Division d'Honneur Atlantic region and won promotion to what was now

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. In 2003 the club rebranded itself as Vendée Luçon Football. In 2008 the club won promotion to the fourth level,

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. The club had its best performance in the

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, reaching the round of 32 where they lost 2–0 to

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. In 2013 the club again won promotion to the third level,

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. and

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they finished fifth, their highest league position to date. A year later, despite finishing 11th in

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they were relegated for financial reasons. The club filed for bankruptcy, and reformed to play in the seventh level of amateur football as Luçon FC for the 2016–17 season.

Honours

* Champion DH Centre-Ouest: 1933 * Champion DH Atlantique: 1983, 1989, 2002

Notable former players

; * Vital N'Simba ; * Michel Pageaud * Jonathan Ringayen ; * Benjamin Feindouno ; * Richmond Forson

Notable former coaches

* Pierre Mosca * Yannick Plissonneau

References

Association football clubs established in 1924 1924 establishments in France Sport in Vendée Football clubs in Pays de la Loire {{France-footyclub-stub