The Racing Club Vichy Football is a French

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club founded in 1945. They are based in

Vichy Vichy (, ; ) is a city in the central French department of Allier. Located on the Allier river, it is a major spa and resort town and during World War II was the capital of Vichy France. As of 2021, Vichy has a population of 25,789. Known f ...

Auvergne Auvergne (; ; or ) is a cultural region in central France. As of 2016 Auvergne is no longer an administrative division of France. It is generally regarded as conterminous with the land area of the historical Province of Auvergne, which was dis ...

and are currently playing in the

Division d’Honneur, the sixth tier in the

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. They play at the Stade Louis Darragon, which has a capacity of 4,900.

History

Racing Club Vichy Football was originally formed under the club ''Racing Club Omnisport de Vichy''. In 1945, after merging with three other Vichy-based clubs, the current club that exists today came into existence. RC Vichy has, over their league history, primarily played in the

Division d’Honneur. They did achieve promotion to the

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in 1999, but only lasted a season before being relegated back to the Division d’Honneur, where they currently remain as of today.

Honours

Division d’Honneur: **''Champions:'' 1999, 1981, 1961, 1948

External links

Official website
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