Union Sportive Changéenne 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 1949. They are based in the town of

Changé, Mayenne Changé () is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France. Population See also *Communes of the Mayenne department The following is a list of the 240 communes of the Mayenne department of France. The communes cooperate ...

and their home stadium is the Stade Municipal des Sablons, which has a capacity of 3,500 spectators. As of the 2023–24 season, they play in

Régional 1 The Régional 1, formerly Division d'Honneur or Honneur Ligue is the common generic name for the highest level football league competitions run by each of the 13 Regional Leagues in France. Together, these league competitions serve as the six ...

, the sixth level of the French league system.

History

The club was founded on 2 February 1949, with the first president being Jean Pigree. They initially played in the district league of

Mayenne Mayenne ( ) is a landlocked department in northwest France named after the river Mayenne. Mayenne is part of the administrative region of Pays de la Loire and is surrounded by the departments of Manche, Orne, Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire, and Il ...

, gaining promotion to the

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league system in 1994. In 2000 they gained promotion to

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 ...

by winning the Maine Division d'Honneur. Since then the club has been promoted and relegated between CFA 2 and the DH a number of times. In 2002 the club reached the 1/16th final of the

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, losing 3–0 against

Stade de Reims Stade de Reims () is a French professional football club based in Reims. The club was formed in 1931 and plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of football in France. Reims plays home matches at the Stade Auguste Delaune. Reims is one of the mo ...

. In 2008 the club finished 4th in Group G of CFA 2, the best league finish in the club's history.

References

External links

US Changé club information
at fff.fr * {{DEFAULTSORT:US Change

Change Change, Changed or Changing may refer to the below. Other forms are listed at Alteration * Impermanence, a difference in a state of affairs at different points in time * Menopause, also referred to as "the change", the permanent cessation of t ...

1949 establishments in France Sport in Mayenne Football clubs in Pays de la Loire