Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club SA, commonly referred to as AS Monaco, ASM or Monaco, is a Monégasque professional football club based in Fontvieille, Monaco. Although not in France, it is a member of the French Football Federation (FFF) and currently competes in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football. Founded in 1918, the team plays its home matches at the Stade Louis II. Its training center is situated in neighboring France, in la Turbie.
Olympique Lyonnais, commonly referred to as simply Lyon or OL, is a French professional football club based in Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The men play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. Founded in 1950, the club won its first Ligue 1 championship in 2002, starting a national record-setting streak of seven successive titles. Lyon has also won eight Trophées des Champions, five Coupes de France, and three Ligue 2 titles.
Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. Being the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Administered by the Ligue de Football Professionnel, Ligue 1 is contested by 18 clubs and operates on a system of promotion and relegation from and to Ligue 2.
Sporting Club Bastiais is a French association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football, having won the 2020–21 Championnat National. The club plays its home matches at the Stade Armand Cesari located within the city. SC Bastia is known for its strong association with Corsican nationalism.
The LNB Pro A, currently known for sponsorship reasons as Betclic Élite, is the top-tier men's professional basketball league in France. The competition has existed since 1921. Since 1987, the Ligue Nationale de Basket has governed the league. The bottom two placed teams from each season are relegated to the second tier level Pro B. The winner of the play-offs of the Pro A is crowned the French national champion.
Olivier Monterrubio is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for FC Nantes, Stade Rennais, RC Lens, FC Sion in Switzerland, and FC Lorient.
Association football is the most popular sport in France. The French Football Federation is the national governing body and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of association football in the country, both professional and amateur. The federation organizes the Coupe de France and is responsible for appointing the management of the men's, women's and youth national football teams in France. The federation gives responsibility of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 to the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) who oversee, organize, and manage the country's top two leagues. The LFP is also responsible for organizing the Coupe de la Ligue, the country's league cup competition. The French Football Federation also supervises the overseas departments and territories leagues and hosts football club AS Monaco, a club based in the independent sovereign state of Monaco. In 2022, the FFF had 2.1 million licensees, 1.8 million players and 14,000 registered clubs.
Gilles Donald Yapi Yapo is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Bakari Koné is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a winger.
Cyril Jeunechamp is a French professional football coach and a former player. He played as a right-back or midfielder. He is the head coach of the Under-19 squad of Bastia.
Dépri Cyrille Léandre Domoraud is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He also holds French nationality and spent most of his career in Western Europe. He played in 3 of the 5 top leagues in the UEFA: Serie A, La Liga and Ligue 1. At international level, he represented Ivory Coast.
Emerse Faé is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in France, he represented the Ivory Coast at international level.
Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest, commonly referred to as Angers SCO or simply Angers, is a French professional football club based in Angers in Pays de la Loire in western France. The club was founded in 1919 and plays in Ligue 2, the second division of Football in France. It plays its home matches at the Stade Raymond Kopa. The club has played 23 seasons in the French top flight.
Mamadou 'Madinho' Dansoko is an Ivorian former professional footballer who last played as a winger for United Arab Emirates club Al-Hissan.
Union Sportive Orléans Loiret Football is a French association football club based in Orléans. The club was founded in 1976 and currently play in Championnat National after being relegated from the prematurely-ended 2019–20 Ligue 2. Orléans plays its home matches at the Stade de la Source located within the city.
Cyril Chapuis is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.
The Trophées UNFP du football are a number of awards given annually by the Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionels (UNFP) to players playing in France's Ligue 1, Ligue 2, and Division 1 Féminine, as well as to managers and referees. The most prestigious award is the Ligue 1 Player of the Year. Created in 1988 under the name Oscars du football, they were renamed in 2004 after a complaint by the Academy Awards committee. The ceremony has been broadcast live on Canal+ since 1994.
Cyril Serredszum is a French football coach and scout and former professional player who played as a midfielder. He works as a scout for FC Metz.
William Sea is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for US Granville.
Cyril Mandouki is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 2 club Paris FC. Born in metropolitan France, he plays for the Martinique national team.
