FC Libourne

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Libourne
Logo FC Libourne - 2022.svg
Full nameFootball Club Libourne
Nickname(s)The Pinguins
Founded1935;89 years ago (1935)
Ground Stade Jean-Antoine Moueix,
Libourne
Capacity8,500
ChairmanBernard Laydis
League National 2 Group B
2022–23 National 3 Group A, 1st of 14 (promoted)
Website Club website

Football Club Libourne, formerly known as AS Libourne or Libourne Saint-Seurin-sur-L'Isle, is a French football team from the town of Libourne in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The club plays in the Championnat National 2, the fourth tier of French football. [1]

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History

The club was founded by Georges Kany in 1935 as Football Club Libourne. The club then became omnisports in 1966 and thus changed its name to Association Sportive Libournaise or simply AS Libourne. Nearly three decades later, in 1998, the club merged with AS Saint-Seurin  [ fr ] and became Football Club de Libourne Saint-Seurin-sur-L'Isle. However, in October 2009, this merger was undone: AS Libourne returned to its old name of Football Club Libourne and AS Saint-Seurin disappeared. [1]

The club, nicknamed the penguins, were promoted to Ligue 2 from Championnat National after the 2005–06 season, but relegation followed after finishing 19th in 2007–2008. The downfall continued as far as the seventh tier, which the club were champions of in 2013, earning promotion to the DH Ligue d'Aquitaine for the 2013–14 season. [1]

Since then, the club has twice won promotion to the Championnat National 3, in 2017 and 2020. [2] In 2023 they were promoted back to the fourth tier. [3]

Name changes

Former coaches

Notable players

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References

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  2. "Histoire" (in French). FC Libourne. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  3. "Le FC Libourne et l'EFC Feignies/Aulnoye promus en National 2" (in French). Foot Amateur. 14 May 2023.
  4. "French playmaker Valbuena in line for starring role".