Entente Feignies Aulnoye FC

French football club

Football club

Full name

Entente Feignies Aulnoye Football Club

Short name

EFAFC

Founded

1951

Stadium

Complexe Sportif Didier Eloy

Capacity

1500 (300 seated)

Manager

Jean Antunès

League

National 2 Group D

2022–23

National 3 Group I, 1st (promoted)

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

Entente Feignies Aulnoye Football Club is a football club based in Feignies, France. Founded in 1951 as Sporting Club de Feignies, the club plays in the Championnat National 2, the fourth tier in the French football league system, after winning promotion in the 2022–23 Championnat National 3 season.^[1]

History

Sporting Club de Feignies was founded in 1951.^{[citation needed]}

Feignies had a run of promotions in the first decade of the 21st century. As recently as 1999, they were playing in regional divisions at the ninth tier of French football, rising to the fourth tier of the French leagues, the Championnat de France Amateurs in 2005, where they played one season.^[2]

In the summer of 2016 SC Feignies merged with neighbouring side AS Aulnoye-Aymeries, who were relegated from CFA 2 at the end of the 2015–16 season, to form the current club.^[3]

In the round of 64 of the 2021–22 Coupe de France, Feignies Aulnoye met Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain.^[4] The match, played at the Stade du Hainaut in Valenciennes, ended in a 3–0 victory for the Parisians.^[5]

References

^ "Football (N3): «on va tout faire pour avoir un club ambitieux en National 2», annonce Jean Antunes" (in French). La Voix du Nord. 18 May 2023.
^ "Palmarès" (in French). Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
^ "Football : le projet de fusion entre Feignies et Aulnoye validé" (in French). L'Observateur. 9 June 2016. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
^ "PSG opponents Entente Feignies Aulnoye represent the romantic heart of the Coupe de France". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
^ "PSG Beat Entente Feignies Aulnoye". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

External links

Official site of SC Feignies (last updated January 2016) Archived 7 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
Official site of AS Aulnoye, now official site of Entente Feignies Aulnoye FC (in French)

Championnat National 2 — Group D · 2023–24 clubs