FC_Melun
FC Melun
Football club in Melun, France
Football Club de Melun is a football club located in Melun, France.[3] As of the 2021–22 season, it competes in the Régional 2, the seventh tier of French football.[4]
| Full name | Football Club de Melun |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1894 |
| Stadium | Stade Municipal de Melun |
| Capacity | 6,494 |
| President | Cédric Guilloso[1] |
| League | Régional 2 Paris Île-de-France Group A[2] |
| Website | Club website |
The club was founded as US Melun in 1894.[4]
In the 1970s and 1980s, the club competed mostly in the Division 3, but reached the Division 2 on two occasions, during the 1977–78 and 1987–88 seasons.[4] The second occasion the club reached the Division 2, it was as Entente Melun-Fontainebleau 77, the club that formed from a merger in 1987 between CS Fontainebleau and US Melun. However, in 1988, the Entente split, and Melun merged with Dammarie-lès-Lys to create a new club called in Sporting Melun-Dammarie 77.[4] In 1992, the club took the new name of FC Melun and was administratively relegated several divisions.[3]
Name changes
- 1894–1987: US Melun
- 1987–1988: Entente Melun-Fontainebleau 77 (merged with CS Fontainebleau for one season)
- 1988–1992: Sporting Melun-Dammarie 77 (merged with Dammarie-lès-Lys)
- 1992–present: FC Melun
| Honour | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Division d'Honneur Paris | 1 | 1973–74 |
- "Administratif" [Administrative]. FC Melun (in French). Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- "MELUN F.C." French Football Federation (in French). Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- "L'histoire du FC Melun" [The history of FC Melun]. FC Melun (in French). Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- "FC Melun". Stat Football Club France (in French). Retrieved 7 May 2021.