Grand Ouest Association Lyonnaise Football Club (short: GOAL FC, or Goal FC) is a French association football club founded in 2000. They compete in the Championnat National from 2023–24 after achieving promotion from Championnat National 2 in 2022–23.
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| Full name | Grand Ouest Association Lyonnaise Football Club |
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| Founded | 2000 (as Monts d'Or) 2020 (as GOAL FC) |
| Ground | Stade Ludovic Giuly, Chasselay |
| Capacity | 5000 |
| Chairman | Jocelyn Fontanel Olivier Delorme |
| Manager | Fabien Pujo |
| League | Championnat National |
| 2022–23 | National 2 Group D, 1st of 16 (promoted) |
| Website | Club website |
History edit
Founded in 2000 as Beaujolais Monts d'Or, the club became Monts d'Or Azergues in 2005 and Monts d'Or Anse Foot in 2017.[1] The club took its current name in 2020 when it merged with smaller amateur clubs Tassin FC, Champagne Sport FC and Futsal Saône Monts d'Or. The new club had over 1,800 registered players across all age groups and activities, making it France's largest.[2][3] They are based in the towns of Chasselay, Anse, Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, and Champagne-au-Mont-d'Or in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, and their main home stadium is the Stade Ludovic Giuly in Chasselay, named after France international Ludovic Giuly.
On the pitch, the club won the fifth-tier Championnat de France Amateur 2 in 2009–10. In January 2013, they announced the signing of Lyon-born former France international and FC Barcelona player Ludovic Giuly from June.[4] He scored in a draw with FC Istres of Ligue 2 in the last 32 of the Coupe de France on 4 January 2014, which his team won on penalties.[5] Eighteen days later in the last 16, held at Olympique Lyonnais's Stade de Gerland, the team lost 3–0 at home to Giuly's former club AS Monaco FC, for whom Radamel Falcao scored twice.[6] Also in January 2014, former France international and OL mainstay Sidney Govou joined the club.[7]
In May 2019, former Brazil international and OL player Cris was hired as manager,[8] leaving two years later for Championnat National club Le Mans FC.[9] Another of his former teammates, France international Anthony Réveillère, was director of football from 2020 to 2022.[10] The club won promotion to the third-tier Championnat National for the first time as group winners in 2022–23, after defeating Stade Bordelais 3–1 on 3 June 2023.[11]
Honours edit
- Championnat National 3
- Winner: 2009–10
- Championnat National 2
- Winner: 2022–23
Current squad edit
- As of 3 February 2024[12]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References edit
- ^ "Insolite : GOAL FC, le plus grand club de France !" [Unexpected: GOAL FC, France's biggest club]. Le Quotidien de Sport (in French). 29 December 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Mont d'Or Anse : Une énorme fusion pour créer le plus gros club français ?" [Mont d'Or Anse: An enormous merger to create the biggest French club?] (in French). foot-national.com. 9 May 2020.
- ^ "Goal FC, la naissance officielle du plus grand club de France" [Goal FC, the official birth of France's biggest club] (in French). footamateur.fr. 9 July 2020.
- ^ Lebaratoux, Yves (4 January 2013). "L'ex-attaquant de Monaco : Ludovic Giuly terminera sa carrière dans son 1er club : Chasselay (CFA)" [Ex-Monaco attacker: Ludovic giuly will finish his career at his 1st club] (in French). France 3. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Pitt-Brooke, Jack (21 January 2014). "Cup romance is French affair as Ludovic Giuly returns to take on mighty Monaco". The Independent. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Hassett, Sebastian (18 June 2014). "Colombia on track despite missing world-class striker Radamel Falcao". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Rouyer, Nicolas (27 January 2014). "Foot : Govou rejoint Giuly à Chasselay" [Football: Govou joins Giuly at Chasselay] (in French). Europe 1. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Cris devient l'entraîneur du Monts d'Or Anse Foot" [Cris becomes manager of Monts d'Or Anse Foot]. Le Progrès (in French). 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Even, Fabienne (31 May 2021). "Foot : le brésilien Cris nouvel entraineur du Mans FC" [Football: Brazilian Cris new manager of Le Mans FC] (in French). France 3. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Clement, Arnaud (10 May 2022). "Jamal Alioui va quitter le GOAL FC, comme Anthony Réveillère" [Jamal Alioui will leave GOAL FC, as will Anthony Réveillère]. Le Progrès (in French). Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Le GOAL FC en National : "Les joueurs passeront sur la balance tous les lundis"" [GOAL FC in the Championnat National: "The players will be weighed every Monday"] (in French). Foot Lyon. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Goal FC". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
External links edit
- Official website (in French)