Football Club Argentan
Football club
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Football Club Argentan is a French football club based in Argentan.
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| Full name | Football Club Argentan | |
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| Founded | 1991 | |
| Ground | Stade Gérard Saint | |
| Chairman | Hubert Bayer | |
| Manager | Yoann Neris | |
| League | Regional 3 – Normandy | |
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History
The club was formed in 1991 as a merger between Olympique Argentan and Union Sportive Métalos Argentan.[1][2] The club was then called UFC Argentan.[citation needed] The newly merged club found success two seasons later when they won the Lower Normandy league in the 1992–93 season and won promotion to the Championnat National 3.[3] They stayed at this level for 9 years before being relegated back to the regional leagues where they have remained since.[3]
In 2011 season the club merged with Argentan FC to form one club in Argentan, FC Argentan.[4]
Ground
The club play their home games at the Stade Gérard Saint.[5] The stadium was built in 1952 and is named after local professional road bicycle racer, Gérard Saint who died in a car accident in 1960 within a year of winning the Combativity award of the 1959 Tour de France.[6][7] The stadium has had a new stand constructed in 2022 that holds 263 supporters.[8]
Honours
Notable players
Notable Former Managers
Jean-Luc Fugaldi (1979–81) - UFCP Argentan[11]
Bobby Brown (1983–88) - US Argentan- Jean-Louis Coustillet (1994–01)[12]
- Roger Géri[13]
