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{{short description|French football club}}
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| fullname = Grand Ouest Association Lyonnaise Football Club
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| image = Grand Ouest Association Lyonnaise Football Club (logo).svg
| image_size = 160px
| founded = {{start date and age|2000}} (as Monts d'Or) <br> {{start date and age|2020}} (as GOAL FC)
| ground = Stade Ludovic Giuly,<br>[[Chasselay, Rhône|Chasselay]]
| capacity = 5000
| chairman = Jocelyn Fontanel <br> Olivier Delorme
| manager = Fabien Pujo
| league = {{French football updater|GOAL FC4}}
| season = {{French football updater|GOAL FC2}}
| position = {{French football updater|GOAL FC3}}
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'''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.
==History==
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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Insolite : GOAL FC, le plus grand club de France !|trans-title=Unexpected: GOAL FC, France's biggest club |url=https://www.lequotidiendusport.fr/goal-fc-plus-grand-club-france/ |access-date=8 August 2023 |work=Le Quotidien de Sport |date=29 December 2020 |language=French}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foot-national.com/foot-mont-d-or-anse-une-enorme-fusion-pour-creer-le-plus-gros-club-francais-133284.html|title=Mont d'Or Anse : Une énorme fusion pour créer le plus gros club français ?|trans-title=Mont d'Or Anse: An enormous merger to create the biggest French club?|publisher=foot-national.com|language=fr|date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.footamateur.fr/goal-fc-la-naissance-officielle-du-plus-grand-club-de-france/|title=Goal FC, la naissance officielle du plus grand club de France|trans-title=Goal FC, the official birth of France's biggest club|publisher=footamateur.fr|language=fr|date=9 July 2020}}</ref> They are based in the towns of [[Chasselay, Rhône|Chasselay]], [[Anse, Rhône|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 Championnat de France Amateur 2|2009–10]]. In January 2013, they announced the signing of Lyon-born former [[France national football team|France international]] and [[FC Barcelona]] player [[Ludovic Giuly]] from June.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lebaratoux |first1=Yves |title=L'ex-attaquant de Monaco : Ludovic Giuly terminera sa carrière dans son 1er club : Chasselay (CFA)|trans-title=Ex-Monaco attacker: Ludovic giuly will finish his career at his 1st club |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/2013/01/04/l-ex-attaquant-de-monaco-ludovic-giuly-terminera-sa-carriere-dans-son-1er-club-chasselay-cfa-174545.html |access-date=8 August 2023 |publisher=[[France 3]] |date=4 January 2013 |language=French}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pitt-Brooke |first1=Jack |title=Cup romance is French affair as Ludovic Giuly returns to take on mighty Monaco |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/cup-romance-is-french-affair-as-ludovic-giuly-returns-to-take-on-mighty-monaco-9075863.html |access-date=8 August 2023 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=21 January 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hassett |first1=Sebastian |title=Colombia on track despite missing world-class striker Radamel Falcao |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/colombia-on-track-despite-missing-worldclass-striker-radamel-falcao-20140618-zsb6v.html |access-date=8 August 2023 |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=18 June 2014}}</ref> Also in January 2014, former France international and OL mainstay [[Sidney Govou]] joined the club.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rouyer |first1=Nicolas |title=Foot : Govou rejoint Giuly à Chasselay|trans-title=Football: Govou joins Giuly at Chasselay |url=https://www.europe1.fr/sport/Foot-Govou-rejoint-Giuly-a-Chasselay-848628 |access-date=8 August 2023 |publisher=[[Europe 1]] |date=27 January 2014 |language=French}}</ref>
In May 2019, former [[Brazil national football team|Brazil international]] and OL player [[Cris (footballer, born 1977)|Cris]] was hired as manager,<ref>{{cite news |title=Cris devient l'entraîneur du Monts d'Or Anse Foot |trans-title=Cris becomes manager of Monts d'Or Anse Foot|url=https://www.leprogres.fr/rhone-69-edition-ouest-lyonnais/2019/06/08/cris-devient-l-entraineur-du-monts-d-or-anse-foot |access-date=8 August 2023 |work=[[Le Progrès]] |date=8 June 2019 |language=French}}</ref> leaving two years later for [[Championnat National]] club [[Le Mans FC]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Even |first1=Fabienne |title=Foot : le brésilien Cris nouvel entraineur du Mans FC |trans-title=Football: Brazilian Cris new manager of Le Mans FC|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/pays-de-la-loire/sarthe/le-mans/foot-le-bresilien-cris-nouvel-entraineur-du-mans-fc-2113897.html |access-date=8 August 2023 |publisher=France 3 |date=31 May 2021 |language=French}}</ref> Another of his former teammates, France international [[Anthony Réveillère]], was [[director of football]] from 2020 to 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clement |first1=Arnaud |title=Jamal Alioui va quitter le GOAL FC, comme Anthony Réveillère|trans-title=Jamal Alioui will leave GOAL FC, as will Anthony Réveillère|url=https://www.leprogres.fr/sport/2022/05/10/jamal-alioui-va-quitter-le-goal-fc-comme-anthony-reveillere |access-date=8 August 2023 |work=Le Progrès|date=10 May 2022 |language=French}}</ref> The club won promotion to the third-tier [[Championnat National]] for the first time as group winners in [[2022–23 Championnat National 2|2022–23]], after defeating [[Stade Bordelais (football)|Stade Bordelais]] 3–1 on 3 June 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Le GOAL FC en National : "Les joueurs passeront sur la balance tous les lundis" |trans-title=GOAL FC in the Championnat National: "The players will be weighed every Monday"|url=https://www.lyonfoot.com/article/4012/le-goal-fc-en-national-les-joueurs-passeront-sur-la-balance-tous-les-lundis |access-date=8 August 2023 |publisher=Foot Lyon |date=6 June 2023 |language=French}}</ref>
==Honours==
* '''[[Championnat National 3]]'''
** '''Winner''': [[2009–10 Championnat de France Amateur 2|2009–10]]
* '''[[Championnat National 2]]'''
** '''Winner''': [[2022–23 Championnat National 2#Group D|2022–23]]
==Current squad==
{{updated|7 August 2024|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.footballdatabase.eu/fr/club/effectif/32012-goal_fc/2020-2021|title=Goal FC|publisher=FootballDatabase.eu|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Fs start}}
{{fs player|pos=MF|no=6|nat=FRA|name=[[Loïc Dufau]]}}
{{fs player|pos=MF|no=  7 |nat=FRA|name=[[Enzo Reale]]}}
{{fs player|pos=MF|no=11|nat=FRA|name=[[Saïd Arab]]}}
{{fs player|pos=FW|no= 12 |nat=FRA|name=Malick Assef}}
{{fs player|pos=DF|no= 15 |nat=FRA|name=Zephir Bever}}
{{fs player|pos=GK|no= 16 |nat=FRA|name=Abdoul Coulibaly}}
{{fs player|pos=DF|no= 18 |nat=FRA|name=Mathis Louiserre}}
{{fs player|pos=MF|no=19|nat=FRA|name=Omar Benyounes}}
{{fs player|pos=MF|no= 20 |nat=FRA|name=Chafik Abbas}}
{{fs player|pos=DF|no= 23 |nat=FRA|name=Nathan Tanard}}
{{fs player|pos=MF|no= 24 |nat=FRA|name=Léo Fichten}}
{{fs mid}}
{{fs player|pos=FW|no=|nat=FRA|name=Kenny Herbin}}
{{fs player|pos=MF|no=|nat=FRA|name=Kamel Bennekrouf}}
{{fs player|pos=FW|no=|nat=BEL|name=Marvin Bio}}
{{fs player|pos=GK|no=|nat=FRA|name=Lucas Marsella}}
{{fs player|pos=FW|no=|nat=HAI|name=Mc Jeffrey Pierre}}
{{fs player|pos=MF|no=|nat=COD|name=Carmel Mabanza}}
{{fs player|pos=MF|no=|nat=FRA|name=Yassine Zerfaoui}}
{{fs player|pos=MF|no=|nat=CMR|name=Hamed Foundikou}}
{{fs player|pos=DF|no=|nat=FRA|name=Aban Gibert}}
{{Fs end}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{official website|https://goalfc.fr}} {{in lang|fr}}
{{Championnat National}}
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 2000]]
[[Category:2000 establishments in France]]
[[Category:Chasselay, Rhône]]
[[Category:Sport in Rhône (department)]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]]