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{{short description|French football club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox football club
| clubname      = Luçon
| image         = File:Luçon_FC_Club_Logo_2016.jpg
| pixels        = 220
| fullname      = Luçon Football Club
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| founded       = 1924
| ground        = Stade Jean de Mouzon
| capacity      = 5000, 500 seated
| owner         =
| chairman      = Xavier Auger
| manager       = André Glotin
| league        = [[French football league system#Regional leagues|Division Régionale Honneur]], Pays de la Loire
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| website       = http://club.quomodo.com/lucon-football-club
}}
'''Luçon Football Club''' is a French [[Association football|football]] club, located in [[Luçon]]. It was founded in 1924 as '''Stade Luçonnais'''. In 2003 it changed name to '''Vendée Luçon Football'''. In 2013 it rebranded to its current name. As of the 2017–18 season, the club plays in the [[French football league system#Regional leagues|Division Régionale Honneur]] of the [[Pays de la Loire]] regional league, at the eighth tier of French football.
== History ==
The club was founded in 1924. It became champion of the [[Division d'Honneur]] of the Centre-West regional league for the first time in 1933.<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://vendeeluconfootball.pagesperso-orange.fr/historique/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220051538/http://vendeeluconfootball.pagesperso-orange.fr/historique/ |url-status=dead|archive-date=20 December 2016|title=le V.L.F. et son histoire|publisher=(archive) of Vendée Luçon Football official site|language=fr|accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref> In 1966 it joined the newly formed Atlantic regional league and competed in the Division d'Honneur there until 1978.<ref name=tables>{{cite web|url=http://www.footballenfrance.fr/club.php?appel=lucon|title=Vendée Luçon Football|publisher=Football en France|language=fr|accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref>
In 1978 the club finished second in the Atlantic Division d'Honneur and won promotion to inaugural season of Division 4 of the new French football league system, finishing fourth. In 1982 the club was relegated back to the Division d'Honneur, but won promotion again as champions a year later. In 1986 the club was relegated again.<ref name=tables />
In 1989 and 1990 the club won back to back promotions, reaching for the first time the third level of the French football league system, then called Division 3. They stayed at this level for three seasons, until the league was reorganised in 1993, and they were placed in National 2 at the fourth level. Relegation followed again in 1994 to the fifth level, where the club stayed until 2000 when they were relegated again, back to the Division d'Honneur Atlantic region.<ref name=tables />
In 2002, at the second attempt, the club were champion of Division d'Honneur Atlantic region and won promotion to what was now [[Championnat de France Amateur 2]]. In 2003 the club rebranded itself as Vendée Luçon Football.<ref name=history /> In 2008 the club won promotion to the fourth level, [[Championnat de France Amateur]].<ref name=tables />
The club had its best performance in the [[Coupe de France]] in [[2011–12 Coupe de France|2012]], reaching the round of 32 where they lost 2–0 to [[Olympique Lyonnais]].
In 2013 the club again won promotion to the third level, [[Championnat National]].<ref name=tables /> and [[2014–15 Championnat National|2015]] they finished fifth, their highest league position to date. A year later, despite finishing 11th in [[2015–16 Championnat National|2016]] they were relegated for financial reasons.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Lucon-se-saborde/690223|publisher=lequipe.fr |title= Luçon se saborde |language=French |date=5 June 2016| accessdate=27 October 2017 }}</ref>
The club filed for bankruptcy, and reformed to play in the seventh level of amateur football as Luçon FC for the 2016–17 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onatousuncotefoot.fr/le-mag/amateur/le-vendee-lucon-football-est-mort-vive-le-lucon-football-club|title=LE VENDÉE LUÇON FOOTBALL EST MORT... VIVE LE LUÇON FOOTBALL CLUB !|publisher=Tous les Footballs|language=fr|date=22 June 2016|accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref>
== Honours ==
* '''Champion DH Centre-Ouest:''' 1933
* '''Champion DH Atlantique:''' 1983, 1989, 2002
== Notable former players ==
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* [[Vital N'Simba]]
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* [[Michel Pageaud]]
* [[Jonathan Ringayen]]
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* [[Benjamin Feindouno]]
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* [[Richmond Forson]]
== Notable former coaches ==
* [[Pierre Mosca]]
* [[Yannick Plissonneau]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Championnat National}}
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[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1924]]
[[Category:1924 establishments in France]]
[[Category:Sport in Vendée]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Pays de la Loire]]
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