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Sète 34
Stade Louis Michel, Sète
Capacity8,500
WebsiteClub website

FC Sète 34 was a French

Stade Louis Michel
in the town.

In July 2023 the club was placed into judicial liquidation, with the FFF refusing a newly formed association the rights to continue with the FC Sète name.

History

The club was founded in 1901 as Olympique de Cette. It ceased activities due to the war in 1914, restarting as FC de Cette. The club was champion of the Ligue du Sud-Est for seven consecutive years from the inception of the competition in 1920 until 1926. In 1928 the name of the town changed from Cette to Sète, and the football club was renamed FC Sète. The club reached consecutive

Racing Club de France 3–1 after extra time.[3]

In 1932 the club were founder members of the professional Division 1. They finished 4th in the group. The following season they won the Division 1 and Coupe de France [fr] double, becoming the first club to do so. They won their second Division 1 title in 1939, the last time the competition was played before World War II.[3]

After the war, the club did not regain its previous heights, finishing no higher than 10th in Division 1, before relegation came in

Division 2 the club relinquished its professional status and reformed as an amateur team at level two of the regional league (tier seven of the French league structure).[3]

The club spent six years in the same regional division before securing three promotions in four years to return to national Division 2 for the 1970–71 season. A further six seasons followed before relegation to Division 3 in 1977. The club returned to Division 2 as champions of the south group of Division 3 in 1983 and spent six seasons at that level.[3]

At the end of the

Championnat de France Amateur. After four seasons at this level, they won promotion back to Championnat National in 2001, as champions of group B. In 2005 a 3rd-place finish was enough for promotion to Ligue 2, but the club played just one season at this level before returning to the Championnat National at the end of the 2005–06 season.[3]

A third administrative relegation, again for financial reasons, followed in 2009, and the club reformed for the 2009–10 season in the

Championnat de France Amateur 2 as champions of the Division d'Honneur and in 2014 they won promotion to Championnat de France Amateur, now called Championnat National 2.[3] The club gained promotion to the Championnat National in the 2019–20 season, after being placed at the top of 2019–20 Championnat National 2 Group C when the season was terminated early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

The club were relegated from the Championnat National by the Direction Nationale du Contrôle de Gestion at the end of the 2021–22 season, on the grounds of financial mismanagement.[6][7]

The club hit financial troubles again during the 2022–23 season, being placed in receivership in April 2023 after a failed takeover, and estimated year-end debt of €700,000.[8] Placed in judicial liquidation on 6 July 2023, the French Football Federation refused permission for the new organisation to continue the FC Sète name, and a new association Sporting Club Sétois was formed.[9]

Former players

For a complete list of FC Sète 34's former players, see Category:FC Sète 34 players.

Managerial history

[3]

Honours

  • Champion of France (highest level) : 1934, 1939
  • Winner of the French Cup : 1930, 1934
  • Finalist of Coupe de France : 1923, 1924, 1929, 1942
  • Champion of Division d'Honneur Sud-Est : 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1968.
  • Champion of USFSA Languedoc : 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914.
  • Champion of Division d'Honneur Languedoc-Roussillon : 2012
  • Champion CFA2 Group G: 2014
  • Champion CFA Group B: 2001
  • Champion Division 3 South Group: 1983

References

  1. ^ "#714 – FC Sète : les Dauphins" (in French). Footnickname. 19 February 2022. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Enceintes mythiques : le stade Georges Bayrou de Sète " la mecque du football "" (in French). Docteur ès sport. 27 September 2013. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Historique" (in French). FC Sète 34 Official site. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  4. ^ Sete Ca sera en DH Archived 29 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine foot-national.com.
  5. ^ "Arrêt du football amateur, le FC Sète est promu en National" (in French). Midi Libre. 16 April 2020. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  6. ^ "DNCG. Le FC Sète 34 est relégué en National 2 !" (in French). footamateur.fr. 28 June 2022. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  7. ^ "DNCG. Sète jouera en National 2, Bastia-Borgo repêché en National" (in French). footamateur.fr. 12 July 2022. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Le FC Sète en redressement judiciaire : pourquoi c'est un moindre mal pour le club héraultais" (in French). Midi Libre. 11 April 2023. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Le Sporting Club Sétois va désormais remplacer le FC Sète !" (in French). Foot Amateur. 19 July 2023. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Nicolas Guibal (FC Sète): On a Capitalisé de la Confiance" (in French). actufoot.com. 8 August 2018. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

External links

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