FC Limonest Saint-Didier
Football Club de Limonest Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or commonly known as FC Limonest Saind-Didier or FC Limonest is a French football club based in Limonest in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. The club was founded in 1969 and since 1994 plays its games at Stade Courtois Fillot in the commune.[1]
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Full name | Football Club de Limonest Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or |
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Nickname(s) | les monarques (The Monarchs) founded = 1969 |
Ground | Stade Courtois Fillot, Limonest |
Capacity | 2,000 |
Chairman | Alexandre Vainchtock |
Manager | Nicolas Pinard |
League | Championnat National 3 Group M |
2019–20 | Championnat National 3 Group M, 3rd |
The club has climbed steadily through the amateur divisions, winning promotion to the seventh tier in 1979 and the sixth tier in 2007.[1] In 2016, the club won promotion for the first time to the fifth tier, Championnat de France Amateur 2, after winning the final match of the season against FC Vaulx-en-Velin.[2]
In the 2018–19 Coupe de France, the club reached the Round of 64, beating fourth tier Créteil before losing 1–0 to Sète.[3] In the following year's competition they went one round better, beating third tier clubs Villefranche and Le Puy, eventually losing to Ligue 1 side Dijon in the Round of 32 at home, to a goal in the last minute of extra time.[4]
Honours
- Division d'Honneur, Rhône-Alpes: 2016[5]
References
- "Histoire du FC LSD" (in French). FC Limonest Saint-Didier. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- "Limonest gagne sa "finale" et monte en CFA2" (in French). foot-national.com. 28 May 2016.
- "Football : Le FC Sète bat Limonest et se qualifie pour les 16e de finale de la Coupe de France" (in French). Midi Libre. 5 January 2019.
- "Limonest, petit poucet de la Coupe de France, éliminé cruellement par Dijon" (in French). L'Équipe. 28 January 2020.
- "Classement DH Rhone-Alpes 2015 / 2016" (in French). foot-national.com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.