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| Full name | Grand Ouest Association Lyonnaise Football Club | |||
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| Founded | 2000; 25 years ago (2000) (as Monts d'Or) 2020; 5 years ago (2020) (as GOAL FC) | |||
| Ground | Stade Ludovic Giuly, Chasselay | |||
| Capacity | 5,000 | |||
| Chairman | Jocelyn Fontanel Olivier Delorme | |||
| Manager | Fabien Pujo | |||
| League | Championnat National 3 | |||
| 2024–25 | National 2 Group A, 14th of 16 (relegated) | |||
| Website | https://goalfc.fr | |||
Grand Ouest Association Lyonnaise Football Club[1] (short:GOAL FC, orGoal FC[2]) is a Frenchassociation football club founded in 2000. They compete in theChampionnat National 3 since 2025, having been relegated from theChampionnat National 2 in the2024–25 season.
Founded in 2000 asBeaujolais Monts d'Or, the club becameMonts d'Or Azergues in 2005 andMonts d'Or Anse Foot in 2017.[3] The club took its current name in 2020 when it merged with smaller amateur clubsTassin FC,Champagne Sport FC andFutsal Saône Monts d'Or. The new club had over 1,800 registered players across all age groups and activities, making it France's largest.[4][5] They are based in the towns ofChasselay,Anse,Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, andChampagne-au-Mont-d'Or in theAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, and their main home stadium is the Stade Ludovic Giuly in Chasselay, named after France internationalLudovic Giuly.
On the pitch, the club won the fifth-tierChampionnat de France Amateur 2 in2009–10. In January 2013, they announced the signing of Lyon-born formerFrance international andFC Barcelona playerLudovic Giuly from June.[6] He scored in a draw withFC Istres ofLigue 2 in the last 32 of theCoupe de France on 4 January 2014, which his team won on penalties.[7] Eighteen days later in the last 16, held atOlympique Lyonnais'sStade de Gerland, the team lost 3–0 at home to Giuly's former clubAS Monaco FC, for whomRadamel Falcao scored twice.[8] Also in January 2014, former France international and OL mainstaySidney Govou joined the club.[9]
In May 2019, formerBrazil international and OL playerCris was hired as manager,[10] leaving two years later forChampionnat National clubLe Mans FC.[11] Another of his former teammates, France internationalAnthony Réveillère, wasdirector of football from 2020 to 2022.[12] The club won promotion to the third-tierChampionnat National for the first time as group winners in2022–23, after defeatingStade Bordelais 3–1 on 3 June 2023.[13]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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