FRANCE

Teams are listed with their current name (highlighted in yellow) or with the last name before their disappearance (highlighted in green). Any previous name with which the team has participated in European competitions is shown in parentheses.

FRA01 - SCO ANGERS

1919 Sporting Club du Crédit de L’Ouest, 1919 Sporting Club de l’Ouest (SCO), 1924 dissolved, 1929 re-formed as SCO (Sporting Club de l’Ouest) Angers; at the 2^nd level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade Raymond-Kopa; colours: black-white.

FRA02 – ANGOULÊME CHARENTE FC (AS Angoulême)

1920 Sporting Club Angoulême, 1925 Association Sportive des Charentes, 1948 Association Sportive Angoulême, 1992 Association Sportive Angoulême-Charente ‘92, 2005 Angoulême Charente FC; at the 4^th level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade Camille-Lebon; colours: blue-white.

FRA03 - AJ AUXERROISE

1905 AJ (Association de la Jeunesse) Auxerroise; at the 2^nd level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade de l’Abbé Deschamps; colours: white.

FRA04 – SC BASTIA (SEC Bastia)

1905 Sporting Club de Bastia, 1962 Sporting Étoile Club de Bastia (SEC) (Sporting Club Bastiais + Étoile Filante Bastiaise), 1991 SC (Sporting Club) de Bastia; at the 2^nd level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Armand Césari Furiani; colours: blue-white.

FRA05 - AS DE CANNES FOOTBALL

1902 Association Sportive de Cannes, 1946 AS Cannes-Grasses, 1951 AS (Association Sportive) Cannes Football; at the 4^th level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade Pierre-de-Coubertin; colours: red-white.

FRA06 – FC GIRONDINS DE BORDEAUX (FC des Girondins) (Association Sportive des Girondins)

1881 Societé di Gymnastique et de tir des Girondins (or Girondins-Omnisports), 1919 + Argus Sports => Girondins Guyenne Sport, 1936 + Bordeaux FC => Girondins de Bordeaux FC, 1940 + Association Sportive du Port => Girondins Association Sportive du Port, 1944 Girondins de Bordeaux FC, 1991 AN (Association Nouvelle) des Girondins, 1992 FC Girondins de Bordeaux; at the 2^nd level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade Matmut-Atlantique; colours: blue-white.

FRA07 – RACING CLUB DE LENS

1906 Racing Club de Lens; at the 1^st level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Sted Bollaert-Delelis; colours: yellow-red-black.

FRA08 - FC METZ

1932 Cercle Athletic Messin (Cercle Athletic de Metz + Association Sportive Messine), 1934 Cercle des Sports de Metz (+ Union Sportive de Metz), 1936 Football Club de Metz (- AS Messine, - Cercle Athlétique Messin); at the 1^st level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade Saint-Symphorien; colours: scarlet-black-white.

FRA09 – AS MONACO FC (AS Monaco)

1924 AS Monaco (Swimming Club + Monaco Sport + Etoile + Riviéra Athlético Club + AS Beausoleil), 1992 AS (Association Sportive) de Monaco Football Club; at the 1^st level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade Louis II; colours: red-white.

FRA10 – MONTPELLIER-HÉRAULT SC (La Paillade SC)

1919 Stade Olympique de Montpellier, 1919 (+ Médoc VGA), 1932 Sports Olympiques Montpellierains; 1941 Union Sportive Olympique de Montpellier (+ Union Sportive Montpellierain), 1945 Sports Olympiques, 1970 Montpellier Littoral SC (+ Montpellier Sport Club), 1974 Montpellier La Paillade Sport Club (+ La Paillade Association Sportive, ), 1989 Montpellier Hérault Sport Club; at the 1^st level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade de la Mosson; colours: blue-orange.

FRA11 - AS NANCY-LORRAINE

1967 AS (Association Sportive) Nancy-Lorraine; at the 3^rd level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade Marcel Picot; colours: red-white.

FRA12 – FC NANTES (FC Nantes-Atlantique)

1943 Football Club de Nantes (La Saint-Pierre de Nantes + La Mellinet + Les Ateliers et Chantiers de la Basse Loire + Association Sportive Ouvrière Nantais + Les Batignolles + Stade Nantais Université Club), 1992 Football Club de Nantes-Atlantique, 1998 FC Nantes; at the 1^st level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau; colours: yellow-green.

FRA13 – OGC NICE-CÔTE D’AZUR (OGC de Nice)

1904 Gymnaste Club de Nice- Côte d’Azur, 1908 Gymnastes Amateurs Club de Nice, 1910 Gymnaste Club de Nice, 1919 (+ Gallia Football Atlétic Club), 1924 Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice (+ Football Vélo Club), 1992 OGC (Olympique Gymnaste Club) de Nice-Côte d’Azur; at the 1^st level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Allianz Riviera; colours: red-black.

FRA14 - OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS

1902 Lyon Olympique (Racing Club + Stade Lyonnais + Philegie Club + CS Lyon), 1910 Lyon Olympique Universitaire, 1950 Olympique Lyonnais; at the 1^st level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Groupama Stadium; colours: blue-white-red.

FRA15 - OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE

1898 FC Marseille, 1899 Olympique de Marseille; at the 1^st level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Orange Vélodrome; colours: white-light blue.

FRA16 - NÎMES OLYMPIQUE

1937 Nîmes Olympique; at the 3^rd level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade des Costières; colours: red-white.

FRA17 - PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN FC

1970 Paris Saint-Germain FC (Stade Saint-Germain + Paris Football Club), 1972 (-Paris FC); at the 1^st level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Parc des Princes; colours: blue-red.

FRA18 – RACING CLUB DE FRANCE FOOTBALL (Racing Club de Paris)

1882 Racing Club de France, 1932 Racing Club de Paris, 1966 Racing Paris-Sedan (+ UA Sedan-Torcy), 1967 Racing Club de France (- UA Sedan-Torcy), 1983 Racing Club de Paris (+ Paris FC), 1987 Matra Racing, 1989 Racing Paris 1, 1991 Racing 92, 1991Racing 92 Football Club, 1995 Racing Club de France, 1999 Racing Club de Paris, 2002 Racing Club de France 92, 2006 Racing Club de France, 2007 Racing Club de France football 92, 2009 Racing Club de France Football-Levallois 92, 2012 Racing Club de France Football Colombes 92, 2018 Racing Club de France Football; at the 4^th level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade Lucien Choine; colours: light blue-white.

FRA19 – RACING CLUB DE STRASBOURG ALSACE (Racing Club de Strasbourg)

1906 Football Club de Neudorf, 1918 Racing Club de Strasbourg-Neudorf, 1919 Racing Club de Strasbourg, 1940 Rasensport Club Straßburg, 1945 Racing Club de Strasbourg, 1949 (+ Sports Réunis de Colmar), 1970 Racing Pierrots Strasbourg Meinau (+ Club Sportif des Pierrotsde Strasbourg, + Association Sportive Culturelle de la Meinau), 1976 Racing Club de Strasbourg (- Club Sportif des Pierrots), 2011 dissolved and re-formed as Racing Club de Stasbourg, 2012 Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace; at the 1^st level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade de la Meinau; colours: blue-white.

FRA20 - FC ROUEN 1899

1896 Football Club Rouen, 1995 dissolved and re-formed as Football Club du Grand Rouen, 1997 dissolved and re-formed as Olympique Grand Rouen, 2003 FC (Football Club) Rouen 1899; at the 3^rd level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade Robert Diochon; colours: red-white.

FRA21 – CS SEDAN-ARDENNES (UA Sedan-Torcy)

1919 Union Athletique Sedan-Torcy, 1966 Racing Club de Paris-Sedan (+ Racing Club de Paris), 1967 UA Sedan-Torcy (- Racing Club Paris), 1968 CS Sedan-Ardennes (+ CS Ardennes), 1974 Sedan CS-Mouzon Ardennes (+ Amical Club Mouzon), 1985 CS (Club Sportif) Sedan-Ardennes; at the 8^th level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade Louis Dugauguez; colours: green-red.

FRA22 - FC SOCHAUX-MONTBÉLIARD

1928 FC de Sochaux, 1930 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (+ AS Montbéliardaise), 1942 FC Sochaux-Valentigney (+ AS de Valentigney), 1944 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (-AS de Valentigney); at the 3^rd level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade Auguste-Bonal; colours: yellow-blue.

FRA23 - STADE FRANÇAIS PARIS

1883 Stade Français, 1942 Stade Français-CA Paris, 1944 Stade Français-Capitale, 1945 Stade Français, 1948 Stade Français-Red Star (+ Red Star Olympique Audonien), 1950 Stade Français Football Club (- Red Star Olympique Audonien), 1966 Stade de Paris Football Club, 1968 Stade Français, 1981 Stade Français 92, 1985 Stade Français, 1985 dissolved; ground: Centre Sportif du Haras Lupin (Vaucresson); colours: red-blue.

FRA24 – STADE LAVALLOIS MAYENNE FC (Stade Lavallois)

1902 Stade Lavallois, 1989 Stade Lavallois FC, 1994 Stade Lavallois Mayenne Football Club; at the 2^nd level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade Francis-Le-Basser; colours: tangerine-black.

FRA25 - STADE MALHERBE CAEN CALVADOS BASSE-NORMANDIE

1898 Stade Malherbe Caennais, 1913 (+ CS Caennais), 1989 Stade Malherbe Caen Calvados Basse-Normandie; at the 2^nd level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade Michel d'Ornano; colours red-blue.

FRA26 - STADE DE REIMS

1931 Stade de Reims (Société Sportive du Parc Pommery + Sportive Olympique Rémois + Stade Rémois), 1938 (+ Sporting Club Rémois), 1992 Stade de Reims Champagne Football Club, 1992 Stade de Reims-Champagne, 1999 Stade de Reims; at the 1^st level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade Auguste-Delaune; colours: red-white.

FRA27 - STADE RENNAIS FC

1901 Stade Rennais, 1904 Stade Rennais Université Club (+ Football Club Rennais), 1972 Stade Rennais FC; at the 1^st level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Roazhon Park; colours: red-black.

FRA28 – AS SAINT-ÉTIENNE LOIRE (AS Saint-Étienne)

1919 Amicale des Employés de la Societé des Magasins Casino, 1920 Amicale Sporting Club, 1927 Association Sportive Stéphanoise (+ Stade Forézien), 1933 Association Sportive Saint-Étienne, 1992 AS Saint-Étienne Loire; at the 2^nd level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard; colours: green-white.

FRA29 – TOULOUSE FC (old)

1937 Toulouse FC, 1967 dissolved (+ Red Star Audonien => Red Star FC Saint-Ouen); ground: Stadium Municipal; colours: violet- white.

FRA30 EN AVANT DE GUINGAMP

1912 En Avant de Guingamp; at the 2^nd level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade de Roudourou; colours: red-black.

FRA31 FC DE GUEUGNON

1940 Football Club de Gueugnon; at the 5^th level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade Jean-Laville; colours: blue-yellow.

FRA32 – LILLE OSC (Lille OSC Métropole)

1944 OSC (Olympique Sporting Club) Lille Métropole (Sporting Club Fivois + Olympique Lillois), 1998 Lille OSC Métropole, 2013 Lille OSC; at the 1^st level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade Pierre-Mauroy; colours: red-white-blue.

FRA33 – ESPÉRANCE SPORTIVE TROYES AUBE-CHAMPAGNE

1986 Association Troyes Aube-Champagne, 2000 Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube-Champagne; at the 2^nd level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade de l’Aube; colours: blue.

FRA34 – FC LORIENT BRETAGNE-SUD

1926 FC Lorientais, 1956 FC de Lorient, 1990 FC ‘56 Lorient, 1996 Football Club Lorient 96,1997 Football Club Lorient Bretagne-Sud; at the 1^st level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade Yves-Alleinmat - Le Moustoir; colours: orange-black.

FRA35 – LA BERRICHONNE CHÂTEAUROUX

1883 La Berrichonne, 1935 (+ Association Sportive de Châteauroux); at the 3^rd level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stade Gaston-Petit; colours: blue-red.

FRA36 – TOULOUSE FC (new)

1970 Union Sportive Toulouse, 1979 Toulouse FC; at the 1^st level in the 2023/24 season; ground: Stadium de Toulouse; colours: violet- white.

The choice of considering a club dissolved or existing under another name (sometimes due to mergers) can often be difficult to evaluate. The choises made are therefore mine, based on the data I was able to collect.