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Valenciennes Football Club (French pronunciation: [valɑ̃sjɛn] ⓘ; commonly known as Valenciennes, VA or VAFC) is a French professional football club based in Valenciennes. The club was founded in 1914 and currently play in Championnat National , the third tier of French football.
The 2022–23 season was the 110th in the history of Valenciennes FC and their ninth consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in Ligue 2 and the Coupe de France . Players
The Ligue 2 trophy. Ligue 2 (French pronunciation: [liɡ dø], League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), the other being Ligue 1, the country's top football division.
Orléans was the second team to gain promotion to Ligue 2 on 2 May after a 2–0 victory against Paris FC. This marked a return for Orléans in the professional leagues after a twenty-two-years absence. [4] Gazélec Ajaccio was the third and last team to achieve promotion on 9 May 2014. [5]
The 2021–22 season was the 109th season in the existence of Valenciennes FC and the club's eighth consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league , Valenciennes participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France .
Since Ligue 2 reduced in size, 4 teams were relegated and only 2 promoted, [1] so Troyes, Quevilly-Rouen, Concarneau, and Valenciennes were relegated [2] (after 1, 3, 1, and 10 seasons in the second division respectively). Troyes has now been relegated in two consecutive seasons and Valenciennes had last been in the third division since 2004–05.
A promotion play-off competition was held at the end of the season, involving the 3rd, 4th and 5th-placed teams in 2017–18 Ligue 2, and the 18th-placed team in 2017–18 Ligue 1. The quarter-final was played on 15 May, the semi-final on 18 May and the final on 23 and 27 May 2018.
The 2023–24 season is Valenciennes FC's 111th season in existence and 10th consecutive in the Ligue 2. They are also competing in the Coupe de France . Players