Union de la Jeunesse Arménienne de Paris (commonly known as UJA Alfortville or simply Alfortville) is a French

France

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 association football club based in Alfortville

Alfortville

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, a suburb

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 of Paris

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. The club was founded in 1926 and currently play in the Championnat de France amateur Groupe A, the fourth division of French football. Having achieved promotion to Championnat National

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 in the 2009–10 season

2009–10 Championnat de France amateur

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, the club were promptly relegated the next season. Alfortville plays its home matches at the Parc Départemental des Sports in the nearby commune

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 of Choisy-le-Roi

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. The team is managed by Azzedine Meguellatti and captained by former Algerian international

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 striker

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 Hakim Saci

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.

History

UJA Alfortville was formed in 1926 under the name Union de la Jeunesse Arménienne d'Alfortville. In 2008, following the club's promotion to the Championnat de France amateur for the 2008-09 season, Alfortville changed its name to its current one after it was recommended by the club's new partner Michel Moulin.

Over the course of a decade, Alfortville has quickly ascended up the French football league system

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. In 1998, the club was promoted from Promotion d'Honneur. In the following season, Alfortville earned promotion to the Division d'Honneur Régionale and proceeded to advance to the Division Supérieure Régionale two seasons later in 2000. The club remained in the seventh division for six years before achieving promotion to the Division d'Honneur of the Île-de-France

Île-de-France (région)

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 region

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. After one season, Alfortville ascended to the 5th level of the system, CFA 2. The club won its group in the first season, thus earning promotion to the Championnat de France amateur for the 2008–09 season. After two seasons in the CFA, Alfortville were administratively promoted to the Championnat National by the DNCG after the club appealed to the organization to contest an illegitimate win by the club that finished ahead of them in the standings.

Current squad

As of 12 December 2010.

Former players

For a list of former UJA Alfortville players, see :Category:UJA Alfortville players.

Honours

• Championnat de France amateur 2
  • Champions (1): 2008
• Division d'Honneur (Île-de-France)
  • Champions (1): 2007

Managers

2008–2010 — Loncar Jacques 2010–present — Azzedine Meguellatti

External links

• Official Site