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France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 football team currently playing in the Group D of Championnat de France amateur based in Carquefou

Carquefou

Carquefou is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.-Sport:In 2008, the local football team Union Sportive Jeanne d'Arc Carquefou reached the quarter finals of the French Cup after a win over the 8-times national champions Olympique de Marseille on March 19, putting the town...

, Loire-Atlantique

Loire-Atlantique

Loire-Atlantique is a department on the west coast of France named after the Loire River and the Atlantic Ocean.-History:...

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History

The club was founded in 1942 as merger of two local clubs, Union Sportive de Carquefou and Jeanne d'Arc de Carquefou, the latter being a sports team whose football section was founded three years earlier.

During the 2007–2008 season, Carquefou had a very successful Coupe de France

Coupe de France

The Coupe Charles Simon, commonly known as the Coupe de France , is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation...

 campaign, reaching the quarter-finals in the competition after having defeated Olympique Marseille in the round of 16 despite the club's amateur status. Their biggest fan is Football Ramble co-host Pete Donaldson

Pete Donaldson

Pete Donaldson, is a Radio and Television presenter, Producer and Voice Over Artist who is best known for his radio shows on Xfm London and Xfm Manchester, alongside his work on the Alex Zane Breakfast Show and the Lauren Laverne Breakfast Show He also featured on the Danny Wallace Saturday show on...

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Current squad

Notable players

 Algeria

• Nordine Merzougui
• Bagdad Sehla

 France

• Thomas Durand
• Jérôme Hecker
• Jean-Philippe Hersant

 France

• Franck Laurent
• Baptiste Lafleuriel
  Baptiste Lafleuriel
  Baptiste Lafleuriel is a former French professional footballer. -Career:Lafleuriel played on the professional level in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 for AS Saint-Étienne.-Notes:...
  
  
• Marc Le Louarn
• Thibault Marchal
  Thibault Marchal
  Thibault Marchal is a French professional football player, who currently plays for Clermont Foot.-Notes:...
  
  

 Côte d'Ivoire

• Sylvain Komenan N'Guessan
  Sylvain Komenan N'Guessan
  Sylvain Komenan Nguessan is an Ivorian professional football player, who currently plays in the Championnat de France amateur 2 for Olympique Grande-Synthe.-Notes:...
  
  

 Romania

• Titi Marius Anita

 Senegal

• Idrissa N'Doye

Reserve squad

The Reserve team played in the DH Atlantique

French football league system

The French football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in France. At the top two levels of the system is the Ligue de Football Professionnel, which consists of two professional national divisions, Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Below that are a number of leagues run by the...

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External links

• Official club website