USL Dunkerque

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USL Dunkerque
Full nameUnion Sportive du Littoral de Dunkerque
Nickname(s)Les Maritimes[1][2] (The Seasiders)
Founded1909; 115 years ago (1909)
GroundStade Marcel-Tribut
Capacity4,933
OwnerYüksel Yıldırım
ChairmanJean-Pierre Scouarnec
ManagerLuís Castro
LeagueLigue 2
2022–23Championnat National, 2nd of 18 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Union Sportive du Littoral de Dunkerque is a football club based in Dunkirk, France. As of the 2023–24 season, it competes in Ligue 2, having achieved promotion from the Championnat National in the 2022–23 season. The club colours are white and blue, and home matches are played at the Stade Marcel-Tribut.

History

The club was founded in 1909 and have never played in a higher division than Ligue 2. They have once made it to the semi-finals of the Coupe de France, in 1929, and the quarter-finals four times in 1930, 1937, 1968 and 1971.[citation needed]

The club was promoted to Ligue 2 in 2020, when the 2019–20 Championnat National season ended prematurely, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dunkerque were second in the table at the time, and were promoted by the FFF executive committee.[3] The club was relegated back to the Championnat National at the conclusion of the 2021–22 Ligue 2 season, spending two seasons in the second tier.[4] On 26 May 2023, the club defeated Le Mans FC 2–3 at the MM Arena. This assured second place in the table and secured promotion to Ligue 2 for the 2023–24 season after a one year absence.

Name changes

Honours

Current squad

As of 2 February 2024[5][6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK France FRA Lucas Lavallée (on loan from PSG)
2 DF France FRA Alioune Ba
3 DF Togo TOG Loïc Bessilé
4 DF France FRA Nehemiah Fernandez-Veliz
5 DF France FRA Rémy Boissier
7 DF France FRA Yohan Bilingi
8 MF France FRA Tidiane Keita
9 FW France FRA Samy Baghdadi
10 MF France FRA Julien Anziani
11 MF Cameroon CMR François Mughe (on loan from Marseille)
13 DF Guadeloupe GLP Junior Senneville
14 FW Ivory Coast CIV Moussa Guel (on loan from Samsunspor)
15 DF Morocco MAR Achraf Laâziri (on loan from Lyon)
16 GK France FRA Arnaud Balijon
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW France FRA Gaëtan Courtet
19 DF Comoros COM Benjaloud Youssouf
20 MF France FRA Enzo Bardeli
21 FW Ivory Coast CIV Armand Gnanduillet
22 DF France FRA Driss Trichard
23 DF Belgium BEL Bram Lagae (on loan from Gent)
24 FW Guinea GUI Elhadj Bah (on loan from Samsunspor)
25 MF Ivory Coast CIV Jean-Philippe Gbamin
26 DF Guinea-Bissau GNB Opa Sanganté
27 MF France FRA Rayan Ghrieb
28 DF France FRA Demba Thiam
29 MF Panama PAN Ángel Orelien
80 MF France FRA Gessime Yassine
92 MF Morocco MAR Aïman Maurer (on loan from Clermont)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF France FRA Geoffrey Kondo (at Furiani-Agliani until 30 June 2024)
MF France FRA Guiry Egny (at Paris 13 Atletico until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW France FRA Luderic Etonde (at Stade Briochin until 30 June 2024)
FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Freddy Mbemba (at Nîmes until 30 June 2024)

References

  1. ^ "Nos Maritimes s'imposent à Béziers et restent leaders !". 23 January 2020.
  2. ^ "USL Dunkerque : La résurrection d'une institution". 5 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Le COMEX valide les montées de Pau et Dunkerque" (in French). foot-national.com. 11 May 2020.
  4. ^ Rocher, Adrien. "Corrigée, l'USL Dunkerque est reléguée en National". Le 11 Dunkerquois (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Ligue 2 BKT - USL Dunkerque" (in French). usldunkerque.com. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  6. ^ "US du Littoral de Dunkerque - Squad". soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

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