Vendée Fontenay Foot is a French football club based in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée. It was founded in 1991 in a merger of two teams, the Stade Athlétique Fontenaysien and Étoile. The club currently plays in the Championnat National 3, the fifth tier of the French football league system.
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| Full name | Vendée Fontenay Foot | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | VFF | ||
| Founded | 1991 | ||
| Ground | Stade Emmanuel Murzeau Fontenay-le-Comte | ||
| Capacity | 4,500 | ||
| Chairman | Loic Turpeau | ||
| Manager | Philippe Guilloteau | ||
| League | National 3 Group D | ||
| 2022–23 | National 3 Group B, 7th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
History
The club was formed in 1991 from the merger of the Stade Athlétique Fontenaysien and Étoile.
The club played mostly in CFA before being demoted to CFA 2 in 2005 for non-sporting reasons.
At the end of the 2006–07 season the club finished first in its group in CFA 2, allowing it to return in CFA.
Fontenay reached the quarter-finals of the 2000–01 Coupe de France, losing on penalties to Lyon.[1]
Current squad
- As of 24 February 2019[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | MF |  FRA | Theo Boisard |
| — | MF | FRA | Damien Cosset |
| — | MF |  MLI | Mahamadou Niakaté |
| — | MF | FRA | Emilien Orveau |
| — | MF | FRA | Cédric Tangatchy |
| — | MF |  MAR | Mohamed Hamzaoui |
| — | FW | FRA | Rémi Bonaventure |
| — | FW | FRA | Thimothée Ferand |
| — | FW | FRA | Martin Garot |
| — | FW | FRA | Yassine Latifeddine |
| — | FW | FRA | Vincent Ugarte |