Union Sportive Alençonnaise 61 is a French association football club founded in 1916. They are based in the town of Alençon. As of the 2018–19 season, they play in the Championnat National 3.
History
The club was established during the First World War in 1917 by pupils from the local teacher training college as part of a multi sports club called Club Sportif Alençonnais (CS Alençon). It spent the vast majority of its early decades navigating regional French amateur football leagues. In 1990 the club left the multi sports club and operated as Football Club Alençonnais.
Following a dissolution and restructure, the club officially took on its modern identity, Union Sportive Alençonnaise, in 1994.
The club has consistently competed in the Championnat National 3 (the fifth tier of the French football league system).
Current squad
Home ground The club play their home games in Stade Jacques Fould.
The stadium was inaugurated in May 1947. In 1949 the ground was named after Jacques ACHILLE-FOULD, former president of the Club Sportif Alençonnais who purchased the land in 1929 and was also a former mayor of Condé-sur-Sarthe.
The stadium became owned City of Alençon by virtue of a resolution of the municipal council in 1980.
The stadium currently has a capacity for 4,000 spectators, consisting of a 1,500 seated stand and standing room for a further 2,500.
Honours Division 4 (2) 1979-80, 1981-82 Ligue Normandie (1) 1952-53 DH Basse-Normandie (1) 2004-05 Coupe de Normandie (2) 1958-59, 1968-69 Coupe de Basse-Normandie (1) 2010-11
Former players Pascal Vaudequin Benjamin Morel Christophe Ferron Mohamed Lekkak Pavle Dolezar Gaëtan Laura Kévin Schur Nicolas Sachy Trésor Luntala
Notable Former Managers
Mohamed Lekkak Philippe Troussier Bruno Mignot
References
External links US Alençon official website