FC Limonest Saint-Didier

FC Limonest Saint-Didier
Full name	Football Club de Limonest Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or
Nickname(s)	les monarques (The Monarchs)
Founded	1969
Ground	Stade Courtois Fillot, Limonest
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Alexandre Vainchtock
Manager
League	Championnat National 3 Group M
2019–20	Championnat National 3 Group M, 3rd

Football Club de Limonest Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or commonly known as FC Limonest Saind-Didier or FC Limonest is a French football club based in Limonest in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. The club was founded in 1969 and since 1994 plays its games at Stade Courtois Fillot in the commune.^[1]

The club has climbed steadily through the amateur divisions, winning promotion to the seventh tier in 1979 and the sixth tier in 2007.^[1] In 2016, the club won promotion for the first time to the fifth tier, Championnat de France Amateur 2, after winning the final match of the season against FC Vaulx-en-Velin.^[2]

In the 2018–19 Coupe de France, the club reached the Round of 64, beating fourth tier Créteil before losing 1–0 to Sète.^[3] In the following year's competition they went two rounds better, beating third tier clubs Villefranche and Le Puy, eventually losing to Ligue 1 side Dijon in the Round of 16 at home, to a goal in the last minute of extra time.^[4]

Honours[]

Division d'Honneur, Rhône-Alpes: 2016^[5]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Histoire du FC LSD" (in French). FC Limonest Saint-Didier. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
^ "Limonest gagne sa "finale" et monte en CFA2" (in French). foot-national.com. 28 May 2016.
^ "Football : Le FC Sète bat Limonest et se qualifie pour les 16e de finale de la Coupe de France" (in French). Midi Libre. 5 January 2019.
^ "Limonest, petit poucet de la Coupe de France, éliminé cruellement par Dijon" (in French). L'Équipe. 28 January 2020.
^ "Classement DH Rhone-Alpes 2015 / 2016" (in French). foot-national.com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

External links[]

Official website (in French)

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[histoire-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Histoire du FC LSD" (in French). FC Limonest Saint-Didier. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

[2] "Limonest gagne sa "finale" et monte en CFA2" (in French). foot-national.com. 28 May 2016.

[3] "Football : Le FC Sète bat Limonest et se qualifie pour les 16e de finale de la Coupe de France" (in French). Midi Libre. 5 January 2019.

[4] "Limonest, petit poucet de la Coupe de France, éliminé cruellement par Dijon" (in French). L'Équipe. 28 January 2020.

[5] "Classement DH Rhone-Alpes 2015 / 2016" (in French). foot-national.com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

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