Le Club Omnisports des Ulis is a French

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 association football club founded in 1977. They are based in Les Ulis

Les Ulis

Les Ulis is a commune in the Essonne department located in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is from the center of Paris.Inhabitants of Les Ulis are known as Ulissiens.- Location :...

, Essonne

Essonne

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 and are currently playing in the Division Supérieure Régionale of Île-de-France

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, the seventh tier of the French football league system

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. They play at the Stade Salinier, named after Jean-Marc Salinier, a local politician

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 from the area, in Les Ulis. CO Les Ulis is primarily known for being the club where France national team

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 members Patrice Evra

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Patrice Latyr Evra is a French international footballer who currently plays for English club Manchester United in the Premier League and the France national team. Originally an attacker, he primarily plays as a left back and is described as "the classic example of a modern full-back" who is...

 and all time leading goalscorer Thierry Henry

Thierry Henry

Thierry Daniel Henry is a French professional footballer who plays for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.Henry was born in Les Ulis, Essonne where he played for an array of local sides as a youngster and showed great promise as a goal-scorer. He was spotted by AS Monaco in 1990 and...

 began their careers. Henry, after achieving major success at English

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 club Arsenal

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, now plays for Major League Soccer

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 club New York Red Bulls. The club has also developed emerging youth prospects, such as Yaya Sanogo

Yaya Sanogo

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 and Sega Keita

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.

History

CO Les Ulis was formed relatively late, primarily due to the commune

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 of Les Ulis

Les Ulis

Les Ulis is a commune in the Essonne department located in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is from the center of Paris.Inhabitants of Les Ulis are known as Ulissiens.- Location :...

 also coming into existence late. Both the city and the club formed in 1977 with the commune coming into existence in February and the club being formed in May. After only 8 years of existence, the club had already developed eight sections of sport, which had over 1,000 members associated with football being the most popular in the club. By 2005, these numbers rose to over 36 sections of sport with 3,600 members.

CO Les Ulis honours are very minimal with the club slowly ascending up the French football league system since achieving promotion from the Division d'Excellence during the 1994–95 season. The club is currently playing in the Division Supérieure Régionale of the Île-de-France region

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after achieving promotion from the Division Honneur Régionale during the 2008–09 season.