FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin are a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 football team from the town of Libourne

Libourne

Libourne is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.It is the wine-making capital of northern Gironde and lies near Saint-Émilion and Pomerol.-Geography:...

 in Aquitaine

Aquitaine

Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes...

. They currently play in the Championnat de France amateur Group C.

History

The club was founded in 1998 with the merger of l'AS Libourne and l'AS-Saint-Seurin. The club, nicknamed the penguin

Penguin

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s, were promoted to Ligue 2

Ligue 2

Ligue 2 , formerly known as Division 2, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel , the other being Ligue 1, the country's top football division...

 from Championnat National

Championnat National

The Championnat de France National, commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2...

 after the 2005-2006 season, but relegation followed after finishing 19th in 2007-2008.

l'AS Libourne was founded in 1935 by Georges Kany with their first match being played on March 5 on the meadow of Taillefer. Their later stadium was shared with the local rugby

Rugby football

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 team (rugby being the most popular sport in the South West of France).
AS-Saint-Seurin was founded in 1927.

Current squad

As of November 2009.

Famous players

• Mathieu Valbuena
  Mathieu Valbuena
  Mathieu Valbuena is a French international footballer who plays for Marseille in Ligue 1. He plays as an attacking midfielder and a winger and is known for his quickness, technical ability, and tenacious style of play...
  
  
• Mathieu Chalmé
• Boubacar Kébé
  Boubacar Kébé
  Boubacar Djeidy Kébé is a Burkinabé-Malian footballer, he currently plays for the French club AS Cherbourg Football.- Career :...
  
  
• Daniel Lubin
• Zvonimir Deranja
  Zvonimir Deranja
  Zvonimir Deranja is a Croatian footballer who last plays for RNK Split.-Career:He began his football career with local clubs NK Slaven from Gruda and GOŠK Dubrovnik. He was discovered by Hajduk Split scouts and moved to the club's youth squad. In 1996 he joined the club's senior squad in the...
  
  
• François Marque
• Claudiu Keserü
  Claudiu Keserü
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• Charles Kabore
  Charles Kaboré
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External links

Official website