Full name | Entente Sportive de Wasquehal |
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Nickname(s) | ESW, les Wasquehaliennes |
Founded | 1924 |
Ground |
Stadium Lille Metropole - Terrain n°1, Villeneuve-d'Ascq |
Capacity | 500 |
Chairman | Brahim Chikhi |
Manager | Carlos da Cruz |
League | CFA Group B |
2015-16 | CFA 12th, Group A |
Entente Sportive de Wasquehal (ES Wasquehal) is a French football club based in Wasquehal.
ES Wasquehal was founded in 1924 as L'Union Sportive de Wasquehal. It received its current name in 1945, when it merged with L'Association Sportive de Wasquehal.
The team currently plays in the Championnat de France Amateur, having been promoted from the CFA 2 in 2015. The team had played Ligue 2 from 1998 to 2003, having become a professional club in 1997.
The team plays home matches at a minor pitch at the Stadium Lille Metropole in Villeneuve-d'Ascq. In recent years they played at the main stadium but following their relegation from the French National League local rivals Lille OSC have been left as the sole tenants.