US Tourcoing
| Full name | Union Sport Tourcoing Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Les Ustiens |
| Founded | 1902 (as US Tourcoing) |
| Ground | Stade Charles Van de Veegaete |
| Capacity | 4000 |
| Chairman | Fabien Desmet |
| League | CFA 2 |
| Website | Club home page |
US Tourcoing Football Club is a French football club founded in 1902. The club have played in the CFA 2 since the 2014-2015 season after finishing first in the Division Honneur of Nord-Pas-de-Calais during the 2013-2014 season.
Founded on 12 May 1898, as US Tourcoing, the club played football from 1902 under the leadership of the supervisor of the Lycée Gambetta: Albert Fromentin. The colours were black and white. Champions of the USFSA du Nord in 1900, 1909, 1910 and 1912, US Tourcoing reached three times the semifinals of the Championnat de France (1900, 1909 and 1912) and won it in 1910 . In the final, they beat Stade Helvétique de Marseille 7-2 on 1 May 1910 at the Parc des Princes. The club was at its peak and many players need to be mentioned here, in particular Adrien Filez (the only provincial player to be selected in 1904 for the first game of the France national football team), Gabriel Hanot, Victor Denis and Jules Dubly.
North champions in 1920 and 1928, the Ustiens got to the semifinals of the Coupe de France in 1921. They were against the formidable Olympique de Paris and lost in the 114th minute. Always present in the Coupe de France (quarter-finalist in 1922 and 1926) or in the Championnat (Championnat du Nord in 1933), the club still provided players for the national team (Mauritius Depaepe, Victor Farvacques and Jean Sécember) the club chose to have professional status in 1933. Admitted into Division 2 in the year of its creation, US Tourcoing struggled and abandoned its professional status in June 1938.
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