GOAL FC

Grand Ouest Association Lyonnaise Football Club (short: GOAL FC, or Goal FC) is a French association football club founded in 2000. It took its current name in 2020 when Monts d'Or Azergues Foot merged with smaller amateur clubs Tassin FC, Champagne Sport FC and Futsal Saône Monts d'Or.[1][2] They are based in the towns of Chasselay, Anse, Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, and Champagne-au-Mont-d'Or in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, and their main home stadium is the Stade Ludovic Giuly in Chasselay, named after France international Ludovic Giuly. Since the 2016–17 season, they play in the Championnat National 2.

GOAL FC
Full nameGrand Ouest Association Lyonnaise Football Club
Founded2000
GroundStade Ludovic Giuly,
Chasselay
Capacity600
ChairmanJocelyn Fontanel
ManagerCris
LeagueNational 2 Group C
2019–20National 2 Group D, 3rd
WebsiteClub website

On 4 January 2014, the team beat Istres of Ligue 2 in a penalty shootout in the last 32 of the Coupe de France.[3]

Current squad
As of the 2020–21 season[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  FRA Antoine Philippon
— GK  FRA Yohan Muzy
— GK  FRA Tanguy Girardot
— DF  FRA Sébastien Faure
— DF  FRA Arnaud Farras
— DF  COM Safwan Mbaé
— DF  FRA Brice Héréson
— DF  FRA Maël Zogba
— DF  FRA Kevin Martin
— DF  FRA Théo Lemière
— DF  FRA Joël Oliveira da Conceica
— DF  FRA Jérrold Nyemeck
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  FRA Kevin Djacko
— MF  FRA Thibaut Le Maitre
— MF  FRA Sofiane Bendaoud
— MF  TOG Thomas Amegnaglo
— MF  FRA Haris Gana
— MF  FRA Alexandre Valbon
— MF  FRA Kévin Colin
— FW  FRA Nicolas Belvito
— FW  FRA Malhon Barty
— FW  FRA Malick Assef
— FW  CIV Issouf Macalou

References
  1. "Mont d'Or Anse : Une énorme fusion pour créer le plus gros club français ?" (in French). foot-national.com. 9 May 2020.
  2. "Goal FC, la naissance officielle du plus grand club de France" (in French). footamateur.fr. 9 July 2020.
  3. "Coupe de France: Ligue 1 side Lorient stunned by lowly Yzeure". Sky Sports News. 4 January 2013.
  4. "Goal FC". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
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