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USL Dunkerque
Full nameUnion Sportive du Littoral de Dunkerque
Nickname(s)Les Maritimes[1][2] (The Seasiders)
Founded1909; 115 years ago (1909)
GroundStade Marcel-Tribut
Capacity4,933
OwnerYüksel Yıldırım
ChairmanJean-Pierre Scouarnec
ManagerLuís Castro
LeagueLigue 2
2023–24Ligue 2, 16th of 20
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Union Sportive du Littoral de Dunkerque is a football club based in Dunkirk, France. As of the 2023–24 season, it competes in Ligue 2, having achieved promotion from the Championnat National in the 2022–23 season. The club colours are white and blue, and home matches are played at the Stade Marcel-Tribut.

History[edit]

The club was founded in 1909 and have never played in a higher division than Ligue 2. They have once made it to the semi-finals of the Coupe de France, in 1929, and the quarter-finals four times in 1930, 1937, 1968 and 1971.[citation needed]

The club was promoted to Ligue 2 in 2020, when the 2019–20 Championnat National season ended prematurely, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dunkerque were second in the table at the time, and were promoted by the FFF executive committee.[3] The club was relegated back to the Championnat National at the conclusion of the 2021–22 Ligue 2 season, spending two seasons in the second tier.[4] On 26 May 2023, the club defeated Le Mans FC 2–3 at the MM Arena. This assured second place in the table and secured promotion to Ligue 2 for the 2023–24 season after a one-year absence.

Name changes[edit]

Honours[edit]

Current squad[edit]

As of 4 July 2024[5][6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Togo TOG Loïc Bessilé
4 DF France FRA Nehemiah Fernandez-Veliz
12 DF Senegal SEN Assane Ndoye
13 DF Guadeloupe GLP Junior Senneville
18 FW France FRA Gaëtan Courtet
19 DF Comoros COM Benjaloud Youssouf
20 MF France FRA Enzo Bardeli
26 DF Guinea-Bissau GNB Opa Sanganté
27 MF France FRA Rayan Ghrieb
28 DF France FRA Demba Thiam
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF Panama PAN Ángel Orelien
77 MF Senegal SEN Ibrahima Sy
80 MF Morocco MAR Gessime Yassine
GK France FRA Ewen Jaouen (on loan from Reims)
DF Brazil BRA Abner Felipe
DF France FRA Alec Georgen
MF France FRA Maxence Rivera
FW France FRA Marco Essimi
FW Portugal POR Mamadu Silla

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nos Maritimes s'imposent à Béziers et restent leaders !". 23 January 2020.
  2. ^ "USL Dunkerque : La résurrection d'une institution". 5 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Le COMEX valide les montées de Pau et Dunkerque" (in French). foot-national.com. 11 May 2020.
  4. ^ Rocher, Adrien. "Corrigée, l'USL Dunkerque est reléguée en National". Le 11 Dunkerquois (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Ligue 2 BKT - USL Dunkerque" (in French). usldunkerque.com. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  6. ^ "US du Littoral de Dunkerque - Squad". soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

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