Valenciennes FC

The traditional French football team was founded in 1913, still under the name USVA (Union Sportive de Valenciennes Anzin) and currently plays in Ligue 2, the second highest French competition. Since 2011, it has played at the Stade du Hainaut, which can accommodate twenty-five thousand spectators. Four decades in the first French league, but also a final appearance in the French National Cup in 1951, the last one in history so far - these are Valenciennes FC's greatest achievements.

The club has never won Ligue 1, but has celebrated two titles in the second league, specifically in 1972 and 2006. Notable players in the club's history include Serbian international Milan Bishevac and former French international Didier Six, while Polish sharpshooters Lubanski and Wilczek can also be mentioned. Valenciennes FC is known not only by its loyal fans as Les Athéniens, literally "The Athenians".