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USL Dunkerque

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USL Dunkerque

Full name	Union Sportive du Littoral de Dunkerque
Nickname(s)	Les Maritimes[1][2] (The Seasiders)
Founded	1909; 115 years ago (1909)
Ground	Stade Marcel-Tribut
Capacity	4,933
Owner	Yüksel Yıldırım
Chairman	Jean-Pierre Scouarnec
Manager	Luís Castro
League	Ligue 2
2023–24	Ligue 2, 16th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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.

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.

• 1909–1919: Stade Dunkerquois^{[citation needed]}
• 1919–1927: Union Sportive Dunkerque-Malo^{[citation needed]}
• 1927–1934: Union Racing Dunkerque-Malo^{[citation needed]}
• 1934–1954: Olympique Dunkerquois^{[citation needed]}
• 1954–1987: Union Sportive de Dunkerque^{[citation needed]}
• 1987–present: Union Sportive du Littoral de Dunkerque^{[citation needed]}

• Championnat National
  • Runners-up (2): 2019–20, 2022–23
• Division Honneur: Nord-Pas-de-Calais Group
  • Champions (1): 1960^{[citation needed]}

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  TOG Loïc Bessilé 4 DF  FRA Nehemiah Fernandez-Veliz 12 DF  SEN Assane Ndoye 13 DF  GLP Junior Senneville 18 FW  FRA Gaëtan Courtet 19 DF  COM Benjaloud Youssouf 20 MF  FRA Enzo Bardeli 26 DF  GNB Opa Sanganté 27 MF  FRA Rayan Ghrieb 28 DF  FRA Demba Thiam

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 MF  PAN Ángel Orelien 77 MF  SEN Ibrahima Sy 80 MF  MAR Gessime Yassine — GK  FRA Ewen Jaouen (on loan from Reims) — DF  BRA Abner Felipe — DF  FRA Alec Georgen — MF  FRA Maxence Rivera — FW  FRA Marco Essimi — FW  POR Mamadu Silla

• Official website

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