CA Vitry explained

Clubname:CA Vitry
Fullname:Club athlétique de Vitry
Short Name:CA Vitry
Founded:1897
Ground:Stade Roger Couderc
League:FCAF Football Championship
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The Club athlétique de Vitry, abbreviated to CA Vitry, is a football team founded in 1897, and located in Vitry-sur-Seine in the southern suburbs of Paris, France.[1] [2]

History

Club athlétique de Vitry was founded in 1897.[1] [2] Affiliated with the French Amateur Cycling Federation (FCAF), CA Vitry won the FCAF Championship twice in 1910 and 1911.[1] These victories allowed the club to compete in the Trophée de France, reaching the 1910 final, which they lost 0–2 to Patronage Olier.[3] The team that lined up in the final was: Chasselin - CH. Darlavoix, Sollier - Georges, Vascout, Spaiser - Moreau, Jourde, Boutefoy, Bergeron, Bourgenno.

In the Coupe de France, CAV's best performance dates back to the 1925–26 season, in which the club played a semi-final at the Stade Pershing in front of 20,000 spectators on 28 March 1926.[1] Vitry was eliminated by the champion of the Franche-Comté-Bourgogne League, the AS Valentigney by a score of 2–1.[4]

In the 1920s, CA Vitry played a few seasons among the Parisian elite by competing in the Paris championship of the, and Vitry remained among the Parisian elite until 1927, when they were relegated to Promotion, level 2 behind Honor. CA Vitry played in the Division of Honor almost every year between 1949 and 1966, before leaving the regional elite following a relegation.[1]

In 2022, the club was promoted to Accession to Championnat National 3, but two years later, in 2024, the club was relegated back to Régional 1.[1]

The colors of CA Vitry are yellow and green.[5] In 1917, during the LFA's Challenge de la Renommée, the club played with a green and gold striped jersey.[6]

Infrastructure

Head office

The club's headquarters are located at the old Pillaudin stadium, located on Avenue de la République in the north of the town of Vitry-sur-Seine.[5]

Stadiums

CA Vitry played for a long time at the Pillaudin stadium, which is now obsolete. Nowadays, the club trains at the Gabriel-Péri stadium, the city's main stadium, as well as at the interdepartmental sports park in Choisy-le-Roi, in Val-de-Marne.[5] It plays its home matches at the Roger Couderc stadium, located at 97 rue Auber in Vitry.[2]

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CA Vitry . fr . statfootballclubfrance.fr . 9 November 2024 . 16 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240616174236/https://www.statfootballclubfrance.fr/ca-vitry.php . live .
  2. Web site: CA Vitry . fr . www.footballdatabase.eu . 9 November 2024 . 7 October 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241007003614/https://www.footballdatabase.eu/fr/club/equipe/4132-ca_vitry/2024-2025 . live .
  3. Web site: La F.G.S.P.F gagne de Trophée de France du C.F.I. . The FGSPF won the CFI's Trophée de France . fr . gallica.bnf.fr . . 7 . 30 May 1910 . 9 November 2024 . 20 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230120101331/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4625720h/f7.item.zoom . live .
  4. Web site: La Coupe de France de football - Marseille et Valentigney joueront la finale . The French Football Cup - Marseille and Valentigney will play the final . fr . gallica.bnf.fr . . 7 . 29 March 1926 . 9 November 2024 .
  5. Web site: Fédération Française de Football - C.A. Vitry . French Football Federation - CA Vitry . fr . www.fff.fr . 9 November 2024 .
  6. Web site: Le Challenge de la Renommée (L.F.A.) - Terrains et vestiaires . The Fame Challenge (L.F.A.) - Fields and changing rooms . fr . gallica.bnf.fr . . 2 . 9 November 1917 . 9 November 2024 . 21 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201021201807/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4631044j/f2.item.zoom . live .