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]
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]
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]
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]