Clubname: | Carquefou |
Fullname: | Union Sportive de la Jeanne d’Arc de Carquefou |
Nickname: | Les Verts et Blancs (The Green and Whites) |
Founded: | 1942[1] |
Ground: | Stade du Moulin-Boisseau, Carquefou |
Capacity: | 3,500 |
Chairman: | Michel Auray[2] |
Manager: | Denis Renaud[3] |
Season: | 2012-13 |
Position: | Championnat National, 6th |
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USJA Carquefou is a French football team currently playing in Championnat National based in Carquefou, Loire-Atlantique.
The club was founded in 1942 as merger of two local clubs, Union Sportive de Carquefou and Jeanne d'Arc de Carquefou, the latter being a sports team whose football section was founded three years earlier.
During the 2007–2008 season, Carquefou had a very successful Coupe de France campaign, reaching the quarter-finals in the competition after having defeated Olympique Marseille in the round of 16 despite the club's amateur status. Carquefou continued successes and promoted to CFA after winning Group G of CFA 2 in 2008–2009 season. Carquefou finally won Group D of CFA and promoted to Championnat National once in 2011–12 season.
The Reserve team played in the DH Atlantique.