Le Touquet Athlétic Club Football Côte-d'Opale, commonly known simply as Le Touquet, is a French association football club based in the commune of Le Touquet-Paris-Plage in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France.[1] The club was founded in 1933 as the result of a merger between two local clubs, Olympique Touquettois and US Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, and adopted its current name in 1996.[2] Its stadium is named after former France, Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool manager Gérard Houllier, who was a player and coach at the club during the 1970s.
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Full name | Le Touquet Athlétic Club Football Côte-d'Opale |
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Founded | 1933 |
Ground | Stade Gérard Houllier, Le Touquet |
President | Frédéric Ryssen |
Head coach | Ludovic Obraniak |
League | Régional 1 Hauts-de-France |
2021–22 | National 3 Group I, 14th (relegated |
Website | Club website |
Although the club has spent much of its history in the lower reaches of the French football league system, they competed in Division 2 during the 1988–89 season.[3] The men's senior team regularly competes in the Coupe de France, the country's foremost knock-out competition.
Championnat National 3 — Group Hauts-de-France · 2022–23 clubs | |
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