AF Virois

{{short description|French football club}} {{Sources exist|date=January 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Virois | image = AF Virois logo.png | upright = 0.8 | fullname = Association Football Virois | nickname = | founded = 1962 | ground = Stade Pierre-Compte,<br />Vire Normandie | capacity = | manager = Cédric Hoarau | chairman = Christophe Lécuyer | league = National 3 Group C | season = 2023–24 | position = National 2 Group C, 13th of 14 (relegated) }} '''Association Football Virois''', known as '''AF Virois''' or '''Vire''', is a French football club based in Vire Normandie, Calvados. It was founded in 1962. The club currently plays in the Championnat National 3, the fifth tier of the French football league system.

== History == The club was founded in 1962 from the merger between ES Vire and AC Vire.

On 7 January 2023, Virois, while playing in the fifth-tier of French football, competed against Ligue 1 side FC Nantes in Coupe de France, losing 2–0.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/sports/football/direct-coupe-de-france-vire-defie-nantes-tenant-du-titre-pour-une-qualification-en-16e-de-finale-5445108|title=Football. Battu par le FC Nantes (0-2), Vire sort de la Coupe de France la tête haute|author=Boris Letondeur|author2=Olivier Duc|date=7 January 2023|access-date=30 January 2023|language=en}}</ref> The same season the team won the 2022–23 Championnat National 3, Group J, winning promotion to the 2023–24 Championnat National 2.<ref>[https://uk.soccerway.com/national/france/cfa-2/20222023/normandie/r70886/ soccerway]</ref>

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{{Championnat National 2 Group C}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Virois}} Category:Association football clubs established in 1962 Category:1962 establishments in France Category:Sport in Calvados (department)