{{Refimprove|date=May 2024}}{{Infobox football club | clubname = Libourne | image = | fullname = Football Club Libourne | nickname = The Pinguins | founded = {{Start date and age|1935}} | ground = [[Stade Jean-Antoine Moueix]],<br />[[Libourne]] | capacity = 8,500 | chairman = Bernard Laydis | manager = | league = [[Championnat National 2|National 2]] Group B | season = [[2022–23 Championnat National 3|2022–23]] | position = [[Championnat National 3|National 3]] Group A, 1st of 14 (promoted) | website = https://www.fclibourne.fr | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = _FCLibourne2223h | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_sh1 = _adidaswithwhitelogo | pattern_so1 = _adidasfootballwhitelogo | leftarm1 = 000F66 | body1 = | rightarm1 = 000F66 | shorts1 = 000F66 | socks1 = 000F66 | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = _FCLibourne2223a | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_sh2 = _adidaswithwhitelogo | pattern_so2 = _adidasfootballwhitelogo | leftarm2 = FFFFFF | body2 = | rightarm2 = FFFFFF | shorts2 = 000F66 | socks2 = 000F66 }} '''Football Club Libourne ('''{{IPA|fr|ɛf.se libuʁn}}''')''', formerly known as '''AS Libourne''' or '''Libourne Saint-Seurin-sur-L'Isle''', is a French [[association football|football]] team from the town of [[Libourne]] in [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]]. The club plays in the [[Championnat National 2]], the [[French football league system|fourth tier of French football]].<ref name="fcl">{{cite news | title = Historique et Stades | url = http://fclibourne.sportsregions.fr/en-savoir-plus/historique-et-stades-12119 | work = Football Club Libourne | date = 6 June 2013 | access-date = 2 August 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130612023310/http://fclibourne.sportsregions.fr/en-savoir-plus/historique-et-stades-12119 | archive-date = 12 June 2013 | url-status = dead}}</ref>
==History== The club was founded by Georges Kany in 1935 as Football Club Libourne. The club then became [[Sports club|omnisports]] in 1966 and thus changed its name to Association Sportive Libournaise or simply AS Libourne. Nearly three decades later, in 1998, the club merged with {{ill|AS Saint-Seurin|fr|Amicale sportive de Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle}} and became Football Club de Libourne Saint-Seurin-sur-L'Isle. However, in October 2009, this merger was undone: AS Libourne returned to its old name of Football Club Libourne and AS Saint-Seurin disappeared.<ref name="fcl"/>
The club, nicknamed the penguins, were promoted to [[Ligue 2]] from [[Championnat National]] after the 2005–06 season, but relegation followed after finishing 19th in 2007–2008. The downfall continued as far as the seventh tier, which the club were champions of in 2013, earning promotion to the [[Division d'Honneur|DH Ligue d'Aquitaine]] for the 2013–14 season.<ref name="fcl"/>
Since then, the club has twice won promotion to the [[Championnat National 3]], in 2017 and 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fclibourne.fr/en-savoir-plus/histoire-75935|title=Histoire|publisher=FC Libourne|language=fr|access-date=21 July 2020|archive-date=26 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526235457/https://www.fclibourne.fr/en-savoir-plus/histoire-75935|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2023 they were promoted back to the fourth tier.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://footamateur.ouest-france.fr/libourne-fc-et-efc-feignies-aulnoye-sont-promus-en-national-2/|title=Le FC Libourne et l'EFC Feignies/Aulnoye promus en National 2|publisher=Foot Amateur|language=fr|date=14 May 2023}}</ref> [[File:Libourne FC League Performance.png|thumb|upright|Historical league performance chart of FC Libourne]]
===Name changes=== *Football Club Libourne (1935–1966) *Association Sportive Libournaise or AS Libourne (1966–1998) *Football Club de Libourne Saint-Seurin-sur-L'Isle (1998–2009) *Football Club Libourne (2009–present)
==Former coaches== * [[Stéphane Ziani]] * [[Jean-Marc Furlan]]
==Notable players== * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Mathieu Valbuena]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/international/french-playmaker-valbuena-in-line-for-starring-role-1.1853142|title = French playmaker Valbuena in line for starring role| newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Championnat National 2 Group B}}
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