# US Forbach

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Association football club in France

Football club

Forbach Full name Union Sportive de Forbach Founded 1909; 117 years ago (1909) Ground Stade du Schlossberg Capacity 5,400 Chairman Pascal Kirchstetter Manager Fred Ustaritz League Regional 1 Lorraine 2016–17 CFA 2 Group D, 12th (relegated) Home colours

**Union Sportive de Forbach Football** (French pronunciation: [\[juːnjən spɔrtɪv də fɔʁbak\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/French); commonly referred to as **US Forbach** or simply **Forbach**) is a French [football](/source/Association_football) club based in [Forbach](/source/Forbach) in the [Lorraine](/source/Lorraine_(region)) [region](/source/Regions_of_France). The club was founded in 1909 under the name *Sport Club Forbach* and is a part of a [sports club](/source/Sports_club) that consists of several other sports. The club played under the *SCF* emblem until 1919 before switching to its current name. Forbach celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2009. The club currently plays in the [Regional 1 Lorraine](/source/Division_d'Honneur), effectively the sixth tier of [French football](/source/French_football). Though currently an amateur club, the club did have a stint as a professional club from 1957–1966, playing in the [Division 2](/source/Ligue_2).

## History

Sport Club Forbach was founded on 25 August 1909 through the merger of three clubs; FC Phönix, FC Triumph and FC Hansa. On 23 April 1919 it changed its name to Union Sportive de Forbach Football.

Historical league performance chart of US Forbach

In 1957 the club turned professional under sporting director [Jean Gauche](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean_Gauche&action=edit&redlink=1). In their first season in [Ligue 2](/source/Ligue_2) they won their first six games, and ended up missing promotion to [Ligue 1](/source/Ligue_1) by a point. In 1960 the club had their best run in the [Coupe de France](/source/Coupe_de_France), reaching the 1/8th final round, before being defeated in [extra time](/source/Overtime_(sports)) by [AS Monaco](/source/AS_Monaco_FC). In 1967, with crowds dwindling, the club were forced to give up their professional status and return to amateur football.[1]

Since 1968 the club have played their football mainly between the lower end of the national amateur competition (currently [National 3](/source/Championnat_National_3)) and the Division d'Honneur of [Lorraine](/source/Lorraine). Most recently, the club were promoted to CFA 2 in 2010, relegated in 2014, promoted again in 2015 and relegated again in 2017.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["histoire du club"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160821170928/http://www.usforbachfootball.fr/histoire-du-club.html) (in French). Archived from [the original](http://www.usforbachfootball.fr/histoire-du-club.html) on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.usforbachfootball.fr/) (in French)

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