Plougastel Football Club Courses

Plougastel is a football club currently playing in the French National League 3, based in the commune of Plougastel-Daoulas in Brittany. The club was founded in 1912 and currently play their home games at the Stade Robert Leloup. The team has been in existence for almost a century, though their tenure in the upper-tier of French football has been intermittent. After playing mainly amateur football from their founding until the mid-1950s, Plougastel was promoted to the CFA (Championnat de France Amateur, the fourth tier of French football at the time) in 1956. They then enjoyed several promotions across the fourth, third and second divisions before being relegated from Ligue 2 in 1979. After that, the club has been alternating between the CFA and lower levels of the French football pyramid. Plougastel has been a force in regional football, playing in the final of the Brittany regional cup in 2011 and 2012, and winning the title in 2013. In the 2018–19 season, Plougastel achieved promotion to National League 3 after finishing first in the Regional 3 Division. In the same year, they also went on a deep-run into the Coupe de France, but were eliminated in the 8th round of the competition. Plougastel is known as one of the most historic football clubs in Brittany, with a strong fan-base and well-known players, both past and present, notable examples include international players from Madagascar and Gabon that have represented the club in the past. The club have made great strides in the past decade and are looking forward to an exciting future in the upper regions of French football.