USL Dunkerque

The club was founded in 1909 and have never played in a higher division than Ligue 2. They have once made it to the semi-finals of the Coupe de France, in 1929, and the quarter finals four times in 1930, 1937, 1968 and 1971.

The club is linked with and has had ties with Dartford FC of Kent, England.

The club were promoted to Ligue 2 again in 2020, when the 2019–20 Championnat National season ended prematurely, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dunkerque were second in the table at the time, and were promoted by the FFF executive committee.[1]

• Division Honneur: Nord-Pas-de-Calais Group
  • Champions: 1960

As of 14 February 2020.[2][3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Emeric Dudouit 3 DF Loïc Kouagba 5 DF Jovanie Tchouatcha 6 DF Jérémy Huysman 7 FW Guillaume Bosca 8 MF Thibault Vialla 9 FW Nathan Bizet 10 MF Dimitri Boudaud 11 MF Iron Gomis (on loan from Amiens) 12 DF Wilfried Ebane (on loan from Lorient) 16 GK Dorian Salhi 17 MF Ludovic Gamboa 18 DF Nicolas Bruneel

No. Position Player 19 MF Leverton Pierre (on loan from Metz) 21 MF Rayane Chayebi 22 MF Randi Goteni 23 DF David Kabamba 24 DF Alexandre Lauray (on loan from Bordeaux) 25 FW Jorris Romil 26 DF Alexis Callant 27 FW Mohamed Bayo (on loan from Clermont) 28 DF Demba Thiam 29 DF Thomas Vannoye 30 GK Axel Maraval 40 GK Marc-Antoine Guillaume

In 1990, Belgian player Jean-Marc Bosman sought to move from RFC Liège in his home country to USL Dunkerque after his Belgian contract expired. However, RFCL demanded a transfer fee, quashing the proposed move. Bosman then sued to have this reserve system outlawed, and in 1995 he won his case before the European Court of Justice. The ECJ ruling, known ever since as the Bosman ruling, led to major structural changes in the business of European footballers' contract sales.