ESOF Vendée La Roche-sur-Yon

The ESOF La Roche is a French football club based in La Roche- sur -Yon. With full name he is called Étoile Sportive de Football Ornaysienne Vendée La Roche -sur -Yon. He has over Local significance attained by its women's football department, with which this article deals mainly.

History

The club was founded in 1938 as Étoile Sportive Ornaysienne in Catholic sports movement from a church in Saint -André- d'Ornay until the mid-1960s a self-employed neighbor, and since then a district of La Roche- sur -Yon. As of 1945, football was played in the club; the men's team did not come so far, however, beyond the highest level of regional amateur league Division d' Honneur. Also contributed to the successful local competition (FC Yonnais and AEPB La Roche).

Unlike the women's football department was founded in 1978 in the second half of the 1980s in La Roche ESOF renamed clubs developed. The players in the red and blue club colors grew within a half decades into the role of a sporty flagship of the Vendée; since 1996, they were always present in the first or second division in France (see the section here under ). The Women of ESOF contest in the 21st century their home games at the Stade de Saint -André, which has an audience capacity of approximately 1,800 seats. The department is known for its good youth work; so for example, were at the U- 20 World Cup 2010, three players from ESOF in the French squad.

League membership and achievements of the woman elf

For the first time in the 1985/86 season and in the following year took La Roches footballers - still largely opportunity and success - in the preliminary round of the Women's Championship france wide part. Then it took until 1991/92, but where they still missed the qualification for the highest single-track division ( Championnat National 1 A). For the 1996/97 season but they succeeded then the rise, and by 2003/ 04 was ESOF throughout the French elite class, just as soon again from 2005 to 2008 and the least of 2009 to 2011. Since then play La Roche women in the second division (as of season 2013/14 ). Especially in his most successful time around the turn of the millennium the club has had a number of internationals in its ranks; so were the French European Championship squad in 2001 no less than five footballers of ESOF La Roche.

At a national champion women have not yet been brought; However, they were 1999 and 2001 French vice champions. In 2001 launched national cup competition ESOF was its best result to three times in the round of eight women's machinations (2003, 2011 and 2012 ).

Well-known former players

  • Camille Abily
  • Fatoumata Baldé
  • Sonia Bompastor
  • Lydie Devaud
  • Alexandra Guiné
  • Corinne Lagache
  • Hoda Lattaf
  • Émilie Mazoué
  • Sarah M'Barek
  • Mélissa Plaza
  • Angélique Roujas
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