Velay FC

{{Short description|Football club based in Haute-Loire, France}}

{{Infobox football club

| clubname = Velay

| fullname = Velay Football Club

| founded = 2016

| league = Régional 1 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

| position = National 3 Group M, 12th (relegated)

| season = 2021–22

| image = Velay fc logo.png

| stadium = Stade Victor Reignier

| capacity = 1,000{{Cite web |url=https://us.soccerway.com/teams/france/velay/50644/ |title=Velay FC |access-date=1 January 2022 |website=Soccerway}}

| website = https://velayfootballclub.com/

}}

Velay Football Club is a football club based in the communes of Blanzac, Polignac, and Saint-Paulien in the Haute-Loire department of France.{{Cite web|title=VELAY F.C.|url=https://www.fff.fr/competition/club/581803-velay-f-c/information.html|access-date=1 January 2022|publisher=French Football Federation|language=fr}} As of the 2022–23 season, it competes in the sixth tier of the French football league system.{{Cite web|title=Velay FC|url=https://www.statfootballclubfrance.fr/velay-fc.php|access-date=1 January 2022|publisher=Stat Football Club France|language=fr}}

History

In 2016, AS Polignac merged with Saint-Paulien Blanzac FC to create Velay FC.{{Cite web|title=Velay FC|url=https://www.statfootballclubfrance.fr/velay-fc.php|access-date=1 January 2022|publisher=Stat Football Club France|language=fr}} In 2020, the club achieved promotion to the Championnat National 3 for the first time in its history.{{Cite web|title=Velay FC|url=https://www.statfootballclubfrance.fr/velay-fc.php|access-date=1 January 2022|publisher=Stat Football Club France|language=fr}}

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