Geschichte
Thonon Evian Grand Genève Football Club, formerly Evian Thonon Gaillard FC (French pronunciation: [evjɑ̃ tɔnɔ̃ ɡajaʁ]), commonly referred to as Thonon Evian or just Evian, is a French association football club based in Thonon-les-Bains that was founded on 1 July 2007, this incarnation however was founded in 2020. They compete in the Championnat National 3, the fifth tier of the French football league system.
One of Evian's predecessors were known as FC Gaillard and existed from 1924 to 2003. Gaillard's only notable success was winning the Division d'Honneur of the Rhône-Alpes region in 1999. Evian proved more successful, ascending to the professional divisions after just three seasons. The club won the Championnat de France Amateur in 2008, the Championnat National in 2010, and finally the Ligue 2 in 2011.
Evian currently play their home matches at the Stade Joseph-Moynat in Thonon-les-Bains but moved to the Parc des Sports in nearby Annecy from the 2010–11 season to the 2015–16 season as the Joseph-Moynat did not meet the standards of the Ligue de Football Professionnel. The move was a temporary measure while the club contemplated building a new facility or renovating the Stade Joseph-Moynat. Prior to moving to Annecy, Evian sought to play at the Stade de Genève over the Swiss border in nearby Geneva. Until the 2013–14 season, the club's main sponsor was Groupe Danone, owner of the Evian brand of mineral water. Danone's CEO Franck Riboud was honorary president and the man behind the success of the club.
At the end of the 2015–16 season, the club was relegated from Ligue 2, and further demoted by the DNCG to the Championnat de France Amateur, the fourth level of football in France. The club then entered receivership meaning that, even if it had survived, it would have suffered a further administrative relegation should they go into another stage of bankruptcy related to the one from 2014 to 2016 at the end of the 2016–17 season. The club withdrew from the competition on 9 August to avoid financial troubles.
The club reformed in Regional 2, and won back-to-back promotions in 2019 and 2020 to gain a place in Championnat National 3 for the 2020–21 season. In May 2021, it was announced that the club had become a member of the STRIVE football group, with US team FC Miami City and Belgian team Royal FC Mandel United.
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Football in Thonon: Olympique Thonon Chablais
In 1909, a handful of enthusiasts founded a multi-sport association in Thonon, the Club sportif de Thonon, soon to be devoted entirely to football.
After several dozen seasons in the Regional championships of Lyonnais (the historical equivalent of the Ligue Rhône-Alpes de Football – At the time, the Division d'Honneur was the 4th division of French football) -, the first team was promoted to Division 3 and then to Division 2 the following year, in 1979. Three seasons later, in the 1981-1982 French D2 Football Championship, the club failed to win the Group A title against Toulouse FC on goal difference. Then, little by little, the club slipped down the national and regional league ladders.
It all began with a double financial relegation in 1987, the year in which the downward slide began and the year in which the club changed its name to Olympique Thonon Chablais. The club returned to Division 4, where it remained for 6 seasons until 1992/1993, when it was administratively relegated to the French National 3 Football Championship. That same year, the club merged with another local club, Stella Thonon, the team from the Thonon Portuguese community of lower level (Promotion Honneur Régionale). However it did not remain at this level for long, winning the championship title for Group F at the end of the 1993-94 National 3 season. However, this promotion was followed by several relegations in a row from 1996 to 1997, until they reached the Division d'Honneur (7th in 1998–99) and then the Promotion d'Honneur (8th in 2000–01). The club did regain promotion to the DHR in 2004–05, but was finally relegated at the end of the season.
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