Clermont Foot

The club was founded with the names of 1911 Stade Clermontois. Despite small-league successes in the beginning they reached the semi-finals of Coupe de France during the 1945-46 season. The status of professional was revoked in 1946-47 due to financial issues. The club returned to professional status in the year 1966. 1984 saw the club expand, by Stade-Clermontois along with AS Montferrand merging to form Clermont-Ferrand Football Club (CFC). CFC was placed in the third division.

The club was later changed to Clermont Foot Auvergne, having to re-start within the Division Honneur. In the following 13 years Clermont Foot got promoted several times, from Division Honneur up to Ligue 2 in 1993. Through these 13 years of glory the club enjoyed numerous wins during the Coupe de France. One notable cup run was in 1997, when the Auvergne club eliminated three professional sides, Martigues, Lorient and then Paris Saint-Germain,[citation needed] before succumbing to Nice.

The club was awarded the Championnat National in 2007, and was moved to Ligue 2 yet again, after where they had been delegated in the year 2006.

The year 2014 was the time Clermont was the very first French professional team of men to have the manager of a woman after they appointed Helena Costa. In less than a month of the appointment, Costa quit her role and was replaced by another female manager, Corinne Diacre. Diacre was later to coach the French women's squad.

Clermont was promoted to Ligue 1 for the 2021-22 season for the first time in their history. They received promotion to the league following placing second during the 2020-21 season in the Ligue 2.

Championnat National

• Winners: 2001–02, 2006–07

Detail of the players as below mentioned.

As of 14 August 2022

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  ALG Mehdi Zeffane 3 DF  BRA Neto Borges 4 DF  POL Mateusz Wieteska 5 DF  CMR Jean-Claude Billong 7 MF  FRA Yohann Magnin 8 MF  FRA Jason Berthomier 9 FW  SRB Komnen Andrić 10 MF  TUN Saîf-Eddine Khaoui 11 FW  GAB Jim Allevinah 12 MF  FRA Maxime Gonalons 13 DF  FRA Souleymane Cissé 16 GK  FRA Lucas Margueron 17 DF  FRA Olivier Kamdem 18 FW  KVX Elbasan Rashani 19 DF  SEN Arial Mendy 20 FW  BEN Jodel Dossou

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  FRA Florent Ogier (captain) 23 MF  BEL Brandon Baiye 25 MF  FRA Johan Gastien (vice-captain) 28 FW  FRA Yadaly Diaby 29 MF  FRA Naël Jaby 31 DF  FRA Baila Diallo 36 DF  GHA Alidu Seidu 40 GK  FRA Ouparine Djoco 69 MF  FRA Sofyan Chader 70 MF  AUT Muhammed Cham Saračević 89 MF  ALG Yulliwes Bellache 91 FW  ANG Jérémie Bela 95 FW  FRA Grejohn Kyei 97 MF  FRA Yanis Massolin 99 GK  FRA Mory Diaw — MF  TUR Cem Türkmen

• 14 -  Clément Pinault, Defender (2008–09) - posthumous honour

• Albert Rust (2000–01)
• Hubert Velud (2001–04)
• Olivier Chavanon (2004–05)
• Dominique Bijotat (2005)
• Marc Collat (2005–06)
• Didier Ollé-Nicolle (2006–09)
• Michel Der Zakarian (2009–12)
• Régis Brouard (2012–14)
• Helena Costa (7 May 2014 – 24 June 2014)
• Corinne Diacre (28 June 2014 – 30 August 2017)
• Pascal Gastien (1 September 2017 –)