Evian Thonon Gaillard F.C.

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…

Domestic

League

Ligue 2: Winners (1): 2010–11 Championnat National: Winners (1): 2009–10 Championnat de France Amateur: Winners (1): 2007–08 Championnat National 3: Winners (1): 2021–22 Régional 1 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Winners (1): 2019–20 Régional 2 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Winners (1): 2018–19

Cups

Coupe de France: Runners-up (1): 2012–13