About Vannes OC

Vannes Olympique Club is a French football club based in Vannes, Brittany, founded in 1998. It was created through the merger of two local clubs, Véloce Vannetais and FC Vannes, combining the city’s main football traditions into a single representative team. The club plays its home matches at the Stade de la Rabine and is known for its black and white identity, strongly linked to the local community and regional sporting culture.

In its sporting history, Vannes rose quickly through the French football pyramid in the 2000s. The club achieved its biggest breakthrough by reaching Ligue 2, where it competed for several seasons between 2008 and 2011. During this period, it also produced a historic Coupe de la Ligue run in 2009, reaching the final after eliminating several higher-level teams, before losing to Bordeaux.

After relegation from professional football, the club faced financial difficulties and even bankruptcy in 2014, forcing it to restart from the lower regional divisions. Vannes gradually rebuilt itself through successive promotions back into the national leagues, showing resilience and stability despite setbacks. Today, it continues to compete in the lower tiers of French football while maintaining its ambition to return to higher levels.