FCF Juvisy

Football Club Féminin Juvisy-sur-Orge Essonne is a French football club based in Viry-Châtillon, a suburb of Paris. The club was founded in 1971 and currently play in the Division 1 Féminine, the first division of women's football in France. The club has played in the first division since 1987.

Juvisy was founded in 1971 as the women's football section of local club ES Juvisy, based in Juvisy-sur-Orge. After 14 years, the section split from the club, formed its own club under the name FCF Juvisy, and moved to the commune of Viry-Châtillon. Despite moving from Juvisy-sur-Orge, the women's club retained its name amid financial backing and support from the commune and the General Council of Essonne. In the 1991–92 season, Juvisy won its first ever Division 1 Féminine championship. Between the years 1994–2003, the club won four league titles and later won a Challenge de France title in 2005 making Juvisy one of the most successful clubs in women's French football. Juvisy was a regular participant in the UEFA Women's Cup and, in the 2010–11 season, will be making its first appearance in the re-branded UEFA Women's Champions League.

The club is managed by Sandrine Mathivet and captained by French international Sandrine Soubeyrand. Soubeyrand is the all-time leader in caps by a French international and has made more than 200 appearances for Juvisy. One of the club's other...
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