US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole
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Union Sportive Quevillaise-Rouen Métropole, known as US Quevilly-Rouen, US Quevilly, QRM, Quevilly-Rouen, or simply Quevilly, is a football club based in Le Petit-Quevilly in the Métropole Rouen Normandie, France. The club plays in Ligue 2 and hosts its home matches at the Stade Robert Diochon, which has a capacity of 8,372.
Full name | Union Sportive Quevillaise-Rouen Métropole | ||
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Nickname(s) | Les rouges et jaunes (The red and yellows) | ||
Short name | USQRM, QRM | ||
Founded | 1902; 122 years ago (1902) | ||
Ground | Stade Robert Diochon | ||
Capacity | 8,372[1] | ||
Chairman | Michel Mallet | ||
Manager | Jean-Louis Garcia | ||
League | Championnat National | ||
2023–24 | Ligue 2, 18th of 20 (relegated) | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Founded in 1902, the team reached the Coupe de France final in 1927 and its performances in cup and amateur competitions saw it invited to Division 2 in 1970. It was relegated two years later for not being able to afford lighting, being dissolved and re-entering in the tenth tier in 1978. The team reached a cup semi-final in 2010 and a final in 2012, and returned to the second tier in 2017–18 and 2021–2024.
At the request of local government, Quevilly joined with historic rivals FC Rouen to form US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole in 2015, with Quevilly providing the president, manager and most players while playing at Rouen's stadium and using their red colour instead of Quevilly's yellow and black. Both teams continue to exist independently, and Rouen ended its collaboration in 2018.