Full name | Union Sportive Torcy-Paris Vallée de la Marne Football |
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Founded | 1942 |
Ground | Stade du Frémoy Torcy, Seine-et-Marne |
Capacity | 1,350 |
Chairman | Pascal Antonetti |
League | Régional 1 |
2019–20 | Championnat National 3, Group L: Île-de-France, 11th (relegated) |
Website | Club website |
Union Sportive Torcy-Paris Vallée de la Marne Football is a football club based in Torcy, Seine-et-Marne, France, founded in 1942.
US Torcy is known for its youth development. [1] [2] As of January 2020, 52 players who have trained at the club have become professionals, among them Paul Pogba, Adrien Hunou, Mourad Meghni, Yohann Pelé, and Jeff Reine-Adélaïde. [1]
The club reached the eighth round of the 2007–08 Coupe de France in 2006, playing against Ligue 2 side FC Metz. [3]
As part of Paul Pogba's move from Juventus to Manchester United in 2016, the club received 0.25 percent of the then-world record fee of €105 million Manchester United paid to Juventus, amounting to about €300,000. [4]
Ahead of the 2019–20 season, US Torcy was promoted to the fifth-tier of French football, the Championnat National 3. [1]
In January 2020, it participated in the round of 16 of the Coupe Gambardella, the main youth national cup competition in France. [1] As of the 2020–21 season, Torcy's under-19 side participates in the Championnat National U19, the highest tier of under-19 football in France. [5]