FC Sète 34
[2] Until 1960, the club played a major role in the French football championship, but due to financial issues, it was forced to give up professional status.In July 2023 the club was placed into judicial liquidation, with the FFF refusing a newly formed association the rights to continue with the FC Sète name.The club was officially renamed FC de Sète 34, restarted in Division 3, and moved to their current stadium Stade Louis Michel.[5] The club were relegated from the Championnat National by the Direction Nationale du Contrôle de Gestion at the end of the 2021–22 season, on the grounds of financial mismanagement.[8] Placed in judicial liquidation on 6 July 2023, the French Football Federation refused permission for the new organisation to continue the FC Sète name, and a new association Sporting Club Sétois was formed.