Dijon Football Côte-d'Or

Dijon FCO

Full name	Dijon Football Côte-d'Or
Nickname(s)	Les rouges (The reds)
Founded	29 April 1998 (1998-04-29)
Ground	Stade Gaston-Gérard
Capacity	15,459
President	Pierre-Henri Deballon
Manager	Baptiste Ridira
League	Ligue 2
2025–26	Championnat National, 1st of 17 (promoted)
Website	www.dfco.fr
Home colours Away colours

Dijon Football Côte-d'Or, also referred to as Dijon FCO or simply as Dijon, is an French football club based in Dijon. The club was founded in 1998 after the merger between two local clubs in the city. The club play their home matches at the Stade Gaston-Gérard. The club was founded in 1998 after two local clubs, Cercle Sportif Laïque Dijonnais and Dijon FC decided to merge, which was named Dijon Football Côte-d'Or.

Players

First team

As of 27 July 2026

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 MF France Mickaël Barreto 5 DF France Quentin Bernard 6 DF Senegal Waly Diouf 7 MF Comoros Ben-Chayeel Hamada 8 MF France Paul Bellon 9 FW France Yanis Barka 11 FW Cape Verde Júlio Tavares 14 MF France Jordan Marié 16 GK France Paul Delecroix 17 MF France Adel Lembezat 18 MF France Brandon Ndezi 19 DF France César Obongo

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF France Hugo Vargas-Rios 21 MF Tunisia Samy Chouchane 22 FW France Julien Domingues 23 DF France Lenny Lacroix 29 FW France Alexis Ntamack 33 FW France Florian Rombogouera — DF France Axel Bargain — DF Morocco Anass Benyahya — DF Morocco Ismaïl Bouleghcha — DF France Moussa Faty — FW Comoros Abdelmajid Djae

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF France Brayan Djadja (at Istres until 30 June 2027) — MF France Loris Dupont (at Voltigeurs de Châteaubriant until 30 June 2027)

Rankings

Historical league performance chart of Dijon FCO

Main article: List of Dijon FCO seasons

League

• Ligue 1 (First Division)
  • 11th place: 2017–18

• Ligue 2 (Second Division)
  • Runners-up: 2015–16

• Championnat National (Third Division)
  • Winners: 2025–26
    • Third place: 2003–04

• Championnat National 2 (Fourth Division)
  • Winners: 1999–2000 (Group A)

Cup

• Coupe de France
  • Semi-finals: 2003–04

• Coupe de la Ligue
  • Quarter-finals: 2011–12

Coaching history

• Noël Tosi (1998–99)
• Daniel Joseph (1999–2001)
• Mario Relmy (2001–2002)
• Rudi Garcia (2002–2007)
• Serge Romano (2007)
• Frédéric Bompard (2007) (Interim)
• Faruk Hadžibegić (2007–2009)
• Patrice Carteron (2009–2012)
• Olivier Dall'Oglio (2012–2018)
• Antoine Kombouaré (2019)
• Stéphane Jobard (2019–2020)
• David Linarès (2020–2021)
• Patrice Garande (2021–2022)
• Omar Daf (2022–2023)
• Pascal Dupraz (2023)
• Benoît Tavenot (2023–2024)
• Baptiste Ridira (2024–present)

Presidents

• Bernard Gnecchi (1998–2012)
• Olivier Delcourt (2012–2024)
• Pierre-Henri Deballon (2024–present)