List of Dijon FCO seasons

Dijon Football Côte-d'Or, also known as Dijon FCO, DFCO or Dijon, is an association football club based in Dijon, France. The club was formed in 1998 after a merger between two local clubs in the city (Cercle Sportif Laïque Dijonnais and Dijon FC). They play their home matches at Stade Gaston Gérard.
Summary

Their first season as a club was 1998–99 in the Championnat de France Amateur, the fourth tier of French football. The club achieved their first promotion in 2000, finishing 2nd in the Championnat de France Amateur Group A. They were promoted to Ligue 2 in 2004, finishing 3rd in the Championnat National. They achieved promotion to Ligue 1 for the first time in 2011 after finishing 3rd in Ligue 2, before being relegated the following season. In 2016, they finished 2nd in Ligue 2 and returned to Ligue 1, before being relegated in 2021. In 2023, they were relegated to the Championnat National, before being promoted again in 2026, after the club won their first ever league title.
The club has reached the semi-final of the Coupe de France once during the 2003–04 season and reached the quarter-final of the Coupe de la Ligue once during the 2011–12 season. The club has spent a total of six seasons in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football, with their best season in 2017–18, finishing in 11th place. Their highest average attendance was 13,597 during the 2011–12 season in Ligue 1 and their highest home attendance was 15,160 on 14 October 2017 vs Paris Saint-Germain. They beat Paris Saint-Germain for the first and so far only time on 1 November 2019.[1]
Key
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Seasons
| Season | Division | Level | League | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Attendance[2] | Ref. | Notes | |||||||||
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| Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Average | Highest | |||||||
| 1998–99 | CFA | 4 | 5th | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 87 | R32 | N/a | N/a | |||
| 1999–2000 | CFA | 4 | 2nd | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 103 | R6 | N/a | N/a | [3] | ||
| 2000–01 | CN | 3 | 16th | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 42 | R5 | 1,863 | N/a | |||
| 2001–02 | CN | 3 | 15th | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 42 | R7 | 1,570 | 2,717 | |||
| 2002–03 | CN | 3 | 4th | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 65 | 59 | +6 | 61 | R32 | 1,708 | 3,199 | |||
| 2003–04 | CN | 3 | 3rd | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 64 | SF | 2,718 | 7,929 | |||
| 2004–05 | L2 | 2 | 4th | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 57 | R7 | R16 | 4,799 | 6,704 | ||
| 2005–06 | L2 | 2 | 5th | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 60 | R16 | R7 | 4,780 | 7,461 | ||
| 2006–07 | L2 | 2 | 8th | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 54 | R7 | R16 | 5,150 | 7,049 | ||
| 2007–08 | L2 | 2 | 17th | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 42 | QF | R2 | 4,891 | 7,252 | ||
| 2008–09 | L2 | 2 | 8th | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 52 | R16 | R1 | 4,053 | 4,637 | ||
| 2009–10 | L2 | 2 | 9th | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 51 | R8 | R2 | 5,421 | 7,456 | ||
| 2010–11 | L2 | 2 | 3rd | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 55 | 40 | +10 | 62 | R8 | R1 | 7,457 | 14,405 | ||
| 2011–12 | L1 | 1 | 19th | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 38 | 63 | −25 | 36 | R16 | QF | 13,597 | 15,081 | ||
| 2012–13 | L2 | 2 | 7th | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 59 | R7 | R2 | 8,708 | 12,126 | ||
| 2013–14 | L2 | 2 | 6th | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 57 | R32 | R1 | 8,272 | 10,869 | ||
| 2014–15 | L2 | 2 | 4th | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 61 | R32 | R2 | 8,709 | 12,036 | ||
| 2015–16 | L2 | 2 | 2nd | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 70 | R8 | R16 | 8,108 | 10,689 | ||
| 2016–17 | L1 | 1 | 16th | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 46 | 58 | −12 | 37 | R32 | R3 | 10,126 | 13,416 | ||
| 2017–18 | L1 | 1 | 11th | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 55 | 73 | −18 | 48 | R64 | R3 | 12,228 | 15,160 | ||
| 2018–19 | L1 | 1 | 18th | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 31 | 60 | −29 | 34 | QF | R16 | 13,041 | 15,117 | ||
| 2019–20 | L1 | 1 | 16th | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 30 | QF | R3 | 12,705 | 15,061 | [A] | |
| 2020–21 | L1 | 1 | 20th | 38 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 73 | −48 | 21 | R64 | 3,460 | 4,398 | [B][C] | ||
| 2021–22 | L2 | 2 | 11th | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 47 | R64 | 6,495 | 11,301 | |||
| 2022–23 | L2 | 2 | 18th | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 42 | R7 | 7,691 | 14,210 | |||
| 2023–24 | CN | 3 | 4th | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 54 | R8 | 5,121 | 7,729 | |||
| 2024–25 | CN | 3 | 4th | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 47 | R64 | 5,025 | 7,273 | |||
| 2025–26 | CN | 3 | 1st | 32 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 52 | 25 | +27 | 65 | R6 | TBD | 14,550 | |||
Notes
- ↑ The 2019–20 Ligue 1 season was suspended on 13 March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. On 28 April 2020, it was announced that the season would not resume.[4][5]
- ↑ The LFP on 18 September 2019 voted to suspend the Coupe de la Ligue indefinitely after 2019–20 in order to reduce the season schedule.[6]
- ↑ Only played four home matches in front of spectators, the rest were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
- ↑ "Dijon 2-1 Paris Saint Germain: French champions slump to shock defeat against bottom side". BBC Sport. 1 November 2019.
- ↑ "France Attendances (Archive)". european-football-statistics.co.uk.
- ↑ "Bilan du Dijon FCO". footballenfrance.fr. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017.
- ↑ "Ligue 1 & 2: France's top two divisions will not resume this season". BBC Sport. 28 April 2020.
- ↑ "Ligue 1: Paris St-Germain awarded French title as season finished early". BBC Sport. 30 April 2020.
- ↑ "French League Cup to end from 2020 'to reduce season schedule'". BBC Sport. 18 September 2019.