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The Vélodrome stadium (also called Orange Vélodrome) usually reserved for Olympique de Marseille will welcome a new team to its pitch next season.
Currently, when we talk about the Vélodrome stadium, it is to talk about rugby and in particular the Top final which will take place in this den on Friday June 29. But the second largest stadium in France in terms of capacity (67,000 seats) is above all known for hosting football matches.
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Olympique de Marseille have been playing their matches there for a long time now, but from now on another team will take part in the party. This is FC Martigues. This Bouches-du-Rhône club has just been promoted to Ligue 2 after finishing in second place in the third national level.
? FC Martigues will play its home matches at the Vélodrome stadium next season! ?️?❤️
Due to the lack of an approved stadium for Ligue 2, the club will go before the DNCG this Wednesday, June 26. The only solution proposed is to play home matches at the Orange Vélodrome.
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A gigantic achievement for this club which had not been in the elite antechamber for 22 years. But the professional world requires standards that the club which passed under the American flag last year does not necessarily possess.
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The usual Martégaux stadium not being approved despite its 8,289 seats, only the option of playing at the Vélodrome was proposed to the DNCG (National Directorate of Management Control) this Wednesday, June 26. An option which should succeed has learned BFM Marseille Provence.
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The Martigues players should return to their usual enclosure, currently under construction, for the second part of the season. This year, the modest Concarneau club played its matches in different stadiums for the same reasons. A situation that Luzenac did not benefit from, 10 years ago now…
