Football Club de Martigues, known as FC Martigues or just Martigues, is a French professional football club based in Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône. As of the 2025–26 season, it competes in the Départemental 3, the eleventh tier of French football.
The club plays at the Stade Francis-Turcan, which has a capacity of 11,500, in Martigues. Their principal rivals are Istres.
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History
The club was founded in 1921 and played regional football until the early 1970s when they gained promotion to the professional Division 2.
The club's greatest achievement was winning promotion to the First Division in 1993. The club played for three seasons in the top flight, until it was relegated down to Ligue 2 in 1996. A failed attempt to win promotion at once was followed by relegation to the Championnat National (third level) in 1998. Two years later the club won promotion back to Second Division, but only remained at that level for two seasons.
In 2002, the club was relegated again and after another near miss at promotion in 2003, financial problems saw the club go into liquidation and reform in the Championnat de France Amateur. They finished the 2006–07 season in the Championnat National as 14th. They were relegated to CFA in 2007–08 season as 19th in the Championnat National.
The club was promoted back to the Championnat National in 2022, after ten years in lower divisions.
On 18 May 2024, Martigues secured promotion to Ligue 2, ending a 22-year absence from the second tier. They defeated Nîmes 1–0 on the final matchday of the 2023–24 Championnat National season to earn promotion as runners-up to Red Star. While waiting for the Stade Francis-Turcan to be renovated to Ligue 2 standards, Martigues began the season at Marseille's Stade Vélodrome.
On 10 May 2025, Martigues was relegated back to the Championnat National after a 5–1 defeat away to Lorient, staying only one season in the second division. On 4 July 2025, the DNCG excluded Martigues from national competitions, signifying relegation to the sixth-tier Régional 1 The club's appeal was rejected on 15 July. Eventually, the club was administratively relegated to the Départemental 3 for the 2025–26 season, the eleventh tier of the French football system.
Honours
Championnat National
Runner-up (1): 2023–24
Championnat National 2
Champions (1): 2021–22
Notable former players
Ali Benarbia
Djamel Belmadi
Daniel Cousin
Tomasz Frankowski
Kasim Yildiz
Lubomir Luhovy
Eric Cantona
Rod Fanni
Nicolas Perez
Andre-Pierre Gignac
Rudi Garcia
Jean-Marc Ferreri
Eric Di Meco