Etoile Bleue - Club de Foot

What Etoile Bleue - Club de Foot does

Etoile Bleue St Cyr sur Loire (EBSC) is an amateur French football club operating as a non-profit association under French law (association loi 1901), headquartered at 35 Rue de Preney in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, Indre-et-Loire (Centre-Val de Loire). The club fields nine competitive teams across the full vertical of French amateur football — a senior first team in the National league (4th tier), a senior reserve in Regional 1, U18 and youth sides in Regional 1 and Regional 2, sides in D1 and D4, and a women's team in the Departmental league participating in the Coupe Feminine à 8 — under French Football Federation affiliation number 511543. EBSC also runs ancillary programming including school-holiday football camps (Stages Vacances), an annual youth tournament (Europousse), an indoor event (INDOORPOUSSE), and an official merchandise boutique.

The club's technology footprint is deliberately lightweight. Its digital operations are anchored on the third-party Footeo platform, which hosts the official website (https://ebstcyrsurloire.footeo.com/) and provides team pages, fixtures, results, standings, and news for all nine squads. Registrations, event ticketing and merchandise are processed through HelloAsso, a French non-profit payments and membership platform, with community engagement extended through a Facebook page. EBSC does not operate a proprietary technology stack; the Footeo and HelloAsso integrations are configured, not built.

EBSC's revenue model is a mix of recurring and event-driven streams typical of community sports associations: annual membership fees paid by players and families, sponsorship and patronage income from approximately twelve local and regional partners (including Crédit Mutuel, Leclerc Fondettes, Kappa, Intersport, Citya, Pizza Tempo, TAE, AZ Production, Onet Technologies, Brossard Traiteur, Valexco and Adwork's), and revenue from organizing tournaments, football camps and merchandising through the official boutique. The club operates without external investors, parent companies or funding rounds; governance is exercised through a president-led bureau and a general assembly, with the most recent assembly convened on November 7, 2024 to approve the 2023/2024 accounts and the 2024/2025 budget.

Name

Etoile Bleue - Club de Foot

Legal name

Etoile Bleue St Cyr sur Loire

Website

https://ebstcyrsurloire.footeo.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Etoile Bleue St Cyr sur Loire (EBSC) is an amateur French football club operating as an association loi 1901 in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, fielding nine teams across National, Regional, Departmental and women's leagues, and serving youth, adult and women's players through league play, holiday camps, the Europousse tournament and a merchandise boutique.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Amateur Football Club / Community Sports

NAICS

Sports Teams and Clubs (711211), Sports and Recreation Instruction (611620)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Amateur Sport Governing Bodies & Federations (National/Regional) (MPAKACAD)

Keywords

• Amateur football club
• Youth football development
• Competitive football leagues
• Football training camps
• Community sports club

Headquarters

HQ city

St Cyr sur Loire

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: Annual club membership fees from players and their families
2. Sponsorship partnerships: Sponsorship revenue from partner companies including Kappa (apparel), local businesses, and corporate sponsors
3. Event revenue: Revenue from organizing events such as EUROPOUSSE tournament, football camps, and stages during school holidays

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Etoile Bleue St Cyr sur Loire (EBSC) is an amateur football club that fields nine competitive teams across French football tiers (National, Regional 1, Regional 2, D1, D4, and Departmental leagues), delivers a youth football development program from U7 to U18, and runs paid football training camps (Stages Vacances) plus the annual Europousse youth tournament. The club sells annual memberships to players and families, secures local sponsorship revenue, and offers an official merchandise store through HelloAsso.

Product overview

Etoile Bleue St Cyr sur Loire is a multi-team French football club competing at various levels (NATIONAL, REGIONAL 1, REGIONAL 2, D1, D4, DEPT). The club operates a unified web presence on the Footeo platform, which serves as the core product hosting team pages, match schedules, results, standings, statistics, news, and partner information for all teams. The club's product portfolio includes its primary Footeo-hosted website, nine distinct team sub-brands (EBSC NATIONAL senior team, EBSC S1 reserve, EBSC REGIONAL 2 U18, three REGIONAL 1 youth teams, D1, D4, and a women's DEPT team), plus event offerings such as the annual Europousse youth tournament and football vacation training camps (Stages Vacances). An official merchandise store (La Boutique) and sponsorship/membership programs are offered through the HelloAsso platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Annual Club Membership Annual subscription membership entitling players to participate in club teams and league competition across all age categories (U7 through senior), with fees varying by category such as seniors and youth.
• Europousse 2025 Youth Tournament Annual youth football tournament/event organized by the club, with registration and sponsorship participation handled via HelloAsso.
• Stages Vacances (Football Training Camps) Multi-day football training camps for children aged 7-11 run during school holiday periods (Toussaint, February, Easter), with online registration and payment via HelloAsso.
• La Boutique Officielle de l'Etoile Bleue (Official Merchandise Store) Official online merchandise store selling club apparel and supporter products, accessible via the HelloAsso platform.
• Sponsorship and Patronage Packages Sponsorship tier packages (devenir partenaire) and corporate and individual patronage programs (mecenat entreprise, mecenat particulier) offered to local and regional businesses and supporters.

Quantifiable outcome

• 9 competitive teams across multiple league levels

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• IntersportminorOthersSports equipment retailer; appears as a club sponsor providing equipment support to the club
• KappaminorOthersOfficial kit supplier for the club; Kappa provides apparel and equipment
• Crédit MutuelminorOthersBanking partner and sponsor of the club
• CityaminorOthersLocal business partner and sponsor
• Pizza TempominorOthersLocal restaurant partner providing sponsorship support
• TAEminorOthersPartner sponsor of the club
• AZ ProductionminorOthersProduction company partner and sponsor
• Leclerc FondettesminorOthersLocal hypermarket chain sponsor from Fondettes
• Onet TechnologiesminorOthersTechnology services partner and sponsor
• Brossard TraiteurminorOthersCatering company partner and sponsor
• ValexcominorOthersPartner sponsor of the club
• Adwork'sminorOthersMarketing/advertising partner and sponsor

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Blois Foot 41: Loir-et-Cher based club that has competed in Regional 1 and National 3, an opponent of EBSC S1. Comparable as a regional amateur club sharing sponsors, players and fans with EBSC's catchment.
• Tours FC: Professional football club based in Tours, the same metropolitan area as EBSC, competing in the French third and fourth tiers. It is the most direct local comparable in terms of geography and football pyramid level, with overlapping fan and sponsorship pools in Indre-et-Loire.

Direct peers

• Saint-Pryvé Saint-Hilaire FC: Centre-Val de Loire based amateur club with a similar multi-team pyramid and history of competing in National 2/National 3. Closely comparable in governance model (association), team structure and regional competitive context.
• Vierzon FC: Cher-based amateur club that has played in Regional 1 and lower national tiers and is a direct opponent of EBSC youth teams. Closely comparable in level, governance and regional amateur positioning.
• Trélissac FC: Dordogne-based amateur club that has played in the National tier, with an association-driven, multi-team structure similar to EBSC's. Useful comparable for understanding how small amateur clubs operate at the National level.
• SO Romorantin: Long-established French amateur/semi-professional club from the Loir-et-Cher/Centre-Val de Loire region, frequently playing in the National and CFA2 tiers. Directly comparable to EBSC's senior team in terms of level, regional geography and amateur association structure.
• Andrézieux-Bouthéon FC: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes based amateur club that has spent recent seasons in National 2/National 3. Comparable as a community-based, multi-team French amateur club aspiring to and operating at National-adjacent levels.
• Bergerac FC: Amateur French club regularly competing in the National and National 2 tiers. Comparable in scale, governance and pyramid structure, and an archetype of the community-rooted National-level club that EBSC's senior team resembles.

Broad incumbents

• Le Mans FC: Professional club from the Pays de la Loire region competing in the lower professional tiers, with a long history of operating a multi-team youth and amateur pyramid similar in structure to EBSC's.
• US Orléans: Established professional club from the Orléans area, historically in Ligue 2 and currently in lower professional tiers. Acts as the regional incumbent whose catchment overlaps with EBSC, illustrating the competitive ceiling and aspirational benchmark for a club at EBSC's level.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ebstcyrsurloire
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eb-stcyrsurloire-foot

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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