Espérance Chartres De Bretagne Football

What Espérance Chartres De Bretagne Football does

Espérance Chartres De Bretagne Football is a French non-profit amateur football club (association loi 1901) founded in 1941 and headquartered in Chartres-de-Bretagne, Brittany. The club fields competitive and youth teams across both genders and runs a structured academy organized around six development poles: Performance, Formation, Préformation, Initiation, Éveil, and Féminin. It holds multiple French Football Federation (FFF) certifications, including the École de Foot label, the Féminin label, the Jeune Elites label, and the Féminin Argent label, positioning it as an officially recognized development club within the regional football ecosystem.

The club's product surface is fundamentally a community-based sports service: training sessions, competitive match play, player development pathways, and associated merchandise. The feminine pole is a strategic priority, with approximately 80 licensed female players and a partnership pipeline to the Clairefontaine national football institute. Operationally, the club runs with roughly 16 staff and relies on volunteer labor typical of French amateur associations. Its digital infrastructure includes a new website launched in July 2026 and the HelloAsso platform for license registration and merchandise sales.

The business model is that of a membership association, not a commercial enterprise. Revenue derives from player license fees, merchandise sales, and sponsorship contributions from over 40 local sponsors. No equity funding, debt instruments, or financial disclosures are involved; the entity is structurally excluded from conventional PE/VC/M&A investment vehicles. The unit economics resemble a community sports association: low fixed revenue per member, sponsor-dependent cash flow, and non-monetary returns (player development, community standing) as the primary outputs.

Name

Espérance Chartres De Bretagne Football

Legal name

Espérance Chartres de Bretagne Football

Website

https://espchartres35-foot.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1941

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Espérance Chartres De Bretagne Football is a French non-profit amateur football club founded in 1941 in Chartres-de-Bretagne, fielding youth, senior, and women's teams across six FFF-certified development poles. It serves local players and is supported by 40+ local sponsors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Amateur Football Club Services

NAICS

Sports and Recreation Instruction (611620)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Athlete Development & Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) (HSADAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Goalkeeper/Pitching/Position-Specialty Training Programs (MPAKAJAF)

Keywords

• Amateur football club
• Youth football training
• Women's football development
• Grassroots football academy
• Community sports club

Headquarters

HQ city

Chartres-de-Bretagne

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/License Fees: The club generates revenue through annual football licenses/subscriptions purchased by members. Players register online through HelloAsso platform for the season.
2. Merchandise Sales: The club operates an online boutique selling merchandise with club colors and branding.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Espérance Chartres De Bretagne Football is an amateur football association that delivers grassroots football training, coaching, and competitive match play across age groups and genders. Its offering is structured around six developmental poles — Éveil, Initiation, Préformation, Formation, Performance, and Féminin — taking players from early childhood (U6) through to senior competition, with a dedicated women's section that includes a Clairefontaine-endorsed development pathway. Members register annually via the HelloAsso platform and gain access to coaching, league participation, and club-organized events.

Product overview

Espérance Chartres de Bretagne Football is a multi-divisional football club operating since 1941, offering structured programs from early childhood discovery (U6-U7) through senior competitive levels. The club operates under a hub-and-program structure with six distinct poles: Performance (Seniors R2, D1-D3, Veterans), Formation (U17-U16), Préformation (U15, U14, U12-U13), Initiation (U10-U11, U8-U9), Éveil (U6-U7), and Féminin (U11F to Seniors F). The club provides goalkeeper-specific training sessions and manages online membership through HelloAsso integration. FFF-synchronized competition management handles results, standings, and calendars.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Youth football training and competition program (U6 through senior) Structured, age-graded football training and league participation organized across five development poles — Éveil, Initiation, Préformation, Formation, and Performance — for children, teenagers, and adults in the Chartres-de-Bretagne area.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FFF (Fédération Française de Football)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational football federation providing official league affiliation, certification standards (Labels), competition framework, and referee coordination.
• SolinaminorOthersLocal sponsor appearing in the club's partners section.
• Burger KingminorOthersNational fast-food chain sponsor listed on partner page.
• Carrefour MarketminorOthersLocal supermarket chain providing sponsorship support.
• IntersportminorOthersSports retailer sponsor providing equipment support.
• Clairefontaine (Pole Feminin)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerElite national training center partnership for female football talent development. Club players can access the Clairefontaine feminine pole for advanced training.
• HelloAssocoreTechnology or IntegrationPlatform provider for online licensing, membership management, and merchandise sales. The club uses HelloAsso for all player registrations and online transactions.
• RENAU LT - Garage Christophe HamonminorOthersLocal Renault dealership sponsor.
• Super U - Noyal Chatillon sur SeicheminorOthersLocal supermarket chain sponsor.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Stade Rennais FC: Professional Ligue 1 football club based in Rennes, the dominant regional incumbent in Brittany. Comparable as the upper-bound benchmark for football development infrastructure, academy quality, and community presence in the same region.
• En Avant Guingamp: Professional Breton football club with a renowned youth academy. Comparable as another regional incumbent in Brittany that demonstrates a successful amateur-to-professional pathway for community-based clubs.
• US Concarneau: Breton football club competing in National/National 2 tiers. Comparable as a mid-tier Breton football club operating in a similar community-based model with an organized academy structure.
• FC Nantes: Professional Ligue 1 club located on the Brittany/Pays de la Loire border with one of France's most prestigious academies (FC Nantes Academy). Comparable as a broader incumbent setting the regional benchmark for academy quality and youth pathways.
• FC Lorient: Professional football club in Brittany known for its strong academy tradition. Comparable as a regional incumbent whose player-development pipeline serves as a model for ambitious Breton amateur clubs.

Direct peers

• CPB Bréquigny Rennes: Amateur football club based in the Rennes metropolitan area. Comparable as a community amateur club in the same catchment area, offering direct competition for players and families in the greater Chartres-de-Bretagne/Rennes region.
• AS Vitré: Amateur football club from Vitré, Brittany competing at similar regional levels to Espérance Chartres-de-Bretagne. Most directly comparable in scale, structure, community-led model, and FFF-labeled academy approach.
• Voltigeurs de Châteaubriant: Historic amateur football club based in Châteaubriant, Loire-Atlantique/Brittany border region. Comparable as a long-standing community amateur football club with multiple age-group poles and a similar regional footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/esperance-chartres-de-bretagne

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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